Financial Assistance | Young Dancer's Program

About Financial Assistance

At NBS, we believe that dance education should be accessible to all members of our community and work to remove barriers that may deter potential students from pursuing their passion and talent for dance and ballet.

Young Dancers Program Financial Assistance Application

Young Dancers Program financial assistance offers percentage-based support for program fees to dancers in Canada's National Ballet School's Young Dancers Program, providing access for dancers during their formative years. Financial assistance is awarded on a comprehensive, needs-based assessment.

Financial assistance applications for the 2026/2027 program year are now open and can be accessed by clicking here.

Please contact the NBS Young Dancers Program at youngdancers@nbs-enb.ca or 416-964-3780 for questions.

The Arise Scholarship: Aspire to Excellence

A dance scholarship established by The Renette and David Berman Family Foundation

Pursue your passion, purpose and potential.

Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) is determined to eliminate financial barriers that may deter aspiring students from pursuing their love for dance. Through the ARISE SCHOLARSHIP, financial assistance is provided to dancers in NBS’ Young Dancers Program who are in need of financial support.

Ignite your passion and discover joy in a welcoming environment of excellence. Experience the benefits and growth that come from applying yourself to learning the artform of ballet and dance.

The ARISE SCHOLARSHIP creates pathways for dancers to make the most out of their training experience. Those with strong interest, commitment and potential can aspire to NBS’ Professional Ballet-Academic Program, Teacher Training Program or training for broader careers in dance.

The scholarship acknowledges dance is more than physical movement. It provides dancers with community, life skills and a sense of purpose. Dance benefits all areas of life and helps young students develop as both artists and people.

The ARISE SCHOLARSHIP is inspired by Jera Wolfe’s powerful artistic work "Arise". The piece explores how collaboration and mutual support empowers us to rise together—an ethos that lies at the heart of this scholarship.

Click to view PDF flyer.

The Delaney Family Scholarship Fund

The Delaney Family have been long standing donors to NBS. During NBS’ 60th Anniversary year, a fund was established to address student financial assistance for new dancers to the Young Dancers Program; this helped to ensure that dancers of all stages have access to the highest quality training at NBS.

Daniel Neville-Lake Fund

Honouring the memory of Daniel Neville-Lake and creating more opportunities for boys in ballet.

When Daniel was 6 years old he came to me and said, “Mom, I want to do ballet.”

I was a little surprised and thinking that he might be confusing ballet with something else, asked if he knew what ballet was. We took books and videos out of the public library and sure enough, it was ballet that he wanted to do. He danced with the City of Brampton Dance Department and every Mother’s Day, my gift was that he was on stage dancing for me. He had a passion and love for ballet and even when given a choice to do something else he always chose ballet. He was starting his fourth year as a dancer and took a lot of pride in his art.

- Jennifer Neville-Lake, mother

As a way to honour the memory of Daniel-William Roger Neville-Lake, and his love for dance, Many Hands Doing Good established this Fund with Canada's National Ballet School to encourage boys, particularly those aged up to 9 years of old, to participate in dance classes at Canada’s National Ballet School by removing financial barriers.

Contributions from the community to the Fund are always welcome and can be made by:

Visit the NBS Endowment page
Selecting “Daniel Neville-Lake Fund” in the drop down.

The growth of the Daniel Neville-Lake Fund provides greater access to ballet for boys.

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Young dancers participating in a Hip Hop class.