The Ballet ROD program prepares students for careers as professional ballet dancers and choreographers. It offers comprehensive training in classical ballet techniques, performance skills, and dance history. Alongside technique classes, students participate in performances and gain real-world experience, helping them build their portfolios and stage presence. The program emphasizes personal growth, discipline, and artistic development, aiming to develop well-rounded performers ready for the dance industry. Students also have access to diverse coursework that includes modern dance, anatomy, and movement analysis, which broadens their understanding of physicality and artistic expression. Opportunities for mentorship and exposure to industry professionals are embedded throughout the program, supporting students’ professional networks. The curriculum is designed to prepare students not just as dancers but as adaptable artists, offering them a strong foundation to succeed in various dance-related careers. This balanced approach creates an environment where students can refine their craft and develop confidence on stage.

The programme aims to educate dancers and rehearsal coaches who can play an active part in the dance life and who can represent the values of Swiss dance art at international forums. Equipped with technical and theoretical knowledge, they can actively participate in worldwide dance art; both as employed in various institutions and as independent dancers, rehearsal coaches or assistants to choreographers. One of the main purposes of the programme is to acquire diverse dance skills, to have insight into classical and modern (commercial) dances, to develop their abilities, skills and to extend their knowledge. Side by side with practical training, theoretical subjects involve dance history, music history and cultural studies, thus by the end of their training programme, besides an excellent technical knowledge they will become broad-minded dancers. The programme ends with a thesis, a theoretic and a practical exam. A further purpose of the ROD programme is to prepare students for studies. Entering the programme is possible with a secondary school final exams certificate.