AS dance
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dancersdreamland
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As I am also not from England, I'll have to ask a few questions more to understand...
What does AS stand for? What will you be tested on? What will happen if you pass/fail the test?
What does AS stand for? What will you be tested on? What will happen if you pass/fail the test?
dancersdreamland
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Wow! That's quite the test. Do you take various classes to help you prepare for the exam...anatomy, health, etc? And do you get to create choreography? Are there assigned performances you have to see or do you simply get to choose what you'd like to watch and hope it appears on the test?
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yeh ive been taking classes all year at college 4 it!!!!
yeh ive already done my choreography practical exam and now ive just gotta write about it!
erm.............no you can pick which performances you talk about.....the questions 4 that are just stuff like lighting, set, mood of the dance, the music blah blah
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yeh ive been taking classes all year at college 4 it!!!!
yeh ive already done my choreography practical exam and now ive just gotta write about it!
erm.............no you can pick which performances you talk about.....the questions 4 that are just stuff like lighting, set, mood of the dance, the music blah blah
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dancersdreamland
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Hmm...sounds like a lot of hard work and monster dedication!
Are you working toward obtaining a dance degree, then? What do you hope to do after college?
Are you working toward obtaining a dance degree, then? What do you hope to do after college?
dancersdreamland
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Hmmm...I think I'll need a bit more clarification on terminology.
I tend to think of college and university as the same thing. At the college your attending now, will you obtain a specific degree in dance (associates, bachelors, etc.)? And then is the university a masters degree level?
What type of a career do you hope to have? Specifically dance performing or something else related to dance? Or perhaps not related to dance at all (didn't want to assume too much
)?
I tend to think of college and university as the same thing. At the college your attending now, will you obtain a specific degree in dance (associates, bachelors, etc.)? And then is the university a masters degree level?
What type of a career do you hope to have? Specifically dance performing or something else related to dance? Or perhaps not related to dance at all (didn't want to assume too much
)?
Ms_Sunlight
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AS level is a school qualification. To give you an idea, in the UK people don't leave school with one certificate but do examinations at various levels at various periods. At about age 15-16, at the end of the last year of compulsory schooling, it's GCSE level, then AS level at 16-17 a year later and A level at 17-18. Some people do AS and A levels at their secondary school / high school, others go on to the local college to do them.
(I went to school in Scotland where the system is slightly different but you get the idea.)
Of course, not everyone does them at that age, and you can go back later to college or evening classes to get qualifications you missed when you were younger.
I went to a smaller school that didn't offer anything like that in dance. We did however do classes in Scottish Country Dancing throughout my school career... even now I think I would only need a brief reminder to be able to do the Gay Gordons or Strip The Willow or whatever!
(I went to school in Scotland where the system is slightly different but you get the idea.)
Of course, not everyone does them at that age, and you can go back later to college or evening classes to get qualifications you missed when you were younger.
I went to a smaller school that didn't offer anything like that in dance. We did however do classes in Scottish Country Dancing throughout my school career... even now I think I would only need a brief reminder to be able to do the Gay Gordons or Strip The Willow or whatever!
dancersdreamland
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Thanks for the update Ms_Sunlight! That helps clear up some of the confusion I was feeling.