Performing Arts at Algonquin College

Advance your craft and 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, audition, stage presence, production and on-camera techniques.

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.

After graduation, you may find employment as an entry-level performer, such as:

• entertainer
• actor
• musician
• dancer
• singer
• hip hop artist
• stand-up comedian
• slam poet

SUCCESS FACTORS

This program is well-suited for students who:

• Enjoy the challenge of performing.
• Work well in teams.
• Are open to learning with performing artists from various disciplines.
• Are committed to pursuing their craft to industry standards.
• Are self-aware.

Careers

Graduates may find employment as entry-level performers, such as entertainers, musicians, dancers, singers, stand-up comedians and slam poets. Graduates may also pursue self-employment opportunities.

Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

1. Identify key components of the performing arts industry including live and digital genres, production processes, careers and work environments.
2. Reflect on one`s own performance and production skills.
3. Contribute to the creation and management of performing art productions.
4. Work independently and within a team to prepare and execute live performances.
5. Archive and distribute digital performance materials.
6. Identify and apply discipline-specific practices that contribute to the local and global community through social responsibility, economic commitment and environmental stewardship.

Program Eligibility

• English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or equivalent).
• Applicants with international transcripts must provide proof of the subject specific requirements noted above and may be required to provide proof of language proficiency. Domestic applicants with international transcripts must be evaluated through the International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS) or World Education Services (WES).
• IELTS-International English Language Testing Service (Academic) Overall band of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each band; OR TOEFL-Internet-based (iBT) Overall 80, with a minimum of 20 in each component: Reading 20; Listening 20; Speaking 20; Writing 20.

Should the number of qualified applicants exceed the number of available places, applicants will be selected on the basis of their proficiency in English.