All ballet and dance enthusiasts, dance students, professional dancers and hobby dancers are welcome. One week of ballet and dance at Ballettzentrum Westfalen and Opera house Dortmund.
Experience the day-to-day work of a professional ballet dancer – instructors and colleagues from Ballett Dortmund will be there for you.
The junior course is organised in cooperation with the German Professional Association for Dance Education (DBfT)
Date 24.-29. August 2026
Location Ballettzentrum Westfalen (Florianstraße 2, 44139 Dortmund)
Age from 15 years
Classes classical dance, modern dance, repertoire, point work, choreographic workshops, Edward-Clug-Style, Jiří-Kylián-Style
Fees 590 €
Price includes
Accommodation is not included in the price, we can arrange accommodation at affordable theatre rates.
Contact Rudolf Kubičko rkubicko@theaterdo.de
A cooperation between Ballett Dortmund and the German Professional Association for Dance Education (DBfT)
Date 24.-29. August 2026
Location Opera house Dortmund (Theaterkarree 1-3, 44137 Dortmund)
Age 12-15 years (Obligation to apply)
Fees 360 €
We are delighted that Ballett Dortmund's successful summer school can be resumed in summer 2026. It is structurally integrated into the Ballett Dortmund Summer Academy and is run by the DBfT. A special programme for students aged between 13 and 15 will be designed and built on the basis of previous years' experience.
This advanced course offers targeted, pre-vocational support for particularly talented students between the ages of 13 and 15 with very good knowledge of classical dance. Applications are compulsory.
The application should include a link to a video with short (16 -32 bars) training examples:
1. Battements
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
Classes take place daily from 10-16:00 in the ballet studio of Theater Dortmund.
Planned programme (subject to change)
The exact timetable and lecturers will be announced to participants as soon as possible.
The plan is to end the Summer School with a closing event on Sat, 29 August, in which the participants of the Junior School will also take part.
Please note The Summer Academy is not a holiday camp. Parents of minors are responsible for supervision outside of course times.
If you have any questions about the course content of the Summer School Junior, please contact g.swoboda@dbft.de
