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Madrid, ES
BETALocation
Granada · ES
Starts
Oct 01, 2026 — May 31, 2028
Deadline
Apply by Jul 02, 2026
Cost
€3,450 per course (year)
Language
Spanish / English
October to May each year. In-person audition runs 9:30–18:00.
About this opportunity
The Escuela Internacional de Circo y Teatro CAU is a 2-year full-time circus and theatre training program in Granada, Spain. The school runs from October to May each year.
**Curriculum**
Year 1 — Core subjects: Theater, Acrobatics, Dance, Physical Preparation, Handstand, Street Theater, Physical Theater, Clown and Characterization.
Year 1 — Optional subjects (choose 2 — one per quarter, or one full-year): Aerial, Acrobatic, Tightrope, Acro Dance, Handstand. These options require previous tests; the school decides who can take them.
Year 2 — Core subjects: Theater, Acrobatics, Acro Dance, Physical Preparation, Handstand, Physical Theater, Creation, Clown, plus one optional subject.
In Year 2, optional subjects move into either core or specialty courses.
**Cost**
€3,450 per course (year).
**Audition (2026–27 call)**
Audition dates: 7–8 July 2026. Tests can be taken in person (9:30–18:00) or online (info on the school website).
Submit the audition document to pablo@caugranada.com by 2 July 2026, along with:
- Filled application sheet
- One photograph
- Curriculum vitae
Three tests:
1. **Physical test** — strength and flexibility in arms, legs, trunk; endurance; acrobatics knowledge (back/forth somersault, side somersault, jump with legs together/joined/opened); coordination and handstand. Mortal or flic-flac are not required but appreciated.
2. **Theatrical test** — prepared monologue selected from: The Seagull (Chekhov); Beatriz's or Benedict's monologue (Act II Scene I) from Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare); Sonnet of the Sweet Complaint (Lorca); Petruchio's monologue from The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare); Puck's monologue from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare). Free interpretation (with music if desired), in any language, expressible through physical theater — text is not read.
3. **Personal interview**.
**Optional test:** 3-minute presentation in any of the school specialties: aerial, acrobatic bearing, balance, tightrope, or acro dance.
**Language of instruction**
Spanish and English.
**Location**
C/ Cuesta de los Molinos 7, CP 18008 Granada, Spain.
Contact: pablo@caugranada.com — www.caugranada.com
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Starts
Oct 01, 2026
Ends
May 31, 2028
CAU is fab and one of the only schools which really focuses on mixing circus arts with theater and creativity. I found that they were particularly really open to allowing students to explore beyond the realms of technique. It is not as hardcore physical training as some other schools , due to the amount of theater hours but it is filled with a much more familiar and community anti-systematic vibes. Go here if you want to explore yourself, maybe not if your sole focus is heavy physical leveling up, even though you still will. They lack good marketing, but I think it's because they care about you more than selling themselves.
— Fred
