Australian Institute of Music – Dramatic Arts

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AIM Dramatic Arts was formerly known as the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA){{cite web|title=Home > Courses > Dramatic Arts |url=http://www.aim.edu.au/courses/acting-theatre |publisher=Australian Institute of Music |accessdate=26 December 2016 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140726024400/http://www.aim.edu.au/courses/acting-theatre |quote="Formerly known as the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA)" |archivedate=26 July 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown }}{{cite web | title=Australian Academy of Dramatic Art | website=Stage Whispers | url=https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/node/8028 | access-date=2 April 2023}} and was established in 1983. It became the first private drama school in Australia to gain State vocational education accreditation, in 1987.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bighistoryinstitute.org/pubstatic/public/download.jsp?id=52696|title=Chris Lilley and his Aussie Heroes|publisher=Macquarie University|first=Bronwyn|last=Duncan|date=Winter 2006|accessdate=19 June 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703115413/http://bighistoryinstitute.org/pubstatic/public/download.jsp?id=52696|archivedate=3 July 2017|url-status=usurped}} In 2006, AADA became a department of the Australian Institute of Music (AIM), and in 2013 was rebranded as Australian Institute of Music – Dramatic Arts. From 2007, Andrew Davidson was the Head of the School, and in 2013 Peta Downes took over as Head of Dramatic Arts.{{Cite journal|url=http://www.realtimearts.net/article/issue117/11352|title=Making it: Interview, Peta Downes, Dramatic Arts, AIM| issue =117 |date=Oct–Nov 2013 |page= 31|journal=RealTime|first=Keith|last=Gallasch|access-date=19 June 2017}}

In 2007, consultation with the theatre industry began to create a unique, university-level qualification. The growing independent theatre scene in Sydney and other Australian capitals was now to be supported by a custom-built training in contemporary theatre practice, "a unique education for the Actor / Creator / Producer". The school took the baton from the University of Western Sydney's now-defunct Theatre Nepean, a training program that gave the Australian performing arts sector over a decade of graduates who are all-round theatre makers. In 2009, the department accepted its first intake of students in the new Bachelor of Performance degree.{{cn|date=November 2021}}

Students undertake a unique interaction with a creative workplace and, often, a future employer. They are matched with leading performing arts companies in Sydney, during or following their final trimester of study. Placement Partners include: Bell Shakespeare, Channel 7, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Fountainhead Casting, Griffin Theatre, Performance Space, Playwriting Australia, Powerhouse, Shopfront, Sport for Jove, Sydney Theatre Company, Tamarama Rock Surfers, and Version 1.0.{{cn|date=November 2021}}

Main Campus is located at the Australian Institute of Music, 1–15 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills. Established in 1968 by the late Peter Calvo, the campus of the Australian Institute of Music has grown since the 1990s to house two concert halls, a black box theatre, four dance and drama studios, and multiple classroom, rehearsal and practice spaces.{{cn|date=November 2021}}

Teaching and performances took place at the historic Pilgrim Theatre, located in Pilgrim House at 262 Pitt Street, Sydney until early 2017. Built in the Italian Palazzo style in 1927-8, the theatre was used as a broadcast and recording hall for live radio during the Great Depression. It was host to international performers, including Noël Coward, in the 1940s. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation and 2GB Radio were tenants until the 1970s. Throughout the 1990s, Sydney Art Theatre was the resident company.{{cn|date=November 2021}}

The school's lease began in 2004 and finished in May 2017. The Dramatic Arts department is now{{when|date=November 2023}} situated at AIM's main campus, 1–15 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills.{{cn|date=November 2021}}

• Blackrock – opened 12 May 2004{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/11/1084041411495.html|title=Black side of teenage excess|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=Sunanda|last=Creagh|date=12 May 2004|accessdate=24 August 2017}}
• 13 – opened 22 August 2015{{Cite web|url=http://www.aim.edu.au/media/events/2015/aim-dramatic-arts-13-teacher-s-education-kit.aspx|title=AIM DRAMATIC ARTS 2015 Bachelor of Performance Graduating Company 13 by Mike Bartlett Teacher's Education Resource Kit|publisher=Australian Institute of Music – Dramatic Arts|year=2015|accessdate=17 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080912/http://www.aim.edu.au/media/events/2015/aim-dramatic-arts-13-teacher-s-education-kit.aspx|archive-date=2017-02-11|url-status=dead}}

• Alana Patience{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
• Salme Geransar{{cite web |title= Salme Geransar|website= Casting Networks |url=https://app.castingnetworks.com/talent/public-profile/173208e2-93a1-11ea-9dd1-0291f623b406 |access-date=26 September 2024}}
• Reshad Strik{{Cite web|url=http://www.impactservices.net.au/movies/newcastle.htm|title=Newcastle|publisher=Impact Internet Services|year=2008|accessdate=22 June 2017|quote=Reshad graduated from Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA) in 2004.}}

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• {{Official|https://web.archive.org/web/20060819231517/http://austaada.com.au/index.html|Official website – Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (archive 19 August 2006)}}
• {{Official|http://www.aim.edu.au/courses/acting-theatre|Official website – Australian Institute of Music – Dramatic Arts}}

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