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CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS HIGHLIGHTS
Specialist teachers and practitioners inspire pupils to achieve in all areas of creative and performing arts. This year’s leavers include those who have earned places to study at the Royal College of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Drama and Music and the London College of Fashion. ART
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY Dan Clark and Jonah Ripley were both awarded an Arkwright Scholarship , nationally recognised as a leading award for pupils with outstanding academic and practical abilities in design. Oliver Edmead , current Arkwright Scholar, was successful in reaching the interview stage for a Quest Undergraduate Scholarship provided by the Institute of Civil Engineers . DANCE A-level dance workshops were run at the College by Jodie Clark , the assistant director of the UK’s leading performing arts establishment, The Brit School , and by Daniel Hay- Gordon , co-director of LGBTQ+ dance company, Thick and Tight . A-Level pupils watched the New York City Ballet at Sadlers Wells Theatre , and Cabaret in London’s Kit Kat Club . The College also hosted GCSE dance workshops by Rambert’s A Linha Curva , Boy Blue’s Emancipation of Expressionism and James Cousin’s Company’s Within Her Eyes . Former Great British Dance Off Champion Herbie Sleep received an unconditional offer from Laine Theatre Arts.
Pupils including all of Year 9 were able to see the work of the four Turner Prize shortlisted artists at the Towner Gallery next door to the College. Jesse Darling was announced as the winner at the College’s Birley Centre in December. Alex Davies and Missy Richardson were commissioned to produce a diptych for St Andrew’s Prep reception. Toby Wheatley was highly praised for his practical EPQ submission which was awarded full marks. Artist in Residence Tallin Aylward worked with pupils from across the visual arts subjects, including junior art scholars, producing Tracing the Bounds which was displayed in the Nugee Mezzanine gallery. The majority of the A-level cohort chose visual arts or design pathways for university, including two pupils who have secured offers to study architecture and two for graphic design. Art scholars in Years 9 to 12 enjoyed a trip to the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery .
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