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T HE S CHOOL WHY CHOOSE THE SCHOOL? Because the School has an excellent reputation within the performing arts sector in Quebec and across Canada. Since 1960, the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) has been recognized as a leading institution for anyone wishing to pursue a career as a playwright, director, actor, scenographer, or production professional. If you are a diligent, hardworking individual who wishes to be completely immersed in the world of theatre and build a life in the arts, NTS has the appropriate training programs for you.
recognition, scope and development of ionals in all disciplines in a national open to Canadian society and the rest 6. Training is provided by a select team of permanent specialists, bolstered by a wide range of guest artists. 7. This direct, daily contact with over 260 professionals each year allows every student to build an extensive professional network; these beneficial relationships enable students to obtain contracts and jobs upon graduation from the School. 8. Students are constantly exposed to a variety of approaches, styles, technologies, and aesthetics, which represent, and even foreshadow, national and international trends and practices. 9. Students use the professional set and costume shops and stages of the Monument-National to produce and present the graduating students’ public performances; they have access, among others, to the Ludger-Duvernay Theatre main stage – a unique venue.
10. The School grants funding for innovative projects initiated by its students and recent graduates thanks to the TEC (Theatre Engaging Communities) program. 11. It also helps students who are experiencing serious economic difficulties that could affect their training by providing NTS bursaries and an emergency fund. 12. The School offers a unique opportunity for francophone and anglophone students to come together and share their experiences.
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1. A great many of the School’s 2,000 graduates are among the most active and versatile artists and designers in Canada. 2. The NTS is the only school in Canada entirely devoted to providing training in all of the theatre crafts. 3. The NTS focuses on the practical experience associated with the interdependence of all the theatre crafts; its students have the unique opportunity of regularly mounting productions in close cooperation with their peers in the NTS’s other programs. 4. Right from the first year of training, small cohorts, composed of 2 to 12 students depending on the program, enable personalized instruction. 5. The curriculum is demanding and rigorous; however, it is progressive and adapted to the specifics of each class.
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Located in Montreal’s creative Plateau-Mont-Royal district, the National Theatre School’s main campus pulses with the energy of its 160 students – actors, designers, playwrights, directors, and production artisans – as well as the professional artists who train them. The campus features: - the Bleviss Family Library, the largest and most comprehensive documentation centre for the theatre arts in Canada - rehearsal rooms - classrooms (including rooms designed for voice, dance, movement, design, and writing) - Salle André-Pagé (a flexible studio space with a 150-seat capacity) - Pauline-McGibbon Studio (80-seat capacity) - a small costume shop - a video editing studio - a sound studio - a lighting laboratory - a projection room - a computer room - a school supplies store - Café Papilles Bonheur – a cafeteria providing hot meals and a healthy dose of comfort and friendship
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The Monument-National, located in the heart of the Quartier des spectacles, is where the National Theatre School’s graduating students present their public performances. With its professional multipurpose studios and main stage, the Monument-National, owned and operated by the School, is a space that allows for experimentation and is unique among theatre schools in Canada. The - - - -
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WAYS TO APPLY There are two ways to apply to the National Theatre School: on-line and by mail. The registration fee is $60 per program and is non-refundable. It is possible to apply to more than one program. Candidates will receive specific instruction relative to the audition process for the program or programs chosen once the School has processed both the application form and the registration fee. Detailed information about how to apply to the NTS: ent-nts.ca (Admission).
For Canadian citizens and permanent residents, tuition fees for the 2014-2015 school year are $4,650. For non-Canadian citizens, the tuition fees for the 2014-2015 school year are $9,300. Detailed information concerning financial aid (NTS bursaries and government loans and bursaries): ent-nts.ca (Student Life and Admission).
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“Attending the National Theatre School of Canada was tantamount to embarking on a creative treasure hunt where determination and perseverance rewarded you with confidence and experience. The desire to tell powerful stories is applauded and the need to incite change is encouraged. NTS is genuinely a place where a young writer from a tiny outport in Newfoundland found her voice, my voice.” — MEGAN COLES (Playwriting, 2009) Playwright
The NTS playwriting program aims to reveal and shape each writer’s unique voice, with a low teacher-to-student ratio that allows for an exceptional response to individual interests, needs, strengths and challenges. Students learn and receive inspiration by working alongside their colleagues in the Acting, Directing, Set and Costume Design and Production programs. Guest playwrights, dramaturgs and directors from across Canada are regularly invited to teach at the School, giving students access to experienced professionals who understand the realities of contemporary playwriting. CURRICULUM
Brian Drader is an accomplished actor, award-winning writer, dramaturg, and artistic administrator. His plays have been produced across Canada, the United States and Europe. In addition to theatre, Brian’s diverse writing and dramaturgical portfolio includes film, radio, fiction, multi-media, Cirque du Soleil and commercial engagements. Complete biography: ent-nts.ca.
Core Writing and Creation Projects in 1st, 2nd and 3rd year / Altered Truths / Anti-realism Workshop / Authentic Movement / Creation Workshop / Creation & Technology / Documentary Theatre / European Plays & Playwrights / Great Ideas / Jeu / Mask / Monologue Bootcamp / Play Labs / Playwrights’ Seminars / Playwriting - Back to Basics / The Biz / Translation Workshop / Text and Play Analysis / Writing for Film, Television and Radio / World and Canadian Theatre History
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Professors & Visiting Artists: Nick Carpenter, Robert Chafe, Denise Clarke, Claudia Dey, Sean Dixon, Brian Drader, Fatma Sarah Elkashef, Jodi Essery, Catherine Farish, Yael Farber, Kathleen Flaherty, Dean Fleming, Jonathan Garfinkel, Brendan Healy, Tomson Highway, Ruth Madoc-Jones, Jill Keiley, Ann-Marie Kerr, Maureen Labonté, Adam Lazarus, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Bryden MacDonald, Daniel MacIvor, Michael Mackenzie, Darren O’Donnell, Morris Panych, Adam Pettle, Djanet Sears, Ivana Shein, Annabel Soutar, Sarah Garton Stanley, Tedi Tafel, Bobby Theodore, Judith Thompson, Kelly Thornton, Emma Tibaldo, Iris Turcott, Ker Wells, Susan Williams, David Yee, Marcus Youssef, and other invited theatre professionals.
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Candidates must be at least 18 years old as of December 31, 2014. Registration Deadline Date: January 31, 2014 Comprehensive list of requirements for this program: ent-nts.ca. TWO STUDENTS ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM EACH YEAR.
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“NTS is a wonderful place. It challenged me to grow as an artist and as an individual. It gave me the tools to relentlessly strive toward my full potential and the skills to see my ideas through to fruition.” — PATRICK LUNDEEN (Acting, 2009) Associate, Audience Development Citadel Theatre (Edmonton, AB) Founder, Common Ground Arts Society (Edmonton, AB)
The National Theatre School provides a strong formal base for the emerging actor, integrating Voice, Movement, and Acting, and focusing on a visceral understanding of action, subtext and narrative truth. Students are exposed to a diversity of texts and a broad spectrum of forms. These acting tools are transferrable to the entire range of cultural styles and voices. Training is done in a conservatory setting and students are guided by professional artists who are actively engaged in contemporary Canadian and international theatre.
DIRECTOR ALISA PALMER Alisa Palmer was appointed Artistic Director of the English section in January 2013. She is a theatre director, playwright, dramaturge and theatre producer. She has taught across Canada and was Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre. Recipient of numerous awards, she has premiered and toured original and provocative theatre creations for over twenty years. Complete biography: ent-nts.ca.
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CURRICULUM Acting / Acting with the Camera / Acrobatics / Canadian and International Directors and Playwrights / Choral and Ensemble Singing / Classical Text / Commercial and Voice-over Techniques / 20th Century Dance Forms / Contemporary Dance / Contemporary Scene Study / Creation Project (3-year event) / Expressive Mask / Film Intensive / Improvisation / Jeu / Make-up Technique / Neutral Mask / New Play Development / Methodology of Auditions / Movement for Actors / Performance Coaching / Physical Theatre Practice / Rehearsals and Studio Productions / Rehearsals and Productions (2 mainstage productions, 2 studio productions) / Self-initiative and Business Knowledge Workshops / Shakespeare Studio Intensive / Shaw Intensive / Solo Song / Stage Combat / Text and Script Analysis / Theatre History / Voice, Speech and Dialect NOTE: Curriculum and faculty are subject to change, and vary each year according to student needs.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Candidates must be at least 18 years old as of December 31, 2014. Registration Deadline Date: January 31, 2014 Comprehensive list of requirements for this program: ent-nts.ca. TWELVE STUDENTS ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM EACH YEAR.
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“The School taught me, on the one hand, to be very true to myself in terms of a vision, to stick to that vision and be very articulate, clear and perseverant about it. And at the same time, it exposed me to new ideas and challenged me to go beyond what I initially thought was the right choice. I was encouraged to remain flexible in terms of approaches, to stretch myself stylistically.” — BRENDAN HEALY (Directing, 2005) Artistic Director of Buddies In Bad Times Theatre (Toronto, ON)
Training for directors is rigorous and immersive. We support individual growth through exposure to a diversity of professional practices and theatre styles, including a thorough examination of current Canadian and Quebec theatre practices. The program offers an unparalleled opportunity for involvement in core theatre disciplines including acting, design, production and new play development. Directors will work with experienced Canadian and international directors, actors, playwrights and designers, developing their individual practices through hands-on training. DURATION 2 YEARS, FULL TIME DIRECTOR ALISA PALMER (Please read biography on page 13)
COORDINATOR ROSE PLOTEK Rose Plotek is a director and theatre maker, 2007 graduate of the National Theatre School’s Directing Program. Between directing new works and creations, she teaches in the Drama Studies Department at Glendon College and was Intern Director at the 2013 Shaw Festival (Neil Munro Intern Director Project). Complete biography: ent-nts.ca.
CURRICULUM Art History / Assistant Directing / Classical Text / Creative Source / Communication with Actors / Directing Practices / Directing Mentorship / Directors’ Studio Project / Directors’ Final Project / Devised Study / Dramaturgy / History of Ideas / Leadership Workshop / Lighting Workshop / Mentorship / Modern Text / Movement / Movement Practices / Music / Production Team Management / Projection Workshop / Rehearsal Preparation / Rehearsal Practices / Research Practices / Scene Study / Scenography / Sound Workshop / Text Analysis / Theatre History NOTE: Curriculum and faculty are subject to change, and vary each year according to student needs.
Past faculty has included: Chris Abraham, Thor Arnarsson, Jean Asselin, Arianna Bardesono, Jason Byrne, Kim Collier, Brian Drader, Richard Feren, Simon Guilbault, Brendan Healy, Ravi Jain, Maureen Labonté, David Latham, Andrea Lundy, Michael Mackenzie, Graham McLaren, Leopold Plotek, Alice Ronfard, Ami Shulman, Sarah Garton Stanley, Ker Wells, Susan Williams, and other invited theatre professionals.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Candidates must be at least 19 years old as of December 31, 2014. Registration Deadline Date: January 31, 2014 Comprehensive list of requirements for this program: ent-nts.ca. TWO STUDENTS ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM EVERY TWO YEARS. N T S 2014 -2015
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“The NTS taught me that I don’t need to know everything, but I do need to know who to call when I know that I don’t know.” — SARAH YAFFE (Production, 2006) Production Manager, Lighting Designer, General Manager of Sidemart Theatrical Grocery
Train and practice with seasoned professionals and master the foundations of Production Management, Technical Direction, Stage Management, Stage Electrics/ Lighting Design, Sound Systems/Sound Design, Video Systems/Video Design. Production students learn their craft in a stimulating environment, complete with up-to-date technology and professional equipment offered on both NTS campuses: the Monument-National and the St. Denis Street pavilion. Core elements of the program include working with the creative teams, dialoguing with directors, finding solutions, excelling in technical and management skills, and creating a rigorous yet harmonious working environment.
DIRECTOR ANDREA LUNDY Andrea Lundy is a multiple award winning Lighting Designer and Production Manager. For the past twenty-five years, she has worked in major theatres across the country and has constantly strived for excellence in her own career. Andrea Lundy wants to motivate the Production program students to pursue the same goal. Complete biography: ent-nts.ca.
FACULT Y Jesse Ash, Pat Bradley, Christopher Brown, Mark Bye, Nick Carpenter, David Alexandre Chabot, Robbin Cheesman, Micheline Chevrier, Paul Court, Jeff Cummings, Cameron Davis, Glenn Davidson, Kinnon Elliott, Diana Fajrajsl, Catherine Farish, Richard Feren, Jean-François Gagnon, Terri Gillis, John Gzowski, Alistair Hepburn, Mitch Jamieson, Shauna Janssen, David Jodoin, Bruce Johanson, Amy Keith, Kaileigh Krysztofiak, Maureen Labonté, Michael Laird, Hervé Landreville, Sarah-Marie Langlois, Pierre-Etienne Locas, Andrea Lundy, Chris MacDonald, Kira Maros, Steve Marsh, Wolfgang Noethlichs, Alexis Ouellette-Rivest, Margaret Palmer, Maria Popoff, Luc Prairie, Michelle Ramsay, Peter Roberts, Janet Sellery, Guillaume Simard, Troy Slocum, Melanie StJacques, Allan Teichman, Jill Thomson, Robert Thompson, Leigh Ann Vardy, Matthew Waddell, Matt White, Susan Williams, Sarah Yaffe, and other invited theatre professionals.
CURRICULUM Autocad / Assistant Stage Management / Canadian Theatre History / Carpentry and Construction Techniques / Central Project / Control Protocols / Electricity / First Aid / Health and Safety / History of Architecture / Introduction to Moving Lights / Life Drawing / Lighting Design / Lighting Technology / Masterclasses – lighting, sound, video / Production Management / Professional Internships / Projections Design and Technology / Rigging / Scenic Design and Maquettes / Costume Design Introduction / Sound Design, Live Mix and Digital Sound Technology / Stage Combat / Stage Electrics & Technology / Stage Management / Technical Direction / Technical Drawing / Text Analysis / Theatre Administration / Theatre History / Theatre Production/Foundation Project / Vectorworks / Video Editing / Welding / Work on Productions NOTE: Faculty and Curriculum are subject to change, and vary each year according to student needs.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Candidates must be at least 18 years old as of December 31, 2014 and have post secondary theatre training or experience and English language proficiency. Registration Deadline Date: January 31, 2014 Comprehensive list of requirements for this program: ent-nts.ca. EIGHT STUDENTS ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM EACH YEAR.
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“When I was in high school, I dreamed of a place that would allow me to learn about design, be challenged and create my own drive. The National Theatre School was that place.” — AARON FELKER (Set And Costume Design, 2000) cad Manager and Designer
The National Theatre School’s bilingual Set and Costume Design program offers training with a curriculum designed to reveal the personal artistic vision of each student and enable him or her to become a key player within a creative team. Students acquire knowledge and skills that they can adapt to any creative field. At the end of their training, they can work in theatre, dance or opera, as well as in other areas, such as film, television, circus, or museums.
DIRECTOR DANIÈLE LÉVESQUE For over twenty years, the work of NTS alumna Danièle Lévesque (1983) has been lauded for its originality and daring nature. Danièle has worked on the majority of Quebec’s stages and has explored repertory, creative and avant-garde theatre as well as opera, dance and museum. Her talent has been unanimously hailed by critics and she has twice been nominated for a Siminovitch Prize. Complete biography: ent-nts.ca.
FACULT Y André Barbe, François Barbeau, Guy Beausoleil, Robert Bellefeuille, Josée Boisvert, Judith Bowden, Tadeusz Bradecki, Linda Brunelle, Gill Champagne, Sylvie Chaput, Micheline Chevrier, Stéphanie Cloutier, Florence Cornet, Judit Csanadi, Sébastien David, Marija Djordjevic, Éliane Fayad, Réjean Forget, Denise Guilbault, Simon Guilbault, Peter Hinton, Henri Huet, Ravi Jain, Eric Jean, Louise Jobin, Jill Keiley, Olivier Landreville, Christian Lapointe, David Latham, James Lavoie, Danièle Lévesque, Michael Levine, Stéphane Longpré, Christine Neuss, Véronique Pagnoux, Luc Prairie, Alice Ronfart, Eo Sharp, Guillaume Simard, Jill Thomson, Gabriel Tsampalieros, Benoît Vermeulen, François Vincent, and other invited theatre professionals.
CURRICULUM 24-hour Play and “Exercice d’ensemble” / 3D Maquette Construction / CADD / Carpentry / Computer Drawing Project / Costume Design Project / Design Project: Image and Theatricality / Dressing / Explorations in Art / Fabric Dyeing / Four Theoretical and Practical Projects (Opera, Film, Costume, Design with a Guest Director) / Illustration of Costumes / Illustration of Space / Life Drawing and Colour / History and Study of Costume / History of Architecture / Master classes / Materials / Painting and Exterior Drawing / Production (Design and Assistance) / Properties / Sewing / Spatial Design Project / Technical Drawing / Theatre and Dramaturgy / Scenic Painting / Study of Fabric / Study of Costume / Supervising and Collaborating in Design Projects (Cutting and Sewing, Properties, Millinery, Scenic Painting, Sets, Production Meetings, Makeup, Hairstyling, Fabric Enrichment) / Designing Public Performances NOTE: Faculty and curriculum are subject to change, and vary each year according to student needs.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Candidates must be at least 18 years old as of December 31, 2014. Registration Deadline Date: January 31, 2014 Comprehensive list of requirements for this program: ent-nts.ca. EIGHT STUDENTS ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM EACH YEAR.
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STATUS The National Theatre School of Canada is a private, non-profit institution with a permit from the Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec. Under the patronage of a Board of Directors, chaired by Bernard Amyot, the School determines its own training programs and management strategies.
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PHOTOS: Maxime Côté (cover: Model Wanted, by Step Taylor, directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones, Studio Hydro-Québec, Monument-National, April 2013) ILLUSTRATIONS: 2012 Graduates of the Set and Costume Design program. Jeong Hwa Ryoo (pages 11, 13, 17 & 19), Evita Karasek (page 18) GRAPHIC DESIGN: Laurent Pinabel Printed in July 2013
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