CalArts offers students an educational experience that is:

Experimental
Interdisciplinary
International
Diverse

Experimental: Experiment is experience; and production is at the heart of learning as students work side by side with faculty, who serve as both instructors and artistic mentors. In rehearsals, workshops and performances, the ideas and techniques engaged in the classroom are tested and joined in force through practical applications and immersive learning environments designed to promote collaboration.

Interdisciplinary: We push students to excellence in their métier and then urge them to reach across boundaries. We support the investigation of a variety of disciplines and interests so that students can fully discover the terrain of their imaginations.

International: The school advocates a global understanding of theater. We foster the development of the distinct personal voice and charge that voice to know and declare its place in society at large. We support academic and cultural exchanges and tour shows internationally. We encourage the braiding of the academic with the world beyond our walls through the Community Arts Partnership, which links our students and faculty with youth in the local community, and the Center for New Performance, which allows students to work with professional artists from around the globe.

Diverse: Diversity—social, cultural, ethnic, aesthetic, economic—is crucial. The promise of the future is best realized by those who can recognize the opportunities inherent in diversity, make choices, and create new and elegant connections.

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