Creativity
“Dance in Art is warm,
creative, young, dynamic
and organic.” Malika Berney
Our DiA Stepping Stone program is specially for graduates who are looking for guidance to find their place in the dance industry and in the meantime want to focus on performing.
About the program
During the DiA Stepping Stone program we guide graduate dancers towards their professional goal through coaching, audition training, technique classes, intensive rehearsals and performances. Coaching and audition training are customized to each dancer’s physical and emotional needs. The program gives dancers the undivided attention of a respected teacher and industry professional whose sole aim is to have them reach their highest potential.
DiA’s dancers have the opportunity to refine their technique and improve dance performance capabilities necessary to further themselves in their dance careers. With an emphasis on personal attention and development, the program provides dancers with a better understanding of one’s own creativity and artistry. This program’s intensive approach will have positive effects on a dancer’s confidence and abilities so each individual can successfully move forward with their career in the dance industry.
Program outline
⇒ individual coaching
⇒ audition training
⇒ technique classes
⇒ intensive rehearsals
⇒ performances
This program is divided in 3 terms, partially online and partially at the Dance in Art studios. This way the dancers have enough freedom to audition for companies, research possibilities and travel. During your time at Dance in Art studios, you will be working on 2 or 3 choreographies and performing the works by the end of the month. By the end of the program the dancers will have performed between 6 to 9 different choreographies, will have developed a structured CV with motivation letter and a professional dance portfolio with photo and film material.
Artistic team & Guest teachers
Martine van Santen (Director)
Momoka Kubota (Contemporary floorwork & Ballet)
Jae Eun Jung (Ballet)
Paola Ghidini (Floor barre, Ballet & repertoire)
Thu Hang Pham (Contemporary & Choreography)
Federica Panariello (Improvisation & Solo creation)
Sophie Koster (Director film, The Short Dance Collective)
Rona Lane (Photographer)
Guest teachers & choreographers
Marlie Salomé
Beatrice Pellizzato
Roberta Riontino
Julia Baino
Lauren Yeung
Shannon Mary May
Who is it for?
The DiA Stepping Stone program is suited for graduated dancers and choreographers with a solid and developed technical approach to dance. Key points are: intensive coaching, audition training, training in ballet and contemporary technique, performance experience.
Performance, Choreography & Solo creation
Dancers will perform works created on them by a successful artistic team within Dance in Art. The program is designed to foster a realistic appreciation of the professional working environment, encompassing rehearsal and production processes, creating work with choreographers and meeting the challenges of a professional performance day schedule within an intensive month at Dance in Art. They will be guided through the process of creating work and expand their creative abilities. Throughout the program there will be projects and performance opportunities and the artists will perform (in front of an audience), a version of their solo. A video captation will allow the artists to have quality video support so that they can share it with companies, funding organizations, etc.
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What is the schedule?
The program involves 240 hours during the span of a term. Each week of training in the studio consists of 35 – 40 hours of classes and rehearsals, Monday – Friday from 10 am to 6 pm. Online the artists spend 10 hours per week on: reflection, research, dance management development and coaching. The program schedule is structured to allow artists to manage their other responsibilities and jobs, all while taking part in an extended program that is both personalized and demanding.
TERM 1
September 22nd – October 17th: ONLINE
October 28th – November 21st: DiA STUDIOS
November 24th – December 19th: ONLINE
TERM 2
January 5th – January 30th: ONLINE
February 2nd – February 27th: DiA STUDIOS
March 2nd – March 27th: ONLINE
TERM 3
March 30th – April 24th: DiA STUDIOS
April 27th – May 29th: DiA ONLINE
June 1st – June 27th: DiA STUDIOS
NOTE ON OUR FEE POLICY: Dance in Art is an independent dance center that exists in the Netherlands art scene without the support of any public/private funding besides the tuition fees paid by the participants. The prices of the programs are the lowest we can currently offer. All teachers and management staff are paid with low wages to keep the fees contained, and there is a huge amount of enthusiasm, care and dedication that goes in the making of the different programs. Signing the terms and conditions form is binding and the payment cannot be refunded in case of non-participation in the program.