Objective of the Royal Ballet School Antwerp

The Royal Ballet School Antwerp began with the dream of its founder Jeanne Brabants. She wanted to set up a ballet school and ballet company for children and young adults aspiring to a professional career in dance. She sought to put ballet on the map not only in Flanders, but even nationally and internationally. It was this vision that gave rise to the Prins Dries educational programme, the Royal Ballet School Antwerp and then the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Our goal is to continue pursuing this dream and to contribute to the cultural preservation of ballet in Belgium.

National and international status

The Royal Ballet School Antwerp offers a recognised ballet programme at the national and international levels and has a reputation of excellence. The entire training programme (Prins Dries / Royal Ballet School Antwerp) is recognised and highly valued thanks to its direct link to the professional dance world (the Royal Ballet of Flanders).

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Partnerships

There is a structural collaboration and coordination between the components of the training program and the professional field. KBA has an extensive network: the school maintains contacts with national and international ballet schools, dance companies, and art institutions. We aim to create a broad community of stakeholders who are engaged with the training, the professional field, and our history. These partnerships and contacts result in a wide network that we can offer to our students, alongside stage experience both domestically and abroad.

Excellence

We train our students to excel in dance and aim to shape them into professional dancers of international caliber. In addition, we provide solid secondary education, enabling our students to graduate with a diploma in the arts (KSO). We equip them with all the tools (cognitive, physical, mental) they need for a future career as a ballet dancer or for pursuing higher education. We strive to educate young adults who are well-prepared to succeed in today’s world.

Shaping Global Citizens

We encourage a sense of citizenship in our students: we want them to approach life as socially engaged global citizens who contribute to the greater whole. We foster an atmosphere of empathy, self-awareness, involvement, and team spirit in our school to inspire our students.