Blog 2: Julliard to Bring New York-Style Teaching to China
Julliard is going global: to expand to China. Many American institutions such as Yale and
NYU, are currently in the process of opening campuses in Asia in addition to
Julliard’s expansion. The news of
Julliard’s expansion overseas began in June of 2011 but is closely underway. Julliard is to be the first major Unites
States preforming arts school to expand outside of America. The plan is to open Asia’s Julliard in a city
outside of Beijing; Yujiapu. Apparently,
the Julliard institute will not be exactly like its New York institute; it will
be similar to Julliard’s age’s 8-18 pre-college division and university degrees
will not be offered. And similar to the
pre-college division for children preparing for college, Yujiapu’s Julliard
will obviously have a focus in music, but without the humanities and
performance courses which are provided at the main campus in New York. Asia’s goal is to have a better-rounded curriculum
that integrates more of the arts. Asia’s
Julliard institute will be employing new teachers and staff for the campus, and
will provide workshops and primary classes to be taught by New York’s faculty. New York’s Julliard has established for
itself a famous location within the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and
it is Asia’s hope that they may develop “a new and rich tradition” of their own,
making Julliard’s development within Yujiapu something to be very proud of
within the community. Asia is excited
that there will be an equal opportunity for all students to enter into the institute. The demand for more arts within their
educational curriculum must be responding well considering Asia’s government is
funding a great deal of money into the arts program. It seems as though Asia is on their way to
having a better-rounded curriculum that includes the arts, and includes
Julliard.
I am excited for the city of Yujiapu to be getting a Julliard. Though it will not offer the same courses or
degrees as the main university, they are gaining so much more. The demand for more arts to be integrated
within education is not just something Asia is experiencing. In America, we are fighting to hold onto our
arts and humanities courses. There are
schools that are replacing these courses with standardized testing
courses. More music, drama, cooking, and
creative writing classes (to name only a few), are being taken out of schools and
are being replaced with required courses that help students prepare and study
and practice for standardized testing. Teachers all over the nation are demanding to
hold onto the arts. These course s are
not mindless, easy “A” courses. They
help keep education well-rounded and allow students to become well-rounded
individuals who excel because they want to rather than because they are
pressured to do well on some standardized test.
There needs to be less “teach for the test” and more “teach for the
future”.
Jessica Hanley
2/7/13
5:32 p.m.
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