Amsterdans Dance Competition

Let's meet the world at 2nd AmsterDans SAVE THE DATE : Amsterdam 18 and 19 March, 2017 AmsterDans is the first international dance competition in the Netherlands for ballet and contemporary/modern dance. It has a number of categories including solos, duets and group works in both balletand contemporary/modern dance, and for choreographic composition(groups only). Competitors will be divided according to age. For more specific information in English, Italian and Dutch, visit our website The purpose of AmsterDans festival is to provide an opportunity to advanced amateur dancers, dance schools, and dance teachers to come together in an atmosphere of friendly competition in order to learn from and inspire each other. The novelty of 2017's edition is the pre-pro category, reserved for students of academies and professional schools. It has categories for solo and duets in both ballet and contemporary/modern, for dancers 15 and up. Registration deadline is March, 4, 2017 Don't miss this new experience, with an international jury and great prizes including scholarships for various studios and schools including: Peridance Studios (NYC), Henny Jurriens Foundation (NL), Dutch Don't Dance Division Summer Course (NL), Areadanza (ITA), Chassé Dance Studios (NL), a residency with the Delattre Dance Company (GER), free registrations for other international competitions, gift certificates of Flevo Dancewear and Yumiko Dancewaer, and Cash Prizes from Flying Dutchman and Incitus.  AmsterDans will take place in the lovely Chassé Dance Studios and in the impressive Compagnie Theater. Thanks to low-cost flights (Transavia, Easy-jet, Ryanair and others), getting to Amsterdam is cheap and easy !!! We are glad to announce the international judges: Mr. KEITH MORINO (Canada/Spain - Director, Professional Conservatory of Dance Barcelona, Spain) Mr. STEPHEN DELATTRE (France/Germany - Director Delattre Dance Company, Mainz, Germany) Mrs. LAURENCE KORSENTI (France - National Ballet Academy, Amsterdam) Mrs GAIA LEMMI (Italy - Director Areadanza, Livorno, Italy) Ms. INEKE DRABBE (The Netherlands - Programmer Henny Jurriens Foundation) Ms. ASTRID van LEEUWEN (The Netherlands - prominent dance journalist, Amsterdam) and the guest teachers : Mrs SAVINA MARASI (Italy - teacher Novacollege) Mr. ALEXANDER ZHEMBROVSKYY (Ukraine - Soloist of Dutch National Ballet) Ms. LIAT WAYSBORT (Israel/The Netherlands - teacher Academy for Theater and Dance, Amsterdam) Ms. MARIEKE van der HEIJDEN (The Netherlands - ballet school owner director and director of the pre-national ballet academy children's program)  You can find rules, applications and information on our website www.amsterdans.org. To be updated click "like" on our Facebook page. Should you have any questions, contact us at info@amsterdans.org We look forward to meeting you in beautiful Amsterdam! mailing address is: AmsterDans, Chasseestraat, 67 - 1057 JJ Amsterdam (Nederlands)