Advance your craft - develop your talent for a career in performing arts.
In the one-year Performing Arts Ontario College Certificate program, you enjoy the thrill of performing and are committed to pursuing your craft to industry standards. You learn how to advance your craft while developing live and digital performance skills.
Learn the artistry of the stage and how to shine in front of an audience. Through collaboration with other performers, create unique performance pieces and perform to audiences. Learn how to audition and prepare for live and digital performances in professional studio settings.
Enhance your performance ability in:
voice
movement
spoken word
comedy
theatre
film
music
entertainment
In professional studio settings, you acquire vocal skills, audition, stage presence, production and on-camera techniques. This certificate will help you discover where you fit as an artist and introduce you to new and creative ways to express yourself.
Through collaborative activities, you experience various forms of basic performance, including the development of stage presence and audience interaction.
Learn the essentials of proper breathing and voice production, as well as movement workshops, along with exercises that cultivate physical self-awareness and enable you to make better creative and enduring choices in the performing arts.
Benefit from the college experience while developing confidence in your performance skills. We work with industry to make connections that can help you achieve your future goals. You can choose to prepare for an audition, pursue a career path or apply for further education in the arts.
Graduates may find employment opportunities in:
acting (television, film and stage)
arts administration
arts advocacy
communications and media relations
costume/set/lighting/sound design
digital production
directing
drama teacher
playwriting/screenwriting
producer
stage management
theatre production
SUCCESS FACTORS
This program is well-suited for students who:
Enjoy the challenge of performing.
Work well in teams.
Want to support fellow artists through positive criticism and feedback.
Are open to learning with performing artists from various disciplines.
Are committed to pursuing their craft to industry standards.
Are self-aware.