Victorian College of Arts, NCPA enter into partnership

It would initially deliver two-week actor training workshops in Mumbai with the long-term aim of developing degree courses in film and theatre arts awarded by the VCA

The Victorian College of Arts (VCA) and Mumbai-based National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) have entered into a new partnership. Announcing the agreement in Mumbai, Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade, Australia, Richard Dalla-Riva MLC, said the partnership would initially deliver two-week actor training workshops in Mumbai with the long-term aim of developing degree courses in film and theatre arts awarded by the VCA.

VCA is an inter-disciplinary art schools, a part of the the University of Melbourne. It offers a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in performing arts, art, film and television, contemporary music and so on.

India’s its rapidly expanding theatre scene and the global recognition of the Indian film industry provide many opportunities for collaboration in training of budding actors and directors. An initial two-week actor training workshop will be conducted at the NCPA in collaboration with actor Naseeruddin Shah.

Dalla-Riva is in Mumbai as part of the Victorian Government Super Trade Mission to India of 180 delegates representing 140 Victorian Organisations. He is leading more than 40 Super Trade Mission delegates on walk-through historic paths of the Melbourne-Mumbai Design Map. The Design Map was a collaboration between National Design Institute of Australia and the National Design Centre in India.     

The Map highlights prominent designers from both cities and their favourite design features, galleries, shops and restaurants.