Easter intensive 2025
Easter intensive courses in dance and musical theatre
For students ages 16 to 25, the IAB’s Easter Intensive courses offer technique classes with our professional facility in Dance and Musical Theatre. All teaching is in English.
These Easter programmes provide a unique and exciting opportunity for students to enhance their skills, experience the amazing facilities at the IAB, meet other young artists and learn from experienced professionals.
Application & Audition
The programmes are aimed at motivated students with at least three years of consistent training.
All students are not required to audition. However to secure a place in our Easter Intensive course, applicants will be required to demonstrate an appropriate level of training in the application form.
The IAB will be offering scholarships for exceptional talent. Applicants who wish to apply may submit videos in order to be considered for these scholarships. The specific video requirements will vary depending on the course to which you are applying. Once your application video has been reviewed, you will then be informed of the outcome. Please refer to the video submission guidelines below for further details:
Dance Applicants: Please submit a video showcasing your previous performances, rehearsals, or studio practice. The video should be between 1 to 2 minutes in length and ideally include a demonstration of ballet as well as another dance style of your choice i.e. Jazz / Contemporary / Commercial. Upload your video as an unlisted YouTube link and include the link in your application form.
Musical Theatre Applicants: Please submit one video with two sections. The first should be a vocal performance, up to 1 minute long, accompanied by music (no a cappella). The second should be a dance video, also up to 1 minute in length, of any dance style. Upload your video as an unlisted YouTube link and include the link in your application form.
Dates & time
The Easter 2025 programme takes place over 4 days:
Dates: 14 April – 17 April 2025 (4 days)
The Dance, and Musical Theatre programmes will begin at 9:30 am, finishing at around 4:30 pm each day.
For any further questions email [email protected]
TIMETABLES
Download the Easter Intensive timetables:
Fees
The total tuition fees for one week of the Easter Intensive Programme 2025 are €350 per student. This price does not include meals or accommodation.
To secure your place, fees must be paid within two weeks of your application. Failure to meet this deadline may result in the offer being withdrawn.
4 Days of intensive training
The daily workshops consisting of Contemporary Dance, Jazz Dance, Ballet, Commercial and Choreography led workshops:
Contemporary Dance will explore self-expression through organic, free flowing abstract dance vocabularies. Classes will include centre work, travelling sequences, and movement combination.
Jazz Dance will focus on commercial entertainment and musical theatre styles. Jazz dance aims to challenge dynamic range and increase the subtlety of performance qualities.
Ballet is taught as a foundation skill, emphasising posture, alignment, placement and footwork. Classes will consist of barre work, centre work, traveling steps and classical ballet variations.
Commercial workshops will consist of the creation of a commercial piece including different styles such as street dance, hip hop and other popular styles seen on TV and music videos, channelling high levels of physicality and energy into performance.
Choreography sessions will encourage students to define a personal creative movement vocabulary. This work will be developed through improvisation and creative tasks.
The Musical Theatre Summer Intensive explores all three of the principle components of Musical Theatre performance – Acting, Dance and Singing
The daily workshops consisting of Jazz Dance, Ballet and Musical Theatre performance workshops.
- Jazz Dance will focus on commercial entertainment and musical theatre styles. Jazz dance aims to challenge dynamic range and increase the subtlety of performance qualities.
- Ballet is taught as a foundation skill, emphasising posture, alignment, placement and footwork. Classes will consist of barre work, centre work, traveling steps and classical ballet variations.
- Musical Theatre performance workshops will consist of:
- Singing Technique – participants will explore exercises to develop musicality, breathing, resonance, range, tone, rhythm and harmony. During the sessions, students will perform songs from a variety of genres but principally from musical theatre.
- Acting Through Song – Acting through song will explore the creative and technical skills required for the interpretation of a song from a variety of musical contexts and develop appropriate approaches which capitalise on the dramatic potential of each work and allow the communication of character through song.
- Musical Theatre Repertoire – Musical Theatre requires the triple threat of acting, song and dance. In repertoire students will explore a range of scenes from a variety of genres.
Spend a week in Spain doing what you love!
The Easter Intensive programmes will be held at the IAB’s state-of-the art facilities based in the seaside town of Sitges, just 30 minutes south of Barcelona and 15 minutes away from the airport. Sitges is famous for its beautiful old town, many beaches, cultural activities and quality of life.
The IAB is housed in state-of-the-art facilities that includes a 200-seat theatre and world-class dance studios.
Students are required to arrange their own accommodation.
There is a wealth of accommodation locally as Sitges is a popular holiday destination with many hotels and apartments to rent.
Hotels within a short walking distance of the IAB include: Hotel Subur Maritim, Sunway and Hotel Sitges.
Students are welcome to bring their own snacks and lunch. We have an outdoor seating area in our courtyard.
The IAB can also prepare a ready-made packed lunch each day with options available.
The cost is €13/day (€52 per week).
