Dear Members
Grade 12 learners and first-and-second-year Dramatic Arts, Singing,
Acting, Dance and Musical Theatre students are invited to register to
audition.
With funding from the National Lottery Distribution Trust
Fund (NLDTF), the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation
(DALRO) and Nedbank Arts Affinity, more than 14 scholarships ranging
from R30 000 to R150 000 will be awarded during 2016. Since
inception of the programme in 2009 more than R1,5 million has been
awarded to 15 recipients. “For many, access to quality education is a
very real challenge and ACT extends a heartfelt thanks to our partners
for playing such a valuable role in improving the lives of young
people,” says the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Chief Executive, Pieter
Jacobs.
Auditions will be hosted nationally from June through to August:
- Durban: 22 - 25 June
- Cape Town: 27- 30 June
- Port Elizabeth: 1 & 2 July
- Potchefstroom 11 July
- Bloemfontein 12 July
- Kimberley 13 July
- Witbank 22 July
- Polokwane 23 July
- Pretoria 5 - 7 August
- Johannesburg 8 - 10 August
Grade 12 learners will be required to prepare a range of performance
material including prescribed and own-choice monologues, a dance number
and song.
Winners will be at liberty to choose any undergraduate
performing arts course at an accredited South African tertiary
institution of their choice. While candidates will be assessed on their
competency in three disciplines, learners who demonstrate exceptional
potential in one of the disciplines also stands a chance to win an
acting, singing or dance scholarship.
Grade 12 finalists must be
available from 3 to 10 October for the final round to be hosted by the
iconic Market Theatre in Johannesburg.
First-and-second-year
students will be required to showcase more than one own-choice
performance number in the discipline they are already mastering at an
accredited South African tertiary institution. “We felt that performing
an appropriate selection of material that best showcases a student’s
talent is as important as having potential to make it in the very
competitive performing arts industry in South Africa,” says Jacobs.
Student finalists must be available every Thursday during September for
regional rounds of which the details will be announced in August.
Registration closes on 31 May 2016. ACT is unable to accept any late registrations.
For more information and to register please visit:
http://www.act.org.za/programmes/scholarships.html
Yvonne Verrall
Marketing Manager: Sport, Arts and Culture Affinity
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