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| Posted by: portenopete 11:05 am EST 01/14/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. - Jdnyc33 08:56 am EST 01/14/22 | |
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| I never tried out for Julliard- it wasn't an intake year the year I was starting- but I did end up at a similarly structured conservatory that had a pretty small cohort each year (15 in my class). As nerve-racking and terrifying as the process was, it was incredibly simple. Two pieces, one classical (chosen from a list provided) and one contemporary (which meant 20th century). One initial audition. One callback. There were some improv warm-ups, I remember, at the callback, but that was about it. When I hear about the process today I am grateful I started when I did (mid-1980's). One of the crazy things about Julliard is that it seems full of people who have already gone through three- and four-year programs elsewhere. Sometimes really prestigious places like Yale or NYU. I do find it disturbing that social media influencers may determine who gets accepted at the best theatre schools in the country. Like what happened with leVar Burton and Jeopardy!, the public is not necessarily the best arbiter of these things. He's a personable and cute 20-year old who will have great appeal for girls and gay boys but that has nothing to do whether or not he can act. Glad that Juilliard has enough surety to shrug its shoulders and say "Who cares?" |
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| re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. | |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 08:18 pm EST 01/14/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. - portenopete 11:05 am EST 01/14/22 | |
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| "One of the crazy things about Julliard is that it seems full of people who have already gone through three- and four-year programs elsewhere. Sometimes really prestigious places like Yale or NYU." I suspect that they went to the undergraduate programs at Yale and NYU, which while good schools, are not the prestigious graduate programs those universities have. While it was not a degree program until recently, Juilliard did not usually accept people who already had MFAs. |
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| re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. | |
| Last Edit: BruceinIthaca 04:38 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 04:34 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. - whereismikeyfl 08:18 pm EST 01/14/22 | |
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| I always thought Yale had no undergraduate Theatre program--certainly not at the level of Juilliard or NYU in terms of BFA Acting programs. My own alma mater, Northwestern (where I took my degree in Interpretation not Theater, but we shared a building), did not, when I was a student have a BFA in Theater--all theater majors received the same B.S. Speech (now, B.S. Communication) degree--there were some natural paths people with different aspirations followed--those aspiring to become actors typically took the three-year acting sequence, starting in the sophomore year--there was a freshman acting class that I think most Theater majors took, regardless of their ambitions), most often all three years with the same instructor (which had its plusses and minuses--ask those who were in Bud Beyer's "studio". I knew one person who took a different instructor for each year--she wanted to learn from as many different acting teachers as she could. She seemed to have come out of the program with fewer wounds. Interestingly, her favorite was Ron Parady, who left (he may not have been given tenure) and continued to have a decent working life as an actor. | |
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| re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. | |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 11:23 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. - BruceinIthaca 04:34 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
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| There is an undergraduate theater program at Yale, but like NYU's drama program, it is separate from the graduate department. | |
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| re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. | |
| Posted by: jonesing 03:53 pm EST 01/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. - whereismikeyfl 11:23 pm EST 01/15/22 | |
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| Yale undergrad and NYU undergrad are quite different. In the old tradition of liberal arts colleges, Yale offers no "pre-professional" undergraduate degrees in any subject--therefore, no BFAs. You can get a BA in Theater Studies, but that is more like majoring in Dramatic Literature, even though there are acting classes. The active undergraduate theater community at Yale is fueled and organized by students. NYU undergrad on the other hand offers BFAs which involve more conservatory-style training at one of the various studios that make up the NYU BFA. As mentioned previously, Yale undergrad and the Yale School of Drama are separate entities. NYU undergrad BFA and the NYU MFA in acting are also separate entities. Juilliard accepts 18 acting students each year--about half BFA and half MFA. |
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| re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. | |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 09:39 am EST 01/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. - jonesing 03:53 pm EST 01/16/22 | |
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| Thank you for explaining better than I did. It should be said that Julliard did not begin giving degrees until very recently. It had always been a certificate program. |
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| re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. | |
| Posted by: MTPROF77 01:15 pm EST 01/14/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Actor rejected by Juilliard goes viral. - portenopete 11:05 am EST 01/14/22 | |
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| Yes, completely agree. Social media has too much power in our society today! | |
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