The Place

For the first time ever young people aged 13 – 18 years have the chance to study GCSE Dance at the UK’s premier centre for contemporary dance. The home of Richard Alston Dance Company, London Contemporary Dance School and a range of professional artists; The Place offers an inspiring environment in which to study.

As well as benefiting from the excellent facilities and pioneering teaching approaches of the Creative Teaching and Learning department, the multistranded nature of The Place means students will be able to take advantage of a range of benefits, from discounts on classes and courses to reduced price tickets to dance performances.

Course start date: Sun 8 January 2012
Course duration: 18 months
Course requirements: applicants should have some dance experience
Course fees: £990 (inclusive of examination entry and payable in installments)

Why study GCSE Dance?

In addition to helping students acquire subject knowledge, the GCSE dance course:

• promotes fitness, a healthy lifestyle, team working and creativity
• actively engages students in the process of dance in order to develop as effective and independent learners and as critical and reflective thinkers with enquiring minds 
• develops students' skills, knowledge and understanding of a range of dance styles through the interrelated processes of performing, creating and appreciating dances 
• develops physical, technical and expressive skills through which students are able to communicate choreographic intention and develop their individual qualities as performers 
• develops students' skills, knowledge and understanding of choreography through which they are able to communicate ideas, thoughts and meaning drawn from a range of dance styles 
• develops a critical appreciation of dance in its physical, artistic, aesthetic and cultural contexts 
• provides progression from Key Stage 3 and a solid foundation for further studies in dance or performing arts, including A-levels and BTECs,  and/or a career in performing arts.
  

“Dance is vital, an activity both exhilarating and liberating to watch or do. The instinct to dance is fundamentally joyous and no matter how hard you try you can’t get away from that for long. It can also be a huge force for good, effectively drawing people together and levelling everyone through sheer hard work. It can speed up your heart rate, it can enliven your being, it can change your life”.

- Richard Alston CBE, Artistic Director of The Place

For more information about the course please contact Peter Laycock, Course Manager on 020 7121 1036 or