AMDA has excelled in its mission to train promissing artists toward success in the extraordinary world of the performing arts.

Talented students from across the country and around the world choose AMDA because of its challenging, performance-based curriculum. They come to train with a premier faculty comprising accomplished actors, directors, choreographers, dancers and designers who inspire and work with students on an individual basis.

The conservatory training is rigorous, the environment is supportive, and the outcomes are notable. AMDA has a distinguished record of training students for careers in the performing arts.

To build and sustain a career in the performing arts requires commitment, inspiration, and talent. Talent is probably directed and focused by training. AMDA's training is eclectic, based on the principle that students should learn and master the varied approaches and techniques that are actually used in the profession.

Developing craft, technique, style, confidence, and professionalism is key to future growth and achievement as a performer. AMDA is proud of its many graduates who are performing on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in television, film, national tours, and regional theater. Careers begin at AMDA

There is no better place in the world for you to train as an actor than in New York City. It is a center for the arts, and thousands of performers practice their craft in the city. The glamour of Broadway is legendary, but films, opera, ballet, symphonies, television, dance, oratorio, and hundreds of diverse plays are being created and performed in New York every day. Living legends walk by you on the street. Great museums, libraries, and research centers open their doors to you. The experience of living and studying in New York City is unequaled anywhere in the world.

AMDA's neighborhood, the Upper West Side, is bounded by Central Park to the east and the Hudson River and Riverside Park to the west and is filled with boutiques, restaurants, grocery stores, banks, cafes, and places of worship. And at the very heart of the Upper West Side, housed within the landmark beaux arts walls of the Ansonia- where Caruso and Ziegfeld once lived- is AMDA

One of the city's most favored areas, the Upper West Side is the city's home to the arts. A few blocks from AMDA is Lincoln Center: the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the New York City Ballet, and the New York Philharmonic. Network television is broadcast each day from nearby studios. First-run, revival, and art-house cinemas are close by, as are Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theatres.

Many students live in residences located in Manhattan not far from AMDA's classrooms and studios. Some of the world's greatest libraries, parks, and museums are within walking distance, while the transit system is close by, providing easy access to all of New York City.

The AMDA community is richly diverse. Students from all 50 states and numerous countries such as Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and Switzerland are selected to train at AMDA each year. They come to AMDA with a shared passion to excel and a common aspiration to become the foremost artists of this generation.

At AMDA students have a unique opportunity to enjoy the extraordinary advantages of training in New York while, at the same time, gaining the benefits of AMDA's supportive academic and artistic community. The faculty and staff at AMDA are committed to facilitating a challenging and fulfilling experience for every student in an environment that wholly supports students aspiring toward excellence.

AMDA offers conservatory training. The courses are performance based. The approach is practical rather than academic. All of the coursework relates exclusively to the artistic and professional development of students. The curriculum is designed for students to learn and master the varied approaches and techniques that are utilized in the profession. The training is eclectic. The classroom is a laboratory in which students are encouraged to explore and gain mastery of varying methods and processes in a focused environment.

AMDA's faculty members are professionals. They are accomplished actors, directors, choreographers, dancers, and singers who are committed to teaching aspiring artists. They have worked on Broadway, in film, theater, television, national tours and regional theater. The combination of their performance background, depth of knowledge, and commitment to teaching creates an outstanding learning environment for students.