Institut del Teatre

The continuous growth of the institution and the complexity of its management, derived mainly from the diverse legal regulations and standards that are applied in one or another area of his performance - advised, in 1990, constituted the as an autonomous body, which also allows you to streamline management and improve resource utilization .

The autonomous body Theatre Institute of Barcelona Provincial Council, therefore, is endowed with legal personality and its own patrimony, with the ability to act necessary for the fulfillment of its purposes .

Their idea is to articulate a platform that addresses education, research, creation and dissemination, so that it constitutes a powerful instrument for the modernisation of the Catalan scene.

1920: Created the Mancomunitat de Catalunya, occupies the site of the provincial government on the board of trustees.

1923: Incorporation, ECAD, the Museum of theatre, dance and music of the Barcelona City Council (created by Marc-Jesus Bertrand).

1934: Adrià Gual relief by Joan Alavedra and highlight this in the wake of the Events of October ".

1954: opening the Museum of performing arts at the Palau Güell, with Bilbioteca and the file.

Extension with the departments of contemporary dance, MIME and pantomime, puppets and marionettes audiovisual language and theatre Science.

1976: creation Centre for studies and documentation of the Arts and communication, with Xavier Fàbregas at the helm.

1978: XIII Congress of the international society of Libraries and museums of the Arts of spectacle, held at the Institute.

1997: beginning of Technical studies of the spectacle, with Superior Cycle format of FP: specialties of sound, lighting and stage machinery.

New Statutes: the Institute as an educational, cultural, conglomerate of research and dissemination, along the lines of the original project.

2004: the Institute promotes a public statement (February), signed by twenty-four higher schools of theater, music and dance from all over the State, in favor of legislation that would complete the definitive and specific incorporation of artistic education to higher education.

Notice, by the Institute, "Classroom ARCA", meeting of the higher schools of theater, music and dance from all over the State to delve into the February statement.

The article "Por la excepción are artistic in las enseñanzas superiores" (Jordi Font) in the Spanish press unleashes the official dialogue.

Commissioned by the Ministry of education, the Institute prepared the document "The ecosystem inútiles para el desarrollo de las enseñanzas artísticas superiores normal".

2007-09: decisive role of the Institute in the artistic education Council of the United States: Jordi Font, speaker of the Royal Decree of dramatic Art and a member of the presentation of the Royal Decree of sort order.

2011: startup, with the Department of education, the process of normalization of the qualification of the teaching staff at disfuncionada.

It comprises four schools ( the School of Dramatic Art and Dance Conservatory centers where you can study for a higher degree, the Secondary School for Artistic / Professional Dance Conservatory center that integrates secondary education with dance studios, and the Technical College of the Performing Arts, which offers vocational training top ), a Documentation Centre and Museum of the Performing Arts and five theater rooms .

Albert Boadella, Aurora Bautista, the three members of Tricicle (Carles Sans, Joan Gràcia and Paco Mir), Carme Elias, Marina Gatell, Laia Marull, Jordi Molla and Montse Guallar, Xavier Alberti, Ramon Ivars Isidre Prunés, Montse Amenós, Paco Azorin, Bibiana Puigdefàbregas, Anna Alcubierre, are just some examples.

Gives equivalent to a higher vocational training course in the fields of sound engineers, lighting and stage machinery diplomas.

Centre de Documentació i Museu de les Arts Escèniques The Theatre Institute also has a Documentation Centre and Museum of the Performing Arts Theatre Institute with a library collection of over one hundred thirty thousand titles, developing curricula and research and organizes activities and exhibitions on culture and entertainment history .