Bring joy, creativity and wellbeing to your life through programs for all ages and abilities
At Canada's National Ballet School (NBS), programming excellence, access and inclusion fuel our belief in sharing the transformative power of dance to change lives for the better.
This is what drives our commitment to making dance a part of all Canadians’ lives—from the Olympic-calibre dancer training for a professional ballet career on the world stage to the young child or older adult who may be embracing the joy of dance for the first time.
take the leap and audition for our full-time Professional Ballet Program for the 2027-2028 school year!
Yellowknife: October 11 | Calgary: November 14 | Vancouver: November 15 | Winnipeg: November 16 | St. John’s: November 21 | Halifax: November 22 | New York City: January 9 | Los Angeles: January 10 | Sudbury: January 24 | London, ON: January 24 | Toronto: January 17 & February 7 | Montreal: January 30 | Ottawa: January 31 | Barrie: February 21 | Chicago: February 14
Join us in a city near you, or submit a video audition from anywhere across Canada and worldwide.
Cultivating talent, passion, and a life-long love for ballet and dance!
Enrich your dance teaching education and expand your skills!
Engage your classroom with free online creative movement resources, courses, and pop-up webinars developed by world-renowned dance experts!
"From the moment I first arrived at NBS, I knew that these were the people I wanted to spend the rest of my dance journey with."
Dance has taught me what it means to have a passion in life. With the help of my mother and my hometown ballet teacher, I made the decision to audition. Once I got to NBS, it really felt like home and I knew that this is where I needed to go to further my training.
Get to know our state-of-the-art campus in Toronto's vibrant downtown core.
Our expansive campus serves dancers from the professional ballet programs, recreational dance programs and community dance programs alike. It’s also the site of content and resource creation that gets shared with even more dancers across Canada.
