Partner Details

Institute of the Arts Barcelona

Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Bachelor of Arts with Honours - BAH

Alternative Exit

Alternative Exit

Alternative Exit

Programme Offerings

Full-Time

F2F-IAB-SEP

Educational Aims of the Course

The educational aims of the programme are for the student to: 1. Provide its graduates with the creative, technical, and professional skills to gain and sustain employment as a multi-faceted dancer or creative artist in the Commercial Dance field and related performing arts industries 2. Supply its graduates with a comprehensive understanding of the key concepts, ideas and cultural influences which impact upon and underpin the Commercial Dance industry. 3. Develop in its graduates an understanding of the social, political, and cultural implications of Commercial dance and their potential role in this. 4. Encourage its graduates to adopt entrepreneurial approaches to their future professional careers. 5. Develop intellectual, analytical, self-reflective, and interpersonal level graduate and transferable skills.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Portray knowledge and understanding of the key processes and practices by which Commercial dance and performance is realised and managed.
2.
Demonstrate the ability to research, organise and synthesise material independently and to critically evaluate its significance.
3.
Apply professional working practices and ethics in the creation of live and video-based performances.
4.
Exercise a range of intellectual, analytical, self-reflective, and interpersonal graduate level transferable skills appropriate for gaining and maintaining employment in a range of creative industry setting.
5.
Demonstrate pre-professional levels of synthesised technique and artistry in dance techniques relevant to the Commercial Dance industry.
6.
Demonstrate pre-professional levels synthesised technique and artistry in aerial arts and acrobatics.
7.
Demonstrate knowledge and an understanding of the interplay between practice and theory, in preparation for sustained professional practice.
8.
Lead others with confidence and work pro-actively, independently, flexibly, and collaboratively within diverse creative teams and projects and in the creation of new work.
9.
Evaluate key political, economic, social, cultural, and technological factors, which may impact on the production and reception of performing arts.
10.
Demonstrate knowledge and an understanding of professional structures and practices within the creative industries including entrepreneurship.
11.
Engage an entrepreneurial approach to a portfolio career in the arts and able to navigate the Commercial dance industry and the potential professional opportunities available.
12.
Demonstrate the ability to develop ideas and construct arguments with the capacity to articulate them clearly in different modes and apply them to practical contexts

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Teaching and Learning Teaching is delivered by means of lectures, practical classes, technique classes, small group teaching workshops/practical activities, individual practice, individual/group tutorials, rehearsals/preparation for performance and live and recorded performance. Teaching incorporates: 1. Sharing factual knowledge, introducing conceptual frameworks and inspiring discussion activity. 2. Providing instruction in dance/performing to improve and enhance technique level. 3. Demonstrating use of technology, applications and the exploration of possibilities. 4. Explaining how to research, collect and analyse data, structure an academic argument and frame findings. 5. Exploring and developing skills in critical analysis of self and others. 6. Providing learning activities to develop interpersonal skills and graduate attributes. 7. Guiding a rehearsal/creative process, providing constructive feedback to enhance the students’ breadth and depth of learning, and providing further feedback after the live/completed event. Visiting lecturers and professional artists contribute to the programme to offer other perspectives and simulate learning through a professional work environment. Throughout the programme the student is encouraged to read widely to consolidate and supplement that being taught to network within the industry and to set goals and challenge self. A summary description of the teaching and learning activities by level is: At level 4 – Embedding key understandings, skills and knowledge whilst ensuring that the student has an awareness of self- learning strategies and development of their interpersonal/academic skills. At level 5 – Applying learning and extending further the students’ knowledge, skill base and ability to make/create work and engage with the rehearsal process to ensure confident levels of performance. At level 6 – Translation of knowledge and abilities into strategies for securing and sustaining employment in the industry and acquisition of transferable graduate attributes for employment in different /wider fields of work Regular, well planned, and focused self-directed study is essential for a successful outcome at each level of study. Different students may need to spend different amounts of time on different subjects. The journey from being a guided learner to an autonomous learner, equipped with the necessary skills, intent, and curiosity, is integral to the learning partnership fostered between the institution and each individual student. Assessment is geared specifically to learning and serves the purposes of: 1. Helping students learn by highlighting their strengths and weaknesses and working with them to develop their abilities to achieve the required learning outcomes. 2. Mapping students’ skills, knowledge, and level of ability against the learning outcomes of their modules of study. 3. Ensuring that the module or programme of study is delivering the required learning activities and that the individual teaching and learning strategy is efficient and effective. As is appropriate in a vocational Commercial Dance programme, there is a higher number of practice-based assessment tasks than written assessment tasks. Practical assessments can also be supported by the keeping and submission of a working diary/journal. To provide and enhance the academic underpinning and rigour of the programme traditional types of academic assessment will also be employed for example research activities, analysis and critical appreciation activities and academic writing tasks. The types of assessment used are essays and critical evaluations; practical tasks; live performance; studio rehearsal projects; reports/case studies; small group presentations and project management tasks. In practical work at Level 4, the emphasis in assessments is on process and the levels of improvement made during the year. The presentation of studio / class-based assessments allows the students to demonstrate the progression

Opportunities for work related learning

The programme is vocationally specific and designed to include work-related learning. Industry standard facilities, hardware and software are used throughout the programme. The practical assessment tasks wherever possible are positioned against industry standards and processes to replicate ‘real world’ situations. Students are also given access to a range of opportunities to undertake voluntary, extra-curricular work in the industry. At Level 5 the modules are designed to develop understanding and competence with professional working practices and context. Creative Enterprise 2 Commercial dance and Production & Performance 2 provide students with an opportunity to experience and understand professional working practices within the arts and specifically the Commercial Dance industry. At Level 6 the students are expected to work as a professional artist and engage with other professionals in the appropriate manner. Production and Performance 3 and Professional Preparation modules offer specific work-related learning opportunities by enabling the students to engage in real world scenarios and with industry professionals.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

The programme is delivered over three academic years in full-time mode. It starts in September and runs through to early June. The programme has no options. An alternative award of Diploma of Higher Education in Commercial Dance will be offered to students who do not achieve a pass in, or … For more content click the Read More button below.

Approved variance from Academic Framework Regulations

Variance to run yearlong modules at Level 4, 5, 6 has been approved.

Entry Requirements

A levels

Alternative qualifications considered

BTECs

International Baccalaureate

Other international requirements