The Academy of Theatre and Dance is a faculty of the

Amsterdam University of the Arts The Amsterdam University of the Arts () is a Dutch institute for higher professional education located in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Ki ...

which was known as ''de Theaterschool'' until September 2016. It runs four year

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courses in theatre and dance, and two year

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courses offered by DAS Graduate School. The staff of instructors and guest instructors amounts to about sixty persons, nearly all also in active in the theatrical and dance field.

History

The Amsterdamse Toneelschool was set up in 1874 and was at first established in the

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150. There Anna Sablariolles was registered as first pupil, and Maria Gartman as one of its first instructors. In 2001 it merged with the Kleinkunstacademie, founded in 1960 by Boris Blom

Alumni

* Joop Admiraal * Karin Bloemen * Gijs Blom * Acda en de Munnik * Javier Guzman *

Rutger Hauer Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century. H ...

Katja Herbers Katja Mira Herbers (born 19 October 1980) is a Dutch actress. She is best known for portraying Dr. Helen Prins on the WGN America drama series ''Manhattan'' (2014–2015), Emily Grace in the HBO science fiction drama series ''Westworld'' (2018� ...

Jeroen Krabbé Jeroen Aart Krabbé (; born 5 December 1944) is a Dutch actor, film director and painter with a successful career in both Dutch- and English-language films. He is best known to international audiences for his leading roles in the Paul Verhoeven ...

Petra Laseur Petra Maria Laseur (26 November 1939 – 11 April 2025) was a Dutch theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than thirty films beginning in 1960. Daughter of Mary Dresselhuys and Cees Laseur, who divorced when she was five years old. She ...

* Willem Nijholt * Ank van der Moer * Josine van Dalsum *

Adriaan van Hees Adriaan Nicolaas Johan van Hees (3 May 1910 – 2 December 1976) was a Dutch actor and member of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB). Van Hees was trained in Amsterdam and Germany, and spent a few years in theater and film. He ...

Carice van Houten Carice Anouk van Houten (; born 5 September 1976) is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film '' Suzy Q'' (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for ...

* Kasper van Kooten * Martine Sandifort *

Henk van Ulsen Henk van Ulsen (8 May 1927, Kampen (Overijssel), Kampen – 28 August 2009, Bussum) was a Dutch actor. He won the Louis d'Or (award), Louis d'Or for best male stage actor in 1970. References External links

* 1927 births 2009 death ...

Ramses Shaffy Ramses Shaffy (29 August 1933 – 1 December 2009) was a Dutch-French singer and actor who became popular during the 1960s. His most famous songs include "Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder", "We zullen doorgaan", "Pastorale", "Samm ...

Aart Staartjes Aart Staartjes (1 March 1938 – 12 January 2020) was a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker from Amsterdam. He portrayed Meneer Aart ("Mister Aart") on ''Sesamstraat'', the Dutch co-production of ''Sesame Street'' ...

* Stephen West *

Thijs Römer Thijs Römer (born 26 July 1978) is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films and television shows since 2002. Career Römer began his career in theater, playing his first roles in 1998 in the play ''De Zeven Deugden: Doolhof en ...

* Rutger de Bekker,

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and Remko Vrijdag (better known as De Vliegende Panters) *

Youp van 't Hek Joseph Jacobus Maria "Youp" van 't Hek (born 28 February 1954) is a Dutch, author, columnist, singer-songwriter, playwright, critic and former comedian. Biography Van 't Hek was born and raised in the Gooi, an upper-class region to the sou ...

(expelled during his introductory period)

References

External links

* {{authority control Amsterdam University of the Arts Drama schools in the Netherlands 1874 establishments in the Netherlands Universities and colleges established in 1874