

Applications for our Centre for Advanced Training and Associate Auditions for September 2023 entry are now closed. For late submissions please contact academy@northernballet.com
Our next auditions will be held in March 2024 with applications opening January 1 2024.
To be eligible for the Associate programme or the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT), at the time of audition you need to be in Year 4 or above at school, going into academic years 5-11 in the September you would start your training.
Year 4 students auditioning for CAT will be auditioning for the CAT Foundation.
The Centre for Advanced Training is a non-residential training for pre-vocational students. You must be attending school in the UK to be eligible. For more information click here.
Associate classes run weekly in term times and fortnightly for Intermediate and Senior Associates. For more information click here.
There is an administration charge of £30 per person and you may be assessed for one or both programmes for this fee.
The Academy of Northern Ballet's Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) programme aims to support talented children and young people from all backgrounds to access our training. To Apply for an Audition Fee waiver, please complete the audition application form below, you will be directed to apply for the waiver once you have submitted your application.
All eligible applicants will be offered a preliminary audition. The Academy Team will email you your audition time after the application closing date. All preliminary auditions will be held on Sunday 3 March at Northern Ballet, LS2 7PA. If you are applying for both the CAT and Associate programmes you will be required to attend two auditions on this date.
If successful in your preliminary audition, you will be invited to a recall audition. All recall auditions will be held on a Sunday 17 March.
All dates are currently provisional and are subject to change.
Photo Emily Nuttall.