The Juilliard School

A brief overview in 100 words

Since opening in October 1905, Juilliard has set this country's standard for education in the performing arts. Juilliard became one of Lincoln Center’s original constituents in 1968, having already added a Dance Division (1951) and Drama Division (1968). In 2001, Juilliard broke new ground by adding its first program in jazz studies.

Juilliard’s second century has begun with a major expansion of it facilities, adding 39,000 square feet of state-of-the-art studios, theaters, and rehearsal studios, growing with and responding to the needs of a thriving cultural community in the U.S. and abroad, its student body drawn from 47 states and 50 foreign countries.