Dance is for everyone!

Dance is for everyone!

Bring joy, creativity and wellbeing to your life through programs for all ages and abilities

Audition for NBS

Learn more about our world-renowned Professional Ballet Program and upcoming auditions this fall and winter.

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Discover our Educator Resources

Our resources include on-demand videos, teaching guides with built in assessment and evaluation, materials for integrating dance across subjects and more. Sign up for our Resource Library today!

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Register for Young Dancers Program: Open Dance!

For young dancers ages 5-17, our Open Dance stream will encourage you to explore movement and freedom of expression, and develop a lifelong love of dance.

Learn About our Teacher Training Program

Start the next chapter of your dance educator journey in our world-renowned program

Explore Professional Development

NBS offers dance teachers the opportunity to further invest in their practice, embrace the opportunity for lifelong learning and add to their teaching qualifications.

Support Us

Learn about the many ways you can support Canada’s National Ballet School in our mission to share the transformative power of dance across Canada. Join us as we discover, live and share the power of dance.

Announcing the Recipients of the 2024 Ken McCarter Award for Distinguished NBS Alumni

Announcing the Recipients of the 2024 Ken McCarter Award for Distinguished NBS Alumni

Congratulations to Veronica Tennant, C.C., D.Litt, LL.D, FRSC, and Karen Kain, C.C., LL.D., D.Litt., O.Ont., this year’s recipients of the Ken McCarter Award for Distinguished NBS Alumni. Created in 2017, the Ken McCarter Award acknowledges contributions made by NBS Alumni across all sectors and disciplines around the globe. This year, we are thrilled to celebrate two luminaries in dance and their impact on the global dance community.

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About Us

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.

Upcoming Events

Dancers perform a lift in Jera Wolfe’s Arise onstage at NBS’ Spring Showcase

14 Nov

2024

Montreal Auditions

The Professional Ballet-Academic Program offers full-time Olympic-calibre dance training, academic instruction and residence—all on the same campus located in Toronto. Auditions are an exciting opportunity to experience a class with NBS’ world-renowned teachers. Take the leap and register today for an audition!

Ottawa Auditions

16 Nov

2024

Ottawa Auditions

The Professional Ballet-Academic Program offers full-time Olympic-calibre dance training, academic instruction and residence—all on the same campus located in Toronto. Auditions are an exciting opportunity to experience a class with NBS’ world-renowned teachers. Take the leap and register today for an audition!

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18 Jan

2025

Toronto Auditions

The Professional Ballet-Academic Program offers full-time Olympic-calibre dance training, academic instruction and residence—all on the same campus located in Toronto. Auditions are an exciting opportunity to experience a class with NBS’ world-renowned teachers. Take the leap and register today for an audition!

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Marley, Professional Ballet-Academic Program

What I really like about dancing is the feeling through my body, feeling the freedom, really moving to the music, and interpreting how I feel.

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Gwen, Dancer Not Dementia project participant

I really love it. I can't say it any other way. When I'm dancing and doing things like that, I'm very happy.

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The Fu Arnold Family, NBS dancers

Meet Sidney, Ruben, Jonah, Angela, and Yu Rong–a family spanning three generations, with dance and NBS at its heart. They dance in different ways, but together they are discovering how dance builds connection and appreciation for each other.

Rachel Karker, Alumni and Olympian

Rachael Karker, YDP Alumni and Olympian

I would definitely recommend dance. I think it’s such a fun sport to start out in and to continue in as well. Dance is so much fun, and you learn so many skills. I think it’s a great way to get exercising or to just try something new.

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Juan Pablo, Adult Ballet Student

Since I was a kid, I always dreamt of being a dancer…I’ve been taking classes at Canada’s National Ballet School for almost two years now. I’m so glad I found the program and fulfilled the dream.

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Ben, Professional Ballet-Academic Program graduate

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.

Take a Virtual Tour of NBS

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.

 

See more of NBS here!

Our Stories

Students sit in a circle with Christine Friday during an Aspects of Creativity Workshop

October 10, 2024

Students tap into their creativity with Christine Friday

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May 09, 2024

Canada’s National Ballet School Announces Appointment of New Artistic Director

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April 12, 2024

Artist Studies Inspire Kids with the Breadth and Depth of Dance Talent in Canada

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March 19, 2024

NBS Students Perform at the Holland Dance Festival

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