TheAcademy of Theatre and Danceis a faculty of theAmsterdam University of the Artswhich was known asde Theaterschooluntil September 2016.[1]It runs four yearBachelor's degreecourses in theatre and dance, and two yearMaster's degreecourses offered by DAS Graduate School. The staff of instructors and guest instructors amounts to about sixty persons, nearly all also in active in the theatrical and dance field.
History
editThe Amsterdamse Toneelschool was set up in 1874 and was at first established in theMarnixstraat150. ThereAnna Sablariolleswas registered as first pupil, andMaria Gartmanas one of its first instructors. In 2001 it merged with the Kleinkunstacademie, founded in 1960 byBoris Blom
Alumni
edit- Joop Admiraal
- Karin Bloemen
- Gijs Blom
- Acda en de Munnik
- Javier Guzman
- Rutger Hauer
- Katja Herbers
- Jeroen Krabbé
- Petra Laseur
- Willem Nijholt
- Ank van der Moer
- Josine van Dalsum
- Adriaan van Hees
- Carice van Houten
- Kasper van Kooten
- Martine Sandifort
- Henk van Ulsen
- Ramses Shaffy
- Aart Staartjes
- Stephen West
- Thijs Römer
- Rutger de Bekker,Diederik EbbingeandRemko Vrijdag(better known asDe Vliegende Panters)
- Youp van 't Hek(expelled during his introductory period)
References
edit- ^"De Theaterschool is renamed Academy of Theatre and Dance".Academy of Theatre and Dance.19 July 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 15 November 2019.Retrieved15 November2019.