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Every town or city has a multitude of creative arts schools and creative arts workshop that claim to teach different aspects of visual and performance arts. However, the credibility of many such institutions stills remains a matter of question. Though the popularity of performance arts has been a bit over-shadowed by its big cousin, cinema, in some parts of the world, theatre and stage still have their takers and avid enthusiasts.
- In the field of theatre, dance and music, competition is fierce and only the best artists make it to the top.
- Apart from the inbuilt talent and hard work, the artists’ school also holds its place in determining success and opportunities for an aspirant.
- Learning under the guidance of an acclaimed institution is essential in getting optimum exposure, experience and opportunities in the chosen field.
Criteria for Selecting the Right School:
For a prospective performing arts student, it can be difficult to make a decision when there are so many options to choose from. A few factors that could help with selecting the right institution are:
- Availability of the desired subject or discipline.
- Credibility of the faculty members
- Reputation and successes of the school
- Flexibility of timings as per individual requirements
- Exposure offered in concerned discipline and
- Recognition and authenticity of the degree/diploma/certificate obtained after completion of the course.
Institutions
Many internationally acclaimed arts institutions offer courses on visual and performance arts. Some popular ones are:
- New Orleans Center for Creative Arts,
- Broward Arts Center,
- Cerritos Arts Center and
- Denver Arts
These form the cream of world-renowned institutes along with few others. Let us discuss a few unique aspects of these centers individually:
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts:
- Located in New Orleans, this creative arts institute is also known as Rocca /Riverfront.
- It offers world –class facilities for young children who wish to learn theatre, creative writing, instrumental and vocal music, dance and visual arts.
- The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts offers short-term summer-break programs as well as year long diploma courses depending upon the student’s requirements.
- For the full-time course, classes are conducted in the evenings.
- Prospective students are assessed for academic and extra-curricular talents before being offered admission.
Eminent artists from all creative fields form the faculty group at this center.
Broward Arts Center:
- Broward Arts Center is a premium institute in its league and offers a plethora of training and educational programs.
- The center is located in South Florida.
- Follows an “age-no-bar” admission policy.
- There is something in there for everyone as the programs are designed to cater for a wide variety of students.
- The center boasts of state-of-art facilities for theatre (classic to contemporary), music (jazz to vocals) and dance (ballet to hip-hop).
- This is one of the very few institutions for performing arts which lay out so much variety on the same tray!
Cerritos Arts Center:
- The Cerritos Center for Performing Arts is situated in the City of Cerritos in Southland.
- Apart from music, dance and theatre, the center also provides conferencing facilities, banquet and meetings halls along with event-management facilities.
- The center includes an enviable theatre facility within is premises which has hosted shows performed by high profile performers like Frank Sinatra and Whitney Houston.
- Even though the Cerritos Arts Center does not offer any training or educational programs in performing arts, it is well known for its latest theatre technologies and world-class rental services.
Denver Arts Center:
- Offers performance arts classes for children, teenagers, adults and even teachers
- Denver Arts center has a limited number of scholarships on offer and has provisions for trial sessions and refund policy.
- The Denver Arts Center for Performing Arts also has rental and event management facilities for organizing weddings, corporate events and meetings.
- The grand ballroom has a prestigious history of having hosted many honorable events and is one of the finest and most popular halls.
- Denver Arts center also boasts of four well-equipped theatres for its rental services
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