The Dutch National Ballet Academy has a uniform policy for classes and rehearsals. Students are required to wear their uniform in all classes and rehearsals. It is not permitted for students to wear jewellery during classes and rehearsals. Small earring studs are permitted.…
Throughout the academic year, NBA pupils and students may be filmed, photographed or interviewed for the NBA archives, NBA publications and the AHK website/social media, or for radio, film and television with the permission of the NBA. It is unfortunately impossible to ask…
The final assessment of a semester takes place in the integral assessment by the artistic director, the core team, the study supervisor and the teachers of that semester. The integral assessment is: The formation of an intersubjective joint assessment by a team of teachers,…
The Academy for Theatre and Dance has described its vision on evaluating, the assessment policy and -system in the Education Policy Document and the Integrated Assessment Protocol as part of its vision on education and learning. The evaluating system of the Associate Degree…
The study programme has a study load of 1680 hours per year. From block 1 to 4, each block has approximately 250 hours of contact time, a total of 1000 hours. In addition, the student spends approximately 280 hours on self-study in these blocks, including visits to the…
The NBA offers classes in dance history, dance and health (anatomy, theory and prevention) and music. In addition, the NBA study programme offers dance theory classes focusing on the knowledge and attitude required for the professional practice of ballet. In these…
The AD programme is the standard two-year programme of the NBA, with a balanced and didactically well-thought-out curriculum. Each learning year consists of 5 blocks of 8 weeks each. The emphasis in dance technique lessons is on the development of classical and contemporary…
A NBA syllabus based on a synthesis of French, English and Russian techniques is used as basis for the curriculum. A range of important international centres for the classical dance tradition that in addition to Russia include France, the United States and England, serve as…
Visits to General Rehearsals of Dutch National Ballet productions All students attend the dress rehearsals of all production of Het Nationale Ballet. These performances are free of charge and are part of the curriculum and are mandatory to attend. There are certain house…
