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While the Conservatoire is keen to foster diversity amongst its schools, it also promotes a set of shared values and aims:
- Preparing students for direct entry into careers in the performance professions at the international level where they will shape the future of the art forms of dance, drama and circus
- Providing intensive and rigorous training in a professional setting
- Equipping students with the technical skills, artistic understanding and knowledge of safe practice necessary for achieving sustainable careers
- Drawing out the development and achievement of the individual student
- Communicating to students a habit of reflection, which enables them to engage critically with both traditional and innovative practice
- Delivering training and learning which are pertinent to the needs of the dance, drama and circus professions
- Engaging in constant dialogue with artists and their work
- Encouraging collaborative and collegiate thinking, and reflective approaches in fostering the advancement of the art forms of dance, drama and circus
- Employing staff of the highest calibre, commitment and international reputation
- Providing a framework which enables the processes of professional development, critical reflection and vocationally relevant research to take place
- Making the training accessible and attractive to the most talented students, selected on the basis of talent alone, irrespective of background
- Fostering social diversity and inclusion amongst staff and students