The Athanor Academy of Performing Arts Passau (Athanor Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Passau) is a Bavarian higher education academy.

It is a federally approved Fachakademie in private ownership training actors and directors in theatre and film.

[2] The formation lasts 4 years and is held 5 days per week.

The courses are structured according to nine basic dramatic categories: The Academy is based on a teaching method developed by David Esrig, which is described in the book The Road to the Performance by the David Esrig Method by Florin Vidamski.,[4] also a teacher at the Academy.

Since its foundation, there have been strong ties with the Romanian theatre[5] The academy's name is derived from Athanor, a furnace that was used for alchemical digestion.