The Scuola di Ballo del Teatro di San Carlo in Naples holds periodic admission selections for its three-year academic diploma course in classical dance.
The three-year course corresponds to the 6th, 7th, and 8th years of the school's regular eight-year classical-dance curriculum. Its stated purpose is to train dancers for professional work in theatre and the wider performing-arts sector.
Training covers classical dance, pointe technique, male technique, pas de deux, physiotechnics, repertory, contemporary dance, dance history, and solfeggio.
Classes are held in the afternoon, generally from 15:00 to 20:00, at the Teatro di San Carlo complex in Naples, with the school entrance at Via San Carlo 100.
The most recently available official admission notice concerned the 2025/2026 academic year. It set the application deadline at 26 June 2025 and auditions for 4 July 2025. Under that notice, the annual fee was divided into three instalments of 670 euros for each of the first two academic years and 720 euros for the third year.
Those dates and fees should not be treated as current. Prospective applicants should check the Teatro di San Carlo website for the newest official admission notice before applying.
Founded in 1812, the school has a history extending over two centuries and is described by the theatre as Italy's first ballet school and one of Europe's oldest.
