THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

• Centre for the Arts in Toronto

  The Centre for the Arts is a not-for-profit community arts centre that addresses the need for artists to have a place where their voices can be heard and their works produced. The Centre promotes and presents work in theatre, film and video, music, dance and the visual arts, and provides training and other services to the community.

• Cultural Careers Council Ontario (CCCO)

  CCCO addresses human resources and career development needs and issues for Ontario's arts and culture community. CCCO develops, facilitates and promotes human resources and career development programs, publications, services and partnerships. CCCO has a job board of work and volunteer opportunities in the cultural sector.

• Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC)

  CHRC is a sector council bringing together representatives of arts disciplines and cultural industries to address the training and career development needs of cultural workers – artists, creators, technical staff, managers and all others engaged professionally in the sector, including the self-employed. The site provides information and publications of interest to professional artists.

  On the CultureWorks part of its site, CHRC has information about jobs and provides advice about how artists can prepare resumes and other marketing material.

• Equity Showcase Theatre

  Equity Showcase Theatre provides a range of training and professional development opportunities to professional actors, directors and stage managers.

• National Aboriginal Arts Animator Program

  The National Aboriginal Arts Animator Program is a three-year training program for students from a cross-section of Canadian Indigenous cultures. The focus is on storytelling, defined broadly and the core revolves around performing arts practice.

• Ontario Colleges and Universities

  Many Ontario colleges and universities provide education and training in all aspects of theatre and the performing arts, including scriptwriting, directing, acting, stage management, design, etc.

• Theatre Ontario

  This site has extensive information of interest to all those involved in theatre and performing arts, including information about workshops, individual counselling services, mentorships and professional development courses offered by Theatre Ontario. The site also has links to other training resources of interest to professional artists.

• Toronto Association of Acting Studios (TAAS)

  Founded in 1984, TAAS is an association of independent studios offering a wide variety of high-quality approaches to the craft of acting and related theatrical skills.

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