Links
Links and resources from around the web for aspiring young actors.
NEW AUDITION POSTINGS
Vancouver Actors Guide: Best local resource for information about casting directors, agents, and a lively message board frequented by industry professionals www.vancouveractorsguide.com
Vancouver Public Library Auditions List: Local theatre audition listings, updated regularly www.vpl.ca/find/details/current_audition_list
Craigslist: Local film, theatre and commericial audition listings, updated daily http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/tfr/
ACTORS REFERENCE
WhySanity.net Monologues: Amazing and somewhat chaotic searchable online database of movie monologues www.whysanity.net/monos
Project Gutenberg: Classic books and plays available as free downloads online at www.gutenberg.org
Accent Archives: Searchable online databases of accents from around the world; audio recordings of native speakers. The two best are the International Dialects of English Archive http://web.ku.edu/~idea/ and the Speech Accent Archive http://accent.gmu.edu/
The Actors Voice: A blog by LA independent film casting director Bonnie Gillespie, check out her weekly column and check out the amazing archive of all her past columns; invaluable for any actor or parent who wants to understand the LA market http://more.showfax.com/columns/avoice/
DANCE SCHOOLS
Harbour Dance Centre: The very best professional and pre-professional drop-in performance-based dance classes in downtown Vancouver www.harbourdance.com
Drive Dance Centre: DDC caters to all levels of dancers, from the most professional to those who are just starting with the basics http://www.drivedancecentre.com/
PRESENTATION CENTRES
FireHall Arts Centre: The Firehall is proud to play a part in celebrating dance, music and performing arts through its productions, presentations and exhibitions. http://www.firehallartscentre.ca/
The Cultch: Vancouver East Cultural Centre http://www.thecultch.com/
Little Mountain Gallery: Little Mountain Gallery is dedicated to its neighborhood, and to keeping the dream alive that performance and visual art can reside along an alley way on a residential border.http://www.littlemountaingallery.com/
MUSIC SCHOOLS
Tom Lee Music School: Tom Lee Music Learning Centre's goal is to make music education available to all members of the community. http://www.tomleemusic.ca/learningcentre/
Oakridge Music Academy at VCC Piano Lessons Vancouver & Guitar Lessons. http://omusicstudios.com/
Mozart School of Music Private lessons in all instruments, namely, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, voice, percussion, flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, French Horn. http://msmvan.com/
