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Stage, Film & TV Directing
Changping Campus, Beijing, China (Mainland)
# 51-100QS Subject Rankings
24 monthsProgram duration
5,937 USDTuition Fee/year
YesScholarships
Program overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Directing Department trains students to be professional directors for stage and screen, theatre teachers and researchers with fine artistic taste, and to have a knowledge of directing theory and practical principles.
The Directing Department provides directing programs at B. A., M. A. and PhD. levels and runs advanced learning courses from time to time.
The Directing Department takes part in international academic activities and so as to grasp the latest development of the discipline, enrich teaching content and improve teaching approaches, invites established directors, both from home and abroad, to teach in the Department. The Directing Department has emphasized practice since it was set up. In the 1980s alone, the Department staged nearly 100 plays, which attracted wide attention in China.
After more than 50 years of development, the Directing Department has cultivated many talented directors and actors, such as LI Baotian, BAO Guo’an, CAO Qijing, CHEN Xinyi, XIONG Yuanwei, ZHANG Ziyang, ZHA Mingzhe, WANG Xiaoying, WU Xiaojiang, LOU Naiming, GU Rong, XU Songzi, REN Ming, YAN Jiangang, LI Liuyi, ZHANG Yang, MENG Jinghui etc. Now they have become the backbone of China’s stage.
Program overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Directing Department trains students to be professional directors for stage and screen, theatre teachers and researchers with fine artistic taste, and to have a knowledge of directing theory and practical principles.
The Directing Department provides directing programs at B. A., M. A. and PhD. levels and runs advanced learning courses from time to time.
The Directing Department takes part in international academic activities and so as to grasp the latest development of the discipline, enrich teaching content and improve teaching approaches, invites established directors, both from home and abroad, to teach in the Department. The Directing Department has emphasized practice since it was set up. In the 1980s alone, the Department staged nearly 100 plays, which attracted wide attention in China.
After more than 50 years of development, the Directing Department has cultivated many talented directors and actors, such as LI Baotian, BAO Guo’an, CAO Qijing, CHEN Xinyi, XIONG Yuanwei, ZHANG Ziyang, ZHA Mingzhe, WANG Xiaoying, WU Xiaojiang, LOU Naiming, GU Rong, XU Songzi, REN Ming, YAN Jiangang, LI Liuyi, ZHANG Yang, MENG Jinghui etc. Now they have become the backbone of China’s stage.
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The Central Academy of Drama was the first theatre higher educational institution of the People's Republic of China. It is affiliated to China's Ministry of Education and is ranked as one of the best top-level drama and stage arts institutions in China. In recent years, the Academy has continuously made efforts to place undergraduate talent training and teaching at its pedagogic center, takes teaching quality improvement as a basic orientation, and strives to promote educational and teaching reform comprehensively. The Academy has strengthened exchange and communication, and consolidated its academic position in theatre education world.
The Academy is composed of Department of Acting, Department of Directing, Department of Stage Design, Department of Dramatic Literature, Department of Musical Theatre, Department of Peking Opera, Department of Western Opera, Department of Dance Theatre, Department of Theatre Pedagogy, Department of Theatre Management, Department of Film and TV Arts. Majors offered at the undergraduate level include: Acting, Directing, Art Design for Drama, Film & TV, Literature on Drama & Film & TV, Theater Studies, and Broadcast & Anchoring.
To ensure continuous improvement of undergraduate educational and teaching quality and enable students to enjoy quality teaching resources, the Academy recruits only 600 undergraduates each year and keeps the number of current students in the Academy to 3000 at a long time. The Academy now has about 2100 students.
While promoting the Chinese theatre to follow the world trends and concepts, the Academy, a world top art college, has actively made efforts to cultivate undergraduate talents with international insight and competitiveness. The Academy has cooperated with St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, Russia and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, UK on an exchange project of 2+2 double-degree on four-year acting. In the future, the Academy will further increase more teaching cooperation programs with international renowned universities and colleges to explore new channels for innovative art talent trainings.
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Stage, Film and TV Acting
Dance Theatre Department (12)
Dance Theatre Performance Systems
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Stage, Film & TV Directing
Dramatic Literature Department (12)
Screen Writing
Theatre Criticism
Theatre Studies
Film & TV Art Department (12)
Film and TV Directing
Film and TV Production and Management
TV Compering
Musical Theatre Department (12)
Acting (Musical Theatre Acting)
Opera Department (12)
Opera Program
Peking Opera Department (12)
Music Instruments of Peking Opera
Peking Opera Acting
Puppetry Theatre Department (12)
Acting (Acting and Design)
Stage Design Department (12)
Costume design
Lighting design
Make-up Design
Scenic Painting
Set design
Stage Management
Theatre Management Department (12)
Theatre Management
Theatre Pedagogy Department (12)
Theatre Pedagogy
Theatrology
In 1981, approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council of P. R. China (ADCSC), The Central Academy of Drama, China is among the first batch of higher education institutions that have received the right to grant master degree. In July 1986, with the approval of ADCSC, The Academy gets the right to award doctoral degree. In January 2002, “Drama and Chinese Traditional Opera” is acknowledged as one of the National Key Disciplines by the Ministry of Education.
The academy has first-class discipline master’s degree and doctor’s degree authorization centers in Studies of Drama (Film & TV), and Theory Studies of Art. The main research directions are Esthetics of Drama, Theatre Studies, History of Chinese Opera, History of Foreign Theatre, History of Chinese Drama, History of Stage Design, Filmology, Studies on Drama (Film and TV) Acting, Studies on Theatre Directing, Studies on Theatre Stage Design, Studies on Drama (Film and TV) Literature, Studies on Theatre Management, Studies on Film Art, Theories and Practice of Musical Theatre Acting, Broadcasting and Hosting Art, etc.
The Central Academy of Drama, China has 111 master and doctor tutors. The Academy now has 354 graduate students, among whom 266 master students and 68 doctoral students.
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Stage, Film and TV Acting
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Stage, Film & TV Directing
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Chinese Spoken Drama
Playwriting and Playwriting Theory
The History of Chinese Traditional Xiqu
Theatre Aesthetics
Theatre Studies
Western Theatre
Musical Theatre Department (6)
Acting (Musical Theatre Acting)
Stage Design Department (6)
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Make-up Design
Scenic Painting
Set Design
Stage Management
Theatre Management Department (6)
Theatre Management
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Stage, Film & TV Directing
Dramatic Literature Department (3)
Oriental Theatre
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