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Adjusted application procedure

Additional procedural information for solo candidates looking for a partner

Step 1: Login and registration

Studielink

 

Step 2: Supplying documents

After registering in Studielink and logging in to Osiris, we will ask you to answer a number of questions and provide a number of items:

    1. Audition application questions 
    2. Motivation letter in English and in PDF format – upload in Osiris
    3. Medical statement that allows you to do intense physical training, not older than 3 months and in Dutch/English/German/French – upload in Osiris
    4. Picture (head + shoulders, in PDF format, high resolution, vertical) – upload in Osiris
    5. Upload two video links to universally used video systems (such as f.e. YouTube or Vimeo + publically watchable):

You can find more information about these videos and the requirements on the page: Video criteria

 

Step 3: the audition

Audition criteria

During the audition the committee, existing of teachers and experts from the circus field and, acting as chairman, artistic coordinator of the education, will assess the extent to which the candidates are fit for the education based on the following criteria:

  • circus technical qualities;
  • physical ability and possibilities;
  • physical intelligence;
  • theatricality, musicality and dance qualities;
  • artistc talent and originality in creating moving material;
  • personality in movement and stage presence;
  • sensitivity and openness;
  • the ability to work with corrections, the endurance and perseverance

 

There is no strict age criterion for Codarts Circus Arts, as long as the age of the candidate or student does not interfere with the study career. It is recommended to apply before the age of 25.
 

Programme and content of the audition

The audition takes place in three rounds.


Round 1: Pre-selection for the audition

The pre-selection consists of the assessments of the videos and requested documents by the artistic coordinator, a team of specialization teachers and minimum one audition committee member.
After the evaluation meeting of this audition panel, the selected candidates will be invited by e-mail before 1 March 2025 at the latest.  


Second and final selection, spread over four or five days 

Candidates need to be available for all audition days. The final selection consists of several circus classes during four or five days, a presentation of an individual act (5 min max), an individual screening by the physiotherapist and individual meetings regarding pre-education, motivation, financial matters, etcetera. After the evaluation of the committee, there can be a selection moment after showing the act. The rest of the candidates will be informed about the final result at the end of the last day.

 

Offered specializations
Here you can find information about the offered specializations

 

Clothing advise
Tight fitting clothing in which the physical possibilities are well visible. Warming up clothes. Soft indoor shoes, socks or bare feet. No piercings (except those underneath the clothes) or jewellery allowed. Long hair should be tied up.

 

Health examination as part of the audition, consisting of two parts
Candidates with a positive outcome of the final selection have to take part in the medical examination, organized by Codarts, which consists of:

    1. physical test;
    2. a general medical examination

Costs of the medical examination, which takes place at the beginning of the academic year after you are enrolled are around € 125,00. A part of the health examination can already take place during the audition: during the audition the physiotherapist does short individual assessments (15 minutes per candidate).

More information about this you can find at Physical screening.

 

Additional information

Codarts only admits a limited number of circus students. Candidates that have passed the final selection are admissible. If after the selection process there are more suitable candidates than places available, the audition committee can place some candidates on a waiting list.
Candidates who make it through this last selection can be placed and will receive an enrolment package. Candidates who are admissible are requested to let Codarts know within one month at the latest whether they are actually going to take part in the course.
If candidates do not respond in time, Codarts reserves the right to offer the place to a student on the waiting list.

 

Accommodation during the auditions
Candidates searching for accommodation during the audition period can look at the following websites: www.sparkshostel.com, www.anihaakien.nl, www.kingkonghostel.com, hosteldemafkees.nl and www.stayokay.com.