THE PERFORMING COMPANIES
Performing experience during the first and second year of training is viewed as an essential part of the curriculum.
A major performance work, Dance Overture, staged every summer at a leading London venue provides these students with the opportunity to work with leading choreographers and directors each of whom employ a broad range of techniques. Dance Overture serves as an introduction to the professional stage for students embarking on their training at the London Studio Centre. Students are well supported by teaching and production staff as they confront the challenges of performing in professional venues very often for the first time.
The students' creativity is also nurtured through a showcase based on assessments which is produced every spring in a London theatre. This performance is derived from the material seen during the first semester in choreographic workshops, class assessments and student projects. It provides an ideal opportunity for the students to present their work, spanning all areas of the curriculum. 'Pulse 8', a company founded and directed by the students as a vehicle for their own performances and choreography, provides an ideal opportunity for their own work to be seen in a professional theatre.
The London Studio Centre also has its own studio theatre - the De Valois Theatre - presenting frequent, smaller scale drama and dance productions, as well as choreographic evenings of the students' own devising.
In the final year students join one of four performing options and during their sixth semester they work, to all intents and purposes, as a professional company in their chosen professional field. The companies tour a full evening programme of work to theatres and arts centres throughout the UK; the tour culminates in London performances which provide the ideal showcase for potential employers. These performances complete the students' education as dancers and set them on the road to successful professional careers.
IMAGES OF DANCE Classical Ballet Professional Option
INTOTO DANCE Contemporary Dance Professional Option
THE JAZZ DANCE COMPANY Jazz Theatre Dance Professional Option
SEEDTIME Music Theatre Professional Option