SECUNDARY EDUCATION

Being an artist is about genuine curiosity, seeing different perspectives and making connections. Secondary school students can learn to shape their individuality and social context through arts. We would love to hear how we can support you with your curriculum through our performances, workshops, tours and educational materials. Come think, dare, dream and do with us!

SECUNDARY EDUCATION

Shakespeare Tour

In this fully English spoken program, you will be guided through our impressive building, and you will be introduced to theater icon Shakespeare. Upon arrival, we invite you to step into the shoes of the great writer and to think along with us about the content of the pieces that have been or must be written. You will be introduced to the historical context of Shakespeare, but you will also look for the meaning of his plays in the here and now.

The tour focuses on some of Shakespeare's most famous plays worldwide, which you will get to know in a variety of ways, in theme and content as well as language and writing style. This program is suitable for students in art subjects and for English because both performers and students only speak English in this program!

MAAK-workshop

MAAK sparks students into action by encouraging them to explore both themselves and the world they live in through inquisitive investigation. During a MAAK workshop, we come together to create, play, write and philosophise. Anything that is necessary to give shape to findings, allowing them to communicate with others. It is not about learning technical skills, but about personal development and the experience. A MAAK workshop may end in a final presentation, but may also remain just an exploration. ITA's art teacher will be the inspirer and guide of the pupils' creative process.

In the junior grades, we relate to the themes from the guided tours and performances. In the senior grades, we focus on the five themes from the video series Theatre in Context. It is also possible to create a tailor-made MAAK for your school or for a specific performance. Come and experience it!

THEATRE AND DANCE

ITA offers a selection of theatre and dance performances that connect to the perceptions of young audiences. This includes both in-house productions (ITA jr. and ITA Ensemble performances) and interesting and challenging theatre and dance programming by (inter)national companies. Our ITA Ensemble-productions are surtitled in English on Thursdays.

PLAYS SURTITLED IN ENGLISH ON THURSDAYS

Language NP Language no problem The Wall ITA Ensemble Theater The Wall
Close The Wall ITA Ensemble
21 Aug '25 to 26 Apr '26
A middle-aged woman spends a few days at a friends' game lodge in the Alps.
Language NP Language no problem The End of Eddy
ITA Ensemble Theater The End of Eddy
Close The End of Eddy ITA Ensemble
25 Aug '25 to 06 Jun '26
Édouard Louis took the world by storm with his successful autobiographical novel The End of Eddy. Without much frills, the novel tells the life story of a homosexual boy growing up in a homophobic environment.
Language NP Language no problem The Laws ITA Ensemble Theater The Laws
Close The Laws ITA Ensemble
09 Oct '25 to 23 Nov '25
Who are you without someone else? In The Laws, based on the novel by Connie Palmen, director Eline Arbo takes you on the journey of a woman in search of herself.

DANCE PERFORMANCES

Language NP Language no problem Bad Nature Club Guy & Roni / Australasian Dance Collective / HIIIT Dance Bad Nature
Close Bad Nature Club Guy & Roni / Australasian Dance Collective / HIIIT
28 Oct '25 to 29 Oct '25
A dance performance that explores the contrast between nostalgia for a slower, more natural world and the fascination with emerging technologies.
Language NP Language no problem Closed Eyes Theater Rotterdam / Alida Dors Dance Closed Eyes
Close Closed Eyes Theater Rotterdam / Alida Dors
02 Nov '25 to 03 Nov '25
Poetic dance, film footage, rousing live music and powerful spoken word by Alida Dors.
Language NP Language no problem Johnny 155 - EenVijfVijf Dance Johnny
Close Johnny 155 - EenVijfVijf
24 Nov '25 to 25 Nov '25
After their award-winning hit CONTROLE (winner of the Gouden Krekel 2023), breakdance collective 155 now returns with their latest sensation: JOHNNY.
Language NP Language no problem Ballet Beats Junior Company / Het Nationale Ballet Dance Ballet Beats
Close Ballet Beats Junior Company / Het Nationale Ballet
22 Jan '26 to 23 Jan '26
Dance performance featuring new works by Joshua Junker, Arielle Smith Jones, Mthuthuzeli November, and the Dutch premiere of George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, combining contemporary and classical dance.
Language NP Language no problem Blue (14+) Maas Theater & Dans / DOX / Blackbirds dans-familie Blue (14+)
Close Blue (14+) Maas Theater & Dans / DOX / Blackbirds
10 May '26 to 11 May '26
A theater and dance performance by choreographer Dalton Jansen, who combines dance, spoken word, and music into a total experience.

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OUR TEAM
Sara Del Barrio Benito | staff member
Gijs Faassen | staff member
Rosa Fontein | staff member
Diederik Imfeld | staff member
Manouk Martens | staff member

ITA has a team of over 50 qualified art teachers who work at ITA on a freelance basis.

RESERVATIONS
Are you interested in attending one of our performances or programmes with your class? Or would you like to make an appointment? Contact us at educatie@ita.nl.