Theatre and dance

Acting, directing, scriptwriting, dance... dramatic arts are at the Universidade de Vigo

To further the comprehensive training of its students and as part of its cultural commitment, the Universidade de Vigo has facilities such as the teatro de la ciudad universitaria (university campus theatre) and has established initiatives like the Vigo and Ourense Theatre Workshop, which are responsible for programming theatre training throughout the academic year and organising the MITEU (International University Theatre Festival) on both campuses. On the Ourense campus, the university has a contemporary dance studio that offers training in this discipline to anyone interested.

Ourense Campus

Contemporary dance workshop

University dance spaces began to appear throughout Spain in the 1990s to bring dance closer to members of the university community, creating bridges and relationships through dance professionals.

Their aims focus on research, creation, learning, promoting audiences for dance, and using dance as a community, social, and educational tool. These spaces encourage communication with other universities, the creation of exchange networks and exhibitions with other university dance spaces, cohesion between the different groups that make up the university community, and openness to the general public.

The contemporary dance studio is directed by Nuria Sotelo, a dancer and choreographer who is a regular member of the Matarile Teatro cast and occasional collaborator with other companies such as Sarabela Teatro, Aporia Teatro, etc.

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University Theatre Studio

The University Theatre Studio of Ourense was founded in 1991 under the direction of the Sarabela Theatre Company and is part of the university outreach courses offered by the Universidade de Vigo. Throughout the academic year, the theatre classroom offers theatre training courses in various disciplines. It is structured into three training levels: Rosaura, Cordelia, and Maricastaña, each lasting one academic year. It also offers a children's theatre workshop, featuring theatre performed by adults and aimed at children.

The theatre workshop organises the MITEU International University Theatre Festival as well as series of conferences, discussions, theatrical actions, etc.

Sarabela is made up of professional theatre directors, actors, and technicians, as well as specialists in pedagogy, philology, and people with degrees in dramatic arts. Acting training in a wide variety of disciplines is the first step before staging productions. Currently, the teaching team is made up of members of Sarabela, with guest lecturers and teachers from outside the company joining each year.

University Theatre Studio

Pontevedra Campus

Theatre workshop

A Aula de teatro do campus de Pontevedra ten como propósito fundamental que tanto o alumnado universitario como calquera outra persoa interesada poida participar nas diferentes fases do proceso de creación teatral, desde o proceso inicial de elección e lectura dun texto ata a súa representación final diante do público.

Para isto, a aula conta con dous obradoiros de formación: un de iniciación ao teatro no primeiro cuadrimestre, onde as persoas asistentes aprenden os rudimentos básicos (traballo de voz, corpo, improvisación…), e outro de posta en escena no segundo cuadrimestre, onde se prepara a obre elixida para ser estreada e mostrada na MITEU e noutros escenarios.

O responsable desta actividade, promovida pola Vicerreitoría do Campus de Pontevedra coa colaboración da Deputación de Pontevedra, é o actor e director teatral Salvador del Río, de Teatro Ningures.

Vigo Campus

Theatre workshop

The theatre workshop in Vigo offers two training workshops. In the first semester, the introduction to theatre workshop analyses the basics (body work, voice, improvisation, etc.). In the second semester, the staging workshop prepares the chosen play for its premiere and performance at the MITEU Festival and other venues.
Workshops

Workshops

MITEU International University Theatre Festival

The International University Theatre Festival (Muestra Internacional de Teatro Universitario, MITEU) is the culmination of the activities of the university theatre workshops in Ourense, Pontevedra, and Vigo, as well as an important generator of great social and cultural intervention. MITEU seeks to promote artistic and human exchange between university and professional actors from Galicia, the Iberian Peninsula and abroad. At the end of each MITEU performance, there is a discussion about the play, the rehearsal process, and the different management of the university groups. Over the years, as the number of performances has increased, this discussion has become a meeting point between the companies and the public.

MITEU has become a cultural conglomerate, with a core of university theatre, but with a considerable increase in professional theatre programming combined with concerts, exhibitions, talks, meetings, courses, entertainment, etc.