Academy of Theatre and Dance
Academy of Theatre and Dance
The Academy of Theatre and Dance is a faculty of the Amsterdam University of the Arts which was known as de Theaterschool until September 2016.[1] It runs four year Bachelor's degree courses in theatre and dance, and two year Master's degree courses offered by DAS Graduate School. The staff of instructors and guest instructors amounts to about sixty persons, nearly all also in active in the theatrical and dance field.
History[]
The Amsterdamse Toneelschool was set up in 1874 and was at first established in the Marnixstraat 150. There was registered as first pupil, and Maria Gartman as one of its first instructors. In 2001 it merged with the Kleinkunstacademie, founded in 1960 by
Alumni[]
- nl:Joop Admiraal
- Rutger Hauer
- Adriaan van Hees
- Jeroen Krabbé
- Petra Laseur
- nl:Ank van der Moer
- nl:Willem Nijholt
- Katja Herbers
- Ramses Shaffy
- Henk van Ulsen
- Acda en de Munnik
- Karin Bloemen
- Carice van Houten
- Aart Staartjes
- , and (better known as De Vliegende Panters).
- Javier Guzman
- Youp van 't Hek (expelled during his introductory period)
- Stephen West
References[]
- ^ "De Theaterschool is renamed Academy of Theatre and Dance". Academy of Theatre and Dance. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- Amsterdam University of the Arts
- Drama schools in the Netherlands
- Educational institutions established in 1874
- 1874 establishments in the Netherlands