Each student is unique.
Teaching is personalized.

Professional training center for classical dance

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Providing everyone with the means to succeed through:

Personalized support

A program aligned with the current requirements of the profession

A stage experience at the heart of the training

Exchanges based on trust and goodwill

THE THEAM

After their international careers, Vinciane Ghyssens and Matthew Madsen founded VM Ballet with the aim of training passionate young artists to become professional dancers.

Their credo: to develop a teaching method adapted to each individual’s needs, while respecting the artistic sensibility of every student.

VM BALLET IN NUMBERS

+20 years
of experience

+100 dancers
joined companies

Students from over
15 nationalities

Over 250
shows

THE PROGRAMME

A pedagogy and a programme based on high standards and individualization:

Classical Ballet

  • Technical classes for girls and boys
  • Pointe classes
  • Variation classes for girls and boys
  • Specific technical classes for boys
  • Pas de deux classes
  • Transmission of Classical Repertoire pieces

Contemporary

  • Technical course
  • Repertoire transmission
  • Choreography and improvisation

The Stage

  • Choreographic Creation
  • Rehearsals
  • Performances

Dancer’s Health and Well-being

  • Physical Preparation, Stretching, Reformer
  • Gyrokinesis®
  • Munz Floor®
  • Reformer Pilates

Personalized Artistic Coaching

English Practice Integrated into Classes

ALUMNI WORLDWIDE

Young dancers trained at VM Ballet now perform all over the world… for example:

  • American Ballet Theatre — New York, USA
  • Boston Ballet — Boston, USA
  • Paris Opera Ballet — Paris, France
  • Royal Danish Ballet — Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Royal Swedish Ballet — Stockholm, Sweden
  • Ballet du Capitole — Toulouse, France
  • Wiener Staats Ballett — Vienna, Austria
  • Béjart Ballet Lausanne — Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Ballet National de Marseille — Marseille, France
  • Compañía Nacional de Danza — Madrid, Spain

THE STAGE