Rationale for award title

BA (Hons) Professional Practice (Dance & Arts Management)

I have taken many things into account when considering my award title. My previous professional training at Performers College and the qualifications I achieved there including A Trinity national diploma in Professional dance and a Imperial Society Of Teachers of Dancing teaching qualification in Modern theatre dance are the first things I considered. Since achieving these qualifications and graduating in 2005, I have been in continuous employment as a professional dancer. During this time I have gained extensive knowledge in the field of dance and reached a high level as a practitioner.
I believe my prior training and qualifications combined with my experience and continuing involvement in the industry are sufficient to allow me to include “Dance” in the title of my award.

I undertook the BA (Hons) Professional Practice with the intention of looking forward to the future and my life after professional dancing.
As with most practitioners of the arts I have become totally submerged in the arts world and have realized over time that I wish my future career to be within the arts.
I hope to utilize my experience within the industry and I would eventually like to progress into a management role within the arts.
It is with this in mind and the opportunity to answer a question I have had a nagging curiosity about that the title of my research project will be “To produce a business plan for a production in the style of cabaret in the UK.” This will require me to carry out extensive research and I will gain an in-depth knowledge from doing so.
I will become familiar, from adopting a case study approach, with the various roles and procedures included in bringing a production to the audience. With the production of a business plan I will become familiar with many business practices, and also with legal issues surrounding the arts, including writing a contract and investigating necessary legal requirements and regulations. I will also need to consult industry unions and organizations. These are all activities consistent with “arts management”. “Students of arts management learn how to use business skills to manage arts organizations” (www.collegeboard.com).
My career aspirations and the subject and nature of my final project lead me to believe that “Arts Management” is a suitable title for my award.

Taking my Prior learning, qualifications and professional experience into account and considering my final research project “To produce a business plan for a production in the style of cabaret in the UK” along with my future career aspirations the title of the award I wish to achieve is “BA (Hons) Professional Practice (Dance and Arts Management).”





References

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