IB Dance

Applications Open: - 3rd November 2025

Applications Close: - 30th June 2026

Entry Requirements: - 5 x grade 4-9 including Maths & English at G5

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices

IBCP students will take a minimum of three courses of study. All of these will be Level 3 courses (A/AS Level equivalent). The courses will be a combination of vocational BTEC qualification (equivalent to up to 3 A Levels, approximately 10 hours of study per week) and 2 IB subjects (approx. AS level each and studied for 5 hours a fortnight). If you select this subject you must also select one BTEC in your application and one other IB subject.

Dance is expressive movement with intent, purpose and structure, which communicates through the body and gestures of the dancer.

This two year course fully supports the philosophy of the IB, the Diploma Programme by aiming for a holistic approach to dance, and embraces a variety of dance traditions and dance cultures—past, present and looking towards the future.

1. Composition and analysis

• The development of the creative aspect of making dances
• Composing original work

2. World dance studies

• The development of a comparative knowledge of several dance styles from more than one culture and/or tradition
• Exploring dances, gaining both a physical and theoretical understanding

3. Performance

The development of an understanding of and facility in performing dances

• Movement skills appropriate to the dancer’s performance
• Clarity in relationship to space, time, dynamics and movement qualities appropriate to the work
• Communicative expression in relation to other performers and to the audience
• Individual investigation

External Assessment: 60%

• Composition and Analysis - two dance works composed by student; total presentation of 6-10 mins. (40%)
• Dance Investigation - a formal written report, comparing two dance styles (20%)

Internal Assessment: 40%

• Performance

For entry into King Ethelbert School Sixth Form all students must attain 5 grades between Grade 9 and Grade 4 (or equivalent) with a Grade 5 in both English Language and Mathematics.

This course facilitates the development of students who may become choreographers, dance scholars, performers or those, more broadly, who seek life enrichment through dance.