SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Reflective of the training philosophy of the NIDA Higher Education program, NIDA workshops for secondary school students are practical, with emphasis on learning through doing.
Secondary School Workshops may be undertaken at NIDA or at your school. Workshops available include: NIDA also offers HSC Seminars and HSC Drama Workshops.
ENTERTAINMENT WORKSHOPS Syllabus Links: VET Entertainment Training
Entertainment Workshops are suitable for students in years 10,11 and 12. Lighting Workshops • The identification of lanterns and lights • Rigging and patching lights • Lighting design • Operating a lighting desk Sound Workshops • Use of microphone, cables, amplifiers and speakers • Operating a sound console • Sound design
Staging Workshops • Working with flats and rostra, simple rigging, using power tools and marking up.
Dates: Available during Terms 1 and 3 Capacity: Entertainment Workshops are limited to a maximum of 15 students Cost: $675 3hrs (minimum); $850 4hrs; $930 5hrs. CUSTOMISED WORKSHOPS
Syllabus Links: Workshops can be tailored to meet curriculum outcomes in the Drama and English syllabuses.
Examples of workshops are listed below and each workshop is customised to meet the needs of your group. Workshops at NIDA include an additional half hour behind-the-scenes tour of theatres, rehearsal rooms and classrooms. Performance Workshops • Acting • Character • Dance • Devising • Improvisation • Music theatre • Physical theatre • Playbuilding • Screen acting • Stage Combat • Voice Performance Styles/Dramatic Context Workshops • Boal • Brecht • Clowning/Comedy • Commedia dell’Arte • Le Coq • Mask (Neutral or Basel mask) • Melodrama • Mime • Political/protest theatre • Puppetry • Realism (and Stanislavsky) • Shakespeare • Street and environmental theatre • Suzuki Non-Performance Workshops • Costume and Set Design • Filmmaking • Make-up (Stage and screen) • Scriptwriting • Video drama
Capacity: Customised Workshops are limited to a maximum of 25 students. Cost: $350 1.5hrs (minimum); $450 2hrs; $675 3hrs; $850 4 hrs; $930 5hrs. For bookings please contact the Schools Manager on 02 9697 7511 or by email at open@nida.edu.au.
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