Studio days also consist of a salon, where an industry professional comes to speak to the students. “Most have acting and movement followed by either playwriting or design.” “Every day in Playwrights is different,” first-year Jack Dahill said. Playwrights Horizons Theater School allows students to study all aspects of theater making and learn a variety of acting styles. “Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses and being able to see progress really strengthens our chemistry as a group,” Vaupen said. In Vaupen’s opinion, Atlantic kids are similar they connect with one another very easily. “The outcome was still interesting because both analyses made sense within the given circumstances of the play.” “I’ve seen the same scene performed drastically different ways because two people analyzed the scene differently,” Vaupen said.
Atlantic students have four classes per day and six classes total with a ‘15-minute rule,’ where students have to arrive 15 minutes early to silently prepare for class.Ītlantic freshman Max Vaupen values this emphasis on individuality. Macy –– follows a technique known as Practical Aesthetics, which centers around script analysis and as if scenarios that personally connect every actor to a character in a scene.
“And find the strength to discover the meaning and intent behind every move or lyric.”Ītlantic Acting School –– founded by “Shameless” actor William H. “I think it’s so invigorating that I can integrate the approaches I’ve learned in acting into the dance studio or vocal performance,” Goes said. NSB aims to teach aspiring actors to be present and authentic while integrating that work into vocal training and dancing.Įmily Goes, a freshman in NSB, said she loves being in a community of artists who put their heart and soul into every performance. Throughout the week, classes focus on subjects in ballet, contemporary dance, acting, spoken voice, speech, music theory, sight singing, vocal performance and small group music. New Studio on Broadway specializes in musical theater. So, what makes these studios so special? Tisch freshmen took some time out of their long studio days to enlighten WSN about the options for first-years.
Everything from the tight-knit communities within to each studio’s off-campus locations seems imposing and elusive to outsiders. Tisch School of the Arts is one of the best drama schools in the United States, but for the rest of NYU, the multitude of acting studios can be jarring.