Creative Arts and Design Creative thinking runs through the Dulwich DNA. Art at Dulwich College aims to develop the visual literacy of all pupils, to enliven the academic life of the College in ways that exist beyond the art studios. Drama is offered within the curriculum to the end of Year 9 and thereafter at GCSE and Advanced level. “Devising, scripting, rehearsing and then performing the plays over two days was hard work, but enormous fun. It was undoubtedly one of my highlights of Year 7.”
Our purpose-built theatre sees some 50 or more theatrical events a year with Lower School boys seizing every opportunity to get involved in productions. Recent Lower School productions have included Matilda and The Red Shoes , and Lower School House Drama has celebrated West End Musicals. Dance is also now embedded in the Year 7 and 8 curriculum, led by our Dancer in Residence, with both taught choreography and boys’ own creative work encouraged. The Music department follows a broad and comprehensive programme of musical experience with class lessons in Year 7 to 9 including a wide range of activity-based projects featuring both traditional musical study and skill-based training in score writing and sequencing using Sibelius 7, Garageband, and Logic Pro X. Art and Design and Technology (DT) are very popular subjects in the Lower School as boys learn how to use a range of materials alongside state of the art technology such as our suite of Apple iMacs and 3D printers. Through our various co-curricular clubs (which could see pupils tinkering away on go-karts), young artists and engineering enthusiasts alike really find their home in the Art and DT departments.
“The arts define our culture our identity and our national conversation.” Sir Peter Bazalgette OA
Creative Arts film: Art, Drama, DT and Music highlights
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