BTEC Performing Arts
Specification
BTEC Level 3 Performing Arts Specification
The Course
Our intense two year, full-time Performing Arts programme provides students with a recognised qualification in Performing Arts equivalent to one, two or three A-levels. LS6 students receive up to 24 hours of contact time a week and up to 5 hours a week for events and productions.
Train and study in Acting, Singing, Dance and Musical Theatre, combining the best of focused, vocational training with excellent academic achievement to equip students with the diverse range of skills required in these highly competitive industries. Working with your existing training provider we will further develop and endorse your creative skill set. Performing Arts at LeAF Studio provides learners with a strong grounding in the arts.
As part of your intense training and qualification you will explore a wide range of the Performing Arts industry including:
Your Training at LS6 |
Your BTEC Performing Arts course |
| 1:1 Singing | Contextual studies of performing arts practitioners |
| Acrobatic Arts | Devising and choreographing |
| Acting / Acting Company | Exploration of dance and acting styles |
| Acting through Song | Musical theatre and its development |
| Audition Preparation | Working from stimuli |
| Advanced Dance Company | Developing performance skills |
| Ballet | Being a healthy performer |
| Contemporary Dance Company | Roles and interrelationships of creatives |
| Dance | Performing to a range of audiences |
| LAMDA | Creating a digital promotional portfolio |
| Musical Theatre | |
| Singing | |
| Strength & Conditioning | |
| Tap | |
| UCAS and College Applications | |
| Vocational Development/Integrated Performance |
In addition to our BTEC qualification, our Post 16 students have full access to our Performing Arts training programme, this includes non-curriculum based vocational training in Dance, Acting, Musical Theatre, Voice, Acrobatic Arts. Details of our technical training can be found by clicking here.
Students on our Performing Arts programme have access to our VD and IP programme, more details of this can be found by clicking here.
As part of their Performing Arts studies, students will have the opportunity to perform in several productions each year, both at LeAF Studio and at professional venues locally and further afield.
Performance Opportunities |
Where next? |
| Move It Convention & CYD? | Vocational college/conservatoires |
| Annual musical/ showcase at Lighthouse, Poole | Specialism university |
| Intimate vocal evenings in-house and locally | Teaching |
| Dance showcase in-house and locally | Academic pathway at university |
| Local corporate events | Employment in the industry |
| In-house plays | Dual career |
| Local care homes and adult learning centres | |
| Termly performance assessments |
Why LEAF Studio Sixth Form for Performing Arts?
- Workshops and auditions with some of the UK’s top vocational colleges/universities
- Perform at the world’s largest dance convention
- Perform locally at every opportunity
- Large amount of contact time
- A proven track record of alumni success
- A faculty of award-winning teachers and coaches
- Regular trips to the theatre