Performing Arts Courses and Certifications

CrashCourse

Crash Course Theater and Drama

9 ratings

In 50 videos, Mike Rugnetta teaches you theater and drama! This course is based on an introductory college level course in Theater and explores the history, theory, and technology that contributes to the art form most like life.

• Independent
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Richard Schechner's Introduction to Performance Studies

84 ratings at Coursera

Performance spans a broad spectrum of human action: analyze ritual, play, restored behavior, performativity, social roles, social media, paleolithic cave art, and the Ramlila of Ramnagar.

• Coursera
• 13 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Script Analysis (Live Online)

78 ratings at CourseHorse

Elevate your storytelling with techniques to unlock deeper meanings within a script.

• CourseHorse
• 18 hours
• Self-Paced
• $300.00

Alexander Technique Principles Certification (Live Online)

34 ratings at CourseHorse

Gain a deeper understanding of Alexander Technique principles and their application to movement, performance, and teaching.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $200.00

Intro to Dramatic Art

Explore the evolution of theatre from ancient origins to contemporary forms, covering global traditions, activism, and production techniques in dramatic arts.

• Study.com
• 10 hours 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Performing Arts Lesson Plans

Helps teachers plan performing arts lessons with outlines, topical content, and resources spanning drama, dance, stagecraft, and public speaking.

• Study.com
• 1 day 4 hours 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Acting Lessons

21 ratings

Practical acting lessons cover monologues, commercial acting, character development, improv, emotional choices, cold reading, blocking, and voice and diction.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

崑曲之美

708 ratings at Coursera

以歷史、文學、音樂、表演與美學多角度欣賞崑曲這項中國傳統表演藝術。

• Coursera
• 13 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

NPTEL-NOC IITM

The Festivals as Total Theatre - Chapter 5

Explore the concept of festivals as total theatre in this comprehensive examination of theatrical elements within festival contexts.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Voice-Over for Real People: Complete Freelancing Guide

346 ratings at CreativeLive

Voice-Over for Real People: Complete Freelancing Guide with Keith Harris

• CreativeLive
• 2 hours 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Applying Sports Nutrition Research to the Performing Arts

1 rating

Explore sports nutrition research applications in performing arts, enhancing performance and health for dancers, musicians, and actors.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Natalie Portman Teaches Acting

Build characters through research, physicality, and dialect work, then perform on camera with improvisation, green-screen technique, and collaborative rapport with directors.

• MasterClass
• 2 hours 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Judd Apatow Teaches Comedy

Learn to write and perform stand-up, develop life experience into comedic storylines and characters, structure and rewrite scripts, and cast, direct, and edit comedy films.

• MasterClass
• 6 hours 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Helen Mirren Teaches Acting

Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren shares the techniques she has learned through the course of her international career that has spanned stage, screen, and television.

• MasterClass
• 6 hours 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Samuel L Jackson Teaches Acting

Learn to master auditions, analyze scripts, and find the truth in every role you play.

• MasterClass
• 4 hours 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available