Celebrate the Past.
Share the Future.
A celebration of fifty years of excellence gives NIDA a unique opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of the past as the foundation for a new artistic and educational vision for the future. As a vital part of Australia’s cultural and innovation infrastructure, NIDA has a responsibility to not only maintain its high standards but to seek to meet the challenges of a constantly evolving technological and demographic environment.
To mark this 50th celebration, we will be exploring opportunities for students to work within a broader range of performance contexts and in collaboration with many of our training and industry partners, ensuring NIDA’s position as an industry-aware cutting-edge training institution. We want to nurture the artistic leaders and innovators whose success will continue to develop a unique Australian cultural identity and help drive Australia’s standing and reputation globally.
The impact of NIDA goes beyond the success of its international stars, although these people have been enormously valuable for Australia in culture, diplomacy, business and economically. For fifty years, NIDA has been seeding Australia’s domestic arts scene with gifted and highly trained actors, designers, producers, craftspeople and technicians. We are confident that the new initiatives signposted in our anniversary year will further enhance NIDA’s training and alumni program.
NIDA is Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, a centre of excellence in training for theatre, film and television. NIDA's primary role is to select and train exceptionally gifted young people at a tertiary level, preparing them for careers in theatre, film and television.
While best known for its Acting course, NIDA also offers unique and effective courses with great career prospects in design, stage management, event management, lighting, sound, costume making, wardrobe management, scenery construction, properties and special effects. Graduates from these courses are in great demand, and are often employed even before they graduate. They go on to work in areas as diverse and interesting as theatre, film, television, opera, dance, production management, events management and arts administration. NIDA graduates form the backbone of Australia's entertainment industry with many going on to achieve international success.
The NIDA full-time courses are accredited higher education courses approved under the (NSW) Higher Education Act, 2001. NIDA is generously supported by the Australian Government through the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
It is not just those seeking full-time training for a career in entertainment who have access to the school. NIDA's training philosophy, educational expertise and environment are available to the public through our Open Program, which provides short course training for children and adults, and NIDA's Corporate Performance department, which provides quality training to the corporate world and other specialist areas.
NIDA's award winning and spectacular theatre complex is also available for hire for theatrical productions, commercial events, or individual functions.
NIDA is a member of the Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence: An initiative between the national performing arts training organisations and the Australian Government - committed to providing unique and high-level training for emerging artists. For more information visit their website at http://www.artstraining.com
NIDA is located opposite the main entrance to the University of New South Wales at;
215 Anzac Parade, Kensington, Sydney Australia.
NIDA is at the University of New South Wales
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