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[[File:Tisch School of the Arts NYU.jpg|thumb|261x261px|A Tisch School flag (with an older logo) displayed at the building's main entrance, c. 2007.]]


The '''Tisch School of the Arts''' (known more commonly as '''Tisch''' or '''TSOA''') is one of the 15 schools that make up [[New York University]]. Founded in 1965, Tisch has become one of the nation’s leading centers of study in the [[performing arts|performing]] and [[media (arts)|media]] arts. The school merges the technical training of a professional school with the academic resources of a major research university to fully immerse students in their intended artistic disciplines.
The '''New York University Tisch School of the Arts''' (commonly referred to as '''Tisch''') is the [[Performing arts|performing]], cinematic, and [[New media art|media arts]] school of [[New York University]].


Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers. The school is divided into three Institutes: Performing Arts, Emerging Media, and Film & Television. Many [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] and [[Graduate school|graduate]] disciplines are available for students, including [[acting]], [[dance]], [[drama]], [[performance studies]], [[Costume designer|design for stage and film]], [[musical theatre]] writing, [[photography]], [[record producer|record producing]], [[game design]] and [[Game development|development]], and [[Filmmaking|film and television studies]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/about-tisch |title=About Tisch |publisher=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>
Tisch offers multiple [[undergraduate]] and [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] programs, such as [[dance]], [[drama]], [[film]], [[music industry|recorded music]], [[dramatic writing]], [[photography]], and [[musical theatre]]. The school also offers a program (in conjunction with NYU's [[Stern School of Business]]) in the Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology.


The school also offers an inter-disciplinary "collaborative arts" program,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/collaborative-arts|title=Collaborative Arts|publisher=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> high school programs, [[continuing education]] in the arts for the general public, as well as the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/clive-davis-institute|title=Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music - NYU|publisher=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> which teaches entrepreneurial strategies in the music recording industry. A dual [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]]/[[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] graduate program is also offered, allowing students to take coursework at both Tisch and NYU's [[New York University Stern School of Business|Stern School of Business]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://wtop.com/news/2018/12/what-an-mfa-degree-is-and-what-you-need-to-know/ |title=What an MFA Degree Is and What You Need to Know|date=December 12, 2018|publisher=WTOP|language=en-US|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> It is located at 721 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] (the intersection of Broadway and [[Waverly Place]]), adjacent to the university's [[New York University Department of Philosophy|Department of Philosophy]] building and the [[Gallatin School of Individualized Study]], in the [[Greenwich Village]] neighborhood of [[Lower Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. In 2013, NYU opened a new technology hub on its Brooklyn campus called the Media and Games Network (MAGNET). Located at 2 [[MetroTech Center]] and, beginning in 2019, [[370 Jay Street]], MAGNET houses three Tisch programs: the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, the Interactive Telecommunications/Interactive Media Arts programs (ITP & IMA), and the Game Center; these programs work in collaboration with departments in media technology from NYU's [[Tandon School of Engineering]] and [[Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2017/december/nyu-opens-major-new-tech-hub-in-downtown-brooklyn.html |title=NYU Opens Major New Tech Hub In Downtown Brooklyn |last=Nagel |first=Matt |date=December 13, 2017 |publisher=www.nyu.edu}}</ref>
==History==


As of 2019, 22 [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winners, 17 [[Emmy Award]] winners, 12 [[Tony Award]] winners, and four [[Grammy Award]] winners have been affiliated with [[List of NYU Tisch School of the Arts people|Tisch alumni and faculty]]. {{As of|2017}}, the school had more than 25,000 alumni working in the arts and related professions,<ref name=":0" /> and the school has more alumni in [[Broadway theatre]] than any other school for theater in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/big-10-top-colleges-represented-on-broadway-in-fall-2016 |title=Big 10: Top Colleges Represented on Broadway in Fall 2016|first=Sarah Jane |last=Arnegger |date=September 12, 2016 |website=Playbill}}</ref>
The school was originally founded to provide rigorous conservatory training in theatre and film in the context of a great research university. Quickly, the school established itself as one of the leading artistic centers in the country, creating additional departments such as dance, theatre design, and cinema studies within a few short years.<ref>{{cite web|title=History: Tisch School of the Arts|url=http://about.tisch.nyu.edu/page/history.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|accessdate=23 June 2012}}</ref> Later, more majors and departments were added, and the school was eventually able to offer 7 programs for undergraduates and 10 programs for graduate students.


==History==
In 1982, a gift from Laurence A. and Preston Robert Tisch made possible the acquisition and renovation of 721 Broadway, where most of the school’s programs are currently housed. In recognition of the Tisches’ generosity, the school was renamed the Tisch School of the Arts.
The Tisch School of the Arts was founded to provide conservatory training in theater and film in the context of a research university.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dean's Message: Tisch School of the Arts|url=http://about.tisch.nyu.edu/page/deanMessage.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|access-date= February 1, 2014}}</ref> The school created additional departments such as dance, theatre design, and cinema studies within a few years.<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/history |website=Tisch School of the Arts |access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref> Following the creation of the undergraduate Department of Drama in 1974, the school expanded to include the [[Interactive Telecommunications Program]], Department of Dramatic Writing, Department of [[Performance Studies]], Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Department of Photography and Imaging, and The Department of Art and Public Policy.<ref name="history"/>


In 1982, the school's second dean, [[David Oppenheim (clarinetist)|David Oppenheim]], solicited a donation<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hevesi|first1=Dennis|title=David Oppenheim, 85, Dean of N.Y.U. Arts, Is Dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/03oppenheim.html|work=The New York Times|date=December 3, 2007|access-date= August 29, 2015}}</ref> from [[Laurence Tisch|Laurence A.]] and [[Preston Robert Tisch]] that made possible the acquisition and renovation of the location at 721 Broadway where most of the school's programs are housed. In recognition of the generosity of the Tisch family, the school was renamed Tisch School of the Arts in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mitgang|first1=Herbert|title=7.5 Million Tisch gift to N.Y.U|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/11/arts/7.5-million-tisch-gift-to-nyu.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 11, 1982|access-date=August 29, 2015}}</ref>
==Programs==


==Departments and programs==
The Tisch School of the Arts offers [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]], [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]], [[Master's degree|MA]], [[Master of Professional Studies|MPS]], and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degrees.


Tisch School of the Arts has three institutes and 16 programs and offers the [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] (BFA), [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA), [[Master of Fine Arts]] (MFA), [[Master of Arts]] (MA), [[Master of Professional Studies]] (MPS), and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (PhD) degrees. Tisch also offers a selection of classes to NYU students not enrolled in any of its programs through the Open Arts curriculum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Departments: Tisch School of the Arts|url=http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/departments.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|access-date= February 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223000031/http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/departments. html|archive-date= February 23, 2014}}</ref>
Tisch has five divisions, offering a total of fourteen degree programs:


The three institutes are:
<dl>
* The Institute of Performing Arts, including the Art & Public Policy, Dance, Design for Stage & Film, Drama, Graduate Acting, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, Open Arts, and Performance Studies.
<dt>The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film, Television, & New Media</dt>
* The [[Maurice Kanbar]] Institute of Film & Television, including Cinema Studies and its flagship Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) program founded by [[Howard Besser]], the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, Graduate Film, and Undergraduate Film & Television.
<dd>
* The Institute of Emerging Media, including the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, ITP/IMA, Photography & Imaging, and NYU Game Center.
* Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television
* Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
* Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)
* Department of Photography and Imaging
</dd>
<dt>The Institute of Performing Arts</dt>
<dd>
* Graduate Acting Program
* Department of Dance
* Department of Design for Stage & Film
* Department of Drama, Undergraduate
* Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program
* Department of Performance Studies
</dd>


The school also offers an inter-disciplinary "collaborative arts" program,<ref name=":3" /> as well as the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music (founded by [[Sony Music]] CEO [[Clive Davis]]), one of the few programs in the US to combine [[Musical artist|musical arts]] and [[Record producer|business strategies in the recording industry]].<ref name=":4" /> A dual [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]]/[[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] graduate program is also offered, allowing students to take coursework at both Tisch and NYU's [[New York University Stern School of Business|Stern School of Business.]]<ref name=":5" /> It also offers high school programs (the "Tisch Summer High School Program" and "Spring Future Artists Programs") as an outgrowth of the undergraduate classes,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/high-school-programs|title=High School Programs|website=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> and professional courses for the general public as part of a commitment to [[continuing education]] in the arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/special-programs/courses-for-non-degree-students|title=Professional Courses|website=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref>
<dt>The Skirball Center for New Media</dt>
<dd>
* Department of Cinema Studies
* Moving Image Archiving & Preservation Program
</dd>
<dt>The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music</dt>


==Tisch School of the Arts, Asia==
<dt>The Department of Art and Public Policy/Arts Politics</dt>
NYU's first branch campus abroad was the result of a partnership with Singapore Government agencies under Singapore's ''Global Schoolhouse'' program. Tisch Asia was also Singapore's first graduate arts school and offered Master of Fine Arts degrees in animation and digital arts, dramatic writing, film, and international media producing. Summer programs included professional workshops and non-credit certificate courses.<ref>
</dl>
{{cite news
| url = http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2013/03/05/anatomy-of-a-failed-campus-what-happened-at-tisch-asia/
| title = Anatomy Of A Failed Campus: What Happened At Tisch Asia|first=Zoë |last=Schlanger|website=NYU Local
| access-date = July 14, 2013}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Kristiano|last= Ang
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/world/asia/19iht-educbriefs19.html
| title = Tisch School of Arts to Close Singapore School |date=November 18, 2012
| access-date = July 14, 2013}}</ref> The campus opened in fall 2007 on the former [[Ministry of Education (Singapore)|Ministry of Education]] & [[Republic Polytechnic]] grounds at 3 Kay Siang Road, Singapore, with the intention to enroll approximately 250 students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edb.gov.sg/edb/sg/en_uk/index/news/articles/nyu_s_tisch_school.html |title=NYU's Tisch School Of The Arts opens its first campus in Singapore |date=May 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223143728/http://www.edb.gov.sg/edb/sg/en_uk/index/news/articles/nyu_s_tisch_school.html |archive-date=February 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |publisher=Singapore Economic Development Board |orig-year=1st pub. October 8, 2007 }}</ref>


The anticipated enrollment figures were not achieved, financial losses and embezzlement were alleged and Tisch Asia President Pari Sara Shirazi was dismissed from her post by NYU in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sara-shirazi-tisch-asia-nyu_n_1948532 |title=Pari Sara Shirazi, Tisch Asia Founder, Sues NYU After Being Fired For Alleged Embezzlement |website=[[HuffPost]]|date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}</ref> She subsequently lost a lawsuit claiming defamation and breach of contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyu-administrator-loses-lawsuit-university-article-1.1771544 |title=Former NYU administrator loses lawsuit against university |website=New York Daily News|date=April 29, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}</ref> The Tisch Asia campus closed in 2014, with polarised recollections, ranging from positive endorsement, to allegations that it had been "an educational scam" in a failed lawsuit brought by three former students.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2016/09/20/nyu-students-claim-defunct-tisch-asia-was-a-rip-off-in-suit/ |title=NYU students claim defunct Tisch Asia was a rip-off in suit |newspaper=New York Post|first=Lia |last=Eustachewich|date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/tisch-asia-grads-defend-quality-education-amid-lawsuit |title=Tisch Asia grads defend quality of education amid lawsuit |website=Today Online|first=Toh EE |last=Ming|date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/nyu-beats-tisch-asia-graduate-school-students-fraud-allegations |title=NYU Beats Tisch Asia Graduate School Students' Fraud Allegations |first=Maeve|last= Allsup|website=Bloomberg Law|date=December 2, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}</ref>
The school also includes an Open Arts curriculum of Tisch classes available to non-Tisch NYU students.


==Graduate Acting Program==
== COVID-19 ==
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic of 2020]], which forced NYU to move academic instruction online, many Tisch students demanded a tuition refund, believing that virtual classes did not adequately meet their academic needs as a school for performing, cinematic, and media arts. In one of many pandemic-related emails, the school's dean sent students a video of herself dancing to [[R.E.M.]]'s "Losing My Religion", intended to raise community spirit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyu-tischs-students-want-tuition-fee-back-amid-coronavirus-shutdown-dean-responds-with-dance-video/2346626/|title=NYU Tisch Students Demand Tuition Back, Dean Responds With Dance Video|publisher=NBC New York|language=en-US|date=March 27, 2020|access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref> After hearing from students, the dean further clarified that individual schools have no control over tuition and that it was "challenging" for the university to give students their money back at the time.
The Graduate Acting Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts has, since its inception in 1966, grown to become one of the most rigorous and celebrated MFA acting programs in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tisch Graduate Acting Overview|url=http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_faccourses.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|accessdate=23 June 2012}}</ref> Yearly pooling from 900 plus actors, a select 16 are chosen to enter into the incoming class. The program has gained an international reputation for its selectivity as well as its distinctive conservatory training. Tisch graduate acting students come from a wide variety of backgrounds.


==Notable alumni==
NYU Grad Acting alumni have gone onto various careers in the arts. Some of the alumni include [[Debra Messing]], [[Nina Arianda]], [[Billy Crudup]], [[Florencia Lozano]], [[Michael C. Hall]], [[Peter Krause]], [[Kevin Carroll]], [[Barry Bostwick]], [[John Conlee]], [[Daniel Dae Kim]], [[Bruce Davison]], [[Garret Dillahunt]], [[Jeffrey Donovan]], [[Aunjanue Ellis]], [[Frankie R. Faison]], [[Edi Gathegi]], [[Jordan Gelber]], [[Matthew Gray Gubler]], [[Christopher Guest]], [[Marcia Gay Harden]], [[Jason Butler Harner]], [[Mary Beth Hurt]], [[Marin Hinkle]], [[Neal Huff]], [[Glenn Kessler (screenwriter)|Glenn Kessler]], [[Tony Kushner]], [[Eriq La Salle]], [[Ron Lagomarsino]], [[Camryn Manheim]], [[Logan Marshall Green]], [[Michael Mayer (director)|Michael Mayer]], [[John C. McGinley]], [[Idina Menzel]], [[Ntare Mwine]], [[Danny Pino]], [[Josh Radnor]], [[Taylor Schilling]], [[Ben Shenkman]], [[Maggie Siff]], [[Rocco Sisto]], [[Enver Gjokaj]], [[Stephen Spinella]], [[Corey Stoll]], [[Daniel Sunjata]], [[Sean Patrick Thomas]], [[Robin Weigert]], [[Saul Williams]], [[Jeff Whitty]], [[Victor Williams (actor)|Victor Williams]], [[Rainn Wilson]], [[Frank Wood (actor)|Frank Wood]], [[David Zabel]], [[Daniel Zelman]], [[Navi Rawat]], [[Steve Kazee]], and [[Vince Gilligan]]and especially [[Brendan Titley]]
{{Main|List of NYU Tisch School of the Arts people}}


NYU Graduate Acting grew to be what it is today at the helm of [[Zelda Fichandler]], who became chair of the program in 1984 and stepped down in 2008.

In May 2008, [[Mark Wing-Davey]] became chair.<ref>[http://www.nyu.edu/public.affairs/releases/detail/2136 NYU Today<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html Graduate Acting: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Department of Dance==
The '''Tisch Dance Department''' is fashioned in a conservatory style and is extremely selective; on average, thirty dancers are selected per graduating class. The previous director, Linda Tarnay, was a dancer in the Martha Graham Company and all of the teachers have performing experience with companies from around the world, such as Houston Ballet, Merce Cunningham's Company, and American Ballet Theatre, among others. Many of the faculty have their own companies independent of the dance department, which serve as a springboard to larger companies for many students immediately following graduation.

In the past, famous choreographers such as Aszure Barton, Kate Weare, Nacho Duatto, Jessica Lang, Deborah Jowitt, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, Complexions, and Alonzo King have set their pieces and created original works specifically for Tisch Dance students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Courses and Faculty: Tisch Dance|url=http://dance.tisch.nyu.edu/page/faculty.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|accessdate=23 June 2012}}</ref>

The program strives to prepare students for the rigorous life of a dancer, preparing them by treating their third year students as a company, also known as the Second Avenue Dance Company. Students graduate in three years, hence the difficult schedule which is accelerated in order for dancers to graduate earlier than their peers in other college dance programs. Because of brevity of the three year program, students attend a six week summer course following their first and second years. During these summer intensives, six different companies come in a week each and teach students their style of movement. This is an excellent way for students to be introduced to companies and have the chance to get noticed and get to know the different companies in an intimate setting. This is unique to the Tisch Dance Program, and is conducive to introducing dancers into the real world of auditions and jobs as soon as possible. Also, a select group of second year students have the chance to study abroad in Salzburg, Austria in lieu of attending the summer program.

==Undergraduate Drama==
[[Image:DAL2.jpg|thumb|300px|Undergraduate students perform in a main stage production of ''[[Dancing at Lughnasa]]''.]]

Founded in 1974, the '''Undergraduate Department of Drama''' is currently one of the world's largest drama departments; approximately 1400 students are currently matriculated there. According to the undergraduate drama department's literature, "the program in drama places equal emphasis on rigorous conservatory training and comprehensive theatre study in the most exciting and creative city in the world: [[New York]]." The current head of the department is Louis Scheeder.

Over one-hundred shows are produced each year in the program including main stage shows, studio related projects, directing projects, and student-run [[black box theater|black box]] productions. The most significant performance spaces are the Skirball Center, Frederick Loewe Theatre, The [[Abe Burrows]] Theatre, and The Robert Moss Theater. Unlike most conservatories where casting is assigned and each class serves as an individual company, casting at NYU's undergraduate level is open to any student in his or her second, third, and fourth year of training.

===Conservatory training===
The cornerstone of the program is the professional training component. Drama's professional program is a network of unique studios, each teaching an exclusive approach to the craft. Students train intensively in one of seven studios in a working environment composed of twelve to eighteen students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Studios - How does the studio system? work|url=http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/object/dr_studios.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref> Students train intensely for three full days a week, and a typical [[drama]] student can expect to spend more than forty-five hours a week in class and rehearsal. All incoming actors are placed in a ''primary studio'' where they must train for the first two years. Students are divided and placed into these different studios, based on their audition, interview and personal preference.

After their first two years of education, [[undergraduate]] actors have the ability engage in an [[internship]] or to audition for an ''advanced studio''. Placement in these programs is open only to juniors and seniors and acceptance is offered only after a successful artistic review.

===Theater studies===
All Students must take a minimum of seven theater studies courses. The first two are introductory courses: Introduction to Theater Studies (ITS) and Introduction to Theater Production (ITP). To fulfill the rest of their theater studies requirements, students can choose from dozens of upper level theater studies courses, with topics ranging from [[avant-garde]] to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], or from classical texts to modern American drama. There are also a series of honors seminars in theater studies, with varying topics from semester to semester.

==The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television==
[[Image:tisch post.jpg|thumb|217px|Post-production center on the 11th floor of the Tisch building at 721 Broadway in New York]]

Renamed for the benefactor of a large gift to the department in the late nineties, '''The Kanbar Institute of Film & Television''' is comprised of an undergraduate film program and a graduate film program. The four year undergraduate program is designed to give students a broad understanding of the aesthetic, technical and practical aspects of film and television production. In 2001, [[US News and World Report]] ranked the Graduate Program at NYU film school as one of the top programs in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=2001 Film School Rankings US News & World Report|url=http://www.d.umn.edu/~tisbell/Courses/FilmSchools.html}}</ref>

Notable undergraduate and graduate alumni include directors [[Oliver Stone]], [[M. Night Shyamalan]], [[Joel Coen]], [[Ang Lee]], [[Martin Scorsese]], [[Spike Lee]], [[Jim Jarmusch]], [[Roman Coppola]], [[Martin Kunert]], [[Nancy Savoca]], and more recently, [[James Franco]], [[Brett Ratner]], [[Todd Phillips]], [[Marc Forster]], and [[Ryan Fleck]]. Notable undergraduate faculty include actor/director [[Robby Benson]], director [[Susan Seidelman]] ("[[Desperately Seeking Susan]]", "[[Smithereens (film)|Smithereens]]"), television producer [[James Gardner (producer)|James Gardner]], soundman Chat Gunter ("Law and Order"), documentary filmmakers [[George C. Stoney|George Stoney]] ("All My Babies") and [[Marco Williams]], [[Morgan Spurlock]], and actor [[Haley Joel Osment]] ("The Sixth Sense").

==Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing==
The '''Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing''' provides instruction in playwriting, screenwriting, and writing for television.

Students applying to the Dramatic Writing Department submit a portfolio of writing in addition to the standard New York University application. Undergraduate students must take at least one writing workshop per semester. In the core freshman workshop, Craft of Visual and Dramatic Writing, students are expected to write a number of short plays and screenplays. Sophomore year, they declare a "concentration" in playwriting, screenwriting, or writing for television.

Other core classes include Classic and Modern Drama, Shakespeare for Writers, and Film Story Analysis. Students are also encouraged to take classes that emphasize production and performance. They must complete at least one internship over the course of their undergraduate experience. In addition to classes within the department, they are also required to take numerous General Education and elective courses to fulfill the requirements of their degree.

The department was founded in 1980. In December 2003, the department was renamed to include the names of Rita and Burton Goldberg, thanks to a generous gift to the department.

The department holds roughly 200 undergraduate students and 40 graduates. Notable alumni include playwrights [[Neil LaBute]], [[Kenneth Lonergan]], and [[Doug Wright]]; television writers [[Donald Glover]] (''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[Community]]''), Jessica Conrad (''[[Saturday Night Live]]''), [[Elliott Kalan]] (''[[The Daily Show with John Stewart]]''), Bill Wrubel (''[[Modern Family]]''), [[Brendan Hay]] (''[[The Simpsons]]''), Dan Gregor (''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''), Mehar Sethi (''[[It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia]]''), Brian Tanen (''[[Desperate Housewives]]''), [[Brian K. Vaughan]] (''[[Lost]]''), and many others. The current chair of the department is [[Richard Wesley]]. Its home is on the seventh floor of the Tisch building at 721 Broadway, New York City.

Faculty members include [[Charlie Rubin]] (''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''), [[Suzan-Lori Parks]] (''[[Topdog/Underdog]]''), [[Jeremy Pikser]] (''[[Bulworth]]'', ''[[War, Inc.]]''), Bryan Goluboff (''[[In Treatment]]''), and [[Sabrina Dhawan]] (''[[Monsoon Wedding]]'').

==Interactive Telecommunications Program==
The '''Interactive Telecommunications Program''' is a graduate department focused on the study and design of new media, computational media and embedded computing under the umbrella of interactivity.

Founded in 1979, the origins of the program date back to 1971 when [[George C. Stoney|George Stoney]] and [[Red Burns]] created the [http://about.tisch.nyu.edu/object/itp_history.html Alternate Media Center] (AMC). ITP grew out of the work of the AMC, and set the stage for the experimentation which would follow as well as the informing spirit of collaboration, and the ongoing emphasis on crafting social applications and putting the needs of the user first. A pioneering center for application development and field trials, the AMC initially focused on exploring the then-new tool of portable video made possible by [[Sony]]'s introduction of the [[Portapak]] video camera.

Burns and her colleagues at the AMC came from backgrounds in [[documentary film]] and traditional media—they shared a vision for a freely accessible, grass-roots technology which would enable users to create their own documentaries and distribute them widely. Their efforts led to many significant developments in the field, including lobbying Congress for the creation of what is now [[public-access television]] and significant field trials for two-way television in community settings, the use of [[teletext]] in major urban centers and communications technologies for the [[developmentally disabled]].

Burns believed that a graduate course of study was needed to train creative, forward thinking, ethical new media developers for what she saw would be a new and growing field. The first 20 graduate students entered the program in 1979—and it grew quickly from there. In 1983 Burns turned her full attention from AMC to ITP and was appointed Chair of the department, a position she has held until she stepped down in 2011. Currently she holds the title of Chief Collaborations Officer at ITP. In 1996, she was awarded the Tokyo Broadcasting Systems Chair. Under her leadership the department has become a center for scholars and practitioners who are eager to engage the newest technologies and put them in the hands of media-makers.

Michael Mills, former full-time faculty member of ITP, went on to [[Apple Computer]]. He contributed to the group that developed the original prototypes that later became [[QuickTime]]. Current ITP chair Dan O'Sullivan, during his student years, served as an intern at Apple and created the prototype for the first navigable interactive video movies—a parallel effort to what was going on in ATG's 3-D graphics group at the time. O'Sullivan also introduced the first widely used interactive television application in NYC, produced and broadcast directly from ITP by way of Manhattan Cable Public Access.

Industry leaders, artists and visionaries who have lectured at ITP over the years include Academy-Award winner, Chairman and CEO of [[R/Greenberg Associates]] Digital Studios Robert M. Greenberg, musician and pioneer of immersive virtual reality [[Jaron Lanier]], multimedia artist [[Vito Acconci]], multimedia artist & musician [[Laurie Anderson (performance artist)|Laurie Anderson]], Ethernet creator [[Bob Metcalfe]], CEO of New York Times Digital Martin Nisenholtz, artist [[Toshio Iwai]], and Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger of Antenna Design, to name but a few.

Current ITP faculty members are known for their contributions to the new media field -- [[Daniel Rozin]], [[Chrysler Design Award]]-Winning Artist in Residence, has had his work shown in major museums around the world, most recently at the Israel Museum; Dan O'Sullivan and Tom Igoe have just published the authoritative text on [[physical computing]]; [[Jean-Marc Gauthier]] is the author of several books on interactive 3D applications, and his art installations have been seen internationally; [[Douglas Rushkoff]] and [[Clay Shirky]] are widely published critics, authors and journalists; Marianne Petit is an artist known for her interactive stories as well as her work in assistive technologies and social applications; Red Burns has served on many boards and is regularly an invited speaker at industry events—she is also the recipient of a Chrysler Design Award, for "Design Champion," a leadership award from the [[New York Hall of Science]], the educator award from the [[Art Directors Club]], Crain's All Star Award, the NYC Mayor's Award for science and technology and was the first recipient of the Matrix Award.

The online magazine ''Digital Performance'' describes ITP as
<blockquote>"An oversized Greenwich Village loft houses the computer labs, rotating exhibitions, and production workshops that are ITP — the Interactive Telecommunications Program. Founded in 1979 as the first graduate education program in alternative media, ITP has grown into a living community of technologists, theorists, engineers, designers, and artists uniquely dedicated to pushing the boundaries of interactivity in the real and digital worlds. A hands-on approach to experimentation, production and risk-taking make this hi-tech fun house a creative home not only to its 230 students, but also to an extended network of the technology industry’s most daring and prolific practitioners."</blockquote>

==Department of Photography and Imaging==
The '''Department of Photography and Imaging''' teaches students how to make and understand images, while exploring photo-based imagery as personal and cultural expression. Studies include both the intensive focus of an arts curriculum that consists of studio/production and photo history and criticism and a serious and broad grounding in the liberal arts. The department embraces multiple perspectives, and students work in virtually all modes of photo-based image-making, using both analog and digital technologies. Students take courses in studio/production, photo history and criticism, liberal arts, and elective areas.

==The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music==
The '''Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music,''' or ReMu, trains undergraduates in the production, business, and history of popular music, with a special focus on creative music entrepreneurship in pop, rock, r&b, and hip hop. It is the only department at any university to offer a BFA degree in Recorded Music.

ReMu was established in 2003 on a $5 million donation from music executive [[Clive Davis]], an NYU alumnus. Initially, the program was designed to educate those who wished to produce and market recordings—as Tisch Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell explained to ''The New York Times'', "The basic premise of the department is that recorded music is an art form separate and distinct from live music, that the creative producer who identifies and oversees the construction of the artist's image is as much artist as the person who creates the music."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/30/arts/to-see-recorded-music-as-an-art-form.html | work=The New York Times | title=To See Recorded Music as an Art Form | first=Jesse | last=McKinley | date=2002-10-30 | accessdate=2010-05-25}}</ref> But with the growing financial instability of established record labels and the trend towards democratization in the creation and distribution of music, the program shifted focus to fostering creative entrepreneurs.

The program is currently led by Chair [[Jeff Rabhan]], a prominent artist manager and former music industry executive, as well as journalist/cultural critic [[Jason King (journalist)|Jason King]] who serves as the program's Artistic Director and helped launch the program. Other faculty include the department's original chair [[Jim Anderson (sound engineer)|Jim Anderson]], a nine-time Grammy Award-winning engineer; [[Fine Gold Music|Jonathan Finegold]], the former A&R Director at [[Island Records]] and founder of [[Fine Gold Music]], a consulting company; Errol Kolosine, former General Manager of [[Astralwerks]]; Bob Power, the multi-platinum, Grammy-winning hip-hop producer/mixer; recording artist/producer [[Richard Barone]], and the self-appointed "Dean of American Rock Critics" [[Robert Christgau]].

Notable alumni include Carter Matschullat, who founded indie label [[Dovecote Records]] while a student, and Bo Pericic of the trance duo [[Filo & Peri]]. MBK Entertainment/RCA Recording artist [[Elle Varner]] also graduated from the department.

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== See also ==


==See also==
* [[Glossary of motion picture terms]]
* [[Laurence Tisch]]
* [[Laurence Tisch]]
* [[List of NYU Tisch People]]
* [[List of NYU Tisch School of the Arts people]]
* [[List of New York University alumni]]
* [[:Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni|Tisch School of the Arts alumni]]
* [[:Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni|Tisch School of the Arts alumni]]
* [[List of New York University People]]


==References==
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* http://itp.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html
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==External links==
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* [http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/ Tisch School of the Arts website]
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* [https://tisch.nyu.edu/first-run-film-festival/awards/2017-wasserman-awards 2017 Wasserman Awards Winners]
* [http://www.nyu.edu/ New York University website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080804000315/http://www.drama.tisch.nyu.edu/page/studios.html Studios & Professional Training]
* [http://www.tischtalentguild.org/ Tisch Talent Guild]
* [https://tisch.nyu.edu/clive-davis-institute Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music]
* [http://www.nyutusc.com/ Tisch Undergraduate Student Council]
* [http://itp.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html ITP: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU]
* [http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2011/04/07/guide-to-majors-at-nyu-photography-imaging/ Guide to Majors At NYU: Photography & Imaging]


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The Tisch School of the Arts
TypPrivate
Established1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Parent institution
New York University
DeanAllyson Green
Academic staff
265
Undergraduates3,163
Postgraduates939
Standort
Manhattan, New York City
,
New York
,
Vereinigte Staaten

40°43′45.2″N 73°59′37.6″W / 40.729222°N 73.993778°W / 40.729222; -73.993778
CampusUrban
Websitetisch.nyu.edu
A Tisch School flag (with an older logo) displayed at the building's main entrance, c. 2007.

The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University.

Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers. The school is divided into three Institutes: Performing Arts, Emerging Media, and Film & Television. Many undergraduate and graduate disciplines are available for students, including acting, dance, drama, performance studies, design for stage and film, musical theatre writing, photography, record producing, game design and development, and film and television studies.[1]

The school also offers an inter-disciplinary "collaborative arts" program,[2] high school programs, continuing education in the arts for the general public, as well as the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music,[3] which teaches entrepreneurial strategies in the music recording industry. A dual MFA/MBA graduate program is also offered, allowing students to take coursework at both Tisch and NYU's Stern School of Business.[4] It is located at 721 Broadway (the intersection of Broadway and Waverly Place), adjacent to the university's Department of Philosophy building and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. In 2013, NYU opened a new technology hub on its Brooklyn campus called the Media and Games Network (MAGNET). Located at 2 MetroTech Center and, beginning in 2019, 370 Jay Street, MAGNET houses three Tisch programs: the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, the Interactive Telecommunications/Interactive Media Arts programs (ITP & IMA), and the Game Center; these programs work in collaboration with departments in media technology from NYU's Tandon School of Engineering and Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.[5]

As of 2019, 22 Academy Award winners, 17 Emmy Award winners, 12 Tony Award winners, and four Grammy Award winners have been affiliated with Tisch alumni and faculty. As of 2017, the school had more than 25,000 alumni working in the arts and related professions,[1] and the school has more alumni in Broadway theatre than any other school for theater in the United States.[6]

History

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The Tisch School of the Arts was founded to provide conservatory training in theater and film in the context of a research university.[7] The school created additional departments such as dance, theatre design, and cinema studies within a few years.[8] Following the creation of the undergraduate Department of Drama in 1974, the school expanded to include the Interactive Telecommunications Program, Department of Dramatic Writing, Department of Performance Studies, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Department of Photography and Imaging, and The Department of Art and Public Policy.[8]

In 1982, the school's second dean, David Oppenheim, solicited a donation[9] from Laurence A. and Preston Robert Tisch that made possible the acquisition and renovation of the location at 721 Broadway where most of the school's programs are housed. In recognition of the generosity of the Tisch family, the school was renamed Tisch School of the Arts in 1982.[10]

Departments and programs

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Tisch School of the Arts has three institutes and 16 programs and offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Professional Studies (MPS), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. Tisch also offers a selection of classes to NYU students not enrolled in any of its programs through the Open Arts curriculum.[11]

The three institutes are:

  • The Institute of Performing Arts, including the Art & Public Policy, Dance, Design for Stage & Film, Drama, Graduate Acting, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, Open Arts, and Performance Studies.
  • The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, including Cinema Studies and its flagship Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) program founded by Howard Besser, the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, Graduate Film, and Undergraduate Film & Television.
  • The Institute of Emerging Media, including the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, ITP/IMA, Photography & Imaging, and NYU Game Center.

The school also offers an inter-disciplinary "collaborative arts" program,[2] as well as the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music (founded by Sony Music CEO Clive Davis), one of the few programs in the US to combine musical arts and business strategies in the recording industry.[3] A dual MFA/MBA graduate program is also offered, allowing students to take coursework at both Tisch and NYU's Stern School of Business.[4] It also offers high school programs (the "Tisch Summer High School Program" and "Spring Future Artists Programs") as an outgrowth of the undergraduate classes,[12] and professional courses for the general public as part of a commitment to continuing education in the arts.[13]

Tisch School of the Arts, Asia

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NYU's first branch campus abroad was the result of a partnership with Singapore Government agencies under Singapore's Global Schoolhouse program. Tisch Asia was also Singapore's first graduate arts school and offered Master of Fine Arts degrees in animation and digital arts, dramatic writing, film, and international media producing. Summer programs included professional workshops and non-credit certificate courses.[14][15] The campus opened in fall 2007 on the former Ministry of Education & Republic Polytechnic grounds at 3 Kay Siang Road, Singapore, with the intention to enroll approximately 250 students.[16]

The anticipated enrollment figures were not achieved, financial losses and embezzlement were alleged and Tisch Asia President Pari Sara Shirazi was dismissed from her post by NYU in November 2011.[17] She subsequently lost a lawsuit claiming defamation and breach of contract.[18] The Tisch Asia campus closed in 2014, with polarised recollections, ranging from positive endorsement, to allegations that it had been "an educational scam" in a failed lawsuit brought by three former students.[19][20][21]

COVID-19

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During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, which forced NYU to move academic instruction online, many Tisch students demanded a tuition refund, believing that virtual classes did not adequately meet their academic needs as a school for performing, cinematic, and media arts. In one of many pandemic-related emails, the school's dean sent students a video of herself dancing to R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion", intended to raise community spirit.[22] After hearing from students, the dean further clarified that individual schools have no control over tuition and that it was "challenging" for the university to give students their money back at the time.

Notable alumni

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Main article: List of NYU Tisch School of the Arts people

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "About Tisch". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Collaborative Arts". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music - NYU". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "What an MFA Degree Is and What You Need to Know". WTOP. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  5. ^ Nagel, Matt (December 13, 2017). "NYU Opens Major New Tech Hub In Downtown Brooklyn". www.nyu.edu.
  6. ^ Arnegger, Sarah Jane (September 12, 2016). "Big 10: Top Colleges Represented on Broadway in Fall 2016". Playbill.
  7. ^ "Dean's Message: Tisch School of the Arts". Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Our History". Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  9. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (December 3, 2007). "David Oppenheim, 85, Dean of N.Y.U. Arts, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  10. ^ Mitgang, Herbert (February 11, 1982). "7.5 Million Tisch gift to N.Y.U". The New York Times. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  11. ^ html "Departments: Tisch School of the Arts". Tisch School of the Arts. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  12. ^ "High School Programs". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "Professional Courses". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  14. ^ Schlanger, Zoë. "Anatomy Of A Failed Campus: What Happened At Tisch Asia". NYU Local. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  15. ^ Ang, Kristiano (November 18, 2012). "Tisch School of Arts to Close Singapore School". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  16. ^ "NYU's Tisch School Of The Arts opens its first campus in Singapore". Singapore Economic Development Board. May 28, 2009 [1st pub. October 8, 2007]. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012.
  17. ^ "Pari Sara Shirazi, Tisch Asia Founder, Sues NYU After Being Fired For Alleged Embezzlement". HuffPost. October 9, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  18. ^ "Former NYU administrator loses lawsuit against university". New York Daily News. April 29, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  19. ^ Eustachewich, Lia (September 20, 2016). "NYU students claim defunct Tisch Asia was a rip-off in suit". New York Post. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  20. ^ Ming, Toh EE (October 7, 2016). "Tisch Asia grads defend quality of education amid lawsuit". Today Online. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  21. ^ Allsup, Maeve (December 2, 2020). "NYU Beats Tisch Asia Graduate School Students' Fraud Allegations". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  22. ^ "NYU Tisch Students Demand Tuition Back, Dean Responds With Dance Video". NBC New York. March 27, 2020. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
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