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New program
YOUTH PROGRAMS
WHY
- Provide youth with the expertise and the human and physical resources of the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS);
- Give young creators an opportunity to become the artists they want to become;
- NTS is contributing to the emergence of a younger generation of open-minded citizens with great ideas who are confident in their creative abilities;
- One objective of these youth programs is to reach out to young people from culturally diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds;
- The School is working on programs whose structure will lend itself to export throughout Canada.
WHAT
- For Canada 150 and with the support of Foundation of Greater Montreal, the NTS will offer an intensive 10-day program (July 31 to August 11) for about thirty young people aged 13 to 17;
- The 10-day intensive will include workshops on voice, listening, movement, text analysis, but also scenography, costume design and stage management. These workshops will be delivered by professionals and NTS alumni;
- NTS will give a prominent place to young people in decisions concerning its youth programs;
- NTS also wants to be available to adapt and supplement its offer of activities according to the ambitions of the young people involved.
WHO
- The program is aimed at young people aged 13 to 17;
- Young people who are interested in theater (in one or more theatrical disciplines);
- Their level of experience may differ.
WHEN
August 2017:
- 10-day intensive as a pilot project in Montreal
January 2018:
- Weekend course session offered in Montreal
August 2018
- Courses offered year round in Montreal and replication of these activities and structure of implication for youth in Ottawa, Toronto, Banff, Vancouver and Moncton.
HOW
- The quality of educational content will be ensured by a pedagogical committee made up of NTS teachers and directors ensuring the excellence and coherence of the youth programs;
- Many of the activities will be held in the historic Monument-National, whose facilities and history are unique in Montreal;
- Funding for the Intensive in August 2017 in Montreal:
- Canada 150 via the Foundation of Greater Montreal;
- NTS’s Diversity Fund;
- A private donor.
- Thereafter
- Self-generated funds;
- Diversity Fund;
- Various donors;
- Sponsors.
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