"The School of Disobedience is not just about learning, it’s also about unlearning. It's a disruptive, progressive, and transformative space that challenges traditional academic art education and rethinks the very idea of "learning".
What matters to us: agency, autonomy, independence in being.
Honesty, simplicity, and generosity in making.
Here, you are in action from the very beginning. Beyond creating art, you create your own possibilities. We accompany you in becoming a daring provocateur of your own path, an inventor of new methods and artistic processes. An amplified, subversive voice. An experimental risk-taker.
This is where ideas take form, where dreams demand space, where visions turn into concrete action. If you seek a school that dares beyond the expected, that does, that considers the personal, the local, the poetic, and the politic—join us!"
—Anna Ádám
Founder of the School of Disobedience
Here, we don’t shape artists—we reveal them.
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Founded by Anna Ádám, the School of Disobedience is a space of radical (un)learning, fearless creation, and unapologetic becoming. A school that disrupts, questions, and redefines. A playground for bold ideas, critical reflection, experimental research, and collaborative practices—where poetic, fragile, and hybrid forms emerge, take shape, and claim space.
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Three interconnected forces drive us:
- Art Education —from modulable month-long masterclasses to an 8-month study program in English & French
- Empowerment—offered both online and offline
- Transformation—through 4-day immersive retreats
OUR OFFER
art education
- Month-long Multidisciplinary Dance Performance Masterclasses (in English): min. 1 to max. 6 months (Budapest)
- Multidisciplinary Dance Performance Studies (in English): 8 months (Budapest)
- Etudes de Danse et Pratiques Performatives (en Français): 8 mois (Budapest)
- Online Creative Writing School: flexible length (online)
empowerment
- Individual Mentoring: unconventional coaching for artistic entrepreneurship
- Art & Business: a clear roadmap to fast-track your success and turn artistic dreams into reality
- Facilitators Training: 6 months (online) + 1 month (Budapest)
- Fight Club: soft space for radical care and empowerment (monthly)
transformation
- Retreats: 4-day retreats (Lake Balaton)
WHAT SETS US APART?
- Choose your language: Study with us in English or French
- Small groups: maximum of 4 participants to ensure personalized attention
- Focus on both learning and unlearning
- Flexible commitment: 4-day retreats, month-long masterclasses, or 8 month study programs
- Multidisciplinary approach: integrate various art forms and methods
- Student-centered: programs tailored around each student's unique project
- Confidence building: Enhance self-confidence and self-esteem
- Diverse settings: Experience city life or countryside environments to enrich your journey
- Collaborations & Networking: Engage in numerous collaborations and expand your professional network.
- Monthly public performance opportunities: Showcase your work and gain valuable exposure.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
"As a multidisciplinary artist, I've dedicated myself to exploring differentiation—a quest for autonomy and independence. Conflict, both internal and external, fuels growth rather than hindering it. In the School of Disobedience, we channel disobedience inward, challenging old patterns, familial, societal and academic conditioning. Through this transformative process, we cultivate resilience and assert our independence with newfound confidence and determination."
—Anna Ádám
Founder of the School of Disobedience
The School of Disobedience is a transformative journey, where we guide and support participants through a personal evolution from self-exploration to self-acceptance, and ultimately to self-liberation.
The School of Disobedience is a springboard where, in addition to tools, techniques, methods, and knowledge, participants learn a mindset to take control of their lives and create their own opportunities.
The School of Disobedience is an experimental playground, fostering risk-taking, critical thinking, and innovation in a positive environment where ideas turn into reality.
The School of Disobedience is an oasis of hope, where we challenge societal norms, familial patterns, and academic conditioning, empowering participants to authentically trust themselves and reach their full potential.
The School of Disobedience is a new form of resistance, an anti-fast art, a collective healing garden, an ode to sincerity and courage, a passionate and radical platform for simple actions and small changes.
The School of Disobedience is a springboard where, in addition to tools, techniques, methods, and knowledge, participants learn a mindset to take control of their lives and create their own opportunities.
The School of Disobedience is an experimental playground, fostering risk-taking, critical thinking, and innovation in a positive environment where ideas turn into reality.
The School of Disobedience is an oasis of hope, where we challenge societal norms, familial patterns, and academic conditioning, empowering participants to authentically trust themselves and reach their full potential.
The School of Disobedience is a new form of resistance, an anti-fast art, a collective healing garden, an ode to sincerity and courage, a passionate and radical platform for simple actions and small changes.
month-long masterclasses
You can enroll in as many Masterclasses as you wish to tailor your learning experience—anywhere from one to all six! Each Masterclass delves into a specific aspect of Performance Art, offering deep, focused exploration.
8-months study program
Interested in a critical, radical, and experimental program in Multidisciplinary Dance Performance in Budapest (Hungary)?
Learn more about our professional program, available in English or French.
Learn more about our professional program, available in English or French.
4-day retreats
Looking for a short, 4-day retreat at Lake Balaton (Hungary) to foster creativity and get inspired, a space where you dare, disrupt, and redefine?
Learn more about our summer and fall retreats
Learn more about our summer and fall retreats
online creative writing
Seeking an exclusively online program you can attend at your own pace?
Learn More about our online Creative Writing School!
Learn More about our online Creative Writing School!
facilitators training
Looking for a mix of online and intensive in-person training to empower you with skills, knowledge, and tools to become an effective and transformative facilitator?
Learn More about our hybrid Facilitators Training Program!
Learn More about our hybrid Facilitators Training Program!
fight club
Looking for a soft space for radical care and empowerment to develop self-confidence, physical and mental resilience?
Learn More about our monthly Fight Clubs!
Learn More about our monthly Fight Clubs!
art & entrepreneurship
Looking for a clear roadmap to fast-track your success and turn artistic dreams into reality? Our live online program equips you with essential tools, skills, and mindset to thrive in the competitive art industry, saving you years of trial and error.