Ryerson Theatre School
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- Acting
- Dance
- Production
Live and breathe theatre at Ryerson University
Ryerson University's Theatre School houses, under one roof, Bachelor of Fine Arts programs in: Performance Acting, Performance Dance, and Performance Production.
These three programs prepare you for professional opportunities in the entertainment industry - including theatre, television, and film - and the arts education community. You are also prepared for post-graduate studies.
Five Key Ingredients
Building your passion for acting, dance, or technical production into a career takes five key ingredients found at the School. No other Canadian theatre program offers all five:
Acting
Drawing from Canada?s rich theatrical milieu, centered in Toronto, the School offers training under the guidance of a wide variety of working artists who teach, coach one-to-one, and direct.
Dance
The Dance program is the most intensive and comprehensive undergraduate program of its kind in Canada. Delivered by a faculty with extensive professional experience and a passion for student development, the program has earned widespread respect throughout the national dance community. Rigorous daily professional training in three dance disciplines - ballet, modern, and jazz - is combined with related studies in improvisation, composition, theory, history, and anatomy.
Production
The Performance Production program is recognized internationally for delivering a curriculum of unmatched breadth for artists who wish to apply their creativity to one of the following facets of the entertainment industry:
- Management
- Production
- Design
SPECIAL NOTICE
The Ryerson Theatre School is pleased to announce the appointment of Peggy Shannon as Chair. Peggy will replace Perry Schneiderman, who, after completing 2 five-year terms as Chair, will return to the teaching ranks as faculty in 2011/12 following a year of well deserved rest.
Demonstrating a strong commitment to both education and practice, Peggy is coming to RTS from the University of California, Davis and the Sacramento Theatre Company in California. Her directing experiences cover both stage and radio and she has directed well over 100 professional productions throughout the United States, England and Greece.
Please read the full press release on our NEWS page.
Watch for 2010/11 Season updates and academic information beginning mid-August 2010.
