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Dance at SRWA
A key focus of the dance curriculum is to develop students' interpersonal skills, such as communicating ideas and opinions, collaborating with others and leadership skills.
This fits into the Academy’s aim to create lifelong learners, and prepare them for later life. We aim to develop skills in dance performance, composition and appreciation, though a wide range of themes, topics and styles. There is a strong focus on creativity and imagination in composition tasks, whilst performance tasks aim to develop learner’s confidence, as well as a range of physical and expressive skills. Appreciation tasks encourage students to give their own insight, opinions and interpretations, through analysing a wide range of different choreographers and their works.
Developing Our Learners
- We want learners to be able to perform in a range of dance styles, from contemporary to street dance, bollywood to salsa.
- We want learners to develop an understanding of each style, analysing the stylistic features, and historical and social factors which have influenced the development of different dance styles.
- We want learners to know how to respond to a range of different stimuli, and be able to apply choreographic principles to improvise and explore, to create and structure their own dances.
- We want learners to appreciate the importance of personal interpretation and appreciation when analysing different dance works, whether that be their own work, their peers or that of professional choreographers.
Structure And Sequence
The performance material taught in lessons gradually increases in complexity and challenge throughout the learning journey, whilst the guidance and structure of choreographic tasks is gradually reduced, allowing learners to work more independently, and with more creative freedom.
At KS4 learners take full responsibility for producing choreography in response to a choice of stimuli, and at KS5 students take responsibility for planning whole productions. The order and sequencing of the themes and topics are designed to be appropriate for particular ages/year groups.
Destinations And The World Of Work
Learners will experience working independently, in duets, trios and ensembles, enabling development of interpersonal skills which are vital in preparing them for the world of work. Creative skills developed in this subject also lend themselves to a range of different career paths.
Learners explore the roles of dance performers, choreographers, critics, teachers and therapists. Strong links with Brighton and Chichester universities allow students to attend live performance opportunities and explore dance related courses on offer when they leave school.
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