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Prospectus

Inspiring the Next Generation of

International Performing Artists
www.iabarcelona.com

A Comprehensive Performing Arts Institute

The Institute is housed in a state-of-the-art building with outstanding resources, including a 200 seat theatre, spacious sprung floor
studios, music room, acting room, library, caf and social spaces.
Institute of the Arts Barcelona is an international specialist higher education institution dedicated to providing world-class, employment focused education and training for creative, determined and talented students in acting, dance and musical theatre. The Institutes educational provision has been developed around a number of interrelated beliefs and core values which place the student at
the centre of what we do. To achieve its aim and vision, the Institutes programmes foster the following:

Creativity

Practical Skills

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Conceptual Understanding

Creativity is more than just about outcomes, it is a process. Each individual has
their own approach to creative problem
solving and the institute strives to help
them find it.
To develop and maintain a career in the
arts you need to be enterprising and entrepreneurial. You need to grasp opportunities as they arise and develop your
own projects and businesses. Waiting to
be discovered almost inevitably leads to
failure.

Creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation are vital for sustained success

but those skills are of limited value if not
underpinned by technical skills and knowledge.
For an individual to successfully and
consistently employ practical skills, they
must have a strong grasp of the theoretical
concepts that underpin them and inform
their use. To become a successful and reflective practitioner, students must have a
highly refined ability to evaluate their own
work, and the work of others, and draw
reasoned and coherent conclusions.

Tolerance and Responsibility

Performing Arts practitioners have

responsibilities. The arts are by their very
nature a window on the world. They are a
window through which people (producers
and consumers) develop an understanding
of themselves and the society in which
they live.

Excellence and Integrity

The IAB practices a culture of excellence.

This is achieved through sustained effort.

Global Perspectives

The arts operate in an international creative

and fiscal economy. Our perspective is
global in scope and mindset.

Professional Teaching Staff

Our teaching staff are all professionals with

outstanding experience in their respective
areas of expertise. As international
practitioners and qualified academics, they
have worked at the highest level across the
world and have taught at some of the most
prestigious performing arts institutions.
They are directly connected to the
demanding performing arts industry and
bring their knowledge, insight, professional
connections and fresh approaches into our
studios and classrooms. Under the care
and guidance of these experts, students
will have the opportunity to flourish and
grow artistically.
Together, they have the passion and
capability to turn students into artists that
are ready for the demanding world of
professional work.

Teaching staff may change over time. Visit our

website for up-to-date teaching staff list and to
read their bios.

Jenn Blake
Programme Leader
Dance

Ruth Alexander
Programme Leader
Musical Theatre

Max Rubin
Programme Leader
Acting

Eva Martz
Lecturer in Dance

Ian Davidson
Lecturer in Vocals

Robert Foley
Lecturer in Dance

Alejandro Altamirano
Visiting Lecturer in
Dance

Elena Cester
Visiting Lecturer in
Dance

Jordi Muixi
Visiting Lecturer in
Voice

Justine Gardener
Visiting Lecturer in
Dance

Olivia Owens
Visiting Lecturer in
Voice

Roberto Saraceno
Visiting Lecturer in
Dance

Vincent Gros
Visiting Lecturer in
Dance

Valentina Temussi
Visiting Lecturer in
Movement

Rocio Sevares
Assistant Lecturer in
Music

Eduardo Vallejo Pinto

Teaching Assistant

Programmes
Institute of the Arts Barcelona offers employment-focused vocational training through
1 year Foundation Certificates and 3 year BA (Hons) degrees.

ACTING PROGRAMMES
1 year Foundation Certificate
3 year BA (Hons) Degree

IABs Acting Programmes empower gifted actors to reach

their full potential.
Combining the best elements of classical training with a
uniquely contemporary approach, we produce fearless,
versatile actors who are fully equiped and prepared to
meet the many challenges of stage, screen and digital
media performance.

DANCE PROGRAMMES
1 year Foundation Certificate
3 year BA (Hons) Degree

Dance is changing. Old barriers, which divided ballet from

contemporary, jazz from street, social dance from performance are crumbling away. Todays professional dancer
needs to be multi-skilled with high levels of creative and
technical skills across as many forms as possible. We dont
believe in barriers. Our intensive, creative and highly technical training provides students with a high level of grounded
and rounded performance vocabulary.

MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAMMES

1 year Foundation Certificate
3 year BA (Hons) Degree

Musical theatre is perhaps the most demanding of international theatre forms. It requires performers to be experts in
the three disciplines of acting, dance and singing. A musical
theatre performer is required to have a refined approach to
acting, with a voice and dance vocabulary of the specialist
performer. Our musical theatre training is rigorous and demanding and truly promotes the triple threat required.

EASTER AND SUMMER OPEN HOUSE

One-week sessions

Easter: 1317 April, 2015

Summer: 624 July, 2015

The IAB Open House is a great time to visit and experience

what makes IAB unique. Any student who has already auditioned and paid their 250 registration fee is invited to a
week of intensive classes for only 100. Students who have
applied to audition but have not yet auditioned can audition
during the Open House and will not have to pay the audition
fee. Summer programmes are also open to those who are
not applying for full time courses. See website for details.
Classes are for students 16 years old and older.
Programmes and details may change. Please visit our website for the latest information.

Our Location: An Arts Destination

Institute of the Arts Barcelona is based in
Sitgesa cosmopolitan coastal town just
30 minutes away from the vibrant
city of Barcelonacapital of Catalonia,
the region that gave the world Salvador
Dal, Antoni Gaud and Jos Carreras.
Our students have ample opportunities
to take advantage of everything this
dynamic area has to offer.

Accommodation

There are plenty of accommodation

options near the Institute of the Arts
Barcelona - either halls or flats.

Applying and Auditioning

It takes only two simple steps to apply

and audition to the Institute of the Arts
Barcelona:
Step One
Visit our website and download an
application form and fill it out accurately
and completely. (See step two for
downloading the application form.) Once
completed, the form is to be emailed to us
following the instructions on the form. You
do not need to send us your qualifications
at this time.
Step Two
If you meet, or will meet, the requirements
of the programme you have applied for,
you will need to attend an audition as part
of the application process. There is an
audition fee of 35 which can be paid on
our website. An audition pack will be sent
to those who have paid the audition fee.
At the audition, bring a photograph of
yourself with your name clearly marked on
it along with your qualifications achieved
to date.

Most first year students live in the Utopia

student hostel which is only 7 minutes walk
from the Institute and has a friendly home
away from home atmosphere. Student
Services are there to help you make the
right choice.

The institute holds auditions in multiple

locations throughout the year. For
upcoming auditions and downloading the
application form, please visit our audition
page on our website:

Physiotherapy

The Institute has an onsite physiotherapy

clinic with world class practitioners
experienced in dancers health. We make
the health and well being of all performers
a priority.

Fees
BA (Hons) Degree
Spain Residents:
7700 per year
EU/EEA Residents: 9950 per year
Others:
14000 per year
Audition Fee:
35
Registration Fee:
250
Foundation Certificate
Spain Residents:
7700 per year
EU/EEA Residents: 9950 per year
Others:
12450 per year
Audition Fee:
35
Registration Fee:
250
Easter and Summer Open House
One week session: 100
The sessions are open to anyone who
has already auditioned and paid the 250
registration fee.

www.iabarcelona.com/auditions
Information about applications and auditions are
regularly updated on our website.

The IAB reserves the

right to cancel, suspend
or modify in any way the
information contained in
this guide.

Institute of the Arts Barcelona

C/ Ramon Dalmases 18
08870 Sitges, Spain

Telephone: +34 938 949 713

Email: info@iabarcelona.es
Website: www.iabarcelona.com

2014 Institute of the Arts Barcelona. All rights reserved.

BA and Foundation
Certificates are validated
by LJMU