Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

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Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
The main entrance to LIPA on Mount Street (2006).
founding 1996
place Liverpool
Metropolitan Borough LiverpoolTemplate: Infobox School / Maintenance / ISO 2 !
Country United Kingdom
Coordinates 53 ° 23 '58 "  N , 2 ° 58' 20"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 23 '58 "  N , 2 ° 58' 20"  W.
management Mark Featherstone-Witty (Principal & CEO)
Website Official website of LIPA

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), German: Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts is a university in the English city ​​of Liverpool that offers training and courses in acting , community drama, dance , music , sound engineering , event and art management , event technology and stage design offers.

LIPA currently offers nine undergraduate Bachelor of Arts courses as well as various postgraduate courses leading to a Master of Arts degree . The LIPA also offers certified training and weekend courses for young people.

history

History up to the foundation in 1996

The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts was founded in 1996 by Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty . They brought two ideas together: Paul McCartney wanted to use the building of his former school (Liverpool Institute High School for Boys), which had been unused and fell into disrepair since it was closed in 1985. Mark Featherstone-Witty, who founded The London School for Performing Arts & Technology in London , wanted to implement his ideas on a larger scale.

Inspired by Alan Parker's film Fame (1980) about the New York High School for the Performing Arts , Mark Featherstone-Witty pondered what would have been the best education for him and others who have a career in the entertainment industry or the "show business" followed. From the film he picked up the idea that artists need training in both acting, dance and music in order to be successful. A book made it clear to him that show business was a business and how important it was to know about economic relationships. Finally, he observed that the artists themselves were only the tip of an iceberg of those employed in the entertainment industry.

With this in mind, he drew up a sketch for a new type of training facility and spent three years discussing this concept. In 1985 he had around fifty artists , theater directors , choreographers and entrepreneurs behind him.

Record producer George Martin knew that Mark Featherstone-Witty was looking for a place to start his school and that Paul McCartney was looking for a use for the building and brought the two together. The process to open the institute took seven years and around £ 20 million for the building and curriculum .

1996 to 2006

The LIPA was opened by Elizabeth II , Queen of England on June 7, 1996. Since then, more degrees and courses have been offered every year. The challenge was to combine excellent training with the broadest possible access. As a solution, an academic training was established and supplemented by a number of open and flexible courses with no access restrictions. For the tenth anniversary in January 2006, a show on the past, present and future took place in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and an illustrated book was published. The anniversary event also kicked off the theme year Liverpool Performs , which prepared for the European Capital of Culture Liverpool 2008.

The history of the building and the previous institutions

The building dates back to the Liverpool Mechanics 'School of Arts , a workers' education facility founded in 1825 that mainly offered evening classes. Guest lectures were held by Charles Dickens and Ralph Waldo Emerson , among others . By 1840, the now renamed Liverpool Mechanics' Institution ran night school, a library, and elementary and secondary school for boys. Around 1850, the evening classes developed into a school of arts, which was reflected in the name again in 1856 when the name was changed: The Liverpool Institute and School of Art . The current main building on Mount Street dates from this period.

In the 1880s a new building was erected to the east of the main building to house the School of Arts. From this and the evening courses, the Liverpool Polytechnic developed and from it today's Liverpool John Moores University .

In 1905 ownership of the secondary school passed to the city of Liverpool. It was known as The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys until it closed in 1985 . The Liverpool Institute for Boys had a very good reputation as a primary school - over 300 graduates studied in Cambridge or Oxford. Several well-known figures in the performing arts are associated with the schools: Paul McCartney , George Harrison , Arthur Askey , Bill Kenwright , Peter Sissons, and Alan Durband .

courses

Training and certificates

LIPA offers courses that give access to academic training at LIPA or other locations. These courses are also used by students to improve their skills without completing a three-year course.

  • LIPA Diploma in Performing Arts (Acting)
  • LIPA Diploma in Performing Arts (Dance)
  • LIPA Diploma in Performing Arts (Lied)
  • LIPA Diploma in Popular Music and Sound Technology

Undergraduate courses (Bachelor of Arts)

In collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University

  • Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts (Acting)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music, Theater and Entertainment (Management)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts (Dance)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music
  • Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts (Music)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Sound Technology
  • Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Performance (Design)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Performance Technology
  • Bachelor of Arts in Community Drama

Postgraduate courses (Master of Arts)

  • Acting diploma
  • Master of Arts in Performing Arts Education
  • Master of Arts in Dance Theater Practice
  • Master of Arts in Community Music
  • Master of Arts in Contemporary Theater Practice

Companions

LIPA does not award honorary academic degrees (honorary doctorate, honorary professorship, honorary professorship), but rather "companionships". The Companionship is given to individuals in recognition of their contributions to entertainment and the arts, particularly in the areas in which LIPA is active. Possible companions were usually in the institute before the award. As companions, they teach master classes or take part in discussion and interview events. Some Companions are more often or regularly in the LIPA.

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Well-known alumni

literature

  • LIPA - The First Ten Years In Pictures . Schools for Performing Arts (SPA) Press, 2006, ISBN 9780953942329 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.lipa.ac.uk/more-about-us/about-lipa/lipa-council-directors-and-members
  2. ↑ European Capital of Culture 2008 Liverpool 08 ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 19, 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liverpool08.com
  3. ↑ Patrons , lipa.ac.uk