BTEC dance

BTEC dance

1. dancer

   • most dancers retire from dancing in their mid 30's because of the high demands on their bodies.
   • They also have better coordination, agility and flexibility.
   • Dancers also have increased muscular strength, endurance and motor fitness.
   • Get inspired. Whether it's your first week or 10th year of dancing, the key to being a good dancer is wanting to be a good dancer.
   • humans started dancing 1.5 million years ago
   • Through dance, students learn teamwork, focus, and improvisational skills.
   • what skills does a dancer need?
     • physical fitness, stamina and perseverance.
     • a thorough knowledge of dance and its related issues.
     • motivation and discipline.
     • communication and interpersonal skills.
     • creativity.
     • resilience.
     • confidence and self-belief.
     • adaptability to the different disciplines of TV, film and theatre.

2. lighting designer

   • The designer must also furnish all associated paperwork for the design including hook-ups, schedules, cut lists, and a cue synopsis.
   • The Lighting Designer is responsible for the design, installation, and operation of the lighting and special electrical effects used in the production.
   • Those who aspire to work in Architectural Lighting Design typically earn a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design.
   • Jean Rosenthal was the first lighting designer
   • what skills does a lighting designer need?
     • Good communicator.
     • Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
     • Technical skills
     • Excellent colour vision.
   • There are three basic types of lighting that work together to light your home: General, Task and Accent.

3. costume designer

   • you must have the confidence to motivate a team, break down a script in terms of costume or scene changes, sewing skills, and knowledge of textiles; how they move and feel.
   • You must have good communication and research skills, be creative and imaginative, and be a great designer.
   • The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits/costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc.
   • The costume designer works alongside the director, scenic, lighting designer, sound designer, and other creative personnel.
   • The three functions of costume design are to accent, reflect, and reveal.
   • costume designers are required to accent the physiques of the actors.
   • They must reflect the era, time of day, climate, season, location, occasion, or fancifulness of a character.
   • Costume designers are responsible for developing, creating and fitting the costumes for characters in film, television and theatre productions.
   • what skills does a costume designer need?
     • excellent design skills.
     • leadership ability.
     • organisational skills.
     • to be aware of costs.
     • a good eye for detail.
     • the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

4. choreographer

   • Their ideas may be recorded in dance notation, or on videos
   • A choreographer makes a dance based on music or a synopsis.
   • As a choreographer, you'll create and plan routines for performance, usually to music or to evoke an idea in the heads of the audience.
   • You'll create dance routines to entertain at live shows, events or for TV and films.
   • Martha Graham was the first choreographer.
   • Choreographers express ideas through dance.
   • They design dances for professional or untrained dancers.
   • Tools of the choreographer used for the creation of dances such as abstraction, canon, motif, contrast, accumulation, repetition, reversal, retrograde, inversion, fragmentation, and embellishment.
   • what skills does a choreographer need?
     • Leadership.
     • Creativity.
     • Dance Technique. A choreographer must have a thorough knowledge of dance steps, styles and routines
     • Discipline.

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