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Institut del Teatre - Barcelona

L' Institut del Teatre is a centre for training, research and promotion of performing arts. Founded in 1913 by the Diputacion de Barcelona as Catalan School of Dramatic Art, it increased its courses in 1923 to acting, set-designing and, in 1934, to dance. Starting from 1970 the options are even more and more: mime, contemporary dance, marionettes, audio-visuals, direction... In 1986, thanks to the collaboration with the University of Barcelona, the course of theory and criticism of theatre is opened. The school has been an autonomous body since 1988 and directs the Sitges Teatre Internacional Festival. In these last years the Institut del Teatre is an acknowledged institution within the Catalan theatrical area and it has become a reference point for the whole country. At the moment the diploma is legally acknowledged as a University degree. Beyond the school space, it has three theatres, a set-design laboratory, a Centre of Research and Documentation, a library, an historical archive and a Museum of Performing Arts.