Diploma in Performing Arts (level 4)

Course details

There is no better place to study and practise the Performing Arts than in Singapore, the Festival City. Its year-round calendar is jam-packed with all sorts of arts, festivals and fairs. These include the Singapore International Festival of Arts, the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, Singapore Night Festival, Singapore Writers Festival, Singapore Art Week, and Singapore International Film Festival. Collectively they provide real-life exciting and innovative opportunities for creative young people to develop and nurture their talent and interests.

The Performing Arts (PA) courses that students attend at EASB’s School of Performing Arts are industry-relevant, stimulating, challenging and practical. Combined with classroom study of the theory and studio practice sessions of the arts, taught by award-winning performing artistes and dedicated industry professionals and practitioners, all of whom have strong and current industry connections, the result will be growing competence, confidence, commitment, and creativity among our PA students. These are the hallmarks of successful arts performers and artistes. And our PA courses lead to an internationally accredited Bachelors honours degree.

The EASB School of PA’s programmes are focused on live performance and designed to equip students who want to have not just a career but a life as artists or actors in theatre, in drama/operas, in film, in TV, and the emerging theatrical media. They also provide a wide range of skills that can be applied to a working career as dancers or choreographers and as professionals in broadcasting, stage/event hosting, video production and cinematic arts. They incorporate practical training and/or internship that enable students practical training in various projects such as TV presentations, Radio Broadcasting, Movie and Singing Audition and Public Events.

At the EASB School of Performing Arts we are looking for students who are passionate and hardworking and whose artistic ambitions lie beyond themselves, but who enjoy being part of a group. We select students to form groups, each group with a mix of highly talented inpiduals. They will study together, enhance each other’s time at EASB School of PA and emerge strong and confident, secure that their bedrock experience will sustain them and their peers for whatever early or late successes their career in musical theatre has in store for them. Along the way, they will have raise public consciousness and made their mark in the arts scene, through education outreach and community theatre, and through their innovative and quality performances in film, television, radio, and stage. Quite simply, they strive for excellence.

Practicum and Learning Opportunities

Collaboration partners included branded media Rediffusion / Eeva Production. 

Rediffusion can provide students, from EASB, learning opportunities such as on-site filming and volunteering at the yearly music event - Spring Wave Concert Singapore. They will be able to experience how the talk-show and concert set ups are done.

Rediffusion can also provide post-production learning opportunities like experiencing how to be a sound engineer and video editor. After graduating from EASB, students who are interested in working in media field may be given opportunities to work in Rediffusion if they pass the interview after their internship finishes.

About rediffusion.

Rediffusion is a 64 years old broadcaster that has been broadcasting programs in English, Chinese and dialects. In 2013, it had been acquired by Eeva Productions. Rediffusion has developed from a cable radio station to a personal media platform for the public to broadcast their own voices and stories. As our slogan "Life Gets Better" says, our aim is to promote a healthy and better lifestyle through Education, Radio, Internet and Television programs.

About Ms Eeva Chang

Ms Eeva is the Director of local production house – Eeva Productions and Chairman of Rediffusion (2012). She was the radio presenter and senior producer for famous Radio stations like Rediffusion and 95.8FM Broadcasting Corporation in Singapore. She also took on the role of General Manager of Ocean Butterflies Singapore – a famous local recording label where she has trained many renowned singers in the Asian music market. Some of her awards received include:

• Best Presenter for Social Program

The Golden Bell Award, Taiwan

• Most Popular Radio Presenter Award – Rediffusion Singapore
• Producer-Presenter for Best Broadcast Program – World Broadcast TV

Award by China Shanghai Television Broadcast Corporation

Modules 

Play and Performance

This module equips students with the interconnected practical and theoretical introduction to the Drama and Performance programme, through an investigation of play and the ritual of play and the ways in which these inform the role of drama and performance in society. Students also explore and experience the demands and power of live performance, core principles of performance creation, including voice, body and action.

Asian Theatre and Performance

This module enlightens students with the knowledge and understanding of the principles of theatre anthropology and performance across Asian cultures and it’s culturally theatre traditions.

Performance & Production Practice

This module imparts students with the greater knowledge of specific areas of performance / production, as well as critical and cultural theory. Students will be able to demonstrate a cross disciplinary knowledge of the concepts of performance/production through practice.

Broadcasting Skills 1

This module provides students with the framework on the essential skills that are required in the broadcasting industries, including television production and radio presenting. Students will be able to demonstrate a high level of self-motivated production management and organisational skills.

Studying Drama

This module aims to introduce students to the concepts of technology advanced learning, e-portfolio and personal and professional development (PDP) appropriate to the study of drama and performance. Students will also be taught the application of appropriate oral and written presentation skills in relation to the study of drama and performance.