Course details
This programme equips you for employment in the fast-growing backstage management of people and technology in the Performing Arts Industry. You are given hands-on practice in LASALLE’s drama, dance, musical theatre, and music productions, and are given opportunities to contribute to films, videos, and other forms of displays, exhibitions, and events. You are trained to develop your professional skills in managing all aspects of productions and events.
Most importantly, you are trained to project-manage productions: handle performers and artists; run rehearsals; manage the stage, set elements, costumes, and props from concept to public performance. You will learn to manage people, time and budget, and are empowered to work independently and as part of a team.
You will learn to work with actors, dancers, musicians, visual artists, and other technicians in planning and managing complex artistic and communication aspects.
You are taught and mentored by local and international theatre professionals, practitioners, and experts in the industry, plus well-established and well-known artists. Through the fulfillment of specialised responsibilities and acquired experiences, you will gain invaluable skills, knowledge, and strengths leading to a sustainable career in the arts.
Career Path: Production Manager, Technical Officer, Technical Manager, Stage Manager, Production Assistant, Stage Crew, Stage Mechanist, Lighting Technician, Sound Technician, Assistant to Set Designer, Assistant to Wardrobe Designer, Dresser
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About Lasalle College Of The Arts
LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore is a leading tertiary institution in cutting edge contemporary arts and design education and practice. The college offers 30 undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in art design, film, animation, fashion, dance, music, theatre, arts management, arts education, art therapy, and art history.
RESEARCH BY PRACTICE: A 21ST CENTURY APPROACH
All research starts with ideas. More than two decades after its humble beginnings, LASALLE can look back on a long tradition of practice-led research in art and design. The impressive list of successful LASALLE alumni, who were prominently involved in shaping Singapore’s arts scene, attests to the institution’s strength in providing an appropriate academic environment for the creation of novel ideas and new knowledge.
LASALLE values the professional practice of all fulltime and part-time staff as one of its most important assets. Our unique college environment is formed by a faculty of Singaporean and international artists and educators, originating from more than 20 countries worldwide, many are renowned experts in their areas and actively involved in exhibitions, conferences, and performances. The incorporation of their respective expertise in course delivery closely relates teaching and learning to a broad range of theoretical and intellectual concerns in contemporary art and design practice.
Hence, students are constantly exposed to firsthand experience in current research practices, leading to the acquiring of a wide set of knowledge and skills by the time they graduate. These skills enable them to successfully adjust to the multifaceted demands of the creative industries. As a Singaporean institution for tertiary arts education, positioned at the crossroads of perse cultures within a multi-ethnic society, LASALLE aims to add a distinctive Singaporean viewpoint to the ongoing debate on repositioning artistic practice in a post-industrialised society.
CONSTITUTION
As a private, non-profit arts institution, LASALLE College of the Arts is a registered Institute of Public Character, approved by the Commissioner of Charities, and operates autonomously under the constitution of LASALLE College of the Arts Limited.
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