Today we had to create Institution Profiles around Performing Arts, researching different universities and drama schools and the courses they offer. We had to focus on 4 different courses, possibly contrasting each other, to then present. I looked at Kingston University, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) and Kingston University.
LAMDA
Course: BA (Hons) Professional Acting
3 year course
£9,000 a year
Year 1 - technical classes (acting, improv, voice, movement, singing, text analysis & interpretation, Alexander Technique, physical theatre, stage combat, dance) 80% of course content
Year 2 - Classwork 60% of course content, inc. audio & screen acting monologues
Workshop performances of Shakespeare, restoration drama, 19th century russian naturalism& musical theatre
Year 3 - public productions in LAMDAs theatres, can tour across UK & abroad
final phase of screen acting, voice-over & mic training ~ produce short film, radio play, voice reel & on-camera audition technique
Technical classes throughout final year
Train minimum 35 hours per week
Audition: 2 monologues (1 from Elizabethan/Jacobean play, 1 form 20th/21st century)
maximum 3 mins
Kingston University
Course: Drama BA(Hons)
3 year course
Year 1 - key approaches to uunderstanding performance, analysing playtexts & productions etc.
end of year 1, create a performance project
Year 2 - contemporary play study, devising performance & Modernist theatre theory & practice
Year 3 - major production project, text based/devised ~ choice of option modules e.g cabaret & variety performance
Learn a language for free whilst studying - Arabic, french, german, italian, japanese, mandarin, portuguese, russian & spanish
Study/work abroad
Entry: 280-320 points
Grades: A level/BTEC:DDM
LIPA
Course: BA (Honours) Dance
3 Year course
£9,000 a year
Year 1 - technical: regular jazz, ballet & contemporary classes, weekly in tap
study fundamentals of choreo & commercial dance~inc. cross-cultural, street dance & combined art forms
inc. acting, singing and voice classes
Year 2 - technical classes continue. Classes to enhance secondary skills in acting and singing with musical theatre classes
Public peformance project~work alongside musicians, designers, & technicianss towards major performance
Year 3 - Explore elements of own research through practice, studying professional interests in dance & related performance
performance opportunities for internal & external audiences, inc showcase opportunities for industry professionals
Entry: 5 GCSES Min. C Grade
160 points ~ 2 A levels, BTEC Diploma DM
University Of Surrey
Course: Dance with Theatre and Performance BA (Hons)
3 year course
Dance and theatre combined, expressing meaning and emotion through performance
£9,000 a year
Course: Dance with Theatre and Performance BA (Hons)
3 year course
Dance and theatre combined, expressing meaning and emotion through performance
£9,000 a year
References
www.lipa.ac.uk
www.kingston.ac.uk
www.lamda.org.uk
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