Directory
Ballet Schools Around the World
A growing directory of the world's notable ballet schools and academies, sorted by where they are. Pick a country to explore the schools there, then dig into any one for its training style, notable alumni, company affiliation, and how to audition. We currently spotlight 71 schools, with more on the way.
Argentina
Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón
Australia
The Australian Ballet School, Queensland Ballet Academy
Austria
Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy
Belgium
Royal Conservatoire Antwerp
Brazil
Escola do Teatro Bolshoi no Brasil
Canada
Canada's National Ballet School, École supérieure de ballet du Québec, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, The School of Alberta Ballet
China
Beijing Dance Academy, Shanghai Dance School
Cuba
Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba
Czech Republic
Prague Dance Conservatory
Finland
Finnish National Ballet School
France
Paris Opera Ballet School
Germany
John Cranko School, School of the Hamburg Ballet, State Ballet School Berlin, Palucca University of Dance Dresden, Ballet Academy of the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung Munich
Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Hungary
Hungarian Dance University
Italy
Accademia Teatro alla Scala (La Scala Ballet School)
Monaco
Princess Grace Academy
Netherlands
Dutch National Ballet Academy, Codarts Rotterdam
New Zealand
New Zealand School of Dance
Poland
Warsaw Ballet School
Portugal
Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional
Romania
National Ballet School, Bucharest
Russia
Vaganova Ballet Academy, Bolshoi Ballet Academy (Moscow State Academy of Choreography), Perm State Ballet School, Novosibirsk Choreographic School
South Korea
Korea National University of Arts, Seoul Arts High School
Sweden
Royal Swedish Ballet School
Switzerland
Tanz Akademie Zürich
Ukraine
Kyiv State Choreographic College
United Kingdom
The Royal Ballet School, Elmhurst Ballet School, English National Ballet School, Central School of Ballet, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Northern Ballet School, The Hammond
United States
School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, San Francisco Ballet School, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Houston Ballet Academy, Boston Ballet School, The Rock School for Dance Education, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Miami City Ballet School, The Harid Conservatory, Joffrey Ballet School, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Ellison Ballet, Orlando Ballet School, Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Ballet Academy East, Westside Ballet of Los Angeles, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Texas Ballet Theater School, Ballet Chicago, The Washington School of Ballet