World Class Teachers

Central to the success of the Institute are its teaching staff. Students will be taught by staff with outstanding professional experience. Our professors have worked at the highest level across the world and have taught at some of the most prestigious institutions in Europe and elsewhere. Our professors are not only great professional practitioners but also committed teachers who place the student at the centre of the learning experience.

Outstanding Resources

The Institute will be housed in a unique and stunning building that is built to the highest stan- dards, providing students with access to:

• its own fully equipped 200 seat flexible theatre
• large world class dance studios with mirrors, barres and fully sprung floors
• large acting & musical theatre rehearsal studios
• fully equipped music practise rooms
• music and audio recording studios
• video production facilities utilising the latest technology
• video post-production facilities
• well-resourced library and learning resource facilities
• café and social area

The Institute is built around a set of core values:

Creativity
Creativity is about finding new, appropriate and sustainable solutions to defined problems. Each individual has their own approach to creative problem solving and the Institute will strive to help them find it.

Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
To develop and maintain a career in the performing and recording arts, you need to be enter- prising and entrepreneurial. We will teach our students to grasp opportunities as they arise, and develop their project and business management skills.

Conceptual Understanding
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. They must also have the skills to be critical and reflect on what they do. In all that we do, we support the development of this practise.

Global Perspectives
The media and performing arts operate in an international creative and fiscal economy. We will promote in our students an understanding of the opportunities afforded by this cross-cultural and global dimension.

Tolerance and Responsibility
Arts practitioners need to be intensely aware of the social, cultural and political implica- tion of their work, and make informed and reasoned judgements regarding its validity and potential impact. We encourage and support the student in recognising their responsibilities as well as the impact and nature of their work.

Excellence and Integrity
The Institute will create a culture of excellence through encouraging tolerance, professional and personal integrity, intellectual rigour, and a respect for the skills and strengths of others.

Disabled Students
We welcome applications from disabled students. We will, as far as is reasonably possible, adjust our audition and interview process to accommodate any disability.

Equal Opportunities
The Institute selects its students according to its published criteria. It does not make evaluations according to age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other unfair discriminatory criteria.

Disclaimer
All information contained on this page was correct at the time of going to press. As part of its academic and organisational development the Institute retains the discre- tion to make changes to its programmes and resources.

Our Location
There can be few places better to be a student than Sitges and Barcelona.

Barcelona
Barcelona is one the world’s most beautiful and dynamic cities steeped in the arts and rich in culture. Barcelona is home to some of the world’s greatest architecture, museums and galleries, and has a dynamic and varied theatre economy. Barcelona is also one of the world’s leading film locations. The nightlife in Barcelona is outstanding, whether you wish to simply stroll down La Rambla or go to one of the thousands of bars, restaurants or nightclubs. The city is incredibly friendly and is home to many universities and specialist higher education institutions.

Sitges
Situated half an hour from the centre of Barcelona, Sitges is one of Spain’s jewels. Originally a small fishing village, in the 19th century it became a centre for counter-culture and the arts. The town is frequently used as the location for TV adverts and films and boasts a number of outdoor performance locations.

Sitges has the largest street carnival in mainland Europe (as well as numerous other festi- vals), is home to a major international film festival and has five substantial museums and galleries. It is both a modern and exciting town with an excellent nightlife, but retains much of its original charm as a small coastal Catalan town.

Sitges is an up-market tourist destination and has some of the finest beaches in Spain. Due to the mountains that surround the town, Sitges has its own microclimate giving 300 days of sunshine a year. Due to its international popularity, English is widely spoken in banks, doctors’ surgeries, shops and bars.