Smash & Grab at AIM Dramatic Arts. Image by Heidrun Lohr.
Aspiring actors and theatre-makers who missed out on an opportunity to study this year at an undergraduate level now have a second chance at AIM Dramatic Arts (AIM), the performance and theatre making department of the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney.
The school is currently welcoming applications for a place in the Bachelor of Performance, a two-year, hands-on program delivered full-time over six trimesters, with the mid-year intake due to commence on the 19 May.
Head of Dramatic Arts, Peta Downes welcomes the injection of another group of students to the Bachelor of Performance program, ‘A mid-year intake of students will increase our capacity to deliver a larger cross-section of new artists to the course and strengthen collaborative opportunities for our existing students.’
AIM Dramatic Arts graduate Danielle Maas, who currently works with the Dramatic Arts team as the resident Production Manager, agrees that a mid-year intake to AIM would offer value in the form of a renewed perspective and additional opportunities for collaboration among the student cohort.
‘A lot of classes start at the very beginning of the year and the kind of people you attract to a mid year intake will inevitably be from a different background and have come from somewhere different.’
‘Attracting some more interesting people will certainly shake things up for everyone because this is an ensemble-based institution,’ she said.
Students in the Bachelor of Performance learn the craft of acting and gain fundamental theatre-making skills in the areas of directing, design and technical production, which are required for a professional career in the performing arts.
Maas knows that Bachelor of Performance graduates are equipped to pursue a career in acting, directing, design and production management across all areas of arts and entertainment.
‘It’s tough work, its a very demanding course, it sets very high standards for itself but it is incredibly challenging and rewarding and gives you skills that can be translated to any other discipline in the workforce,’ she said.
‘Students at AIM receive solid actor training whilst receiving skills that can broaden your employment opportunities beyond graduation.’
‘I would say if you have an interest in lighting design, dramaturgy or something you have never explored this is the place to explore it,’ she said.
‘If you love theatre and want to work in theatre for a living, but you’re not sure where to start, this is the course for you.’
Visit the AIM Dramatic Arts website for more information about the 19 May intake of the Bachelor of Performance Program.
