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Step into the Picture, Grades K-2
Holiday course Fight dragons, hide treasure or be the princess at the ball in this exciting introduction to acting for the stage. Become your favourite character and collaborate with your NIDA friends to create new stories and scenes to share with an audience. Practice presenting these scenes in front of an audience and share your adventures with family and friends at the end of the course. Course components Characters: Experiment with vocal and physical expression to create...
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Go Viral: Presenting, Grades 3-6
Holiday course Want to be a YouTuber and host your own channel? Create your own online persona and practise on-camera technique; build vocal and physical presence. Create and present pieces to camera. Course components Presence: Develop a confident presentation persona as you develop your on camera technique under the guidance of a professional television presenter. Application : Apply effective interview technique as you write and execute your own interviews. Technique: Explore...
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Sea Monsters and Shipwrecks, Grades K-2
Holiday course “Cast Off! Set Sail!” Turn the ships wheel and steer the bow towards the vast open ocean. Find your sea legs as you explore the Seven Seas. Devise stories of those who came before or will come after! Beware of Davey Jones' locker on our ocean adventure. Course components Storytelling – Explore stories, character adventures and creative problem solving through group and individual improvisation. Performance – Apply acting, voice and movement practice to a short, live...
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Stage and Screen School, Grades 3-6
Holiday course Spend a week exploring performance for both stage and screen in this practical introduction to acting. Develop skills in improvisation, text analysis and script work then apply these skills to an on-screen performance. Present live and recorded scenes at the end of the week for your NIDA friends. Course components Craft: Participate in improvised scene work to develop basic acting and improvisation technique Technique: Practice acting to camera techniques. Discover...
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Stage and Screen School, Grades 7-10
Holiday course Spend a week exploring performance for both stage and screen in this practical introduction to acting. Develop skills in improvisation, text analysis and script work then apply these skills to an on-screen performance. Present live and recorded scenes at the end of the week for your NIDA friends. Course components Craft: Participate in improvised scene work to develop basic acting and improvisation technique Technique: Practice acting to camera techniques. Discover...
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NIDA Mini News, Grades Prep-2
Holiday course Broadcasting live from the NIDA studios is the National NIDA Mini News. Find out what it takes to be a TV presenter. Report on huge news stories such as the ongoing saga of the Three Little Pigs, Humpty Dumpty and other breaking news. Course components Creative Voice: Participate in fun and engaging exercises and activities to develop new ideas and learn how to share them with others. Storytelling: Explore stories, ideas and adventures through group and individual...
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Singing and Acting Studio - Audition
Discover. Create. Transform. Overview This course is designed as a two-term program that focuses on developing a secure approach to acting through song. Gain confidence in your approach to storytelling and enhance your performance technique with consistent, practical application. Collaborate with a director and musical director in rehearsing solos, duets, and ensemble repertoire. Course components Term one Instrument Work: Develop your vocal range and physical presence through...
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Actors Studio Extension - Audition
Discover. Create. Transform. Overview Working closely with industry professionals, this course explores advanced audition and screen acting techniques to further enhance your individual strengths in performance. Expand your technical skill set by adopting the roles of key personnel in the creative team and gain greater understanding of the collaborative nature of bringing work to the screen. Actors Studio Extension is ideal if you have completed our Actors Studio or Screen Actors...
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NIDA eLearning: Model Making
For adults 18 years + Level: Core Techniques Learn the process of model making for theatrical set design through blended on-line and face-to-face study. The course introduces elementary design techniques, tools and materials through a holistic model-making project. Components and concepts increase in complexity and degree of difficulty over six elements of study. The first 4 elements are completed through NIDA’s online learning platform across approximately 8 hours of independent,...
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Designers Residency
For adults 18+ years Commencing Monday 8 January 2024 Develop the skills to design boldly and imaginatively for live and recorded performance. Investigate the principles of set and costume design, and understand how to realise the visual world of a performance in a theatrical setting. Develop an original concept using sketches, drawings, collages and model boxes and discover ways to shape your imaginative responses to create effective design choices for screen. Customise your...
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