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Certificate Course Apprentice Programme (ElevInnenprogramm) at Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden

Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

The Apprentice Programme, a cooperation with the Semperoper Ballett, lets young dancers gain practical experience with the company for a full season while studying at the university. Since 2018/19 it has run as the first certificate course of its kind in Germany.

Duration: 1 season (one academic year)  |  Study mode: full-time; with Semperoper Ballett  |  Intake: Season start  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Apprentices take tailored courses, repertoire workshops, coaching and counselling, plus contemporary dance, improvisation, pointe work, pas de deux, partnering and theory classes, and take part in company performances.

Career pathways

The programme is designed to help young dancers enter the professional dance world.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

Application documents per the Semperoper IAP Guidelines sent by email to the Semperoper ballet audition office, then an audition at the Semperoper by invitation only.

Intake: Season start

Duration: 1 season (one academic year)

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