Ballet Academy

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.

Registration Private Audition

Private audition Level 1 - 4	31. January 2026 03./04. March 2026
Private audition Level 5 - 8	30. January 2026 7. March 2026

For complete information for the 2026-2027 school year program, click here.

Registration Audition Jugendkompanie

Artistic Director	Alessandra Ferri
Managing Director	Mag.^aSimone Wohinz
Director	Patrick Armand
Head of Administration	Andrea 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.

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

Don Quixote	10 times
Giselle	4 times
Sleeping Beauty	9 times
The Lady of the Camellias	11 times
In Seventh Heaven / Symphony in C	4 times
Swan Lake	5 times
Hansel and Gretel	4 times
The Bat	4 times
Carmen	7 times
The Magic Flute for children	2 times
Salome	4 times
Nabucco	4 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:

Coppélia	10 times
Jolanthe and the Nutcracker	9 times
Die Fledermaus	3 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 Beauty	11 times
La fille mal gardée	6 times
In seventh heaven / Symphony in C	6 times
Don Quixote	1 times
Carmen	9 times
Salome	5 times
L'Orfeo	4 times
Die Fledermaus	5 times
Aida	4 times
The Magic Flute for children	2 times
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk	5 times
Pagliacci	4 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 Nutcracker	14 times
Anatevka	7 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 C	8 times
Giselle	4 times
Swan Lake	4 times
Nureyev Gala	1 time
Nabucco	4 times
Carmen	8 times
The Bat	4 times
Peter Grimes	5 times
L'Orfeo	4 times
Capriccio	4 times

The Ballettakademie was also featured in the Ballettakademie Matinee.

The following productions were performed at the Volksoper:

Death in Venice

6 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 / Pagliacci	2 times
Carmen	6 times
Die Fledermaus	1 time
Nabucco	1 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!

Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera

About the Ballet Academy

About the Education

Jugendkompanie

Past Performances

Main sponsor of the Ballet Academy

About the sponsorship