Six young dancers will take part in The Royal Swedish Ballet’s Young Dancers Programme, starting tautumn 2025, which has been made possible thanks to a donation from Enrica and Mats Hallvarsson's association for young dancers.
The Royal Swedish Ballet has long strived for its own youth programme, with the aim of ensuring the regrowth and development of classical ballet in Sweden, and giving selected dancers a good transition from education to professional life.
With the help of a donation from Mr. Mats Hallvarsson, managed by Enrica and Mats Hallvarsson's association for young dancers, the programme has finally become reality. Six very promising dancers will be included in this first year, which began in the autumn of 2025. The vision is to with time develop the programme into a Youth Company with 10-12 young dancers, continuously supported by the donation.
»I am extremely pleased that the Royal Swedish Opera is now launching this initiative with seven such talented dancers, who will help to ensure the regrowth of ballet in Sweden. My gift comes from a warm love for ballet, an art form that has given me so much. Now, I get a chance to give something back.«
The dancers who will start in The Royal Swedish Ballet's Young Dancers Programme this autumn come from Sweden, Italy and the USA and have been recruited in connection with auditions or previous internships during their training.
The program includes:
- lectures and training sessions in various areas
- extra coaching and mentoring
- participation in the Royal Swedish Ballet's regular activities
Mentoring is an important part of the Royal Swedish Ballet's work with skills development, and within the talent programme, this method will have extra focus.
A number of new dancers will be admitted to the programme each autumn, which extends over 1 year with the aim of subsequently obtaining regular positions at the Royal Swedish Ballet or at other similar international institutions.
Participants in the The Royal Swedish Ballet's Young Dancers programme 2025-2026
Ella De Geer, Sweden
Bonnie Ahlström, Sweden
Ida Säfvestad, Sweden
Rhyan Foerster, USA
Ryan Handa, USA
Pietro Ziron, Italy
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