The school has given students such as the Actors and Actresses Union Award winner Aitor Luna or Carmen Climent.

In 1992 the Russian actors, dramaturges and directors Marina Shimanskaya and Algis Arlauskas arrived in Bilbao to carry out different documentary works.

[2][3] In 2009 they founded the "Ánima Eskola" School of Drama in Bilbao, in the Santutxu city district, with the aim of offering higher education to actors and actresses in northern Spain,[4] importing Russian acting methodologies.

Among the teaching staff and training staff are, among others, Marina Shimanskaya, Algis Araluskas, David Valdelvira, Sandra Tejero, Estela Celdrán, Pedro Rivero, Mikel Rueda, Fernando Valgañón, Ivan Verkhovykh, Itziar Lazkano, Ramón Barea, María Goiricelaya, Reyes Hiraldo, Roberto Bienzobas, Rakel Rodríguez, Denis Martínez Roque, Katya Kostrova, Eva Ausín, Daniela Bartolomé, Viorica Ceban, Mia Kalo, Moisés Morales Lorenzo, ...

The "Ánima Youth Theatre" (AYT) or the "Ánima Young Theatre Productions" is a theatrical project, promoted by the school, which aims to promote theatrical productions with young professional actors from the school.