Drama for Grades K-2, Chatswood
Children must be enrolled in full time formal education to participate in these classes.
Develop confidence, communication, critical and creative thinking skills through fun, practical drama classes.
Learning framework
Each term we focus on a specific area of performance practice to ensure students have a varied experience and learn a range of essential creative skills.
Students are able to join us at the start of any term during the year. Children must be enrolled in full time formal education to participate in these courses.
NIDA Open Drama courses are designed across a four term structure within the following learning framework:
Term one Improvisation and Performance Craft
Term two Voice and Movement
Term three Devising and Contemporary Performance
Term four Script Work and Staging
Term 1, 2023: Star to Star
The galaxy is filled with trillions of stars and endless possibilities of lifeforms. Who lives on these stars? What do they do all day and how do they communicate? Ignite your imagination as you improvise your way through the galaxy, creating colourful characters and worlds.
Course components
- Freeing the Imagination: Participate in fun and engaging exercises that promote spontaneity, creative expression and self-confidence.
Storytelling: Explore stories, ideas and adventures through group and individual improvisation.
Physical Expression: Participate in exercises that promote expressive movement, physical command and spatial awareness.
Term 2, 2023: Laugh Out Loud
Get ready to have some serious fun! Inspired by your favourite jokes and funny people, develop your vocal and physical confidence as you discover the world of comedy and bring language to life on stage. Share your comic storytelling with family and friends at the end of term and leave them rolling in the aisles!
Course components
- Vocal Expression: Learn how the voice works and develop vocal confidence in a live performance setting.
Physical Expression: Participate in exercises that promote expressive movement, physical command and spatial awareness.
Performance Skill: Experiment with voice and movement choices as part of a short, live presentation.
Term 3, 2023: Choose your own Adventure
The words and pictures of your favourite storybook have vanished! How will we know if the hero saves the day? Share ideas and work together with your NIDA friends to devise a unique adventure to fill those empty pages and play out your story live on stage.
Course components
- Creative Voice: Participate in fun and engaging exercises to develop new ideas and learn how to share these ideas with others.
Collaboration: Engage with and develop the ideas of other students in your class.
Performance: Work with a NIDA tutor and classmates to build a creative idea into a short, devised presentation.
Term 4, 2023: Too Many Elephants
Discover how NIDA artists turned Ursula Dubosarsky's picture book Too Many Elephants In this House into a play. Then work with your NIDA classmates to create your own script for the stage based on a popular children's story. Present your story to family and friends at the end of the course.
Course components
- The Written Word: Learn how to turn a story or play into live performance.
Stage Craft: Practice live performance skills; speaking in front of an audience, basic stage craft, audience and performance etiquette.
Characters: Experiment with vocal and physical expression to create characters for performance.
Important information
- Please read our Cancellation and Transfer Policy.
- Flights and Accommodation: From time to time we may need to cancel an advertised course. Before booking flights and accommodation for travel to attend a NIDA Open course, please contact the NIDA Open office to confirm if your course will proceed as planned. NIDA does not accept liability for any associated costs of attendance or cancellation.
- Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in for all drama and performance related courses. Clothing that restricts movement is inappropriate.
- Please wear closed-in shoes. Shoes may be removed in the rehearsal room on the direction of the class tutor.
- Please bring a bottle of water to all classes.
- If you are running late to collect your child, please call NIDA reception on 02 9697 7600. NIDA will only provide supervision during advertised course times.
Enrol for the full year in advance to receive a 15% discount off the full price!
- Discount is only applicable when booking all four terms within the same calendar year.
- Discount is not available online. Please book over the phone by calling the office on 1300 450 417 to receive the discount.
- If students do not attend all four terms, the discount is no longer valid.
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