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Interdisciplinary Course

January 6-18, 2027

PROGRAM OVERVIEWThis 11-day immersive program in Barcelona brings together students from performing arts, visual art, architecture, design, writing, and media to explore how creative practices intersect, influence one another, and respond to the city’s cultural and urban context.Students spend the first days absorbing the rhythms of Barcelona—its neighborhoods, museums, architecture, and creative hubs—to see how history, place, and local practice shape artistic work. The second phase is devoted to collaborative studio-making, experimenting with space, movement, sound, image, text, and object. Emphasis is on process, dialogue, and discovery across disciplines.Local Guides: Gaudí, Tàpies, and CerdàWe think alongside three local guides embedded in the city’s rhythms. Gaudí shows us composition as a living system of structure, movement, and light. Tàpies teaches us to notice material intelligence, memory, and gesture. Cerdà reveals the ethical and political dimensions of space through systems and circulation. Their ideas shape how we see, build, and perform—offering orientation and inspiration for all disciplines, and encouraging us to consider the intimate and monumental, the gestural and systemic, and the embodied and collective in our making.

ACTIVITIES
Guided by choreographers and educators Albert Quesada and Katie Vickers, this program immerses students in an intensive mix of interdisciplinary workshops, cultural exploration, and collaborative creation. Students engage directly with the city’s artistic life, learning how different disciplines think, work, and intersect.

WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE

VENUESArchitecture: Casa Batlló, Parc Güell, Sagrada Família
Museums & Galleries: MNAC, CCCB, Fundació Miró, Museu de la Música
Theatres: Mercat de les Flors, Teatre Lliure
Cinema: Verdi
Art Factories & Creative Hubs: Graner, Fabra i Coats, La Caldera

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WHY JOIN
Engage directly with Barcelona’s creative community—artists, makers, and cultural leaders shaping the city today.Expand your practice through interdisciplinary collaboration, experimentation, and hands-on making.Understand the city in context—its history, social complexity, and vibrant street life—and see how these inform artistic work.Develop a portfolio that reflects not just what you studied, but what you created and discovered through collaboration.

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* Guest Artists and precise information about the exhibits To Be Announced

INFOStart date: January 6th (depart Jan 6th > land Jan 7th)End date: January 17th (travel Jan 18th)Instructional Language: EnglishLocation: Barcelona, SpainHousing Type: HostelHousing Information: Each student will have their own bed in a shared roomHost Organization: BARNA ARTS

PRICE$2500 (early bird / with accommodation)*INCLUDED
- Travel Insurance
- Workshops
- Classes
- Performance Tickets
- Accommodation Barcelona (Hostel)NOT INCLUDED
- Airfare
- Meals
- Airport drop-off / Pickup
- Fees/Permits
- Local transportation* See other prices in the application form
* If you participate via your university prices may differ, due to credit costs

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Musical Theatre

October 17-25, 2026

This 10-day immersive intensive is designed for musical theatre students seeking advanced training in embodied performance, physical intelligence, and ensemble-based creation. Set in Barcelona—a city with a rich lineage of experimental performance, visual art, and embodied research—the program is grounded in clowning, physical theatre, and contemporary dance, prioritizing presence, risk-taking, precision, and clarity of physical expression as core performance skills.Daily studio practice includes
- Floor work and somatic-based movement to develop strength, efficiency, coordination, and physical listening
- Character creation through physicality, including work with objects as dramaturgical and compositional tools
- Voice and movement integration, exploring breath, resonance, rhythm, and singing initiated from different physical impulses
- Clowning techniques emphasizing timing, failure, play, and active relationship with the audience
Influences from flamenco, contemporary dance, and physical theatre to support grounding, musicality, and expressive rangeStudents engage in guided improvisation and ensemble composition, generating original material while refining comic sensitivity, emotional availability, and performative presence. These skills directly support musical theatre performance, audition work, and devised practices.The program also includes evening performances and cultural excursions, situating studio work within Barcelona’s vibrant performance ecology.

PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK
The curriculum is grounded in...
European clown and physical theatre traditions
Contemporary dance and floor work as a tool for musicality, spatial awareness, and dynamic range
Ensemble-based creation and improvisation
Learning through failure, play, and curiosity
Cultural context: how place, history, and contemporary Barcelona influence performance
Flamenco rhythm and voiceKey values
Play over product
Risk over correctness
Listening over performing
Embodied intelligence over explanationLEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the program, students will:
Develop a stronger physical presence and expressive range
Gain tools from clowning to access vulnerability, humor, and authenticity
Increase comfort with risk, failure, and improvisation
Strengthen ensemble awareness and collaborative skills
Apply physical theatre principles to musical theatre performance
Understand how dance and movement generate narrative and emotional meaning
Experience European rehearsal and creation methodologies

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* Guest Artists and precise information about the exhibits To Be Announced