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Performing Arts BTEC Extended Certificate

BTEC National Extended Certificate Level 3

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Performance Arts - ALMP BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate AF1-DRTS3T/C01

Venue
Alton Campus

Type of study
Vocational

Dates
(2 years)

Examination board
Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL)

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Overview

Do you see exciting work on a professional stage and aspire to that level of brilliance? As a BTEC Performing Arts student, youll be part of a theatrical company and be passionate in developing your own performing arts skills. Youll develop technique, performance skills, creativity, the ability to critically comment and a working understanding of how the performing arts industry operates.

This course enables you to investigate influential professionals within the industry, develop and use skills as an actor, dancer and singer, create a portfolio of performances and learn about job roles within the industry. Developing your skills in musical theatre, jazz dance, singing techniques, screen acting, the course culminates in a final performance to a live audience.

Five GCSEs at grade 9-4, including a 4 in English. Alternatively, if you have studied at Level 2, you should have achieved aMerit or above. To study this course, you should have formal experience of two of the disciplines such as BTEC/GCSE in aPerforming Arts subject, external dance, acting or singing grades (I.S.T.D, LAMDA, Trinity etc.) or regular experience viaa youth theatre, school musicals, Rock Challenge or similar.

You will develop your skills in drama, dance and singing for staging theatre performances and musicals. You will investigate successful practitioners work; describing, analysing and evaluating dances, plays and songs by influential choreographers, playwrights, drama practitioners, composers and lyricists.

The course and the performances you help stage will develop your skills as an actor, dancer and singer. You will work as part of a group to create performances in response to a specific stimulus. You will also study one specialist unit. These can include musical theatre, storytelling, jazz dance, singing techniques, acting styles, choreography, childrens theatre, improvisation or screen acting.

Lesson activities are varied, from practical technique classes to creative workshops to written analysis tasks. We also organise a huge range of trips to theatres, visiting workshops, alongside many opportunities to perform at College. This is a really exciting course for anyone who wishes to pursue a career within the performing arts industry.

100% coursework and controlled assessment.

Trips/workshops from £20 each.


I’m very, very happy, I didn’t expect to do so well. The College has been helpful and supportive. I loved my courses, and the teachers were really good – every single one of them. The facilities are great, but it’s the staff that really make this place.

Matthew Randell, A Level student

I overcame a couple of barriers by working really hard to get the top grades. My experience was really good, with the course and the lecturers, the residentials and activities, together it was all really good. I had really great teaching support, I could always go to the lecturers and speak to them if I needed to.

David Stenning, Public Services student

I’m really happy and pleased with my grades. I really loved my time at the college, I have also made lots of friends, it’s a really nice place to be, I don’t want to leave.

Lauren Piper, A Level student