BTEC Course
16 - 18 year olds
Your BTEC course, in association with VLUK (Virtual Learning UK), is a high-quality, career-focused performing arts qualification grounded in the real world of the entertainment industry. This means BPA students develop and apply the knowledge, skills and behaviours that employers are looking for. BPA students are trained in preparation for professional careers ahead.
BASE Performing Arts offers the option for both a non-paying course, as well as a top-up course.
NON-PAYING COURSE
Our non-paying course covers all of the VLUK required hours for students to complete their level 3 BTEC qualification. The timetable is with our faculty and still covers high quality training in the subjects listed per week:
Acting
Singing Technique
Acting Through Song
Ballet
Commercial
Musical Theatre Jazz
Jazz Technique
Tap
Self Tape Audition Class
Ensemble Singing
*Over 4 days per week
Mon - Thurs
TOP-UP COURSE
Our top-up course offers additional specialist training for an annual fee of £2,100. This course includes a subsequent day of classes each week, on top of the BTEC qualification. This timetable covers the subjects listed below per week:
Acting
Singing Technique
Acting Through Song
Ballet
Commercial
Musical Theatre Jazz
Jazz Technique
Tap
Self Tape Audition Class
Ensemble Singing
Additional Classes:
Industry talks
Auditions
Audition Technique
Performance opportunities
workshops
Headshots
Further Additional Weekly Pathway Classes:
MT:
Industry Guest
Private Singing Lesson
Acting for Screen
Dance:
Industry Guest
Commercial/Heels
Contemporary
*An additional day of training
Mon - Fri
Top up classes and opportunities vary throughout the year. Here is an example of some of the fantastic Top up opportunities from this year’s cohort:
Heels
Commercial
Private singing classes
Acting for camera
Private auditions for major casting directors for dance, TV and film
Auditioning for and performing with a major uk artist
Industry workshops with leading professionals in dance and musical theatre industries
Workshops with Resident West End directors
Agency Representation
Exciting workshops and opportunities EVERY WEEK.
VLUK
Performing Arts BTEC Course
What our course offers...
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Level 3 BTEC Course.
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Two Year Course offering high-stand training within the performing arts.
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Designed for 16 – 18-year-olds.
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36-week academic year.
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Including student Enrichment hours, and Tutorials.
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Our performing arts training is within the subjects; Ballet, Jazz, Commercial Dance, Contemporary, Singing, Acting, Audition technique, Heels Technique, Musical Theatre, ATS, and Performance Technique.
Your BTEC timetable shall be completed at BASE Dance Studios, the UK's leading dance studios, in the heart of London.
The industry shall be the students atmosphere and environment each day, so they leave the course feeling as though they already have one foot within the profession they want to pursue. With relationships already formed with those professionals who will be potentially hiring them one day to begin their careers.
We seek students with a serious commitment for training within the arts. BPA does not see students as 'paying customers', but instead as young talents with potential, who we shall mould and equip with the tools needed for careers with longevity.
We have no interest in taking hundreds and hundred of students. It is a selective process to discover only those with a drive and desire, and we shall surround you with other like-minded individuals. Our mission is to build students who shall better the arts and the entertainment industry through the generations to come.
Our prospectus is designed to create professionals, ready to work within the industry.
Entry Requirements:
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Five GSCE standard passes - (which is Grade 4 and above marks). Including Maths and English.
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If grade requirements have not been met our course offers a resit in both subjects.
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Completed application form via the link below.
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A successful audition and interview with the head faculty at BASE Dance Studios
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Academic year course fee, for top-up course.