Australian Institute of Music

Description

The Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts is a drama school in Sydney, Australia. It offers a degree in acting and theatre-making as a department of the Australian Institute of Music .HistoryThe Australian Academy of Dramatic Art was established in 1983. In 1999, the school was bought by Gillian Levett and became the first drama school in New South Wales to gain State vocational education accreditation. In 2006, AADA became a department of the Australian Institute of Music, and in 2013 was rebranded as Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts. From 2007, Andrew Davidson was the Head of the School, and in 2013 Peta Downes took over as Head of Dramatic Arts.The DegreeIn 2007, consultation with the theatre industry began to create a unique, university-level qualification. The growing independent theatre scene in Sydney and other Australian capitals was now to be supported by a custom-built training in contemporary theatre practice, "a unique education for the Actor / Creator / Producer". The school took the baton from the University of Western Sydney's now-defunct Theatre Nepean, a training program that gave the Australian performing arts sector over a decade of graduates who are all-round theatre makers. In 2009, the department accepted its first intake of students in the new Bachelor of Performance degree.PlacementStudents undertake a unique interaction with a creative workplace and, often, a future employer. They are matched with leading performing arts companies in Sydney, during or following their final trimester of study. Placement Partners include: Bell Shakespeare, Channel 7, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Fountainhead Casting, Griffin, Performance Space, Playwriting Australia, Powerhouse, Shopfront, Sport for Jove, Sydney Theatre Company, Tamarama Rock Surfers, and Version 1.0.