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The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is Australia’s leading institution for education and training in theatre, film and television. For more than 50 years, NIDA has nurtured some of Australia’s and the world’s greatest performers, artists and creative professionals. Higher Education Provider ID: PRV12052 | CRICOS CODE: 00756M | RTO Code: 90349 Based in Sydney, NIDA comprises higher education courses, NIDA Open public courses, NIDA Corporate communication and presenting training and NIDA Theatres. NIDA offers Diploma, Bachelor and Masters qualifications across a broad range of performing arts disciplines as varied as acting, directing, cultural leadership, specialist make-up and technical theatre and stage management, among others. NIDA Corporate conducts courses in Sydney and Melbourne, offering practical skills-based training in communication, presentation and leadership for individuals and businesses. Its experiential training is based on NIDA’s renowned performing arts techniques and methodology, and offers public and in-house courses, one-to-one coaching, online courses , group workshops, conference seminars and keynote speakers. For over 20 years, NIDA Open has delivered part-time and short courses for children, young people and adults in theatre, TV and film across the country. NIDA Theatres comprises five theatre spaces and other purpose-built rooms/spaces available for external hire.

Dance changes you. More than simply witnessing something beautiful, or engaging with culture, to experience dance is to be positively altered. From performances at the Joyce Theatre in New York, to the Grand in Shanghai, the Stanislavsky in Moscow and the Sydney Opera House at home, Sydney Dance Company has proven that there are no passive observers in a contemporary dance audience. The reward of truly moving audiences, and the raw pride of sharing Australian art with the world has driven our ensemble of 16 dancers, led by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela, to become one of the world’s strongest forces in contemporary dance. Alongside Bonachela’s original works, our programs have featured guest choreographers like Jacopo Godani, Alexander Ekman, Gideon Obarzanek and Cheng Tsung-Lung as well as collaborations with the Sydney Festival, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Jones and composers Bryce Dessner, Nick Wales, 48nord and Ezio Bosso. Sydney Dance Company has a broad community beyond the practice and performance of our lead dancers. We believe in the universality of dance, and with the largest public dance class program in Australia, we help over 80,000 people a year connect with the grace, strength and creativity that lives within all of us. Our nation-wide education program offers a strategic curriculum targeting primary and secondary students through to career focused study for pre-professional dancers and university graduates.