American Academy of Dramatic Arts
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American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York). The oldest ongoing American school of acting, it was founded in 1884 as the Lyceum Theatre School for Acting by Franklin Haven Sargent after Harvard, where he was a member of the faculty, rejected his plea to open a drama school there. Steele MacKaye, Lawrence Barrett, Charles and Daniel Frohman, and David Belasco were among its early associates. At first the curriculum was based on the conservative theories of François Delsarte, which were soon displaced, and the school pioneered in its student productions of Ibsen, Strindberg, and Maeterlinck. For a time it used the name New York School of Acting. The theories of its second director, Charles Jehlinger, were similar to those of Stanislavsky. Francis Fuller and then George Cuttingham succeeded Jehlinger. In 1974 the school opened a West Coast branch in Pasadena, with Michael Thomas as director. Among the school's famous graduates are Edward G. Robinson, Spencer Tracy, Lauren Bacall, Robert Redford, Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn, Ruth Gordon, Margaret Wycherly. Doris Keane, Jason Robards Jr., Elizabeth Franz, and Judd Hirsch.
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American Academy of Dramatic Arts
| American Academy of Dramatic Arts | |
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| Established | 1884 |
| Type | Private conservatory |
| Endowment | $4.9 million |
| President | Currently vacant |
| Academic staff | 25 |
| Students | 220 |
| Location | New York City Los Angeles, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | NAICU, MSA |
| Website | www.aada.org |
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a fully accredited 2-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan, New York City – at 120 Madison Avenue, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club – and in Hollywood, California – at 1336 North La Brea Avenue, in a new building on the site of the former studios of Charlie Chaplin.
The oldest acting school in the English speaking world, the Academy in New York was founded in 1884 to train actors for the stage. In 1974, the Academy opened another campus in Pasadena, California, which made it the only professional actor training school in both major centers of American theatrical activity. The Los Angeles campus moved from Pasadena to Hollywood in 2001.
The Academy remains dedicated to training professional actors. It offers a two-year program in which students have to be invited back for the second year. Auditions are held at the end of the second year for the third year company.[1] As well as training for the theatre, it now offers courses in film and television, as well, providing a structured, professionally oriented program that stresses self-discovery, self-discipline and individuality. Students who graduate in New York receive an Associate of Occupational Studies degree; students who graduate in Hollywood receive a Certificate of Completion or an Associate of Arts degree in Acting. Students from New York and Los Angeles can get a Bachelor of Arts degree from selected universities.
Numerous students of the Academy have gone on to distinguished careers throughout the entertainment industry, receiving nominations for Tonys, Oscars and Emmys.
Notable alumni
References
- Notes
- ^ http://www.aada.org/about/approach.html
- ^ "Christina Fontanelli sings 'Christmas in Italy' program" The Union City Reporter, November 28, 2010, Page 20
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