Advanced Diploma in Theatre Arts - Performance

Humber Polytechnic - Lakeshore Campus

Canada,Ontario

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36 Months

Duration

CAD 21,219/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 100 FREE

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Canada, Ontario

Type: College

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 57,000 +

Int. Students: 6,000 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

3199 Lake Shore Blvd. West Toronto, ON M8V 1K8

Advanced Diploma in Theatre Arts - Performance

Program Overview

Humber’s Theatre Arts - Performance program is known for its rigorous training in physical and devised theatre that enables you to find success wherever your career path takes you. We are nationally known for our innovative curriculum based in the creation of original work.

We believe in:

  • Developing creative artists with a strong foundation in essential skills
  • Ensuring our graduates have the business skills to make their livings as artists/performers
  • Providing a well-rounded education as well as comprehensive training
  • Developing collaborative work that is original, thoughtful and challenging
  • Exploring intercultural and multidisciplinary theatre that speaks in the present to a vision of the future

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the program, a graduate will:

  • Perform dramatic roles in a variety of styles, such as in children's plays, plays geared for school audiences, experimental plays presented by alternate theatres, in standard repertoire of current and classical plays presented by regional theatres and festivals, as well as in musicals, revues and cabaret productions.
  • Perform non-classical, vocal material – solo and choral - and execute basic dance steps and choreography as required by musical productions and classical plays.
  • Apply different techniques required to perform on proscenium, thrust or arena stages, as well as open air theatres.
  • Adapt performing style to the electronic media; working for the camera (film, television and video production) as well as the microphone as in various aspects in radio broadcasting.
  • Provide services as drama resource person for community theatre, recreational programs, children's programs and private teaching.
  • Accept employment as a professional actor and provide services to professional standards.

The Humber Advantage
Humber Productions

  • Each year, Humber Theatre presents a number of original productions which demand the full creative engagement of performance and production students under the guidance of internationally recognized artists.

Hands-On Experience

  • Students in Humber's Theatre Arts - Performance program are on stage throughout their time at school, building hours and hours of in-class experience.