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Exploring Dance: A-Level Course in Performance & Analysis

Dive into the world of dance with this A-level course encompassing solo performances, group choreography, critical analysis of works like Rooster by Christopher Bruce and Rambert Dance Company, and the study of influential practitioners within the dance scene. Explore various genres and styles while enhancing your understanding of dance history and contemporary practices.

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Exploring Dance: A-Level Course in Performance & Analysis

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  1. A-level Dance Course structure

  2. Component 1: Performance & Choreography • Solo performance linked to a specific practitioner within an area of study • Performance in a quartet • Group Choreography 80 marks 50% of the A-level

  3. Component 2: Critical Engagement • One compulsory set work within the compulsory area of study • One optional set work within the corresponding area of study from a choice of four 100 marks 50% of the A-level

  4. Compulsory set work and area of study • Rooster by Christopher Bruce (1991) • Rambert Dance Company 1966 - 2002 You will study: Constituent features of Rooster, as well as the themes/form/ approach and origins. You will also study similarities & differences between Rooster and other Bruce pieces.

  5. Compulsory set work and area of study Rambert 1966 - 2002 • The development of Rambert through the decades under different artistic directors. • Two practitioners from Rambert and two works by each one (Richard Alston & Robert North) • The importance of these practitioners in relation to Rambert

  6. Optional set works and areas of study

  7. Optional set works and areas of study • Independent contemporary dance scene in Britain 2000 - now • Two practitioners from the scene and two works by each one (Khan/Bourne/Shechter) • The importance of these practitioners in relation to the scene

  8. Solo & Quartet • These can be in any style of genre from the set area and optional areas of study • In the style of Bruce, Alston, Larbi, Bourne OR a jazz piece based on Fosse.

  9. Let’s watch… • Rooster • Sutra • Fosse • Bourne

  10. Summer Research

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