BTEC

Dance

EXTENDED DIPLOMA

iN PERFORMING ARTS PRACTICE (DANCE) LEVEL 3

 

This full time course is designed for 16-18 year olds who aspire to make dance their professional career; be it working in the West End, dancing for companies, cruises, cabaret shows, or even dancing alongside their favourite pop artist. There are many options for a professional career in dance and this two-year course will provide the high quality dance training needed to set solid foundations in commercial dance, street dance, jazz, musical theatre, ballet, contemporary, tap, Latin, singing, acting, choreography, community dance, fitness and much more.  

At Addict we place teaching and learning at the heart of what we do, all of our staff are still working in the industry to ensure the students get current training that is relevant and effective. The staff work in many areas in the industry including choreographing for X Factor, West End and The Royal Ballet and have performed in all areas of the industry, including West End musicals such as 42nd Street, Wicked, Chicago, Sweet Charity, along with many commercial artists like Anne-Marie, Zara Larsson, Rita Ora, and Camila Cabello.  
During each year of training our dancers can audition to take part in main stage and showcase performances at Move It London (UK biggest dance convention attracting an audience of 70,000), CYD? Super Convention, Mass Movement and perform in a variety of UK venues as part of our Winter Tour. All students will also take part in termly shows.  Alongside these performances throughout the course, students will study four mandatory modules as follows: 

  • Performing arts skills development
  • The performing arts industry
  • Personal performing arts profile
  • Collaborative performing arts project 

Once the BTEC Extended Diploma qualification is completed the students then have the opportunity to audition for a Higher Education course; enabling the dancers to complete their training fully qualified and ready for the industry.  

For the BTEC in Dance 2024/25, Addict is a Learning site for VLUK and SCL with the awarding body for the qualification being Pearson. 

The education, enrichment and qualifications are delivered by Virtual Learning UK

Additional Costs

Uniform Fee: £200
Enrichment Fee: £250 per year

Entry Requirements

Successful dance audition and qualifications at or equivalent to Level 2.  GCSE Maths and English at level 4 or above is preferred however there is opportunity for these two subjects to be re-studied at the college if not achieved.

Course Content

Year One 

Dancers will have a comprehensive timetable and partake in all dance disciplines throughout the year including commercial dance, street dance, jazz, musical theatre, ballet, contemporary, tap, Latin, singing, acting, and choreography (with levelled technique classes). The units assessed in year one are: 

  • Exploring performance styles
  • Creating performance material
  • Performing as a dancer as part of an ensemble
  • Planning a career in the industry

Year Two

As with year one, there will continue to be an array of dance lessons in all dance disciplines throughout the year to continue with training and development.  Year two also involves students working on their own personal profile as well as collaborating with others to develop and produce their own project.  The assessed units in year two are as follows:

  • Using development plans to refine skills
  • Producing a personal project
  • Using material for self-promotion and networking
  • Undertaking a defined creative or administrative role
  • Using creative collaboration to develop a project
  • Producing a collaborative project

Students work is generated through practical projects, briefs, workshops and engagement with industry, preparing them through the development of portfolios and materials for progression. Students will develop performing arts skills, learn to manage projects, gain self-analysis skills, and develop appreciation of the performing arts industry and their future in it.

Performance Opportunities

College shows, Move It London, Mass Movement Midlands (Curve), Can You Dance conventions, music videos, Choreography showcases, guest projects, termly assessment performances.

 

 

Programme Details

The course is Validated by Pearson Edexcel

The first Year of the course is provided by VLUK.

The second year of the course is provided by SCL Education