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HSC Drama Performance, Grades 11-12
For HSC students HSC Drama Performance is a comprehensive course for HSC Drama students. Broaden your understanding of performance styles and develop improvisation, acting and devising techniques. The focus is on how best to communicate as a performer to an audience in both the group and individual performance. Learning opportunities Text Analysis: practice the skills of interpreting texts as a performer Devising Techniques: discover strategies for generating performance material...
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NIDA Bites, Grades 11-12
Holiday course Be challenged by a smorgasbord of several drama skills in one day. Take classes in voice, movement, improvisation and acting in a taste test of what NIDA has to offer. Course components Improvisation: Improve your confidence and spontaneity as a performer and use these skills to create engaging characters Voice and Movement: Become vocally and physically articulate as you work with an industry expert in the safely of the rehearsal room. Technique: Unpack NIDA’s...
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NIDA's Amazing Race, Grades 11-12
Holiday course Go on an amazing race through various locations across Sydney. Create characters and document their journey using smart phones or mobile devices as you stage and record various challenges, detours, pit-stops and road-blocks. Learn how to create your own mini-episode of NIDA’s Amazing Race and receive a copy of your work. Participants may use their own smart phone or recording device. Start each day at NIDA, shoot on location and edit your work in NIDA’s Video Edit...
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Acting Boot Camp, Grades 11-12
Holiday course A fast-paced intensive course for acting recruits: build skills in improvisation, character and scenework. Course components Improvisation: Discover the key principles and improve your spontaneity as a performer. Characterisation: Participate in practical exercises under the guidance of an industry expert designed to provide you with tools to create diverse character depictions. Technique: Unpack NIDA’s acting technique to identify the given circumstances of your...
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Pop Up Bard - Shakespeare on the Go! Grades 11-12
Holiday course Immerse yourself in the architectural possibilities of the NIDA building to create your own site-specific soliloquy. Take your audience on a ride through space and discover Shakespeare like he’s never been performed before. Course components Technique: Gain confidence in the application of Shakespearean text analysis, iambic pentameter and figurative speech. Production: Discover the benefits and challenges of site-specific theatre as you put on your very own...
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Screen Acting Boot Camp, Grades 11-12
Holiday course Identify and experience the essentials of screen acting. Build your on screen confidence as you develop skills in improvisation, character development and script work. Course components Performance: Identify the given circumstances of your scene, apply actions and pinpoint your character’s objective as you create engaging on screen performances. Characterisation: Participate in practical exercises under the guidance of an industry expert designed to provide you with...
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Writing for the Stage 101, Grades 11-12
Holiday course Discover the craft of writing for theatre. Build your ability to use structure, style and narrative. Create the beginnings of an original work that resonates with your audience. Course components Discover how to structure your writing effectively for the stage. Learn techniques to assist with concept development. Build your plot and character through dialogue to identify your writing "voice." Outcomes Creative development of ideas into writing synopsis and...
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Acting On Screen @ Cockatoo Island, Grades 11-12
Holiday course Identify and experience the essentials of screen acting against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour at Cockatoo Island. Build your performing confidence as you develop skills in improvisation, character and script work. Ferry travel each day from Circular Quay to Cockatoo Island is included. Receive a copy of your segment. Important information Please read our Cancellation and Transfer Policy. Flights and Accommodation: From time to time we may need to cancel an...
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Stand-up Comedy Masterclass for Young People, Grades 11-12
Holiday course For the budding comedian: discover and develop skills in stand-up comedy. Write and tell funny stories, use the microphone effectively and make your audience laugh! This course is also excellent for building confidence in front of an audience. Course components Spontaneity: Develop your comedic technique through the use of clowning and slapstick performance styles in the safe, supportive environment of a rehearsal room. Confidence: Write and perform your very own...
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The NIDA Games: Filmmaking @ Carriageworks, Grades 11-12
Holiday course What would you do to survive? Go on the ultimate on-screen character adventure in the NIDA Games. Using popular post-apocalyptic fiction such as The Giver, Divergent and The Hunger Games as your inspiration, work with a group of young NIDA artists and a mentor filmmaker to develop original characters and scene work into a short film concept. Perform in and receive a copy of your film. Course components Acting Technique – Explore characterisation and build technical...
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