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Entry to NBS full-time courses
is open to male and female students, who
can show suitable artistic and technical
talent or potential, as demonstrated at
audition and interview, have the necessary
physical and mental aptitudes for a demanding
course of study and are over the UK statutory
school leaving age. The number of places
on the courses is limited and they are offered
strictly on merit.
The length of the courses
is dependent upon the standard of the student
at entry, the level of accredited prior
learning and progress subsequent to entry,
but the normal duration of study is three
years. The school has a three term year
of thirty-five weeks in total, including
a ‘reading week’ each mid-term
for academic study only.
Auditions classes for normal
September entry are held at the school from
the preceding October to June. Application
should be made by completing form NBS 1,
available for download on this site, or in the back of our prospectus.
Return completed forms to the school, together
with the stipulated supporting documents,
whereupon an audition date will be offered
by post. Individual auditions may be held
in exceptional circumstances. Dates of auditions
to be held at the Dancehouse are published
in the dance journals, on this site or can
be obtained direct from the school by post,
fax, phone or e-mail. Additional copies
of form NBS 1 can be obtained from the Registrar.
Applicants from outside
the UK, for whom attendance for audition
at the Dancehouse would be difficult, may
make application for entry by completion
of form NBS 1 and submission of this and
the other material requested, together with
a letter of support from a qualified dance
teacher, giving full details of dance training
and standard achieved to date. In such cases
it is important that the application is
accompanied by photographs as requested
on the form or, preferably, by a SVHS, VHS
or Mini DV, PAL system video of the applicant
in dance class. European Union states applicants,
who wish to be considered for a UK government
funded tuition fee scholarship, must attend
an audition and interview at the school.
Successful applicants will
receive an offer of a place on the relevant
course, together with form NBS 3. Enrolment
of students wishing to accept and reserve
a place offered is accomplished by the completion
and return to the Registrar of form NBS
3, together with any stipulated registration
fee, or deposit where applicable. Induction
of new students takes place on the first
day of the Autumn term, when they are greeted
by the Principal and introduced to school
routines, provided with their individual
detailed course curriculum and copies of
the NBS student handbook and issued with
standard pre-ordered dancewear for classwork.
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