Pre-Professional Program
Queensland Ballet Academy’s Pre-Professional Program is a full-time final year training program providing students with the preparation and training they require before joining a professional ballet company.
The Academy’s invaluable connection to Queensland Ballet allows our Pre-Professional Program students to learn from the Company’s artistic team and guest creatives through weekly classes, workshops and collaborations.
The students in this performance-based course also have access to the Company’s Performance Health professionals and facilities.
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#Program Information
The program is based in Queensland Ballet’s home in West End, and provides students with studio-to-stage professional dance experience. Throughout the year dancers prepare for their artistic careers by performing alongside Queensland Ballet Company Artists, and in standalone Academy productions.
Students work intensively to develop their skills to the highest artistic and technical standards, preparing them for potential employment with Queensland Ballet, or any other Australian or international company. Daily training is provided by Queensland Ballet’s Artistic and Academy staff and the Company’s associate teachers.
All Queensland Ballet Academy programs are overseen by Queensland Ballet Acting Artistic Director, Greg Horsman, and students enjoy the privilege and benefit of working within a professional environment.
Queensland Ballet Academy’s program structure has been professionally designed to ensure dancers are career-ready once they graduate.
Successful completion of the Pre-Professional Program ensures students are ready to seek employment with leading ballet and contemporary companies in Australia and overseas. After graduation, the dancers are also welcome to audition for entry into Queensland Ballet’s Jette Parker Young Artist Program. Becoming a Young Artist serves as an apprentice entry into Queensland Ballet Company. Students also have opportunities to gain employment with other Australian and international dance companies.
Recent alumni have gained professional employment throughout Australia and internationally with the following companies:
Queensland Ballet
Alberta Ballet, Canada
Australasian Dance Collective
Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, Germany
Ballet Cymru, UK
Ballet Dortmund, Germany
Ballet Ireland, Republic of Ireland
Ballet Koblenz, Germany
Ballet Landestheater Eisenach, Germany
Ballet Theater Basel, Switzerland
Ballet Vlaanderen, Belgium
Bangarra Dance Theatre
English National Ballet, UK
Hong Kong Ballet, Hong Kong
Leipzig Ballet, Germany
Melbourne City Ballet
Munich Ballet, Germany
Paris Opera Ballet, France
Royal New Zealand Ballet, New Zealand
Scottish Ballet, UK
Staatsballet Berlin, Germany
Staatsballet Hannover, Germany
Sydney Dance Company
Teatrul National de Opera şi Balet Oleg Danovski, Romania
The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Czech Republic
Vanemuine Theatre Ballet, Estonia
West Australian Ballet
Full-time training across 6 days per week
Classical ballet
Repertoire
Pas de deux
Pointe work and technique
Contemporary dance and improvisation
Body conditioning and fitness
Live performance
Career preparation and planning
Entry into the Pre-Professional Program is by invitation or audition. Applicants do not need to have completed their previous ballet training with Queensland Ballet Academy to audition, however they must have reached an advanced level of dance aptitude.
Students will also need to have completed their secondary studies to be eligible for this full-time dance training program. Pre-Professional Program students must be turning 18 years of age within the year of commencement.
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