Masterclass by Manuel Galiana and Marta Belaustegui

Manuel Galiana (Madrid, 1941) is known for his recognized work in theater, film and television. In 1998 he was awarded the National Theater Award "for his professional career in all theatrical genres and his high acting quality".

He has also received other prestigious awards such as the Gold Medal of Valladolid, the Silver Minerva of the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the Rojas Zorrilla of Toledo and the Ricardo Clavo Performance Award of the Madrid City Council.

In addition, he has been awarded as best actor at the Palencia Theater Festival and has received the Award for Quality in Theater from the Asociación de Amigos de Teatro de España.

His passion for theater also led him to open his own company, Martes Teatro, and to set up the Estudio 2 theater in Madrid, where he teaches acting classes and gives performances.

Marta Belaustegui (Madrid, 1966) began her professional career in 1984 and since then has worked both on stage and in film and television studios.

As a theater actress, she has worked in plays such as The Cherry Orchard, by Chekhov; Lovers, by Vicente Aranda; Tell My Daughter I Went on a Trip, by Denis Chalem; The Comedy of Errors, by Shakespeare; Live Like Pigs, by John Arden; Santa Cruz, by Max Frisx; La cabeza del dragón, by Valle Inclán; Las troyanas, by Euripides; Los balcones de Madrid, by Tirso de Molina; Las picardías de Scapin, by Molière; Los escándalos de un pueblo, by Goldoni, among others.

In 1994, together with Jesús Salgado, she founded the company Teatro del Duende. Currently, she also directs the International Film Festival Mujeres en Dirección and the traveling exhibition Mujeres en dirección nómada. In this context, she carried out the campaign against gender violence Somos más libres sin violencia (We are freer without violence).

She also directed the short film Bajo la Máscara together with Jesús Ruiz, for which she received the ES + award from the Ministry of Equality in 2009 for her commitment to the eradication of violence against women.