COURSE STRUCTURE
You need an acting process that will meet professional demands ON command. It is also important to note that everyone is different and will be triggered and released by different techniques. The Full-time Course has been constructed in such a way that you will receive the most advanced and important acting theory available today. Theories include: Laban, Morris, Saint-Denis, Chekhov, Stanislavski, Grotowski, Benedetti, Spolin and Johnstone. These strategies and techniques will integrate and work alongside each other allowing you to form a workable, effective professional approach to any acting demand. Unique to the Full-time program is its structure where in First & Second Year you train 3 days per week on campus, and two days per week off campus is your time for reflection, digestion, further research, consolidation, and also time to work, to live. In the Third Year we add an extra 1/2 day on campus in order to reflect the demands of the industry. Welcome to our way toward artistic productivity.
24 contact hours per week - January to December in 1st & 2nd year
- 1st Year - Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Class times: 8.30am - 6.30pm - 2nd Year - Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
Class times: 8.30am - 6.30pm
28 contact hours per week - January to July in 3rd Year
- 3rd Year - Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Class times: 8.30am - 6.30pm plus Fridays from 8.30am - 1.15pm
(Please allow 6-12 hours for outside research and preparation per week. In production weeks, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings are used for rehearsal and performance purposes, and these dates will be given to you on your production schedule at the start of each year.)
Each year is a module in itself, dedicated to specific skills and outcomes. With your training guided in this way, we aim to accelerate your learning because you encounter each aspect of your acting training at the appropriate time, in the appropriate order, for true and sustained integration. Pressure on the individual to ‘prove’ and ‘force and demonstrate' early results is avoided, and therefore the work gets in deep to provide you with a solid foundation. Our 3-module structure is unique and works in the following way:
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FIRST YEAR Your first year is a rigorous and enlightening process of discovery - clearing channels of communication, opening up your range and plugging you into your power. Find your voice, claim your space, trust your instinct, open your heart and understand, affirm and celebrate the reasons why acting is a vital and important component in your life. Class Work: Voice, Body, Mask, Emotional Instrument, Creative State, Language Power, Performance History, Life Mastery. Acting Laboratory includes – Laban, Morris, Stanislavsky, Benedetti, Spolin, Chekhov, and Johnstone. |
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SECOND YEAR With your foundation skills in place, your second year is your chance to explore and experience the demands and the power of live performance. Harness your developing understanding and continue to formulate a practical and productive personal process. This is the time to truly embrace the depth, range and demands asked for by playwright, character, dramatic situation and director, through accessing ALL AREAS of your potential and abilities. Class Work: Voice, Body, Emotional Instrument, Shakespeare, Mask, Character, Performance History, Camera, Acting, Impro, Script Analysis, Singing. |
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THIRD YEAR This is where this program’s innovation really comes into its own; return after your summer break for your final 6-month module solely dedicated to your knowledge of, and initiation into, the professional arena. Move with confidence and precision into the rigors and requirements of the industry, and, more importantly, spend 6 invaluable months preparing how you will conduct your business as an artist, and how best to create and manage your career. The Course focuses on television and film training as an essential element in the program. The final 12 months of the program has screen acting as a major component. You will shoot a major scene for your Showreel directed by a current TV and/or Film Industry Director, maximising your employment opportunities. Class Work: Prominent Industry Guests discussing: casting, agents, actors, directors, short film-making, self-employment, self-marketing, funding and sponsorship, touring and company formation. Classes in Screen Acting, Screentesting, Audition Technique, Performance Lab, Accents, Singing, Showreel & your continuing core Voice and Bodywork. |
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IMPORTANT: Throughout your training, our aim is to cast you in precisely what we believe your current training needs demand. We do not subscribe to conservative play production, where a student could find themselves cast in inappropriate roles that may not serve their development. We aim to personalise your castings for your entire journey, and therefore you can rely on challenges every step of the way. This is a unique approach and one that ensures you are working at your premium with every project. In other words, highly personalised training leading to highly personal development. |
