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Auditions: Hessisches Staatsballett, Thüringer Staatsballett, Leipzig Ballet, Bayerische Junior Ballett, Junior Ballet Antwerp training programme

Hessisches Staatsballett, Germany

Hessisches Staatsballett is accepting applications for auditions for the 2025-2026 season. Applicants must be dancers with a minimum of three years of professional experience and possess a solid classical and excellent contemporary technique. The company has four openings.


Application requirements:

  • a full CV including a headshot

  • a video link of you dancing a piece

  • a video of a max. 3 minute improvisation


Send above materials to audition@staatstheater-wiesbaden.de with the subject line “Audition Season 2025/26”.

The application deadline is 10th January 2025. The invitation to successful applications will be sent by email no later than 20th January.


Invitation-only in person auditions will take place on Saturday, 22nd February 2025 at the Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden.


The Hessisches Staatsballett is the common dance company of Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and Staatstheater Darmstadt. The ballet director is Bruno Heynderickx. For more information, click here.


Thüringer Staatsballett, Germany

Thüringer Staatsballett is seeking classically trained dancers (m/f/d) for the 2025-2026 season via auditions. Applicants have to have completed ballet school training and a previous engagement with a company.


Application requirements:

  • Your CV

  • Photo

  • Video material



The application deadline is 15th January 2025. The in-person auditions are invitation only. The audition date and location are not specified.


For more details, click here. The artistic director is Vitaliy Petrov.


Leipzig Ballet, Germany

Leipzig Ballet is seeking for dancers (m/f/d) for the 2025-2026 season via auditions. Applicants must have high levels of classical and contemporary skills and several years of experience with a professional company or companies.


To apply for auditions, email required materials to audition@oper-leipzig.de

  • a video-link (maximum file size 20 MB) with no introduction or creative editing in tight-fitting dance wear

  • 1-2 minutes short classical variation drawn from the standard repertoire, danced in pointe shoes (f, d) or soft shoes (m, d); 1-2 minutes contemporary variation (that could consist of something drawn from repertoire, phrases from classwork or an applicant-created work) that illustrates the applicant's command of a range of movement different from that demonstrated in the classical variation;

  • CV

  • head shot photo

  • 2-3 dance photos in tight-fitting dance wear


The application deadline is 10th January 2025. The invitation only in-person auditions will be held on 19th January.


The artistic director is Rémy Fichet. For more information, click here (German).


Bayerische Junior Ballett München, Germany

Bayerische Junior Ballett München, the junior company of Bayerischen Staatsballetts, is seeking for dancers aged between 17 and 20 via auditions. The application deadline is 31st January 2025.


There are height restrictions, which I personally find unfortunate.

Ladies at least 1.68m / 5'6" tall

Men at least 1.82m / 5'11.6" tall


For more details and to apply, click here.


Junior Ballet Antwerp, Belgium

Junior Ballet Antwerp is accepting applications for its two-year professional training programme (tuition fee is €8,500/year). Application deadline is 10th April 2015.


The in-person auditions will take place on 26-27 April at Royal Ballet School Antwerp, Meistraat 2, 2000 Antwerp.


For more information and to apply, click here.


Prima Materia is not associated with these companies. Contact them directly for any questions.

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