In a city renowned for its international outlook and connections, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts plays a unique and influential role in developing future generations of performing artists. The Academy’s six Schools, Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music and Theatre & Entertainment Arts, and Chinese Opera, make the Academy a vibrant centre of practice, teaching and practice-based research. Its outstanding reputation is reinforced by the quality of its performers and its partnerships with other centres of excellence locally, regionally and internationally. With international residencies, visiting artists and alumni, which include some of the most respected professionals in their disciplines, the Academy is committed to the training of future world-class performers.

The Academy employs leading practitioner-teacher-scholars in a wide range of artistic and academic disciplines. Part-time faculty positions for high quality applicants may be available for specified periods during the academic year. First Semester and Winter Term of Academic Year 2017/2018 will cover 28 August 2017 to 13 January 2018; Second Semester and Summer Term, from 15 January 2018 to 9 June 2018. The Academy welcomes talented and inspiring faculty as possible part-time opportunities occur in the following:

School of Dance

• Ballet / Chinese Dance / Contemporary Dance / Improvisation / Contact Improvisation / 身韻 (Shenyun) / Choreography / Aesthetics and Criticism / Music for Dance / Anatomy & Dance Science / Dance History / Dance Education

Master’s Programme

• Contemporary Dance Practice / Arts Practice / 20th Century Dance History (Chinese and Western) / Dance Education

School of Drama

• Acting / Movement / Tai Chi / History of Theatre / Directing

Master’s Programme

• Drama in Education / Applied Theatre / Psychological Approaches to Acting / Physical Approaches to Acting / Theatre and Technology / Dramaturgy

School of Film and Television

• Production Management / Screenwriting / Directing / Camera and Lighting / Sound / Art Direction / Documentary / Cultural Journalism

Master’s Programme

• Producing / Production Design / Screenwriting / Editing / Sound / Cinematography / Directing

School of Music

• Western and Chinese Instrumental Music Performance / Western Vocal Studies / Composition and Electronic Music / Conducting / Contextual Studies in Music / Choir / Western and Chinese Orchestration

Master’s Programme

• Western and Chinese Instrumental Music Performance / Western Vocal Studies / Composition and Electronic Music / Conducting

School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts

• Set and Costume Design / Model-making / Technical Drawing / Drawing / Costume Technology / Property Art / Scenic Art / Lighting Design / Electrical Engineering / Multi Media Arts / Project Management / Event Management / Sound Design / Music Recording / Sound System Design / Electronics / Photography / Music Appreciation / Music Technology / Technical Management / Production Management / Music Composition / Sound Operation / Health and Safety for Theatre / Make-up Design / Period Styles / Communication Techniques / Microphone Theory and Applications

Master’s Programme

• Show Network and Control Systems / Computerised Sound Design / Line Array and Show Production Computer-aided Systems / Midi and Music Technology for Music Production / Chinese Opera Design / Fundraising and Sponsorship / Creative Industries / Arts Management Policy and Practice / Scenic Design / Performance Theory and Practice / Scenography / Costume Design / Costume Technology & Construction / Costume Management / Puppetry / Chinese Opera Painting / Music Composition for Theatre Multi-media / Technical Direction / Production Management / Arts Marketing and Audience Development / Event Management / Arts Facility Management / Arts and the Law

School of Chinese Opera

• Foundation Work / Performance Movement / Cantonese Opera Performance Conventions and Routine Sets / Cantonese Opera Vocal Training / Percussion Training / Musical Instrument Training / Cantonese Opera Make-up and Costumes / Chinese Opera Repertoire / Practical Performance / Cantonese Opera Script Writing / Introduction to Chinese Theatre / Analysis of Cantonese Opera Singing / History of Cantonese Opera / Readings in Chinese Operatic Literature / Readings in Chinese Drama / Introduction to Chinese Music / Theory of Accompaniment and Analysis / Cantonese Opera Notation / Theory of Chinese Operatic Tunes and Melody Writing / Creative Structuring of Cantonese Operatic Singing and Instrumentation / Music Theory of Cantonese Opera and Aural Training / Cantonese Music Orchestral Training

Liberal Arts Studies

• Arts Profession and Environment / Chinese Society and Culture / The City and the Arts / Appreciation of Chinese Art / Appreciation of Western Art / Influence of Western Literature on Performing Arts / Understanding Chinese Culture through Practice / Economics and Personal Finance

Languages

• English / Putonghua / Cantonese / Italian / German / Spanish / French / Japanese / Korean