SENIOR LECTURER (BALLET)

Hkapa; Hong Kong; Sur place; HKD 520 000 - 740 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Leave benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Cash Allowance

Résumé du poste

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) invites applications for a senior ballet educator. The appointee will teach and develop the ballet curriculum for undergraduate and postgraduate students, nurture future dancers, and strengthen links with the wider dance community.

The role includes curriculum development, student mentorship, and active participation in academic committees. We seek a candidate with six years’ ballet teaching experience, a professional performing/teaching profile,

Qualifications

• Advanced qualifications in Ballet, Dance Education or equivalent.
• Minimum six years’ teaching experience in Ballet at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Professional profile as a ballet artist, coach, répétiteur, or choreographer.
• Experience in curriculum development, student mentoring and programme leadership.
• Extensive knowledge of classical ballet pedagogy and contemporary dance training.
• Excellent organisational, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and English language skills.

Responsabilités

• Teach, deliver and advance the School’s ballet curriculum at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
• Nurture the next generation of ballet dancers and broaden pathways into professional training.
• Contribute to teaching, curriculum development, student mentorship, and artistic productions.
• Participate in academic committee and programme administration.

Connaissances

Ballet teaching

Curriculum development

Student mentorship

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Formation

Advanced degree in Ballet or Dance Education

Description du poste

In a city renowned for its international outlook and connectivity, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) plays a unique and influential role in nurturing future generations of performing artists, including performers, practitioners, designers, and technicians. Ranked 10th in the 2026 QS World University Rankings for Performing Arts and 1st in Asia, the Academy and its Schools of Chinese Opera, Dance, Drama, Film & Television, Music, and Theatre & Entertainment Arts form a vibrant centre of practice, production, teaching, and practice-as-research. Its outstanding reputation is reinforced by the quality of its graduates and its partnerships with centres of excellence locally, regionally, and internationally. Through international residencies, visiting artists, and a distinguished alumni network—including some of the most respected professionals in their disciplines—the Academy is committed to training future world-class performers and practitioners.

The School of Dance offers full-time programmes from sub-degree Diploma to MFA level, and a proposed new doctoral degree, together with its part-time Gifted Young Dancer Programme. In keeping with its conservatoire status, the School’s philosophy is centred around performance practice and reflects the unique cultural mix of Hong Kong, emphasising both Chinese and Western traditions. Our graduates are versatile and work across genres/styles, media and forms; and the integration of core contextual knowledge and performance practice as theory and practice forms the uniqueness of the School’s programmes.

The appointee will play a key role in teaching, delivering and advancing the School’s ballet curriculum at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The successful candidate will play a key role in nurturing the next generation of ballet dancers, strengthening pathways into professional dance training, and enhancing the School’s engagement with the wider dance community. The appointee will contribute to teaching, curriculum development, student mentorship, artistic productions, and academic committee and programme administration.

Applicants should have:

• Advanced academic qualifications (preferably a recognised degree) in Ballet, Dance Education or an equivalent discipline;
• Normally, a minimum of six years’ experience in teaching in Ballet specialisation, including teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
• A professional profile as a ballet artist, coach, répétiteur, or choreographer;
• Demonstrated experience in curriculum development, student mentoring and programme leadership;
• Extensive knowledge of classical ballet pedagogy, repertoire and contemporary developments in dance training;
• Excellent organisational, leadership and stakeholder management skills;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work in a multicultural environment;
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.

Additional Desirable Criteria:

• Proficiency in spoken and written Chinese;
• Established networks within the local, Chinese Mainland and international ballet communities.

TERMS OF APPOINTMENT

Appointment will be on a two-year renewable contract, subject to performance and mutual agreement. A gratuity payment may be granted upon satisfactory completion of the full contract. The starting salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The expected commencement date will be September 2027.

• Leave benefits
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• A non-accountable Cash Allowance will be provided to the eligible appointee.

HKAPA is an equal opportunity employer. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment-related purposes only.