general information

Codarts is a Rotterdam based mid-sized university that offers a very high level of professional arts education in music, dance and circus arts. The school has about 1,000 students, with 50 nationalities, and around 340 staff members.

Music
For many years the Rotterdam Conservatoire has had a high reputation both at home and abroad. Its good name can be attributed to the top quality which it offers in a broad range of areas of study. The Rotterdam Conservatoire consists of five academies; the Rotterdam Classical Music Academy, the Rotterdam Jazz Academy, the Rotterdam Pop Academy, the Rotterdam World Music Academy and the Muziektheateracademie. As a student here you come into contact with almost all the possible music styles and with fellow-students from dozens of countries in all the continents, but in the first instance with strongly motivated and dedicated top teachers, who enjoy international name and fame in their professional field.

Dance
Codarts trains its dance students to become professional dancers or teachers. By emphasising excellence, Codarts aspires to educate highly qualified dance artists who can quickly find work in the international labour market. In Codarts’ studios, in addition to our team of top teachers, there are always dance professionals from the Netherlands and abroad at work as choreographers or guest teachers. Codarts’ dance students gain ample stage experience by appearing in performances, theatrical tours and festivals. Codarts maintains close ties with well-known dance companies where students can gain practical work experience by doing internships. Students are also able to take part in student exchange programmes with other excellent dance schools in Europe and the USA.

Circus
Creative, physically attuned, independent, enterprising students, with a passion for circus and who aspire a career in the circus world, feel at home at Rotterdam Circus Arts (RCA), the bachelor’s course which started in September 2006. Here you learn to use the knowl-edge of your craft and your skills to develop circus acts of high artistic quality. After your study you can get to work in different sectors, such as cirque nouveau, variety theatre, the entertainment industry, local or street theatre and the traditional circus.

Research and development
In the interest of the further professionalization of the college and its institutes, Codarts pays a lot of attention to research.