The Fountain school of Performing arts Dalhousie University

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The Stage Design and Technical Theatre program is a BA Honours degree focusing on sets, lighting, sound, props, stage management, and stage design.

This is an intensive 4-year BA that combines both practical and academic study. Students are exposed to all aspects of technical theatre, including set and prop construction, lighting and sound design, stage management, set design and projection design. Our graduates are working as designers, technicians, and stage managers on stages and film sets around the world! 

 

The Costume Studies program is a BA Honours degree focusing on the construction and study of costume for the stage and historical reconstruction.

The Costume Studies program is unique in North America, the program offers a four-year BA with Honours in Theatre (Costume Studies). The program has a strong historical focus on both theatre and museum work, and stresses applied skills, along with research and academic skills. The applied skills are taught using a conservatory approach, while the research and academic components are imparted through a more traditional university pathway. In this way, students achieve a well-rounded education, equally able to turn their hand to creating costumes from any historical period and for both genders, and to the kinds of problem solving which have come to be expected of graduates with a broad liberal arts education.