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Performing Arts - Head of Department: Miss F Mckee

Specification: Pearson Edexcel BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award in Performing Arts

How will you be assessed?
The course has two internally assessed components and one that is externally assessed.
The two internal assessments (component 1 and 2) will be completed in year 10.
Component 3 will be completed in year 11.

Component Title Assessment Weighting
Method
1 Exploring the Performing Arts Internal 30%
2 Developing Skills and Techniques Internal 30%
3 Performing to a Brief External 40%

Component 1; Exploring the Performing Arts:
The aim of this component is to give you a taste of what it is like to be a professional actor, dancer or musical
theatre performer across different styles.
During this component you will observe and reproduce existing repertoire, as well as explore:
• Performance styles, creative intentions and purpose
• Performance techniques, approaches and processes
• Performance roles, responsibilities and skills
• How practitioners create and influence what is performed

Component 2; Developing skills and Techniques:
The aim of this component is to develop skills and techniques in the chosen discipline of acting, dance and
musical theatre. During this component you will:
• Gain physical, interpretive, vocal and rehearsal skills during workshops and classes
• Apply your technical, stylistic and interpretive skills in performances
• Reflect on your progress and use of skills in performance, as well as you could improve

Component 3; Performing to a Brief:
The aim of this component is to consider how practitioners adapt their skills for different contexts and put this
into practice in a performance. During this component you will:

• Use the brief and what you have learned to come up with ideas for the performance
• Choose the skills and techniques you will need
• Build on your skills in classes, workshops and rehearsals
• Review the development process within an ideas and skills log
• Perform a piece lasting 10-15 minutes to your chosen target audience
• Reflect on the performance in an evaluation report

The externally set task is released on Pearson’s website at the end of January. The supervised assessment
period to complete component 3 is from end of January 2023 to the start of May 2023.

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