Performing Arts (2022) | BTEC Tech Awards | Pearson qualifications
The current BTEC course is validated by Pearson and provides students the opportunity to gain the BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award in Performing Arts. In order to achieve this qualification students, must complete a range of practical assessments and written coursework tasks. These are divided into 3 components.
Students will study the work of various choreographers and techniques as well as learning set dances. Students will also develop their own choreography skills in a range of styles, learn how to appreciate their own and others work. Written tasks include a comparative essay and analysis of performance. In component 3 students will respond to a brief set by the exam board.
Component 1 – This is internally assessed and externally moderated by the exam board. Component 1 is an extended written task whereby students will research and develop their knowledge and understanding of existing work by leading choreographers in the dance arena. Students will then compare and contrast the choreographies in a critical evaluation of the techniques and styles of dance. (36 Guided Learning Hours)
Component 2 – This unit is also internally assessed and externally moderated. This component leads on from component 1. Students will now perform using a range of dance styles and techniques including Contemporary, Jazz, Cultural, Lyrical and Modern. They will replicate set tasks from existing work and perform in front of an audience for assessment. Students will also create their own choreography to demonstrate their understanding of a range of techniques and styles of dance. (36GLH)
Component 3 – This unit is externally assessed and includes responding to a brief set by the exam board. Students will be given controlled examination time to respond to the brief this will include written and performance tasks.
Through this course, learners will acquire sector-specific applied knowledge and skills through vocational contexts by studying professionals’ work and processes used, the skills and techniques used in different roles, and how to contribute to the creation of a performance in either a performance or non-performance role. Learners will also have the opportunity to develop their own technical, practical and interpretative skills through workshops and classes, and to apply them in the internal and external assessments. In addition, learners will develop transferable and employability skills such as responding to a brief, self-development, planning, time management and communication.
As a creative subject with a focus on application, there is no written exam. All components, including the externally assessed synoptic component, are assessed through engaging, open, and flexible set tasks, designed to give learners as much freedom as possible in how they respond, allowing them to work to their own strengths and interests, and to focus on the area of the performing arts sector that most excites and appeals to them. There are 2 internally assessed units and 1 externally assessed units.
This Tech Award complements the learning in GCSE programmes such as GCSE Dance by broadening experience and skills participation in different types of performance activities, with the opportunity to practically apply knowledge and skills through project work, such as developing ideas and performing for specific audiences. It is a great stepping-stone into further vocational or academic study in the Performing Arts sector
Once you have completed the qualification, you will have developed a practical understanding of the performing arts industry, and the roles and responsibilities of the people involved in performing arts industries. Because you will be building useful skills, which are not generally covered in GCSE courses, you will have a better understanding of whether the performing arts industry is for you. This will allow you to decide whether this is an area you want to continue to study. The course will also help you to develop specific skills and knowledge, such as self-evaluation and group work, which will benefit you wherever you progress to next.
If you decide to go on to further study of performing arts, the best option for you will depend on the grades you have achieved in this and the other qualifications you have taken, and what you enjoy doing. You could progress to a Level 2 Technical Certificate or to a Level 3 programme, such as A Levels, a T Level or a BTEC National, either on its own or in combination with A levels.
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