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The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (NYCDA), is a professional acting training conservatory in New York City
for actor
s focusing on acting for film and television and the stage
, including television dramas, commercials
, motion pictures, internet serials, and voice overs. Founded in 1980 by Joan See originally as a way to train better actors for television commercials, it has evolved into a two-year and three-year program with a popular summer program. 1996 saw the accreditation of NYCDA by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST). NYCDA utilizes the Meisner technique
of acting as it's core techinque and has seen attendants such as Matthew Fox
and Lauren Graham
.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
for actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
s focusing on acting for film and television and the stage
Stage
- acting :Stage , a space for the performance of theatrical productions* Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage"* The Stage, a weekly British theatre newspaper...
, including television dramas, commercials
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
, motion pictures, internet serials, and voice overs. Founded in 1980 by Joan See originally as a way to train better actors for television commercials, it has evolved into a two-year and three-year program with a popular summer program. 1996 saw the accreditation of NYCDA by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST). NYCDA utilizes the Meisner technique
Meisner technique
The Meisner technique is an acting technique developed by the American theatre practitioner Sanford Meisner.Meisner developed this technique after working with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler at the Group Theatre and as head of the acting program at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse and...
of acting as it's core techinque and has seen attendants such as Matthew Fox
Matthew Fox (actor)
Matthew Chandler Fox is an American actor. He is mostly known for his role as Charlie Salinger on Party of Five, and for portraying Jack Shephard on the supernatural drama television series Lost.- Early life :...
and Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham
Lauren Helen Graham is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.-Early life:...
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Programs
- Two-Year Program: The curriculum is grounded in the Meisner technique, pioneered by American master Sanford Meisner where learning is experiential. This program provides and develops skills on how to expand your basic technique to transcend the limits of the stage, teaches you the discipline and patience necessary to meet the challenges of the industry and delivers a step-by-step approach to the technique and discipline of the camera actor in all media, including film, episodic TV, daytime drama, sitcoms, commercials and voice-overs.
- Summer Program: Geared to a high school or college level student who desires to get a taste of the business. It’s a rigorous four-week program that explores acting techniques, camera performance skills, commercial basics, film and TV basics, improvisation and more, with a dedicated, professional faculty of working actors and directors.
Faculty
- Alan Rackham
- Amy Marcs
- Barry McNabb
- Becky London
- Brad Lemons
- Carol Kastendieck
- Charles Mintz
- Connie Rotunda
- Dana Vance
- Eileen Connolly
- Janice Orlandi
- Joe De Gise II
- Joe Perce
- John Tyrrell
- Judith Searcy
- Julia Carey
- Marcy McGuigan
- Margaret Reed
- Mary Elaine Monti
- Maury Ginsberg
- Meredith McCanse
- Michael Laibson
- Mollie O’Mara
- Neal Lerner
- Peter Mattaliano
- Quinn Cassavale
- Rawleigh Moreland
- Ray Iannicelli
- Richard Larson
- Rebecca Lingafelter
- Rick Crom
- Ruth Nerken
- Stephen Michaels
- Steve Perlmutter
- Suzanne Hevner
- Todd Barnes
- Todd Susman
Notable alumni
- Floanne AnkahFloanne AnkahFloanne Ankah is an actress and filmmaker also known as a singer under the mononym Floanne. She was born and raised in France, and has lived in New York City since 2000...
, actress, singer, filmmaker - Emma BellEmma BellEmma Jean Bell is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Parker O'Neil, one of the main characters in the 2010 film Frozen, and as Amy in The Walking Dead. Bell played the female lead in the thriller-horror film Final Destination 5...
, actress - David Del RioDavid Del RioDavid Del Rio is an American actor best known for starring on the Nickelodeon series The Troop. He graduated from New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida in 2006, and afterward graduated from the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, School of Film and Television.He recently departed...
, actor - Reid EwingReid EwingReid Ewing is an American actor best known for his recurring guest role as Dylan on the ABC comedy Modern Family.-Life and career:...
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, actor - Zulay HenaoZulay HenaoZulay Henao is a Colombian-American film and television actress. She has appeared in movies like Grizzly Park as Lola, Feel the Noise as C.C, Illegal Tender, and S.Darko as Baelyn....
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, actor - Eric KolelasEric Kolelas- Background :Born and raised in France, to a bilingual family, Kolelas moved to the United Kingdom as a teenager where he studied at Manshead School in Dunstable....
, actor - John-Paul LavoisierJohn-Paul Lavoisier-Career:Lavoisier is known for his role as Rex Balsom on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. He has portrayed this character since 2002. During that same year, he also appeared in the horror movie Wolves of Wall Street....
, actor - Lizette SantanaLizette SantanaLizette Santana , also known as Lizé, is an American recording artist, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actress.-Biography:...
(a.k.a Lizé, born 1980), actress Mamnoh Love directed by Shanele Alavarez, Dos Veces Ana directed by Sergio GiralSergio GiralSergio Giral Sergio Giral is a renowned Black Cuban-American film writer and director, born in Havana, Cuba from an American mother and a Cuban father. He was raised in New York City, as an aspiring young painter in the days of the Beatnick generation...
. - Josh SussmanJosh SussmanJosh Sussman is an American actor, best known for his role as Hugh Normous in Wizards of Waverly Place and his role as Jacob Ben Israel in Glee.-Biography:Sussman grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey...
(born 1983), actor GleeGlee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
, Wizards of Waverly PlaceWizards of Waverly PlaceWizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original Series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009...
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