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{{short description|Performing arts institute at New York University in New York City, New York, US}}
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| dean = Allyson Green
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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.]]
[[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 '''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]], and is among the most competitive [[film school]]s in the world for admissions.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://blog.miniflix.tv/blogs/15-best-film-schools-in-the-u-s-to-become-an-award-winning-short-filmmaker|title=15 Best Film Schools In The U.S. To Become An Award-Winning Short Filmmaker|website=blog.miniflix.tv|access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref>
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]].
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Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers; the school merges the technical training of a professional school with the academic resources of a major research university to immerse students in their intended artistic disciplines. 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]], [[Stage design|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|website=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref>


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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>
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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|website=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-12-29}}</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|website=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-12-29}}</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=2018-12-12|website=WTOP|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref> It is located at 721 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] (the intersection of Broadway St. 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=Dec 13, 2017|website=www.nyu.edu}}</ref>


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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>
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As of 2019, 22 [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winners, 17 [[Emmy Award]] winners, 12 [[Tony Award]] winners, and 4 [[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 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>

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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 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>


==History==
==History==
The Tisch School of the Arts was founded in order 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=1 Feb 2014}}</ref> The school created additional departments such as dance, theatre design, and cinema studies within a few 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|access-date=23 June 2012}}</ref> Following the creation of the undergraduate Department of Drama in 1974, the school expanded into other artistic forms, including 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>{{cite web|title=History: Tisch School of the Arts|url=http://about.tisch.nyu.edu/page/history.html|publisher=Tisch School of the Arts|access-date=1 Feb 2014}}</ref>
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 1985, the school's second dean, [[David Oppenheim (clarinetist)|David Oppenheim]], solicited a donation<ref>{{cite web|last1=HEVESI|first1=DENNIS|title=Davis 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|access-date=29 August 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.<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=New York Times|access-date=29 August 2015}}</ref>
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>


==Departments and programs==
==Departments and programs==


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=1 Feb 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223000031/http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/departments.html|archive-date=23 February 2014}}</ref>
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>


The three institutes are:
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 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 [[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 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,<ref name=":3" /> as well as the Clive Davis School 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=2018-12-29}}</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=2018-12-29}}</ref>
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>


==Tisch School of the Arts, Asia==
==Tisch School of the Arts, Asia==
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.
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>

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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=2009-05-28 |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=2012-02-23 |url-status=dead |publisher=Singapore Economic Development Board |orig-year=1st pub. 2007-10-08 }}</ref> The anticipated enrollment figures were not achieved, financial irregularities were alleged and Tisch Asia President Pari Sara Shirazi was dismissed from her post by NYU in November 2011.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

In a letter to the Tisch Asia community dated 8 November 2012, Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell announced that the campus would close after 2014 with recruitment and admission of new students suspended with immediate effect. While celebrating the creative and academic achievements at the Singapore campus, she cited financial challenges as the reason for the closure decision. Schmidt-Campbell pledged that NYU would honour commitments to existing students and staff. The letter quoted support from Singapore's Economic Development Board stating that it remained open to future collaboration with NYU.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

Subsequent reporting has begun to reveal details of the complex negotiations around the closure.<ref>
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| 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>
== Controversies ==

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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. Instead of addressing the situation directly, the school's dean sent students a video of herself dancing to [[R.E.M.]]'s 'Losing My Religion,' intended to raise community spirit and demonstrate that certain types of performing arts instruction were possible through online classes.<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|website=NBC New York|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> The dean has since responded by clarifying that she has no control over tuition and that it was "challenging" for the school to give students their money back at the time.
== COVID-19 ==
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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.


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
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==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080804000315/http://www.drama.tisch.nyu.edu/page/studios.html Studios & Professional Training]
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The Tisch School of the Arts
TypePrivate
Established1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Parent institution
New York University
DeanAllyson Green
Academic staff
265
Undergraduates3,163
Postgraduates939
Location
Manhattan, New York City
,
New York
,
United States

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 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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