Application & admission procedure

Want to apply to the Artist Certificate Dance / Royal Conservatoire Dance Ensemble at the Royal Conservatoire? Find out how to apply by following the step-by-step guide below.

1

Collecting Documents

First, you collect all the documents necessary for your application for the first round video audition.

  • A video recording
  • The motivation form
  • Your CV (see below)
  • Dance photographs
2

Making a Recording

To get a good impression of your artistic, musical, and technical capacities, we would like to receive a recording of 15-20 minutes. Your entire body should be visible and the recording needs to comply to the criteria listed in the document below. The colour of your clothing should be contrasting to the colour of the background.

Criteria Video Audition

Upload your video to a YouTube (preference) or Vimeo account (or comparable online platform). Create a PDF with all the links to your video recording(s). You can upload your document into the relevant question in the Osiris Online Application, later on in the process. Please name your upload ‘[surname] – video recording’.

3

Motivation Form Artist Certificate Dance/Royal Conservatoire Dance Ensemble

Download the form and answer the questions. Upload the completed form to Osiris Online Application.

Motivation Form Artist Certificate Dance/Royal Conservatoire Dance Ensemble

4

Curriculum Vitae

Your CV should include your name, date of birth, height and weight, as well as information about your dance education and experience. Please describe: your previous degree(s), courses completed, successes, performances, exams, and prizes. Please name your document ‘[surname] – CV’.

5

Dance Photographs

Upload three photographs, including one portrait photo and two dance photos. Both should show your full body. Please name your upload beginning with ‘[surname] – footage’.

6

Osiris Online Application

You will receive an e-mail with a link to OSIRIS Application. Go to Osiris Online Application and choose your language preference (Dutch or English). Please use the link you received via email after you registered in Studielink.

After you have logged in to Osiris, you answer a few obligatory questions. For instance, you will have to indicate which live audition date you would like to register for, if you get through the video selection round.

Upload the documents you collected into the relevant question in Osiris. If you cannot send all your documents at once, we will send you reminders to complete your application. Keep in mind that we can only assign an audition slot for you once all documents have been received.

You can save your answers in between sessions.

Your application is complete and final, only if your answers in Osiris have been sent.

7

Audition

18 april 2026

Based on your completed details and answers, uploaded documents and the video, it will be determined whether you will be invited to audition. You will receive written notification of this by e-mail after the application procedure has closed. The audition will take place on April 18, 2026 at KC Dance in Amare, The Hague.