Deadline: May 31, 2016
Funded
by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF), the Dramatic, Artistic
and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) and Nedbank Arts Affinity, the 2016
Scholarships Programme presented by the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is aimed
at young performers in their final year of secondary education who wish to
pursue undergraduate studies in the performing arts as well as students in
their first and second year dramatic arts, singing, dance and musical theatre
studies.
Grade
12 learners and first-and-second-year Dramatic Arts, Singing, Acting, Dance and
Musical Theatre students are invited to register to audition.
More
than 14 scholarships ranging from R30,000 to R150,000 will be awarded during
2016.
Since
inception of the programme in 2009 more than R1,5 million has been awarded to
15 recipients.
“For
many, access to quality education is a very real challenge and ACT extends a
heartfelt thanks to our partners for playing such a valuable role in improving
the lives of young people,” says the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Chief
Executive, Pieter Jacobs.
Auditions
will be hosted nationally from June through to August. Durban auditions will
take place from June 22 to 25.
Grade
12 learners will be required to prepare a range of performance material
including prescribed and own-choice monologues, a dance number and song.
Winners will be at liberty to choose any undergraduate performing arts course
at an accredited South African tertiary institution of their choice.
While
candidates will be assessed on their competency in three disciplines, learners
who demonstrate exceptional potential in one of the disciplines also stands a
chance to win an acting, singing or dance scholarship. Grade 12 finalists must
be available from October 3 to 10 for the final round to be hosted by the
iconic Market Theatre in Johannesburg.
First-and-second-year
students will be required to showcase more than one own-choice performance
number in the discipline they are already mastering at an accredited South
African tertiary institution. “We felt that performing an appropriate selection
of material that best showcases a student’s talent is as important as having
potential to make it in the very competitive performing arts industry in South
Africa,” says Jacobs. Student finalists must be available every Thursday during
September for regional rounds of which the details will be announced in August.
Registration
closes on May 31, 2016. ACT is unable to accept any late registrations.
For
more information and to register visit http://www.act.org.za/programmes/scholarships.html
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