NDT Summer Intensive

Grow and develop all aspects of your dance talent

Take part in a professional training programme during our annual NDT Summer Intensive as one of 60 young dancers from all over the world. In two intensive weeks, these young professionals – ages 16 to 25 (X/M/F) – will work together with our dancers, rehearsers and choreographers. This is your opportunity to grow as a dancer and further your personal development.

Practical information

NDT Summer Intensive 2026 takes place from Monday 27 July – Saturday 8 August in The Hague (The Netherlands);

The course tuition is €1500,- (including VAT, excluding accommodation costs).

Optional accommodation at The Social Hub is available for €1150,- (including VAT and city taxes).

We are no longer accepting audition applications for NDT Summer Intensive 2026

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Participants

The NDT Summer Intensive is specially created for (pre)professional ballet and/or contemporary trained dancers aged 16 – 25 years old (X/F/M).

There is a limited amount of 60 places available for the NDT Summer Intensive. NDT’s artistic staff selects based upon a range of criteria including, but not limited to retention of movement, musicality, attitude, work ethic, potential and creativity.

Scholarship

Did you know you can apply for a scholarship?
NDT seeks to reduce inequalities and access in dance education. Therefore, no dancer should feel deterred from applying to NDT Summer Intensive due to lack of financial means.

Accomodation

NDT Summer Intensive offers affordable accommodation at The Social Hub in The Hague, centrally located and just a short distance from our theatre. For more information about this housing option, please use the link below.

Programme

The two–week summer intensive is designed to offer (pre-)professional dancers a range of dance approaches and styles that aim to provide a thorough dance experience. Different elements of the course build upon the student’s technical base, as well as upon improvisation. Participants get to apply the learned principles in different components of the course whereby NDT repertoire, and the opportunity to create new work occurs.

Within the context of repertoire and new work, the participant simultaneously trains partnering, solo, group and compositional skills. Extracurricular activities of the course involve panel talks, artist exchanges and other activities designed to bring NDT staff, NDT dancers and the participants in closer contact. These activities also give peers the opportunity to form social and creative bonds that can last well after the intensive ends!

Any questions? Email us via summerintensive@ndt.nl and we’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible!