Course List

The Hagley Dance Company is a full-time dance course taught by leading New Zealand choreographers and dance professionals. It is aimed at students wishing to take their dance training to the next level and prepare for tertiary study.

The course focuses on technique, choreography and performance and includes training in contemporary dance, hip hop, ballet, jazz, yoga, anatomy, nutrition, dance history, and pilates.

COURSE COMPONENTS

Technique and practical study

• Including: Contemporary Dance, Partnering Skills, Musical Theatre, Ballet,
  Hip Hop, Theatre Skills, Improvisation, Physical Theatre, Pilates, Yoga,
  Fitness and Nutrition, Dance History

Choreography

• Gain skills in choreography by working with some of NZ’s best choreographers
• Choreograph your own solos, duets and group dances for the major productions which are performed to live audiences and gain national reviews

Performance and Industry Opportunities

• Real life performance: opportunities at private events, functions and venues such as the Art Gallery, Beat Box and the Isaac Theatre Royal
• Site specific – shows (check out ‘Theatreview’ online for past reviews)
• High Schools Tour – performance/workshop tour to Canterbury high schools
• Dancing Like the Stars – annual primary schools event performed at Isaac Theatre Royal
• Graduation Show – professionally choreographed show

CREDITS

• 22 Level 3 AS in Dance

7 Great Reasons to Choose HDC:

1. To transition towards a university degree or other tertiary study
2. To experience life as a full-time dancer and performer
3. To become a creative choreographer
4. To make new friends
5. To learn more about teamwork, commitment, professionalism and performance
6. To get fit, flexible and strong
7. To work with some of New Zealand’s best choreographers

If you looking at a career in theatre? We offer a pre-professional course that will help you on your way! Theory and practical combine in this unique programme which has proven results.  We are a contemporary Theatre Company where students are taught by industry professionals and learn a range of techniques and performance material over one or two years of study.

COURSE COMPONENTS

Practical Study

• Workshops in Acting, Stage Direction, Film and Television
• Targeted classes in Voice, Playwriting and Makeup
• Physical Theatre, Dance and Singing

Theory

• Acting, Stage Direction, Playwriting, Film and TV
• Musical Theatre

Performance

• Scene Plus seasons (3 annually)
• Major seasons (up to 4 annually)
• Dance
• Industry contract work
• Film (including collaboration with New Zealand Broadcasting School)
• Gi60 International One-Minute Play Festival

Industry

• Contracted work with external partners
• Independent projects
• Commercials, film and stage opportunities

You work at your own pace and learn to motivate yourself to achieve your targets. By the end of the year you will have developed a portfolio of work and have the opportunity to exhibit your jewellery. The aim is for you to develop into an artist who has a strong sense of purpose, competence and an understanding of your design process and outcomes.

COURSE COMPONENTS

Basic Workshop Practice

• Safety in the workshop
• Essential tools and maintenance

Introductory Metalworking Techniques

• Piercing
• Filing
• Shaping
• Forming
• Soldering
• Sanding
• Finishing

Additional Skills and Techniques

• Texturing
• Etching
• Selecting and setting cabochon stones
• Patination of metal
• Making jewellery findings
• Chainmaking

Advanced Jewellery Making Techniques

• Cuttlefish casting
• Delft Clay casting
• Tool making
• Riveting
• Metal bead making
• Enamelling
• PMC

CREDITS

9 credits at NCEA level 2

We help you gain a recognised entry qualification for the Polytechnic nursing and other health related programmes in this one-year course. You acquire the prescribed knowledge and skills in Biology, Chemistry and Maths, while gaining experience in the workplace as part of the total package.

COURSE COMPONENTS

Biology

• Study human cells and cell systems
• Find out about body systems like the digestive system and the circulatory system
• Investigate the way that body systems operate together
• Study the various factors that lead to diseases of the human organism

Chemistry

• Learn to use chemicals and apparatus safely
• Investigate the chemistry of living systems
• Study the food groups, their molecular structure and supply energy for cells’ activities
• Find out about the way information and materials move within and between cells

Maths

• Explore scientific calculations
• Use basic mathematical skills to solve problems relevant to the nursing profession.

PLACEMENT AND PRACTICAL WORK 

• Receive individualised workplace support as you work in a health care institution
• Study ageing and personal care of residents in a care setting
• Learn how to relate residents in a healthcare setting
• Learn and apply safe practice within a healthcare setting
• Gain a first-aid certificate