Confused - WAAPA or Brent Street
Thu, 22 Dec 2005, 03:13 pmWalter Plinge17 posts in thread
Confused - WAAPA or Brent Street
Thu, 22 Dec 2005, 03:13 pmHey there Guys. Im a bit upset with this girl who just got into Brent Street. She went to the audition but got in anyways cos of the contacts she knew. She said anyone auditioning for WAAPA is mad cos its too far away and all the paid work is in Sydney, which she is close to. She has contacts who will get her jobs anywhere.
I didnt want to say anything but my sisters friend has just come back from Brent Street and she left because not even the professionals there were getting work let alone new grads. Well I think its a 1 year Diploma Course.
Hey is it better to go to Sydney to do that course and be near paid work or try out for WAAPA, what are the benefits. I have my heart set on WAAPA.
I didnt want to say anything but my sisters friend has just come back from Brent Street and she left because not even the professionals there were getting work let alone new grads. Well I think its a 1 year Diploma Course.
Hey is it better to go to Sydney to do that course and be near paid work or try out for WAAPA, what are the benefits. I have my heart set on WAAPA.
Re: Confused - WAAPA or Brent Street
Fri, 23 Dec 2005, 05:34 amWalter Plinge
Very True Pan, I think you will find that the two courses are very different. Brent St is aiming to turn out professional, commercial dancers, they do a little acting and singing, but it is definately the dance that takes precedence. Waapa is set up to try and produce fully rounded performers, so you do less dance but more of the other skills.
Also you may be interested to know that they actually set Waapa up in Perth so it was away from a lot of the professional work. There for the students don't get poached by agents and pro shows halfway through the course, and have the chance to experiment and fail with out having agents at each show. Which can be a problem at NIDA because there is so much interest from the profession in the students from day 1 of first year.
Also you may be interested to know that they actually set Waapa up in Perth so it was away from a lot of the professional work. There for the students don't get poached by agents and pro shows halfway through the course, and have the chance to experiment and fail with out having agents at each show. Which can be a problem at NIDA because there is so much interest from the profession in the students from day 1 of first year.