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The National Institute of Dramatic Art ('''NIDA''') is an Australia n national training institute for students of Theatre , Film , and Television , based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington . It is supported by the federal Department Of Communications, Information Technology And The Arts . NIDA is located adjacent to, and has a strong relationship with, the University Of New South Wales . It is a member of the "Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence". Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts - Arts training bodies HISTORY Established in 1958 , the institute was opened in 1959 with only 23 students and 2 staff members. The only course offered was in Acting . Over the years, courses in areas such as Production , Design , Directing , and theatre crafts were added. ADMISSION Admission into NIDA is extremely selective, and its auditions highly competitive: on average, only one out of every hundred applicants is accepted. Each year approximately 24 actors, 13 production students, 8 designers, 4 properties students and 4 costume students are admitted. Every 2 years, up to three people are usually admitted to the scenic construction diploma course. Graduates from the institution's three year Tertiary Education program have gone on to national and international success. CAMPUS In April 2002 the new NIDA complex was opened. NIDA’s facilities include:
COURSES NIDA provides excellence in training for entertainment professionals including; full-time courses, short courses and corporate performance coaching. The award winning theatre complex hosts in-house and commercial productions. NIDA houses Australia's largest performing arts library and a broad range of theatre resources and archives. Full-time Full-time courses at NIDA include:
Short courses The institute also offers a wide range of short courses, each relating to the dramatic arts. Such subject areas include Acting , Design , Production , Directing , Voice all of which are offered to members of the general public. STAFF NIDA has many prominent industry professionals visit the institute throughout the teaching year to assist in the training of students in their selected fields. The current (2006) fulltime staff are as follows: Director: Aubrey Mellor OAM Deputy Director: Peter Cooke General Manager: Elizabeth Butcher AM Head of Acting: Tony Knight Head of Voice Studies: Bill Pepper Head of Movement: Julia Cotton Head of Design: Peter Cooke Head of Directing: Helmut Bakaitis Head of Production: Moira Hay Head of Stage Management: Sophie Clausen Head of Production Crafts: Nick Day Head of Costumes: Fiona Reilly Head of Properties: Krishna Thomas Head of Scenery: Tony Pierce Head of Open Program: Amanda Morris Head of Corporate Performance: Barbara Warren Head of Administration: Julia Selby Operations Director: Russell Mitchell Technical Manager: Robert Kelly Facilities Manager: Peter Fisher Venue Manager: Les Currie PROGRAM Each course is dependent on all the others. Actors, stage managers, designers, costume makers, crafts people, and people who look after the audience, are all part of an interdependent team. The creative and professional dynamics of that team is the core of good theatre. Play productions are NIDA's most important teaching activity, with around 25 plays being produced at NIDA each year. Each course is centred on training practitioners for work in a demanding and unpredictable industry. Each day provides students with a structured series of activities, which balance the acquisition of vocational skills with artistic excellence. All the full-time courses are conducted in two modes. The first, the Teaching Program, consists of formal class work, practical instruction, seminars and research, often supplemented by periods of secondment in the industry. As part of the teaching program, students attend formal classes, seminars and/or discussion groups each morning. The second mode, the Production Program provides practical learning experiences. Each student is given the opportunity to practice the intellectual, imaginative and technical skills acquired in the Teaching Program, working in the performance, design, manufacture or management of productions for presentation to the general public. Production work involves afternoon, night and weekend rehearsals or performances. The NIDA School Year consists of three terms of 11 - 16 weeks. Courses usually commence in early February and end in mid-November. PRODUCTIONS Play productions are NIDA's most important teaching activity. Actors in particular learn by repetition, by performing a role many times in the theatre before different audiences. Once they have acquired the basic skills, students in the other courses learn by taking on the kind of responsibilities they will be faced with in the industry. All NIDA plays are a microcosm of the industry, with every element of the production from lighting and set construction to costumes and properties being produced by the students. GRADUATE CAREERS Graduates of the NIDA full-time courses go on to work in a range of careers, in industries including film, theatre, television, opera, dance, animation, puppetry and events. Career options for the NIDA graduate include:
NIDA courses are professionally effective and there is a high rate of employment of graduates in the expanding Australian and international arts entertainment industry. ALUMNI Notable graduates from NIDA include Mark Ferguson , Mel Gibson , Baz Luhrmann , Matthew Gregory , Judy Davis , Cate Blanchett , Emilie De Ravin , Hugo Weaving , Philip Quast , Colin Friels , Steve Bisley , Tom Burlinson , Richard Roxburgh , Noel Hodda , Tom Long , Sam Worthington , Bridie Carter and Dennis Olsen . NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS
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