National Institute of Dramatic Art
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The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australia
Australia
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n national training institute for students of theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

, film
Film
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, and television
Television
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, based in the Sydney
Sydney
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 suburb of Kensington
Kensington, New South Wales
Kensington is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kensington is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Randwick, in the Eastern Suburbs region...

. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)
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. NIDA is located adjacent to, and has a strong relationship with, the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

. It is a member of the "Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence".
Established in 1958, the Southern Institute of Dramatic Art was opened in 1959 with only 23 students and two staff members.
 
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