Royal Ballet School Antwerp

Welcome to the Royal Ballet School Antwerp,

The Royal Ballet School Antwerp began with the dream of its founder Jeanne Brabants. She wanted to set up a ballet school and a ballet company for children and young adults apspiring to a professional career in dance. She sought to put ballet on the map not only in Flanders, but even nationally and internationally. It was this vision that gave rise to the Prins Dries educational programme, the Royal Ballet School Antwerp and then the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Our goal is to continue pursuing this dream and to contribute to the cultural preservation of ballet in Belgium.

We train pupils (8 - 18 years old) who seek to turn dance-passionate young people into world-class dance professionals. In addition to dance training, we also offer our students a solid basic and/or secondary education in a regular educational curriculum or in integrated dance curricula.

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Training programmes

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Preparatory education

8 - 12 years

You are eligible to attend Prins Dries primary school to receive a professional preparatory ballet education from the third primary school year. The close collaboration between the Royal Ballet School Antwerp and Prince Dries ensures that students are able to develop their dance talent at an early age.
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Royal Ballet School

12 - 18 year

The Royal Ballet School Antwerp organises a secondary education programme combined with a full-fledged dance programme for students aged 12 to 18. Students who did not follow a preparatory programme at Prince Dries can enrol through an audition. If you are enrolled at Prins Dries primary school and follow the dance lessons of the Royal Ballet School Antwerp there, you do not have to do an audition. However, you must pass your dance exam with Prins Dries at the end of the sixth year. Our students are prepared for an (inter)national dance career.
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Follow-up year

+ 18 year

The follow-up year at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp is a bridge between our professional dance programme and a professional dance career. It is a unique programme that prepares young, talented dancers for professional practice after their sixth year of secondary education.