Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 02 - Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies
• 50. - Visual and performing arts
• 50.05 - Drama/theatre arts and stagecraft

50.0506 - Acting

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to communicate dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the achievement of naturalistic and believable behaviour in imaginary circumstances. These programs include courses in voice and acting speech, stage dialects, movement, improvisation, acting styles, theatre history, script interpretation, and actor coaching.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • acting
  • dramatic actor/actress
  • stage acting
  • theatre performance

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • comedy performance(50.0511)
  • drama and dance teacher education(13.1324)
  • English speech and rhetorical studies(23.1304)
  • French rhetoric and composition(55.1304)