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Aboriginal Performance

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Notable alumni

  • Shareena Clanton
  • Shaka Cook
  • Isaac Drandic
  • Abbie-Lee Lewis
  • Ian Michael
  • Eva Grace Mullaley
  • Shari Sebbens
  • Beau Dean Riley Smith
  • Mark Coles Smith
  • Megan Wilding
  • Ian Wilkes
  • Meyne Wyatt

If you’re an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student with an interest in the performing arts, this course is for you. It’ll give you the confidence and skills to audition for roles in theatre, film and television.

The 10908NAT - Certificate IV in Aboriginal Performance course is a one year, full-time course that offers students intensive training in acting and improvisation, dance and stage movement, voice and singing, script analysis and the audition process. All areas are performance based, where workshops feed into rehearsals, and rehearsals feed into performance.

On completion of the course, students will have integrated dance, singing and acting into a consolidated performance skill. Graduates will also have a basic knowledge of Indigenous culture as it relates to performance.

Numerous graduates go straight into the industry, establishing solid careers as professional actors and performers. Other graduates go on to further study in higher-level acting and dance training courses at WAAPA, the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), and National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA).

Courses offered

These course pages detail entry requirements, fee and interview information. You can also apply from these pages.

Audition and interview information

Eligibility

This course is open to anyone of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, 17 years of age and over. Nationwide applications are accepted. No acting or performance experience is required. However, the course demands 30 hours per week in practical workshop so a high level of self discipline and maturity is preferred.

Successful applicants may be eligible for Centrelink benefits such as Abstudy. Limited on-campus accommodation is available through Edith Cowan University Student Housing, Mount Lawley campus.

For further information, please contact the Course Coordinator.

Staff

The Course Coordinator for Aboriginal Performance is Mr Rick Brayford.

For a full list of WAAPA Performance staff, please visit the WAAPA Staff listing.

More information

For domestic student enquiries, please go to Future Students.

For international student enquiries, please go to International Students.

For a full list of WAAPA courses, please visit WAAPA Study areas.

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