Dance

Description

This is your first step to a fascinating and rewarding career in dance. This innovative and exhilarating course provides a comprehensive experience in a wide range of dance styles and techniques. Students develop core skills that can help advance to more specialised professional dance opportunities in performance or in education.

Graduates from this course progress to higher education or they continue to dance professionally or to teach dance. This course offers an opportunity to improve and perfect technical dance skills across a range of dance disciplines and to gain an introduction to teaching qualifications. All students will take ISTD exams. Applicants are expected to demonstrate a high level of motivation, commitment and a passion for dance.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

•    Leaving Certificate or equivalent – with exceptions made for talented students.

•    A high degree of motivation and a passionate interest in dance* are required.

•    All applicants are auditioned, and places are awarded on suitability.

•    Some previous dance experience is necessary.

DURATION:

Exceptionally talented students have the possibility to progress directly to one of the Further/Higher Education colleges in London.

CERTIFICATION:

•    QQI Level 5 in Dance (5M4572).

COURSE CONTENT:

Students will be examined in 8 subject areas. The following subjects may be offered:

Dance Performance - 5N0781

The purpose of this subject is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to perform dance sequences in a choice of genres and styles, using technical dance skills, as part of a group and as a solo.

Dance Production - 5N0782

Classical Ballet - 5N6165

ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance)

Communications - 5N0690

Work Experience - 5N1356

Theatre Performance Skills - 5N4568

EDUCATION PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES:

Excellent progressions opportunities including:

•    IAB Institute of the Arts Barcelona.

•    Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts.

•    Laine Theatre Arts.

•    London Contemporary Dance School.

•    Bodyworks Dance Studios.

•    London Studio Centre.

•    Urdang Performing Arts.

•    Millenium Performing Arts.

•    Stellaman Performing Arts.

Students who wish to use the links to further studies will need to attain a certain level of achievement in their QQI award.

PAST GRADUATES INCLUDE:

•    Jane Kellaghan: Director – Crux Dance Theatre.

•    Claire Rigney: Musical Theatre Artist.

•    Lorcan O’ Neill: Contemporary Dance Artist.

•    Richard Murphy: Chicago – West End, London.

•    Mary Wycherley: Lecturer – University of Limerick.

•    Darragh O’Leary: West End, London.

•    Antoinette Casserley: Director – Galway Ballet School.

•    Cormac Murphy: Ballet Theatre UK.

•    Amy O’Sullivan: Principal Teacher – AFAD.

•    Claire Skelly: Dancer – Cork City Ballet.

•    Amanda Duke: Teacher – Donna’s Dance Studio.

Recent students who went on to further study in London:

•    Alison Healy: gained entry into Momentum Performing Arts Academy, London UK

•    Dylan Wiggins: Stella Mann College of Performing Arts, London (Scholarship)

•    Chris O’Doherty: Stella Mann College of Performing Arts, London (Scholarship)

•    Laura Gee: Dance 1 graduate offered three colleges (Doreen Bird College of Dance, London, Urdang College of Performing Arts, London, Laine Theatre Arts)

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Students will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of national and international choreographers and dance companies including West End and Broadway stars.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:

Opportunities exist for dancers in ballet companies, contemporary dance companies, musical theatre, West End, teaching, choreographing, producing and music videos.