AMI PROGRAM POLICIES & SAFEGUARDING™

Clear Expectations Protect the Actor and the Room.

AMI policies exist because acting asks people to experiment, fail, respond, work with partners and sometimes approach emotionally or physically sensitive material. Clear boundaries protect students, families, faculty, scene partners and the quality of that artistic risk.

Why this matters: the actor should be able to take creative risks without being asked to surrender personal boundaries, disclose trauma, accept inappropriate material or confuse educational access with promises of industry opportunity.

Group participation

Acting develops through ensemble work. Students are expected to attend reliably, prepare assigned material and support scene partners. Group absences generally cannot be recreated as private make-up classes.

Private sessions

ELITE™ and Director’s Studio™ include individualized work under the applicable program terms. Rescheduling requirements and make-up provisions are confirmed through enrolment.

Minors & communication

Parents/guardians are the primary administrative contacts for minors. Faculty use approved channels and do not maintain private social-media or informal direct-message relationships with minor students.

Material, intimacy & boundaries

Acting material must be age-appropriate and handled responsibly. Physical contact, intimate material, emotionally demanding exercises and personal disclosure require clear pedagogical purpose, consent and appropriate safeguards. Students should never be pressured to disclose private trauma as an acting technique.

Recording & media

Selected educational activity may be recorded under BGIPA’s applicable participation/media framework. Recording does not create an automatic right to replay or public use; permissions and purpose govern use.

No promises of industry outcomes

Faculty may prepare actors for auditions and professional environments but may not promise casting, representation, admission, employment or privileged access in exchange for participation.

Scheduling follows real cohorts.

Specific live times are confirmed around appointed faculty and enrolled participants rather than presented as fixed before the cohort is operational.

Actors can take risks in the work when the institution takes boundaries seriously.

Review the boundaries before enrolment so expectations are clear before the actor enters the room.

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