2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
In a city renowned for its international outlook and connectivity, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts plays a unique and influential role in developing future generations of performing artists that include performers, practitioners, designers, and technicians. The Academy’s six Schools: Chinese Opera, Dance, Drama, Film & Television, Music, and Theatre & Entertainment Arts create a vibrant center of practice, production, teaching, and practice-as-research. Its outstanding reputation is reinforced by the quality of its performers and its partnerships with other centers of excellence locally, regionally, and internationally. With international residencies, visiting artists and alumni, including some of the most respected professionals in their disciplines, the Academy is committed to the training of future world-class performers and practitioners.
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 2024/2025 will cover September 2024 to January 2025; Second Semester and Summer Term, from February 2025 to June 2025. The Academy welcomes talented and inspiring faculty as possible part-time opportunities occur in the following:
SCHOOL OF CHINESE OPERA
• Foundation Work / Performance Technique / Stage Movement / Cantonese Opera Vocal Training / Musical Instrument Training / Chinese Opera Repertoire / Practical Performance / Cantonese Opera Adaptation and Script Writing/ Chinese Opera and Culture / Analysis of Cantonese Operatic Music / History of Cantonese Opera / Chinese Literary Studies/ Introduction to Chinese Music / Accompaniment Practice / Melody Writing / Music Theory of Cantonese Opera / Script Analysis for Chinese Traditional Theatre
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 / Body Work / Dancer Wellness / Dance & Technology / Screendance
Master’s Programme
• Contemporary Dance Practice / Arts Practice / 20th Century Dance History (Chinese and Western) / Dance Education / Dance Pedagogy / Somatic / Choreography / Screendance / Aesthetic and Criticism / Dance & Technology
SCHOOL OF DRAMA
• Acting / Applied Theatre / Contextual Studies in Arts & Humanities / Directing / Dramaturgy / Media Application / Movement / Musical Theatre Training
Master’s Programme
• Applied Theatre, Drama & Education / Dramaturgy / Playwriting / Theatre & Technology
SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION
• Production Administration / Screen Studies / Screenwriting / Directing / Cinematography / Sound Design and Recording / Editing / Post-Production / Production Design / Digital Screen Design / Motion Capture / Animation/ Television Production / Game Engine Design
Master’s Programme
• Creative Producing / Production Design / Screen Studies / Screenwriting / Editing / Sound Design and Recording / Cinematography / Directing / Documentary Production
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
• Western and Chinese Instrumental Music Performance / Western Vocal Studies / Composition and Electronic Music / Conducting and Cultural Leadership / 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
• Animatronics / Audio Mastering / Automated Lighting Programming / Computer Generated Design for Scenic Art / Costume History / Costume Technology / Drafting / Drawing / Dyeing / Electrical Engineering / Electronics / Entrepreneurship / Environmental Sustainability / Event Management / Faux Finishing / Generative Mobile App Programming / Generative Video Design / Health and Safety for Theatre / Immersive Sound System / Interaction Design / Lighting Design / Media Server Programming / Millinery / Model-making / Motion Graphics / Music Appreciation / Music Recording / Music Technology / Performance Venue Operations / Period Styles / Photography / Production Management / Project Management / Property Digital Fabrication / Property Making / Prosthetic / Recording Engineering / Scenic Art / Scenic Construction / Script Analysis / Set and Costume Design / Sound Design / Sound System Design / Stage Management / Stage Technology / Technical Management / Theatre Make-up / UX Design / Video Art / Video System Engineering / Visualisation for Lighting Design / VR & AR / XR & Virtual Production
Master’s Programme
• Artistic Representation /Arts and Event Production / Arts and The Law / Arts Facility Management / Arts Management / Arts Marketing and Audience Development / Costume Design / Costume Technology & Construction / Creative Industries / Entrepreneurship / Event Management / Fundraising and Sponsorship / Generative Video Design / Interaction Design / Media Server Programming / Mobile App Programming / Motion Graphics / Performance Theory and Practice / Scenography / Spatial Design / Studies in Cantonese Opera (Costume Design & Scenic Design) / UX Design / Video System Engineering / VR & AR / XR & Virtual Production
GENERAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH UNIT
- Liberal Arts and General Education
• Arts & Aesthetics / Creativity & Storytelling / Cultural Studies / Digital Marketing / Entrepreneurship & Business Administration / Innovation & Evolution / Humanities / Leadership / Language & Literature / Philosophy / Psychology / Religious Studies/ The Birth of Contemporary Arts: 1900-1960 / Modernism in Literature / Greek Mythology / Chinese Philosophy / Greek Philosophy / Practical Philosophy / Architecture and Built Environments / Globalization and Intercultural Communication / Human Civilisation / Industrial Revolutions / World Religions/ Artists Health and Well-being / Arts Education / Programming in Python / Cultural and Curatorial Management / Critical & Design Thinking Skills
- Languages
• English (EAP/ESP)
• Chinese Language / Chinese Communication (MOI: Cantonese / Putonghua)
Master's Programme
• Research and Practice-as-Research / Process Writing / Contemporary Hong Kong Arts Practice / Decoding Performance / Independent Research/ Art and Media
Applicants are expected to be degree holders in a relevant discipline, or demonstrate the highest-level professional training to an equivalent level; plus relevant high-level professional and international experience together with the ability to teach in English or Chinese. Prospective language faculty should be professionally qualified as teachers. Interested parties applying to teach Master Degree programmes are expected to hold a terminal degree in a relevant discipline, together with a track record of high-level professional practice. For some areas of study, current professional practitioners are preferred whilst for others, university-level teaching experience would be necessary. Qualified and interested persons are invited to apply by completing a prescribed application form which will be kept on file under subject discipline for Academic Year 2024/2025 until such a time when a suitable vacancy may arise. When a specific post becomes available, shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview. To apply, please complete an Application Form (click_here) and submit together with a covering letter, curriculum vitae and copies of academic qualifications, to the Human Resources Office, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, No.1 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, or email (hro@hkapa.edu). Application remains open throughout the year. Applications received will be considered by the Academy for Academic Year 2024/2025 only.
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HKAPA is an equal opportunity employer. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment-related purposes only.