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Theatre Pedagogy
Changping Campus, Beijing, China (Mainland)
# 51-100QS Subject Rankings
60 monthsProgram duration
5,089 USDTuition Fee/year
YesScholarships
Program overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Department of Theatre Pedagogy is a newly established teaching institution by the Central Academy of Drama based on its abundant educational resources and excellent teachers. In teaching, the department will inherit the teaching tradition of the Academy and will reference and introduce the advanced teaching methods in the world to form our own teaching characteristics and advantages. Based on training excellent drama teachers in primary and secondary school, the department attaches importance to the combination of professional theory and art practice and focuses on cultivating the artistic creativity and the organizing and planning ability of drama teaching of students to make the students to be compound talents with a solid foundation of drama education. The knowledge structure of the teaching staff of the department is reasonable and the teaching management is strict, whichprovides a good teaching environment for the cultivation of drama education talents.
Current major established by the Department of Theatre Pedagogy is Theatre Pedagogy.
Major of Theatre Pedagogy: to cultivate composite art talents who owns higher cultural and artistic accomplishment, masters basically the drama creation theory and skills, can engage in the drama education of primary school, middle school and college and have the potential of organizing the performance. Main courses established: Theatre Pedagogy, Theatre Education Classroom, Performance, Directing, Stage Language Skills, Stage Physical Skills, Works Analysis & Adaptation, Basis of Stage Art, Music Foundation, Educational Psychology, Basis of Opera Directing, Dramatic Aesthetics, Playwriting Foundation and some public compulsory courses etc.
Program overview
Main Subject
Performing Arts
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Department of Theatre Pedagogy is a newly established teaching institution by the Central Academy of Drama based on its abundant educational resources and excellent teachers. In teaching, the department will inherit the teaching tradition of the Academy and will reference and introduce the advanced teaching methods in the world to form our own teaching characteristics and advantages. Based on training excellent drama teachers in primary and secondary school, the department attaches importance to the combination of professional theory and art practice and focuses on cultivating the artistic creativity and the organizing and planning ability of drama teaching of students to make the students to be compound talents with a solid foundation of drama education. The knowledge structure of the teaching staff of the department is reasonable and the teaching management is strict, whichprovides a good teaching environment for the cultivation of drama education talents.
Current major established by the Department of Theatre Pedagogy is Theatre Pedagogy.
Major of Theatre Pedagogy: to cultivate composite art talents who owns higher cultural and artistic accomplishment, masters basically the drama creation theory and skills, can engage in the drama education of primary school, middle school and college and have the potential of organizing the performance. Main courses established: Theatre Pedagogy, Theatre Education Classroom, Performance, Directing, Stage Language Skills, Stage Physical Skills, Works Analysis & Adaptation, Basis of Stage Art, Music Foundation, Educational Psychology, Basis of Opera Directing, Dramatic Aesthetics, Playwriting Foundation and some public compulsory courses etc.
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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.
Acting Department (12)
Stage, Film and TV Acting
Dance Theatre Department (12)
Dance Theatre Performance Systems
Directing Department (12)
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.
Acting Department (6)
Stage, Film and TV Acting
Directing Department (6)
Stage, Film & TV Directing
Dramatic Literature Department (6)
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
Acting Department (3)
Stage, Film and TV Acting
Directing Department (3)
Stage, Film & TV Directing
Dramatic Literature Department (3)
Oriental Theatre
Playwriting
Theatre Aesthetics
Western Theatre