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New York Performing Arts Schools

New York hosts many different performing arts schools, especially in New York City, one of the country's major centers for the performing arts. Several well-known colleges in New York City offer curricula in the performing arts, including the Juilliard School and the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
  1. The Juilliard School

    • Julliard is a performing arts school located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school offers a college division, where students may earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance, drama or music; a pre-college division intended for elementary, middle and high school students, which meets on Saturdays from September to May; and an evening division, intended for working adults ages 18 and older. Students must audition for both the college and pre-college divisions, and admission is very competitive.

      The Juilliard School

      60 Lincoln Center Plaza

      New York, NY 10023-6588

      212-799-5000

      juilliard.edu

    The New School

    • The New School of General Studies offers Visual and Performing Arts courses for students interested in continuing their education. The New School was established in 1919 and has an exclusively noncredit curriculum for mature students. The campus is located in Greenwich Village. Students seeking courses in the performing arts can take advantage of the New School's noncompetitive acting and movement curriculuum; students are taught by trained instructors currently working in theater, film, and television media and may be eligible for a certificate at the conclusion of the program.

      Department of Visual and Performing Arts

      66 W. 12th Street

      Room 301

      New York, NY 10011

      212-229-5615

      newschool.edu

    Tisch School of the Arts

    • The Tisch School of the Arts is a school within New York University. Students interested in pursuing the performing arts may apply to Tisch to study drama, dance, musical theatre writing or design for stage and film. Tisch's Institute of the Performing Arts offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama and a three-year Master of Fine Arts degrees in Acting, Design, and Musical Theatre Writing. Admission to Tisch is highly selective, and potential students must audition to be considered.

      Tisch School of the Arts

      721 Broadway

      New York, NY 10003

      212-998-1800

      tisch.nyu.edu

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