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{{Infobox school
|name= Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático
|image= 110210fachadaresad.jpg
|established= May 1831 (as ''Escuela de Declamación Española'')
|principal=
|enrollment=
|type= [[Drama school]]
|location= Avenida de Nazaret, 2, [[Madrid]], Spain
|website=
|other_name = RESAD
}}
The '''Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático''' ('''RESAD''', {{translation|Royal Higher College of Performing Arts}}) is a [[drama school]] in [[Madrid]], Spain.
== History ==
It traces its origins back to the foundation of the ''Escuela de Declamación Española'' ({{translation|Spanish Declamation School}}) in May 1831.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-teatro-hecho-historia-200610310300-1524022501867_noticia.html|website=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|title=Teatro hecho historia|date=31 October 2006|first=Pedro|last=Montoliú}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://parnaseo.uv.es/Ars/stichomythia/stichomythia13/pdf/23_Rese_formacionactoral.pdf|title=Los orígenes de la RESAD: la legitimación de un arte|journal=Stichomythia|volume=13|year=2012|issn=1579-7368|page=258|first=Cristina María|last=Carballal}}</ref> Proposed by {{ill|Francesco Piermarini|ca}}, director of the ''[[Madrid Royal Conservatory|Real Conservatorio de Música María Cristina]]'', the school was initially integrated within the Conservatory, founded a year earlier.{{Sfn|Carballal|2012|p=258}} The 1857 {{ill|Moyano Law|es|Ley Moyano}} conferred the status of ''higher studies'' to the studies in the school.{{Sfn|Carballal|2012|p=258}}
The RESAD opened its premises in the [[Niño Jesús (Madrid)|Niño Jesús]] neighborhood in Madrid, next to [[Buen Retiro|El Retiro]], in October 1996.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1996/10/27/madrid/846415488_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|date=27 October 1996|title=La Escuela de Arte Dramático estrena sede por primera vez en sus cien años de existencia|first=Ritama|last=Muñoz-Rojas}}</ref>
The RESAD offers three specialisations: 'Stage Direction & Dramaturgy' (''dirección escénica y dramaturgia''), 'Scenography Design' (''escenografía''), and 'Acting' (''interpretación'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eleconomista.es/ecoaula/noticias/8940712/02/18/La-formacion-oficial-en-Artes-Escenicas-ya-es-una-baza-decisiva-para-abrirse-camino-en-la-interpretacion.html|website=El Economista|title=La formación oficial en Artes Escénicas ya es una baza decisiva para abrirse camino en la interpretación|date=15 February 2018|first=Eva|last=Ramírez}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Schools of the performing arts]]
[[Category:Schools in Madrid]]
[[Category:Performing arts in Spain]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1831]]
[[Category:Drama schools in Spain]]
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