Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg campus

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BA Acting at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Germany

Programme overview

Students learn acting, improvisation and physical techniques, train breath, voice, speech and musicality, and develop stage presence and their own artistic personality, working independently on text, character and role. Acting and directing students collaborate closely at the Theaterakademie.

Faculty: Theaterakademie (Theater)  |  Department: Drama  |  Study mode: full-time; mostly German-taught  |  Intake: Summer semester (application 15 October to 10 January)  |  Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

Training runs through the stages of theatre aesthetics from antiquity, Baroque and the classical period to naturalism, realism, expressionism, modernism and postmodernism, plus performance, post-dramatic and absurd theatre, workshops and master classes.

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Entry requirements

Entrance exam in several rounds, starting with a 10-minute video pre-selection (a short introduction of up to 2 minutes and two prepared roles), then on-site rounds; prepare three roles from different eras of theatre literature plus a song or poem (no self-written texts). Application period 15 October to 10 January with a YouTube video link; the result is valid only for the semester applied for.

Intake: Summer semester (application 15 October to 10 January)

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