ABT Curriculum Teacher Training Session
Gothenburg – Sweden

We are pleased to announce that the ABT Curriculum Teacher Training will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden in August / September 2022 with the co-authors of the ABT National Training Curriculum Raymond Lukens and Franco De Vita!

Already in August 2019 Raymond Lukens and Franco De Vita visited Europe to give a week seminar in Gothenburg about exploring ABT’s National Training Curriculum. In August 2022 we are honored to present the first of the three sessions of the ABT National Training Curriculum.

The intensive will take place at the Swedish National Ballet School in Gothenburg and are open to any teachers in Europe. The ABT NTC is a breakthrough 9 level program that combines high quality artistic training with the basics of dancer health and child development. The training sessions are divided into three sessions, see below.

During the same period the Swedish National Ballet School will offer an International Ballet Student Intensive with ABT Certified teachers and Master Classes by Raymond Lukens and Franco De Vita, and are open for students age 15-20. Read more about the Students Intensive here

We are looking forward to see you all in Gothenburg in August / September 2022!

Best regards,

Sebastian Michanek, Artistic Director
Johan Holmberg, Principal
Swedish National Ballet School

ABT Curriculum Teacher Training Sessions

About 

American Ballet Theatre believes that the key to raising the quality of ballet training nationwide is to provide teachers with the information needed to fully understand the best practices in pedagogy, child development, dance psychology, and anatomy. That is why ABT created the Teacher Training Intensives, in which ballet teachers receive a holistic education on the National Training Curriculum and the best practices in how to teach ballet.

The trainings are divided into three sessions: Session 1 is for NTC certification in Pre-Primary through Level 3, Session 2 is for NTC certification in Levels 4 and 5, and Session 3 is for NTC certification in Levels 6, 7, and Partnering. ABT offers a variety of national and international Teacher Training Intensives.

Learn more about the ABT NTC here

See Frequently Asked Questions here 

Application 

You can apply for one, tow or all three sessions. The sessions needs to be completed in the right order.

Session #1 – Pre-primary to level 3: August 9th – 19th

Session #2 – Level 4-5: August 22th – 27th

Deadline to Register: May 5, 2022

Tuition and Materials:

Tuition: $1700.00 for each session
Materials: $150.00

You have to apply at the home page of the ABT before May 5th 

Accommodation and meals

Swedish National Ballet School has pre-booked hotel rooms with easy access to the school with breakfast and lunch included to make if most affordable for all participants. The prices below are about half of what you normally will have to pay for a hotel room in Gothenburg.

When your application has been approved by the ABT you will receive an email by the Swedish National Ballet School with information how you book one of their pre-booked hotel rooms with breakfast and lunch included. 

Options

Single bedroom 840 SEK / person / day
Double bedroom 520 SEK / person / day
Triple bedroom 450 SEK / person / day

We will stay at Scandic Hotel Backadal, only 3 min walk from the school. All rooms includes both breakfast and lunch each day. 

The booking has to be done through the Swedish National Ballet School. Just send an email to svenska.balettskolan@grundskola.goteborg.se 

Information about the hotel can be found here

Travel to Gothenburg

Eash training session will start 09.00 in the morning so you will have to arrive the day before. 

If you arrives at Gothenburg Landvetter International Airport you can easily take the airport bus to the Gothenburg Central Station, the bus trip will take around 20 min. Tickets can be purchased both at the bus stop and onboard the bus.

Outside the Gotenburg Central Station (Train/Bus) at the bus stop ”Nordstan” you can easily take the local bus ”Green Express” 2 stops to ”Backadalsmotet” where the hotel and school are located. The bus trip will take approx. 6 min. You have to pre purchase the local bus ticket at one of the public transport operator Västtrafik’s sales outlets, there are severals at the Central Station.

During your stay you will be able to buy local bus tickets at the hotel or at the school reception.

The last session will end at 17.00, you should be able to be at the Gothenburg Central Station (Train/Bus) at 17.30 and at the airport latest by 18.30.

More information about the public transportations can be found here

Coordinating Team at Swedish National Ballet School

Sebastian Michanek, Artistic Director
Nina Höglund, Deputy Artistic Director
Ola Beccau, Deputy Artistic Director
Karin Larsson, School Coordinator

If you have any questions you can contact our coordinator Karin Larsson at the Swedish National Ballet School. 
svenska.balettskolan@grundskola.goteborg.se 
+46 31-367 33 82

Instructors from ABT’s Artistic Advisory Board

Raymond Lukens

American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum Associate Emeritus and Former Artistic Director, ABT National Training Curriculum (New York, USA)

Raymond Lukens was trained in New York City and had an international career as a ballet dancer; he co-authored the ABT National Training Curriculum and created the syllabi for the ABT/ NYU MA Program. He was a faculty member of the ABT JKO School.

Before joining ABT, Mr. Lukens directed The Hamlyn School in Florence, Italy, was Ballet Master for Boston Ballet and Director of BB II. He has taught for ABT, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Juilliard School and Dance Theater of Harlem; he has judged for international dance competitions, translated into Italian Joan Lawson’s book, Ballet Class, and has written several articles.

Mr. Lukens has also choreographed in the U.S.A. and abroad, including: two televised UNICEF galas, for The Intermezzo Ballet Company, for BB II and for ABT’s Opening Night Galas at the Metropolitan Opera House seasons featuring the ABT Studio Company and ABT JKO School dancers. Mr. Lukens was named the 2015 Lucia Chase Fellow in the School of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Raymond Lukens at the ABT Curriculum Teacher Training. Photo: ABT / Emily Northrop

Franco De Vita

American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum Associate Emeritus and Former Artistic Director, ABT JKO School (New York, USA)

Franco De Vita received his dance training at the Conservatoire Royal de Charleroi, Belgium. He co-authored of the ABT National Training Curriculum. Before joining ABT Mr. De Vita was Dean of Faculty and Curriculum at Boston Ballet School.

He has taught for American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Hartford Ballet. Mr. De Vita co-directed the Hamlyn School in Florence, Italy and is a renowned authority on the Cecchetti Method. As a performer, Mr. De Vita performed principal roles in many European companies, including Florence’s Maggio Musicale, Aterballetto and Le Ballet Royal de Wallonie.

Franco has judged for international dance competitions, including the Prix de Lausanne and YAGP. Under Mr. De Vita’s leadership the ABT JKO School became a Partner School of the Prix de Lausanne. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Dance Teacher Magazine.

Franco De Vita at the ABT Curriculum Teacher Training. Photo: ABT