One Year Certificate Course at
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Mumbai, India
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Commitment & Duration
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Full-time, 1 year (beginning July'16)
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Background
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In July 2013, Theatre Professionals founded The Drama School, Mumbai. A school in the heart of South Mumbai, its two-fold aim: to forge a new generation of theatre makers; individuals who see themselves as actor-creator-entrepreneurs, who will go on in their careers to perform, create and produce work to a new standard of storytelling, and to promote the awareness of theatre and its processes to a wider audience interested in exploring and understanding the medium for themselves.
The Drama School, Mumbai was born out of an urgent need. At a time formal contemporary training in the craft of theatre in India is sorely lacking, and opportunities to go abroad to other centres of dramatic excellence is out of reach for many. Fortunately, we are now at a time where a critical mass of highly-accomplished, highly-trained drama instructors (all of whom actively and regularly perform as well) are located in Mumbai, and jointly are ready and excited to come together as the faculty to make this programme a reality. |
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Program
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The One Year Certificate Course in Acting and Theatre-Making is a formal programme of learning for 16 individuals each year, keen to pursue a career in Theatre and the related performing arts.
This highly intensive full-time programme is designed to lay down the foundation skills and knowledge in acting, creation, and entrepreneurship. The pillars with which individuals can become successful theatre makers after graduation. The teaching methodologies of the school are informed by best practices from both Indian and western pedagogy; the curriculum structure is designed based on those inspired by practices at some of the best drama schools across the world. Students who graduate from this course are inculcated with core values of integrity, learning as a lifelong process, and are taught to build their craft with rigour, focus, and discipline as fundamental to their work ethic as theatre makers. Click here for the course structure. |
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Prerequisites
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Fees & Scholarships
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The course fees are INR 3,75,000/-.*
Please do not hesitate to apply on account of the fees; alternative payment options for the full amount of fees exist for a limited number of applicants with genuine financial difficulties. In addition, the DSM staff do provide advice to those seeking funding from third party sources, please read below for the same. Candidates seeking scholarships need to clearly indicate this in their application, and outline reasons for the same in a separate statement of purpose that addresses both merit and need reasons, along with supporting documentation. Applicants who have been successful, and have received a letter of admission, are required to fulfil their agreed fee commitments before the 10th of June in order to confirm their seat. Failing which, thier seat will be released to applicants on the wait-list. Scholarships: The Project Coordinator for The Drama School, Mumbai is available to advise and assist candidates on making independent scholarship applications to various agencies. However, while assistance will be provided, the initiative to apply, and success of the application will depend entirely on the candidate making the application. IIn the past three batches, various students of The Drama School, Mumbai were benefited by partial scholarships ranging from 70% – 25% from the following organisations:
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Application Deadline
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May 6, 2016
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