Young Ballet Company

The Young Ballet Company meets weekly to develop a young ballet dancer’s understanding of ballet repertoire and performance skills while creating work for performances throughout the year.

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Overview

Students will rehearse at Wallace Studios where they will work as a junior ballet company. Each day will start with a technique class to focus the dancer’s mind and body in preparation for the rest of the day.

Following this, the Young Ballet Company will learn classical ballet and contemporary repertoire and will work with professional choreographers, enhancing the skills required to be a dancer in a company. Each dancer will also develop their own creative and choreography skills in response to tasks, stimuli and themes given throughout the session when working on new choreography.

During the year the company will create and rehearse choreography for multiple performance events and have the opportunity to work with guest artists to increase their skills and knowledge.

There are two levels in the Young Ballet Company course. Level 1 study on Sundays from 10am – 1pm, Level 2 study on Sundays from 1.30pm – 4.30pm.

This is an auditioned course open to all dancers from Primary 7 to S6 who have experience in Classical Ballet training. Dancers will be streamed to the appropriate level during the audition process.

The important details

For Ages:
Primary 7 Upwards

Application Deadline:
May 2026 for 2026/27 Entry

Venue:
The Wallace Studios at Speirs Locks 210 Garscube Road Glasgow G4 9RR

Dates:
September 2026 - May 2027

Level 1 Rehearsal Times:
Sundays 10am - 1pm

Level 2 Rehearsal Times:
Sundays 1.30pm - 4.30pm

Annual Cost
Fees for 2025/26 £1,324 (discounts for Juniors Modern Ballet students are available), Fees for 2026/27 TBC

School of Dance Winter Sharing (Wallace Studios)

School of Dance Annual Performance (New Athenaeum Theatre, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

Other performances opportunities

Go Dance – Theatre Royal
YDance Destinations

Entry Requirements

This course is for students interested in expanding their knowledge of classical ballet and contemporary repertoire, learning from professional choreographers and developing their performance skills.

The Young Ballet Company is open to any current students or young people who audition and meet the standard required by the audition panel.

Dancers should be in primary 7 for the start of the academic year 2026/27.

Our youngest dancers should have at least a few years experience in classical ballet training and those in S1 upwards should be studying at InterFoundation level or above.

Fees & Funding

Annual Tuition Fees

Young Ballet Company Fees for 2025/26 are £1,324.

If you attend the Junior Conservatoire Modern Ballet programme you may receive the following discounts:

2 hours per week- 10%
4 hours per week- 15%

These discounts will be applied to your account when you have been awarded a place in the Young Ballet Company.

Fees for 2026/27 TBC

How to Apply

Applications for 2026/27

Applications for September 2026 will open in February 2026 and auditions will take place in June. All applications should be completed online and there is an audition fee of £20.

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Audition Information

Students who apply for the Young Ballet Company will participate in a group ballet class during which time the dancers will be streamed into the appropriate level of company.

Applications for 2026/27

More information on the audition format for the 2026/27 entry will be sent nearer the time.

Audition date: week beginning the 8th of June 2026.