There is currently one full-time dance specialist within the department. Some lower school lessons are shared with dance trained members of the Physical Education department.
Above all else, the dance department aims to help pupils of all abilities to make the most of their potential by developing aesthetic awareness, building self-esteem and self-expression, encouraging collaborative and cooperative working methods as well as fostering creativity.
Pupils do not receive bespoke dance lessons during Key Stage 3.
Momentum Dance Clubs runs weekly enabling pupils with a passion for dance to improve their technical skills and choreographic ideas prior to signing up to GCSE Dance in year 10.
the dance department aims to help pupils of all abilities to make the most of their potential by developing aesthetic awareness, building self-esteem and self-expression, encouraging collaborative and cooperative working methods.
We study GCSE dance according to the AQA syllabus. The course focuses upon two components:
Component 1 – Performance and choreography