preparatory courses - general information

If you plan to pursue a career in music or dance, you must start at an early age. As a young dancer in Rotterdam, there are numerous ways in which you can prepare yourself for a Bachelor in Dance Programme.

In addition to the broad supply of good dance schools, the Rotterdam Dance Academy (RDA) offers preparatory courses that give young dance talent the opportunity to develop themselves professionally at an early stage: the Juniorenklas, the A-klas, the Boys class, the Schakelklas and the Havo voor Muziek en Dans. A specially appointed preparatory course coordinator is occupied on a full-time basis with coaching, supervision and policy implementation.

For every preparatory course an audition is held: a dance lesson in which dance capacity and skill are assessed. You will be judged according to your physical suitability, movement in relation to music, natural movement coordination, feeling for space, presentation, ability to take in what you are taught and motivation. Age will be taken into consideration. A basis for the evaluation is that the duration of the preparatory course should ensure the development of sufficient skills, allowing the student to progress to the Havo voor Muziek en Dans or the RDA.

You need to understand, speak and read Dutch to be admitted to a preparatory course of Rotterdam Dance Academy.

Teachers preparatory courses
Yvonne Abspoel, ballet teacher
Yvonne Beumkes, ballet teacher
Elly Broeren, improvisation and character teacher
Mario Camacho, modern dance teacher (Graham)
Hilke Diemer, improvisation teacher
Corine Eijsermans, modern dance teacher (Laban based)
Sara Erens, modern dance teacher
Nathalie Gaubert, ballet teacher
Ursula Heerebout, ballet teacher
Robert Hlatky, ballet teacher, gyrokinesis
Henna Lee, ballet teacher
Brigitte Martin, ballet teacher
Antien van Mierlo, modern dance teacher (Cunningham)
Katinka Sedney, modern dance teacher (Laban based)
Rienske Visser, ballet teacher
Fabia Witkamp, urban jazz teacher
Christina Walther, urban jazz teacher

Guest teacher preparatory courses
Joost Gribling (ballet)

Guest choreographers preparatory courses
Sara Erens, Jan Kooijman, Robert Kovaç, Adriaan Luteijn, Desiree Rebel, Thom Stuart