<p>I don't know if anyone can help me out with this, but i've been on the hunt for an English speaking school for the arts in Germany, Austria and/or Switzerland. They don't even have to have an acting/musical theater degree, as long as they have some type of theater/directing studies.</p>
<p>Thanks a ton for the help!</p>
<p>What age group are you looking for? College or high school age? University type courses??</p>
<p>From my knowledge, I can say that a drama school (full time theatre training) of this kind does not exist in the countries you mention, all schools will hold classes in German (some in English maybe) and expect you to sing and perform in both languages.</p>
<p>I'm looking for a university.</p>
<p>That is the problem I have been running into lately, I was just wondering if I was overlooking something</p>
<p>Yes, university or "drama school" type courses will always be at least 50% German speaking, if not more. Can I ask why they have to be in English? Could the person wanting a full English course not study in the UK?</p>
<p>My D's attended the ISB - International School of Basel, Switzerland (all taught in english) in grade school, which had a separate high school.<br>
You might want to contact them for suggestions (re universities etc.) on Swiss schools as well as others (as they are near to France and Germany's borders).</p>
<p>I am pleased to able to make an unequivocal recommendation of The Stage School of Hamburg. Kim Moke runs this school. She and her faculty are dedicated to their students and provide great training.</p>
<p>Really? I know people who have graduated from there and I had an intense look at it about 10 years ago - and the training was nowhere near as good as in the UK. I found it dissappointing. That said, a lot can happen in 10 year and it might be a totally different place now...</p>
<p>Also - classes are most defintiely not all in English (even if they have many American and English teachers) - you definitely have to speak German to some degree at least. </p>
<p>If you are looking for full time university type courses for the performing arts that are not 100% English speaking, I can recommend a lot better schools than the Stage School, namely the Konservatorium Wien in Vienna: Konservatorium</a> Wien Privatuniversitt</p>
<p>Personally though, I would still always train in the UK or US if you can in any way afford it.</p>
<p>It may be worthwile checking out these programs in Amsterdam, The Netherlands:</p>
<p>The</a> amsterdam School of Acting, Musical Theatre & Cabaret</p>
<p>[url=<a href="http://detheaterschool.nl/EN/home.jsp%5DWelcome%5B/url">http://detheaterschool.nl/EN/home.jsp]Welcome[/url</a>] </p>
<p>From looking at this briefly there may be a caveat that some of the classes require you to learn to have a good command of the Dutch language :D. On the other hand, both of these websites offer a lot of good info in English.</p>
<p>The reason I was asking for an english school in germany is because I'm conversational in German, but I'd be afraid of totally emersing myself in the language when my entire life depends on these grades. I at least want there to be some courses taught in English and I understand that I will need to be able to speak/understand German.</p>
<p>jane,
yes, really. One, the question is training in Germany, Australia, Switzerland - not the UK or US. Two, this is not ten years ago. Three, I rarely make flat out recommendations and only do so when I can.</p>
<p>Bye the bye, I did forget to mention Soren Moller runs the Danish Academy of Musical Theatre (The</a> Danish Musical Academy) in Aarhus, Denmark - also a great choice in the geographic area in question. Soren does great vocal work.</p>
<p>mtdog71,</p>
<p>Austria not Australia. LOL. :o
Also, freedom_fri911 speaks german (not danish nor dutch) hence his asking about Switzerland, Germany and Austria. :) </p>
<p>freedom_fri911,</p>
<p>Another one for you - the Lovewell Institute here in the US takes it's performing arts students (who only speak english) abroad to places such as Sweden and Russia for summer training, therefore, they may be able to steer you in the right direction as they have connections.
Surely if you contact some of the above (previous posts) mentioned, you'll get some sort of leads or...-> happy Googling! ;)</p>
<p>"jane,
yes, really. One, the question is training in Germany, Australia, Switzerland - not the UK or US. Two, this is not ten years ago. Three, I rarely make flat out recommendations and only do so when I can."</p>
<p>I myself am German and have lived there (even though I live in London now), so I know the scene a bit. I have a friend heavily involved in the MT scene there who is German and based in Berlin. She herself went to the UK to train, as she said German speaking training establishments were not up to standard after trying a few different schools (hence why I mentioned the UK and US as another option). My information from her has been that The Stage School in Hamburg is not a top place to train - even for German speaking schools. That's just her opinion though - and mine from viewing the work of some recent graduates there apart from the fact that I lived in Hamburg 10 years ago and used to go there for training (hence my comment earlier).</p>
<p>Mainstage
My BAD - laughing at myself even louder (is there a computer shorthand for that?)</p>
<p>JIJane,</p>
<p>I agree the US/UK are a far better places to train for MT. I plan on visiting Hamburg about a year from now - perhaps I'll have a revised opinion at that time.</p>
<p>It's all about opinions in the end really but if I could have felt that I would be getting the necessary training in Germany - I would have happily gone there. I do realise though that in the 6 years since I graduated from training, things may well have progressed. Being bilingual and having grown up all over the world I can compare Germany and it's attitude to musical theatre to the UK for example. And musicals remain an English speaking thing for me really, the German language does not sit well with singing musicals, especially translations - I have heard some horrendous samples, don't even get me started on Cats haha. That was one major issue I always had and of course - musicals originated from the States and to some degree from the UK. It's just the epicentre, it's "their" thing, it's what they do best. Not Germany (even though I realise they have put on some very good productions in recent years but still not comparable for me in most cases). Just my opinion. </p>
<p>P.S. I realise a lot of the staff at Stage School and the others....is American and English. ;)</p>
<p>hey,I’m just looking for the same, did you found something, it would be great if you would help me with some information.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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