What is Juilliard School?
[[File:Juilliard School - Alice Tully Hall.jpg|220px|thumb|[[Alice Tully Hall]] in the Juilliard School building]] The '''Juilliard School''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|dʒ|uː|l|i|ˈ|ɑr|d}}), informally called '''Juilliard''' it is located in the [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]] on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. It is a [[performing arts]] [[music school|conservatory]] established in 1905. The school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in [[dance]], [[drama]], and [[music]]. It is thought to be as one of the world's leading music and dance schools, with some of the best arts programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/jun/3/20050603-091115-3475r/?page=all |title=Still ‘best reputation’ for Juilliard at 100 |publisher=[[The Washington Times]] |access-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Juilliard|last1=Frank Rich|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|isbn=0810935368|quote=Juilliard grew up with both the country and its burgeoning cultural capital of New York to become an internationally recognized synonym for the pinnacle of artistic achievement.|year=2003|pages=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-25-drama-schools-world-558898|title=The Top 25 Drama Schools in the World|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref> In 2016, Juilliard was ranked as the world's best institution for Performing Arts in their inaugural global ranking of the discipline.<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Performing Arts|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/performing-arts|website=Top Universities|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Colleges and universities in New York (state)]] [[Category:1905 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1900s establishments in New York (state)]] [[Category:Music schools]]