GCSE Dance

The aim of the course is to further develop your interest and enthusiasm for Dance whilst enabling you to develop your technical abilities and foster a total appreciation for Dance as an art form.

You will be encouraged to: devise and adapt a variety of performance skills; refine and adapt existing techniques; perform set technical studies with style and accuracy; appreciate strengths and weaknesses; develop an understanding of body maintenance and anatomy; support your own compositions with written descriptions/analysis; analyse and interpret professional dance works; increase knowledge of composition and choreography.

Throughout the 2 year course your experience will be informed by a study of Dance which has an emphasis on the 3 strands of performance, choreography and appreciation.


GCSE Dance is an extremely demanding course which requires you to have full commitment towards both practical and theory lessons. Although 70% of the course is practical, you must have the motivation and enthusiasm for the written elements of the GCSE in order to achieve and fulfil your potential. You must have the determination to perform to the highest standards.

The course will require you to demonstrate:

It is an exciting, lively and interesting two year course which is physically demanding but thoroughly enjoyable.