UTA, working with Screen Yorkshire, plays a key role in curating the school's course modules and identifying and connecting with industry partners and world-class teachers to ensure a comprehensive and innovative learning experience, says the agency.

CAPAS offers tertiary-level education and training in the performing arts, television and film skills as well as commercial and music video production. The school provides full-time, part-time and professional-track pathways across disciplines, says the agency.

CAPAS officially opens its doors for its first 50 students on Monday, 22 September, adds the agency.

Performing arts courses include acting, singing and dancing, while the creative arts training spans disciplines such as writing, directing and choreography and production arts cover all the areas needed to present work on the stage, screen and radio, including sound, camera and animation, says the agency.

As well as offering opportunities for aspiring talent, the school aims to represent a turning point for the country's creative economy, and aims to position The Bahamas as a rising hub for creative production in the region. Bahamians will attend tuition-free, while international students will pay fees, says the agency.

Along with UTA, CAPAS is partnering with a number of national and international institutions, businesses and organisations with the aim to provide world-class training and create career development pathways for students, adds the agency.

The school is developed by the Government of The Bahamas, but the aim is to grow CAPAS into a standalone institution offering world-class training, says the agency.

"CAPAS is just the beginning. Our highly-talented, highly-skilled workforce will be the cornerstone to our new creative economy. We are bursting at the seams to bring our Bahamian and Caribbean talent and stories to the world," says Ian Poitier, Founder and Acting Chairman of the Creative and Performing Arts School.

"This has been such an exciting and different project for UTA. It's been wonderful working with CAPAS school and helping to bring all our connections from the entertainment industry to The Bahamas as guest lecturers and teachers, as well as offering professional guidance for students on working in Hollywood and beyond," concludes Sam Glynne, Head of EMEA Entertainment and Culture Marketing at UTA.

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