reforming art education: build a soft-space for empowerment |
For the art school of tomorrow, we aim to create an environment that is joyful and positive, where students feel accepted, respected, encouraged, challenged, and above all, trusted.
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Students of the art school of tomorrow are neither pigeonholed nor judged, but can express themselves openly and easily. They are taught independence and autonomy without being abandoned, guided and supported in their projects and dreams. They are empowered to defy norms, challenge conventions, genre tropes, and express critical perspectives on structural and ideological paradigms.
In the art school of tomorrow, we value and teach other forms of knowledge beyond the theoretical: perception, empathy, emotion, intuition, personal stories, and life experiences.
In the art school of tomorrow, teachers don't dictate what students should think or believe. Instead, they open doors to a variety of possibilities, knowledge, tools, and perspectives. They avoid exploiting students' youth and sensitivity to impose personal beliefs, focusing instead on teaching critical thinking, doubt, and skepticism. This fosters open-mindedness, curiosity, and empathy.
This art school will be humane, warm, and generous.
This art school will educate students, teaching them to trust themselves, believe in themselves, and be themselves.
This art school will make students authentic, sincere, and courageous.
That’s how they will face the world.
In the art school of tomorrow, we value and teach other forms of knowledge beyond the theoretical: perception, empathy, emotion, intuition, personal stories, and life experiences.
In the art school of tomorrow, teachers don't dictate what students should think or believe. Instead, they open doors to a variety of possibilities, knowledge, tools, and perspectives. They avoid exploiting students' youth and sensitivity to impose personal beliefs, focusing instead on teaching critical thinking, doubt, and skepticism. This fosters open-mindedness, curiosity, and empathy.
This art school will be humane, warm, and generous.
This art school will educate students, teaching them to trust themselves, believe in themselves, and be themselves.
This art school will make students authentic, sincere, and courageous.
That’s how they will face the world.
art education
Grow and progress with us in two main areas:
PERFORMING
PERFORMING
- 2025-26: Multidisciplinary Dance Performance Studies (in English)
- 2025-26: Études de Danse et Pratiques Performatives (en Français)
- Ongoing: Creative Writing Studies
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Choose from short (4 days) or long-term (8 months) programs!
Engage with our offerings in-person, online, or in a hybrid format.
Engage with our offerings in-person, online, or in a hybrid format.
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Short-term Study Program: Looking for a brief, immersive, and transformative experience? We recommend our 4-day retreat in the countryside to foster creativity, get inspired, and expand your portfolio and project repertoire.
Learn more about our Retreats!
Longer Professional Program: Are you looking for a more comprehensive professional experience? Explore our Multidisciplinary Dance Performance Studies Program, an 8-month journey designed to help you create, perform, and expand your network. Available in both English and French, this program offers an immersive environment to deepen your artistic practice and connect with an international community of creators.
Learn more about our Performance Studies Programs in Budapest in English or in French!
Online Program: Prefer an online format? Select from 10 thematic modules and enjoy the flexibility of our online school, designed to fit your schedule and learning pace.
Learn more about our Online Program!
Facilitators Training: Seeking a blend of online and intensive in-person training to enhance your leadership skills and build a career from your creativity?
Learn more about our Facilitators Training!
Learn more about our Retreats!
Longer Professional Program: Are you looking for a more comprehensive professional experience? Explore our Multidisciplinary Dance Performance Studies Program, an 8-month journey designed to help you create, perform, and expand your network. Available in both English and French, this program offers an immersive environment to deepen your artistic practice and connect with an international community of creators.
Learn more about our Performance Studies Programs in Budapest in English or in French!
Online Program: Prefer an online format? Select from 10 thematic modules and enjoy the flexibility of our online school, designed to fit your schedule and learning pace.
Learn more about our Online Program!
Facilitators Training: Seeking a blend of online and intensive in-person training to enhance your leadership skills and build a career from your creativity?
Learn more about our Facilitators Training!
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Choose your ideal setting for participation in our program!
In our Performance Studies Program (available in English and French), learning transcends traditional boundaries as we venture beyond the classroom into the vibrant tapestry of Budapest, Hungary.
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Embracing diverse settings—from lush forests to tranquil spas, lively parks to scenic riversides—we challenge conventional learning structures and invite you to immerse yourself in dynamic, multi-sensory experiences. Our classes unfold in an array of indoor and outdoor venues, including dance studios, galleries, theaters, and even unconventional spaces like boxing clubs and permaculture farms. Prepare to embark on a journey of exploration and discovery in the heart of this captivating city. |
Nestled just a five-minute stroll from the picturesque shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary, our Retreat Program offers a serene escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. We offer both summer and autumn programs.
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Here, amid the tranquil embrace of nature, you'll find the perfect setting to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and creative exploration. Surrounded by lush greenery, vibrant flora, and the soothing sounds of the countryside, our humble traditional Hungarian cottage provides a sanctuary for reflection and growth. With basic amenities, including shared bedrooms, a communal bathroom, and a charming terrace overlooking the garden, you'll immerse yourself in the simplicity of rural living. Nourish your body and soul with three delicious meals a day, prepared with locally sourced ingredients, as you reconnect with yourself and unleash your artistic potential in this idyllic retreat. |
world building
We view world-building as an artistic practice, with artists as visionaries who are capable of inventing alternative realities and driving change.
In the School of Disobedience, you'll be empowered to produce and share knowledge, practices, and tools, envisioning a framework for a new artistic world. Here, our focus shifts from competition to collaboration, mutual support, and care.
In the School of Disobedience, you'll be empowered to produce and share knowledge, practices, and tools, envisioning a framework for a new artistic world. Here, our focus shifts from competition to collaboration, mutual support, and care.
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A new art world where you don't have to obey the gaze and judgements of others, deal with the pressures of the profession and respond to the expectations of gatekeepers and standard-bearers. Putting the body, emotions and theory on the same level, this new world is constructed beyond dualisms, where you constantly seek ambiguity, nuance and different shades of grey, celebrate in-betweens, wiggle room, doubt and uncertainty, welcome diversity, applaud critical and divergent thinking, celebrate disagreement, dissent, resistance and non-conformity. You will unlearn dominant aesthetics, academic canons, standards of beauty, manners and patterns in contemporary performance art and relearn how to dare to behave differently, to create unconventionally, to think outside the box.
You will be given the opportunity to collectively build a structured creative space to connect, collaborate, unlearn and create with fellow students.
A space where you can reflect on yourself as an individual and as a member of a community.
Where you can find ways to support yourself and others.
Where you can develop, progress and grow.
Gain confidence and strength through friendship, trust and togetherness.
You will be given the opportunity to collectively build a structured creative space to connect, collaborate, unlearn and create with fellow students.
A space where you can reflect on yourself as an individual and as a member of a community.
Where you can find ways to support yourself and others.
Where you can develop, progress and grow.
Gain confidence and strength through friendship, trust and togetherness.
research
Blending embodied practices, life experiences, with theoretical insights, our School serves as an experimental and critical platform for research in the fields of non-formal art education and community activism.
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Through critical pedagogy, experiential and non-formal education, empowerment strategies, and community building, our school encourages students to explore and liberate their voices, emotions, bodies, and minds. They are empowered to reflect on local cultural and socio-political contexts, challenge normative behaviors, and engage critically with dominant ideologies. The curriculum aims to develop their capacity for resistance, protest, and creative transformation, empowering them to dream and initiate positive change.