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NIDA offers access to its Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) course to university students from outside Australia on the Study Abroad program. Access to other Bachelor of Dramatic Art courses is also potentially available.
Applications and enrolment are processed through the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Study Abroad Program. If applications are successful, the UNSW office provides assistance with accommodation, visas, health insurance and services and support available during the student's semester of study in Australia. Study Abroad students join NIDA's full time courses for one semester to develop their existing knowledge and to gain new skills.
CREDIT TRANSFER
NIDA does not award credit points for subjects successfully completed with the Bachelor level courses. Subjects are ususally taught over the whole year and are not completed within a single semester.
NIDA provides Study Abroad students with a letter recording their results for the semester studied at NIDA. The Study Abroad student's home University must determine how to credit this in the context of the course being studied at the home institution.
SERVICES AND FACILITIES
Semester students at NIDA will have access to the UNSW facilities and services as outlined by the UNSW/Study Abroad office. They will also have access to NIDA services and facilities as appropriate to their course.
For more information on the UNSW Study Abroad Program please go to the UNSW Study Abroad website at http://www.studyabroad.unsw.edu.au
HOW TO APPLY (Acting)
Step 1. Complete a UNSW Study Abroad application form
All applications to join NIDA's full time Acting course are processed through the University of New South Wales Study Abroad Office. You are required to complete a current UNSW Study Abroad application form detailing your academic and practical performance related history.
To access the UNSW Study Abroad application form, please click on the following link: http://www.studyabroad.edu.au/downloads/pdf/ApplicationForm.pdf
Step 2. Select the period you wish to attend NIDA
NIDA has a four term academic year.
Each term alternatively, has an emphasis on either:
Theory (teaching, skills development, lectures etc) OR
Production (application of skills in productions, performance, projects etc)
For Study Abroad purposes, NIDA offers a choice of two semesters, made up of two terms each. In 2012 these dates are:
Semester 1 30 January to 29 June
Term 1 30 January - 5 April (skills based term)
Term 2 23 April - 29 June (production based term)
Semester 2 16 July to 2 November
Term 3 16 July - 24 August (skills based term)
Term 4 3 September - 2 November (production based term)
Step 3. Provide a Show Reel and Head Shot with your application
Your show reel must provide the following:
a) A brief introduction of yourself and why you would like to study at NIDA
b) Three monologues:
- At least one must be from a Shakespeare play
- Choose contrasting pieces, to show different aspects of your abilities
- They should be approximately two minutes each
- Do not choose poems
- Do not prepare self-devised of self-written pieces
If you would like to select from the NIDA Suggested Monologues Pieces, please click on the appropriate pdf file below:
PDF Suggested Female Monologues
PDF Suggested Male Monologues
c) A Scenework piece showing a recent performance
Step 4. Your application is assessed
Submit your application,along with a show reel and a head shot, to the UNSW Study Abroad Office.
email: studyabroad@unsw.edu.au
address: Level 16, Mathews Building, UNSW, Kensington, Sydney 2052, Australia
Your application will then be assessed by the NIDA Head of Acting. If your application is successful and if there are still places available in the course, you will be notified by UNSW Study Abroad and invited to join NIDA for your chosen semester.
If you wish to apply for a non-acting course please contact Cathy McDouall, NIDA Student and Staff Services on c.mcdouall@nida.edu.au
TUITION FEES 2012
Important: A non-refundable deposit of AUD$500 must be paid to UNSW STUDY ABROAD on acceptance of an offer of a place in a semester program at NIDA.
Tuition fees are payable to NIDA and must be paid in full prior to commencing the course.
Semester 1 30 January to 29 June AUD$ 14,000
Semester 2 16 July to 2 November AUD$ 10,500
STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS IN PREVIOUS YEARS
PETER MOSES
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Acting 3, Term 3
"Studying at NIDA was the perfect opportunity to for me to continue my education in a conservatory program, while getting to experience an incredibly different part of the world. I was able to grow as an actor, not only from the experiences I had in the classroom, but more importantly through the new people I got to work with, as well as the culture I was submersed in. This semester abroad allowed me to discover a new sense of self as a professional and as a person. The friendships I've forged here will last a lifetime. Both NIDA and Australia itself are two things that will remain dear to me for the rest of my life".
HEATHER MAY
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Acting 1, Term 3
"Studying at NIDA for the semester was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever had. From day one I was treated just like any other member of the school. It is this that makes studying at NIDA as a visiting student so unique: you become part of the NIDA family. Every class you take and every project you work on follows the same pattern as the NIDA students because you are their fellow classmate. As NIDA accepts so few study abroad students, it offers a unique immersion experience. Teachers engage in your progress with care and attention which equals that shown to the Australian students".
"NIDA's reputation as the nurturer of some of the most successful film and theatrical talents working in the industry today is well deserved. I found the approach to training at NIDA eclectic, drawing on many different disciplines and techniques in a whirlwind taster session of what lies behind great acting. The ethos enforced along each step of the way, to encourage student to take their craft, makes NIDA a rigorous but autonmous learning environment. I found in my classmates to be exciting developing artists whom I am now lucky to be able to call 'friend'. Best of all, because NIDA offers a host of courses outside of acting, being an acting student at NIDA gave me the chance to work alongside young designers, properties and costume makers, and production management students. Through collaboration with students in other disciplines of theatre, NIDA gave me the chance to appreciate the creativity and imagination the acting students practice in the classroom spills over into and is shared by peers working behind the scenes. In this ever-shrinking, gloablised world, my time at NIDA enabled me to foster meaningful relationships with fellow artists who live on the opposite side of the globe; relationships that I hope will in time provide great collaborations where our differences are our strengths".
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