At Dance in Art (DiA) we offer 3 program routes, preparing students and dancers to enter the professional dance world. The daily training is on a high international level and designed for talented dancers with extraordinary abilities in search of guidance, knowledge, experience and inspiration. The program is customized to each dancer’s physical and emotional needs.

It is of the utmost importance to give the students a valuable education, an education they can benefit from for the rest of their life’s. Focusing solely on them, to give all the students the technical and artistic knowledge they will need to succeed in whatever direction they would like to take their professional dance career and to ensure all the hard work is for a higher and magnificent purpose. Therefore we work with a maximum of 12 students per year.

Route 1 is a professional dance training program, providing students with a professional training level, experience through practice. Following dance training within a contemporary dance company setting and performing new work in a diverse range of venues. The program can be followed for a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 3 years. Following the program for 3 years gives you a DiA certificate at the end.

The program provides ongoing progress assessment, individual coaching, outstanding support and personal encouragement for each and every dancer. We accept students with the age of 17 – 23 years. Students who are 24 years of age or older can apply for the Mentorship Program.

Research oriented studies focussing on Dance Research & Choreographic Research

Qualification: DiA Certificate (after 1 year of training)

Duration: 3 months, 6 months or 1 year (full-time)

Months: September – June

DANCE RESEARCH – DiA dancers will receive intensive training in ballet and contemporary techniques. Supplemental classes will include pilates, yoga, physical theatre, visual arts, literature, photography, history of art, art business management and choreography. Their training in different art disciplines will be taught in relation to their study of dance. Students will receive intensive training, individual coaching, audition training, compositional and choreographic research opportunities.

By the end of the program the dancer will be able to demonstrate a level of competence in practice of dance techniques and interdisciplinary art projects. The dancer will demonstrate an extended creative level of achievement and will work confidently independently and collaboratively within different interdisciplinary dance contexts. Completion of the one year program DiA dancers will receive a professional photo and video portfolio and an official DiA Certificate.

Taught program: 70%
Independent research: 30%

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESEARCH – The purpose of the DiA Choreographic Research program is to capture the vision of the next generation of dance artists. This program is for students with an established background in choreography. It has proved particularly fruitful for mature students who have been choreographing for some time and wish to take time to reflect on their work within a supportive environment. Students will create original works that foster cross-fertilization between choreography and other artistic disciplines. The focus of the program will encourage the development of concepts and processes, which expand the language and aesthetics of interdisciplinary dance performances.

The DiA Choreographic Research program aims to support practice-as-research in the field of the performing arts, including expanded notions of different art disciplines as well as dance and choreography. We aim to further educate and to empower choreographers to be self-critical, proactive, and able to sustain their artistic singularity within the contextual embedding of their practice.

The program will strictly limit admission to support two DiA Choreography students per year so that the process of study for each artist can be fully supported.

The curriculum is designed to allow each graduate student to explore their own unique creative processes, to define their own particular aesthetic, and to discover and develop their own distinctive movement and performance language.

The final project questions the common parameters of dance and interdisciplinary art. It will manifest as a project or performance, and could take the form of a site-specific work, an installation, a video, a collaborative piece or a work involving non-trained dancers.

Taught program: 70%
Independent research: 30%

The Mentorship Program differs from the other DiA certificate programs offered, in that it is designed purely to address the needs of the individual artist. Technique schedule and classes are tailored to the individual dancer by the program director. With an emphasis on personal attention and development, the Mentorship 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.

The Mentorship Program is designed for dancers with extraordinary abilities in search of additional guidance, knowledge, experience and inspiration. The program is customized to each dancer’s physical and emotional needs. The mentorship program gives dancers the undivided attention of a respected teacher and industry professional whose sole aim is to have them reach their highest potential.