10 November 2017
The STA International Forum on Actor Training and Education has been initiated and founded by the Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA) and will be held regularly each year. The first STA International Forum on Actor Training and Education has received extensive support from art universities and theatre around the world and attracted wide attention internationally. The forum aims to become a high-level platform for art universities, theatres and academic experts in Asia, Europe, American and Oceania etc for the study of contemporary actor education practice, performing arts theory and actor training management.
The forum is committed to promoting the common development of major art universities in the world through the integration of actor training and education resources. The purpose of the forum is to base on Asia and face the world, build a working network of major art universities and theatres in the world through the forum, and provide quality services for the cooperation and exchange among universities and between universities and theatres.
The first forum specially invited 39 academic experts from 23 top art universities and art theatres around the world to discuss the “Status and Development of Contemporary Actor Training and Education” and related topics. The forum will include two types of activities, i.e. themed seminars and workshops, and focus on the status and development of actor training and education. It aims to explore a new road which is innovative, interactive and sustainable for today’s actor training and education. This not only adapts to the development trend of international exchange in actor training and education, but also is in line with the new pattern of teaching reform under China’s 13th Five Year Plan.
The STA International Forum on Actor Training and Education will be a great occasion for the international actor training and education circle. It will consolidate and further develop the relationships among major art universities and renowned art groups and achieve resource connection, high-end leadership and innovative interaction. At the same time, the sparks from the collision between the top masters of actor training and education around the world will also illuminate the way forward to explore the actor training and education in the future.
Participating Art Universities and Art Institutions:
Shanghai Theatre Academy
Beijing Film Academy
The Central Academy of Drama
Communication University of China
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
National Taiwan University of Arts
Beijing People's Art Theatre
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre
University of Southern California
University of California, Los Angeles
California State University Long Beach
Pennsylvania State University
Berlin University of the Arts
L'École nationale supérieure des arts ettechniques du théâtre
L'Ecole supérieure d'art dramatique du Théâtre national de Strasbourg
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq
Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
Russian Institute of Theatre Arts
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance
Fondazione Centro Sperimentale diCinematografia, Scuola Nazionale di Cinema
National Institute of Dramatic Art
Korea National University of Arts
LASALLE College of the Arts
Attending Art Universities and Art Institutions:
Peking University
Nanjing University
Fudan University
Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Sofia University
Jilin Animation Institute
Guizhou University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang Conservatory Of Music
Sichuan University
Tongji University
Donghua University
Xie Jin Film&Television Art College OfShanghai Normal University
Liaoning University School of Art
Beijing Union University
Shandong University of Arts
Zhejiang Vocational Academy of Art
Chengdu University of Technology
China Theatre Press
Yoozoo Games
Playhouse West
