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Performing Arts

Entry requirements


GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE English Language at Grade C or above (Grade 4 for those sitting their GCSE from 2017 onwards) or equivalent. Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy are accepted in place of GCSEs.

UCAS Tariff

112

A minimum of 72 points from two A levels or equivalent, excluding General Studies.

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Performing arts

**Study the performing arts while you nurture your artistic individuality on this practical course.**

As part of your course you’ll:

- Learn more about your current artistic interests as you draw from a range of disciplines as inspiration for your project work

- Develop your passion, whether that’s for creative text writing, dance, acting or directing

- Use project work to explore your particular area of interest

- Enhance your practical performance skills and confidence in your ability to create performance work through weekly technique classes and creative workshops

- Undertake a professional placement during your second year

- Showcase your third-year work in front of professional artists and producers at the Leeds School of Arts annual festival

**Find out more**

Leeds is home to hundreds of professional theatre collectives, dance companies and arts festivals so you’ll be surrounded by a vibrant creative community and an exciting range of performance work.

We’ll support you in setting up your second-year professional placement. You could spend a semester learning alongside and networking with one of the many artistic companies in Leeds or you could choose to travel abroad to work for an international organisation. Our students have previously completed placements at Company Chameleon in Manchester, BMotion Festival in Bassano del Grappa, Italy and with theatre company Third Angel based in Sheffield.

All of the staff teaching on your course are practising artists, which means our teaching is based on real professional experience. You’ll also have the chance to attend additional workshops delivered by external artists and companies.

Our partnerships with organisations such as Compass Live Art Festival and Yorkshire Dance will give you the opportunity to learn from guest lecturers at the top of their field.

You’ll have access to specialist studio spaces used by professional artists at Northern Ballet and Yorkshire Dance as well as our own studios at our picturesque Headingley Campus.

**Why study Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett University...**

- Second-year professional placement working in industry

- Courses taught by practising artists

- Workshops and guest lectures delivered by external artists at the top of their field

- Partnerships with organisations such as Compass Live Art Festival and Yorkshire Dance

- Access to an industry-standard theatre, performance studios and a host of other performing arts facilities in the new £80-million Leeds School of Arts Building

Modules

Year 1 Core Modules:
- Performance Texts
- Writing & Directing Performance
- The Physical Practitioner
- Embodying Theatre & Performance Contexts
- Health & Wellbeing for Artistic Practice

Year 2 Core Modules:
- Project Lab
- Design in/for Performing Arts
- Musical Theatre Practices
- Thinking Bodies in Performance
In addition, choose from a list of Year 2 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list.

Year 3 Core Modules:
- Making Work for Festival Contexts
- Arts & Social Engagement
- Lift Off 1: Process
- Lift Off 2: Showcase
- Arts Research

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

City CampusC

Department:

Film, Music and Performing Arts

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What students say


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59%
Performing arts

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Performing arts (non-specific)

Teaching and learning

68%
Staff make the subject interesting
84%
Staff are good at explaining things
84%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
73%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

84%
Library resources
97%
IT resources
70%
Course specific equipment and facilities
54%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

99%
UK students
1%
International students
36%
Male students
64%
Female students
74%
2:1 or above
4%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

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D
B

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