YOU DON’T NEED ANOTHER FIRST YEAR.
ADVANCED DIPLOMA 2027
This next stage is about more than another year of training. It is about becoming the kind of artist who remains a lifelong student while also becoming a trusted collaborator, a valuable contributor and a professional that creative teams want to invite back into the room again and again.
WHAT MAKES SECOND YEAR DIFFERENT?
Receive direction quickly. Understand it and apply it.
❋ COACHABILITY
❋ ROOM AWARENESS
Understand the energy, pace and needs of a professional process and how you contribute to it.
❋ CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION
Bring ideas, solutions and artistic input to the room when they’re needed.
Show up prepared, consistent, accountable and ready to work.
❋ PROFESSIONAL RELIABILITY
❋ REEMPLOYABLE PRESENCE
Become the person people leave the room thinking: “We want them back” .
THE ETTINGSHAUSENS PRO ADVANCED DIPLOMA INCLUDES:
4 DAY TRAINING WEEK
Designed to create a space for industry work, auditions, teaching, creative projects and recovery.
SECOND-YEAR ONLY MIDYEAR SHOWCASE
Pitch your own performance proposal, develop a creative treatment and take the concept all the way through from an idea to performance.
ONE-ON-ONE CREATIVE MENTORING
Work individually with a resident faculty member throughout the mid-year showcase process to challenge, refine and develop your artistic ideas and process.
SECOND-YEAR INTENSIVES WITH
KELLEY ABBEY
Dedicated access to one of Australia’s most respected creative forces as part of the Advanced Diploma experience.
ONE-ON-ONE SINGING LESSONS
Individual singing lessons designed to extend your versatility and build confidence beyond dance.
SECOND YEAR ONLY TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Dedicated classes and professional development focused on industry awareness, collaboration, creative contribution and building sustainable career habits.
BECAUSE THE GOAL ISN’T SIMPLY TO MAKE YOU A STRONGER PERFORMER.
BUT TO MAKE YOU SOMEONE WHO HOLDS THE ROOM YOU’RE IN.
Second year isn’t about creating dancers who all leave looking the same. It’s about developing artists who know what they bring.
Artists who are adaptable
Reliable
Collaborative
Creatively Engaged
Self aware
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If you're completing the Diploma of Professional Dance at Ettingshausens PRO and are ready to continue into second year, you can apply for the 2027 Advanced Diploma.
Your application will be considered based on your growth, potential and readiness to step into the second-year professional model.
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If you've completed a Diploma of Professional Dance or relevant qualification at another recognised institution, you may be eligible to move directly into the Advanced Diploma.
Credit Transfer may be available for units you've already successfully completed. Depending on your previous training, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) may also be considered.
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If you've completed full-time dance training at another institution at a similar level but don't hold the Diploma qualification, that doesn't necessarily rule you out.
We'll look at your previous training, experience and current level individually and discuss whether there's an appropriate pathway into the Advanced Diploma.