Do you want to learn more about psychology to help your students both feel and perform better?
Do you want to learn more about anatomy and physiology to make your dance teaching more efficient while preventing injuries?
Are you keen to further your ballet teaching via well-established scientific principles and the latest research?

If so, then one or both of our courses might be for you!

The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH) in Stockholm is proud to offer two free-standing courses specifically for ballet educators:

Anatomy and Physiology for Ballet Educators (see the syllabus here) - course leader is Dr. Jane Salier Eriksson, Physiotherapist at the Swedish Royal Ballet and affiliated to GIH
Psychology for Ballet Educators (see the syllabus here) - course leader is Dr. Sanna Nordin-Bates, Associate Professor at GIH

We welcome teachers, professional dancers about to become teachers, and other ballet educators such as choreographers, ballet mistresses/masters, managers, and artistic directors. Theoretical knowledge will be interwoven with practically oriented tasks and class discussions. Because they are mostly delivered online, they will be accessible even to those living far from Stockholm; however, a 2.5-day campus-based teaching session for each course helps to ensure that knowledge is better anchored in practice. This time on campus will also facilitate knowledge exchange between participants. If you take both courses, the 2.5 days/course will be consecutive, so that you spend a week with us.

Weekly online sessions for Psychology are planned to run on Tuesdays, 1.00 - 2.15 pm CET.
Weekly online sessions for Anatomy & Physiology are planned to run on Thursdays, 1.00 - 2.15 pm CET.
The "intensive week" is currently scheduled for November 6th-10th.

Both courses run on quarter-time (25% of full time), enabling you to study as you work. This means that they will run for the full autumn term (late August 2023 - mid-January 2024). Each course corresponds to 7.5 university credits (ECTS), approximately requiring the equivalent of 5 weeks of full time study.

The courses have been developed in collaboration between the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences and Stockholm University of the Arts.

To apply, please visit https://www.universityadmissions.se/intl/start and search for "Ballet"

Please note that the link on universityadmissions.se providing more information is in Swedish; the courses will however be held in English and all the information that you need to apply is provided here and on universityadmissions.se

For more information about course content, please contact Sanna Nordin-Bates: sanna.nordin-bates@gih.se

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Comments from previous participants include:

I enjoyed this course and learned from it greatly! The course is dynamic and integrates dance-specific topics relevant to the day to day practice as a teacher and dancer. I always looked forward to the sessions since they were full of enriching discussions and activities which led to clear and practical applications that I could integrate in my classes. It was also a bonus to connect with other fellow members of the dance world. - Ana Ramos - Ballet teacher, UK -

This Psychology for Dance Educators' course is a game-changer for any teacher curious enough to ask themselves how they can provide their students with an environment that fosters excellence and high performance. As dance educators, we finally have access to the evidence-based best practices that the sports world has enjoyed and thrived on for the last decades. - Liza Kovacs, Ballet educator, somatic practitioner and MSc dance science graduate, France

Comments from anonymous evaluations include:

This is a course that should be compulsory for anyone who teaches ballet/dance, whether children, amateurs of professionals! (about the anatomy & physiology course)

Very clear objectives, pertinent in all ways for a dance educator, enriching our practice and immediately applicable. (about the psychology course)