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Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera

The Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera stands for excellent training in classical and contemporary dance.

Our aim is to offer young talents from all over the world a platform on which they can develop their full artistic and personal potential. Respect, professionalism and a deep connection to the Viennese dance tradition form the foundation of our work.

 

Private Audition
15- to 17-year-olds		November 28, 2026
January 23 2027
February 13 2027
Private Audition
10- to 14-year-olds		December 7, 2026
Private Audition
10-year-olds		January 15, 2027
Private Audition
11–12 and 13–14-year-olds		January 16, 2027
Private Audition
Youth Company		February 10, 2027

Auditions will be managed through the web-based platform DanceApply and information on application requirements for the video pre-selection round will be announced in October.

 

Artistic DirectorAlessandra Ferri
Managing DirectorMag.a Simone Wohinz
DirectorPatrick Armand
Head of AdministrationAndrea Yannone

To the full team of the Ballet Academy team.

Office of the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera

+43 1 51444 2641

ballettakademie@wiener-staatsoper.at

A group of young ballet dancers practice at a barre. The foreground features a girl with a bun hairstyle, focused and poised. She wears a maroon leotard, and behind her are other dancers, also preparing in similar attire. The studio has a bright, airy atmosphere.
A group of eleven young ballet dancers stands in a dance studio, holding onto a barre. They wear matching purple leotards and light tights, and their expressions are focused and poised. Natural light filters through large windows, illuminating the clean, minimalist space.
A group of eleven ballet dancers stands in a studio with a wooden ballet barre in the background. They are dressed in black dance attire, with several wearing pointe shoes and others in fitted leggings. The dancers are smiling and posing together.

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Past Performances
Past Performances

Ballet Academy

In the 2023/24 season, the Ballet Academy appeared in the following productions:

Don Quixote10 times
Giselle4 times
Sleeping Beauty9 times
The Lady of the Camellias11 times
In Seventh Heaven / Symphony in C4 times
Swan Lake5 times
Hansel and Gretel4 times
The Bat4 times
Carmen7 times
The Magic Flute for children2 times
Salome4 times
Nabucco4 times

The Ballet Academy also performed at the Vienna Opera Ball 2024 and in the Ballet Academy Matinee.

The following productions were at the Volksoper:

Coppélia10 times
Jolanthe and the Nutcracker9 times
Die Fledermaus3 times

In total, the Ballet Academy was involved in 92 performances in the 2023/24 season.

In the 2022/23 season, the Ballet Academy could be seen in the following productions

Sleeping Beauty11 times
La fille mal gardée6 times
In seventh heaven / Symphony in C6 times
Don Quixote1 times
Carmen9 times
Salome5 times
L'Orfeo4 times
Die Fledermaus5 times
Aida4 times
The Magic Flute for children2 times
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk5 times
Pagliacci4 times

The Ballet Academy also performed at the Vienna Opera Ball 2023 and at the Ballet Academy Matinee.

The following productions were staged at the Volksoper:

Jolanthe and the Nutcracker14 times
Anatevka7 times

In total, the Ballet Academy was involved in 85 performances in the 2022/23 season.

In the 2021/22 season, the Ballet Academy performed in the following productions

In Seventh Heaven / Symphony in C8 times
Giselle4 times
Swan Lake4 times
Nureyev Gala1 time
Nabucco4 times
Carmen8 times
The Bat4 times
Peter Grimes5 times
L'Orfeo4 times
Capriccio4 times

The Ballettakademie was also featured in the Ballettakademie Matinee.

The following productions were performed at the Volksoper:

Death in Venice6 times

In total, the Ballet Academy was involved in 53 performances in the 2021/22 season.

In the 2020/21 season, the Ballet Academy appeared in the following productions:

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci2 times
Carmen6 times
Die Fledermaus1 time
Nabucco1 time

In total, the Ballet Academy was involved in 10 performances in the 2020/21 season.

Main sponsor of the Ballet Academy

Ströck has been sponsoring the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy since the 2020/21 season.
The Ströck bakery is a family-run company that attaches particular importance to handmade organic products, sustainability, regionality and the promotion of young talent.

With its sponsorship, Ströck enables the Ballet Academy to procure facilities and equipment for fitness and regeneration. Ströck thus supports the successful physical development of the young dancers.

If you are also interested in supporting the Ballet Academy's training programs and, for example, would like to sponsor a scholarship, please contact us at sponsoring@wiener-staatsoper.at.

We look forward to hearing from you!

The Ballet Academy is supported by two scholarships from the Future Partner OMV.

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