Convert your Foundation degree into a full BA (Hons) in Contemporary Circus with Physical Theatre with our Top-up course. - Benefit from Circomedia's excellent links with professional circus and theatre companies. - Learn through rigorous, practical, skills-based classes, balanced with research and analysis. - Develop a repertoire of acts for different audiences and create a full-length ensemble show that tours UK venues. Become a creative artist who can draw on a variety of circus skills and apply them to a portfolio career. This Top-up year course is offered to students who successfully complete Circomedia’s two year circus Foundation degree, or applicants who have an equivalent qualification in a similar area and can demonstrate a suitable level of skill. It allows you to take your initial training further, and graduates will be awarded a BA (Hons) Contemporary Circus with Physical Theatre. Professionally experienced staff foster creative approaches to performance-making and encourage entrepreneurialism. You’ll create your own portfolio of work during the course, and undertake rigorous practical training balanced with research and analysis. Our industry links with companies such as Ockham’s Razor, Cirque Bijou and Gandini Juggling embed industry practice and standards in all classes.

The BA year is about drawing together everything you’ve learned, exploring it, refining it and developing it into something presentable in a professional context. Everything you’ll do is geared towards practical industry experience and preparing for a career as a circus theatre artist. You’ll create a portfolio of work that has particular professional markets in mind, and critically evaluate your work within this context. You’ll experience a realistic industry environment as you create a full-length production that tours a variety of venues in the UK. The Practice As Research module will encourage you to question your own processes and encourage you to holistically integrate your technical training and creative practice. This research feeds into your final project, where we challenge you to make a major piece of work for public performance, document the process and be able to articulate, analyse and interrogate your creative ideas in a viva-voce presentation.

Assessment methods may include: - Performances. - Written coursework, such as essays and critical commentaries. - Oral presentations (vivas).

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: H3N2

Institution code: B20

Campus Name: Circomedia

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

Entry to the third year of study is normally restricted to applicants who have completed Circomedia’s two year Foundation Degree in full. In the event of insufficient places being available to accommodate all Foundation Degree students who wish to progress, there will be a selection process based on achievement during the Foundation Degree, supplemented by audition and interview as appropriate, and will be subject to satisfactory academic references. Applicants with a qualification from a similar institution may also be considered however not all those who have done so will be suitable for this higher level course and therefore there is a selection process.

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Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.0	IELTS 6.0 - for visa nationals, with a minimum score of IELTS 5.5 in each element.

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Student satisfaction : 68%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 74%

Go onto work and study: 84%

EU	9250.0	Whole course
England	9250.0	Whole course
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Whole course
Scotland	9250.0	Whole course
Wales	9250.0	Whole course

Additional Fee Information are not listed for this Course.

Newton Park
Newton St Loe
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Bath
BA2 9BN