Dance
What is it to be a Dancer at Marriotts?
In Dance, our intent is to engage and energise the students to want to perform and hone their skills to a professional standard, enjoying their learning and learning to work collaboratively with others to shape and rehearse their work with clear targets in order to improve their self-image.
Students will learn both the creative and technical side of Dance, including the language, in order to access the next stage of their education and/or extra-curricular studies. Our curriculum builds on the skills that students bring from other subjects and also includes a rich opportunity for individuals to get involved in extra curricular activities.
Dance aim to provide students with a life-long love affair with the arts and encourage students to explore the wider world of performance work and the culture that surrounds it. Throughout the key stages and courses, students will also gain the transferrable vocational skills of confidence, teamwork, communication skills, time management, self management, self discipline and creativity which will allow them to flourish in the competitive world of work.
Curriculum Overview
Click on the relevent year group curriculum maps in the document section below to find out more detail about what is studied in Marriotts Performing Arts department.
For further details of the Performing Arts curriculum please contact Miss H Everett: h.everett@marriotts.herts.sch.uk
Subject Team
The Performing Arts Department consists of 5 highly skilled and motivated members of staff who are fully committed to ensuring each student maximises their potential in Drama and Dance and is able to enjoy the diverse range of topics that we study at Marriotts.
| Staff | Role In Faculty |
|---|---|
| Miss H Everett | Head of Performing Arts (Joint) |
| Mrs N Bond | Head Of Dance |
| Mrs S Endersbee | Teacher of Performing Arts |
| Mrs J Lyttle | Teacher of Performing Arts |
| Miss A Sweeney | Teacher of Performing Arts |
Curriculum Maps
Click on the relevent year group curriculum map to find out more detail about what is studied in Marriotts Performing Arts department.
Careers: Where can this subject take me?
Potential careers
Amongst a wide range of careers accessible with a Performing Arts degree, students could consider:
Actor, Director, Singer, Dancer, Lighting designer/technician, Sound Designer/ Technician, Costume Designer, Community Arts Worker, Drama Therapist, Lawyer, Politician, Arts Administrator, Youth Worker, Teaching, Theatre Education Officer, Public Relations, Sales positions.
Whether you consider yourself a performer or not, good qualifications in Performing Arts from Marriotts will prepare you well for your life ahead.
| How to become a Theatre director | Set design and how to get into it. | How to become an actor |
Enrichment
The Performing arts department ensure that students are given the opportunity to watch professional, live theatre. Over the past few years, there have been numerous trips to the West End, watching popular Musicals; Phantom of the Opera, &Juliet, Starlight Express and Everyone's talking about Jamie. In addition to this, students who opted for Performing Arts in year 10 were are able to watch Kate Prince's version of 'Message in a bottle' and , Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake'.
This year the Dance department have organised a Gifted and Talented trip to 'Move it 2025' at the Excel Centre, London, where students are given access to take part in numerous classes and watch some of the most prestigious Preforming Arts colleges perform on stage.
Extra curricular clubs such as KS3 Drama improvisation and Street Dance are run weekly, along with the annual Christmas concert. This year we have been working hard on our production of 'School of Rock', which is being performed at Easter. As a reward for all their dedication, the cast members of School of Rock are going to be given the opportunity to watch the brand new Musical 'Hercules'.
