DANCE AND MUSICAL THEATRE

FOUNDATION COURSE IN DANCE AND MUSICAL THEATRE

The course provides a broad base of professional training in ballet, jazz dance and musical theatre, with in-depth development of specialist skills. Ballet is the foundation of all dance and through professional guidance and training, you will become skilled and confident at auditions. Along with Jazz, these techniques will underpin all requirements needed at auditions at vocational level. Other classes will include Tap, Commercial, Body Conditioning, Voice, Drama and Singing and Musical Theatre.

Understand and explore the fundamentals of movement
Work on co-ordination of arms / feet / head and build core strength
Learn essential combinations of steps and perform a selection of short fundamental choreography from steps learnt
Understanding the complexity of different dance genres
Learn technical exercises to improve posture, such as centering and floor exercises and travelling steps
Reading of written texts, notations and scores

The course provides you with the opportunity to grow and develop as dancers and performing arts professionals. The programme works across the principal areas of dance practice and the associated areas of acting and voice / singing.

DANCE & MUSICAL THEATRE COURSE

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Voice, Acting and Drama

The course provides students with a good basis in all aspects of dramatic practice. Technical training in movement, gesture, improvisation, characterisation, stagecraft, voice, scripted and devised pieces and creative character and personality projection. The aim is to provide students with the confidence and skills to go forward into the profession.

Students may not have had much experience of finding and working on monologues. The course fills that gap and provides the expertise to guide the student to find what suits them individually. The course is prescriptive and student based and, as such, changes according to the students' needs.

Singing

The singing lessons on the MT course focus largely on preparing students for dance and drama school auditions, finding songs that suit the students range and playing type. A technical class also works on developing vocal skills such as breath support, diction, placement and range. These classes give students the necessary skills to audition for higher education courses and ultimately work in the performing arts.