ECD auditions are coming up! In March, we’ll be busy with the pre-selections of our Dutch and international candidates. The official audition rounds will begin in the first week of April.

Around 160 participants will take part in an intensive audition program. They will follow classes with different makers, who will guide them through various compositional tasks. In addition, candidates will attend dance technique classes and a physical theatre class, and they will present their own solo work.

In the final round, candidates will work with a choreographer as if preparing for a performance, followed by an interview.

We wish everyone lots of joy, inspiration, and the very best of luck!

ECD 1 students present in groups collectively created 10-minute pieces. Combining a practice of improvisational scores and a playful research into their physical history, present and phantasies (as in the saying: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed), these works are a performative celebration of students’ journeys thus far - individually and together.

ECDxSNDO is a project where students of two dance departments of the Academy of Theatre and Dance work together. A collaboration between dancers from 2^nd year of ECD and choreographers of the SNDO, is an annual tradition and valuable part of the curriculum. The programs are presented in Veem House for Performance, following the decade long tradition which started as collaboration between SNDO and MTD. The works are shown on 10, 11, 17 and 18 April at Veem.

ECD 3 students will collaborate with WhyNot, Connor Schumacher and Elsemarijn Bruys, and they will present their work in front of the famous Stopera – Nationale Opera and Ballet in Amsterdam – where they will brave the elements, come rain or shine, to create and perform a beautiful piece for the audience.