DANCE
Choose Ryburn Sixth for your course in Dance, where you’ll have outstanding teaching from staff with significant industry experience, guest teachers and professional performers. You’ll be inspired in your own creative performance, with the insight and skills to succeed in a career in the industry.
You will have the opportunity to explore a range of dance styles and professional repertoire. You will learn the importance of applying safe dance practice, lead practical classes and create and perform choreography both in groups and solo.
This is an exciting course which develops students as dance performers, leaders and choreographers. You will develop analytical skills, increasing creativity and confidence in collaborative and independent work. This course provides the skills and qualification to go into level 4 courses at both universities and vocational training colleges. Former students have graduated from the Arden School of Theatre, Shockout Arts, SLP and Bird College.
Studying dance does not necessarily have to lead directly to a performance career but opens many doors in the creative industries and beyond. This rigorous course is well recognised by universities and students develop an extensive range of desirable transferrable skills. Former dance students have gone on to graduate with excellent degrees across a range of subjects, including English Language, Psychology and Media.
What will I study?
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RSL Level 3 Diploma in Creative and Performing Arts - Dance Pathway.
This course is equivalent to 1.5 A Levels which means you can achieve 84 UCAS tariff points instead of 56 for one A Level
Exam board: RSL
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Topics include:
- Applying safe dance practice
- Leading Dance
- Choreography
- Repertory Dance Performance
- Dance Technique and Performance 1
- Planning for a Career in the Performing Arts
- Performance Preparation (External Unit) -
Dance Level 5, or significant external perfromance experience.
Five or more GCSE (or equivalent) passes at Level 4. Minimum of a Level 4 in English Language or Mathematics GCSE.
YOUR NEXT STEPS
YOUR NEXT STEPS
Dance is a dynamic and expressive subject that is increasingly valued by employers and universities for developing both creative and personal skills. Studying the subject develops essential performance knowledge, choreographic abilities and physical skills required for careers in the performing arts and creative industries. You will also gain valuable transferable skills such as confidence, teamwork, discipline, time management, creativity and communication that are highly sought after in a wide range of degree programmes and professional roles beyond dance.
Past students have progressed to study diverse courses including dance, performing arts, theatre studies, drama, music, physical education, sports science, physiotherapy, teaching, events management, media production and business management.