Announcements

Thursday, June 12, 2008
St. Francis Hospital presents

Columbus Ballet’s: Season of Sparkling Dance 2008-2009

Enjoy the celebration of dance with Columbus Ballet’s fourth full season!

The Nutcracker with the Columbus Ballet Orchestra
November 29, 2:00 & 7:30 pm and November 30, 2:00 pm in Bill Heard Theatre
The holidays are not complete until you see Columbus Ballet’s magical and exciting The Nutcracker directed by Artistic & Executive Director David Herriott. Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous score will be played live by the Columbus Ballet Orchestra under the baton of Music Director & Conductor Andre Gaskins.

Columbus Ballet Orchestra sponsored by a grant from the City of Columbus through the CCAA, a committee of the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau. Also,supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Sponsorship opportunities available.

Columbus Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm at Springer Opera House
Exciting new works, as well as the classical fairy-tale ballet Sleeping Beauty danced to the music composed by Tchaikovsky, are being planned for Columbus Ballet Company’s Spring Repertory Program. The program will also feature a new work by Pam Walden. Sponsorship opportunities available.

Russian National Ballet’s Don Quixote
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 7:30 pm in Bill Heard Theatre
This company of 50 dancers will perform the full-length classical ballet, Don Quixote. The company is based in St. Petersburg, Russia. This production is being presented in conjunction with RiverCenter for the Performing Arts. This full-length story ballet is not to be missed as it is a lively story with magnificent dancing!
Sponsored by St. Francis Hospital.

Ronald K. Brown - Evidence
For our Season extra, An innovative and exciting performance will be presented at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in February of 2009.

And remember, sSeason tickets offer the best seats at a discount!

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Due to unforseen circumstances, Kathleen Duffy will not be in Columbus next week to teach. Therefore Columbus Ballet's Artistic Director, David Herriott, will start teaching the Intensive ballet classes beginning June 10 at 9a.m. and will teach the variations class at 1:30p.m. at which time students will work on the Lilac Fairy and Bluebird. Brenda May Ito will teach Pilates for both intermediate and advanced from 12:00-1:00p.m. Intermediates will be done at that time or may stay to watch variations from 1:30-2:30p.m. Advanced will then have modern from 2:30-3:30p.m.

The schedule for the remaining weeks' ballet classes will be decided shortly and a notice will be issued.

The Week 2 Intensive tuition will be reduced due to these changes. The actual amount of the reduction will be determined by whether or not a guest teacher is obtained. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused but we will continue with the intensive schedule and I believe all who have signed up will have a good week!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Columbus Ballet's Summer Intensive Program proudly announces guest faculty members Luba Gulyaeva (June 2-7), currently the Ballet Mistress of New Jersey Ballet Company, and Kathleen Duffy (June 9-14), former principal soloist with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Also this summer be sure to check out our Comprehensive Summer Program (June 16-July 27), a 4 or 6 week program for ages 3 to adult. Classes are offered in all levels of ballet with Variations and Partnering in addition to Liturgical Dance, Jazz, Modern, Broadway Ballet, Boys Class, adult classes and sewing for dancers.

One Week Camps are also available this summer:

May 27-30
Tutus and Tiaras (ages 5-8)
Broadway Dance (ages 8-12)

June 2-6
Broadway Dance (ages 5-8)

June 9-13
Broadway Dance (ages 7-10)

Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2008
St. Petersburg Ballet Master Class w/ Anastasia Shmakova
Tuesday, April 29
5:00pm-6:30pm at the Rankin Arts Center, 1004 Broadway 2nd floor.

This class is for Level 4 and above. If you do not wish to take this Master Class and usually have class on Tuesday, please take the 4:45pm-6:00pm class on Tuesday, April 29th. There will be no 6:00 pm class. Admission for students registered for classes at the Conservatory $5 all others $15.

For more information call 706-641-5030.

Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2008
Details for the St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre performance of Giselle have been added to the Season & Tickets section. Click here to purchase tickets to this event or check out the Giselle section for more information on the performance.

Thursday, Mar. 27, 2008
Ballet Conservatory summer classes and catalogue descriptions are now available. Click below to download:

Class Schedules (PDF)

Catalogue Descriptions (PDF)

Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2008
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Les Sylphides for a wonderful performance!

Rehearsal Schedule

There are currently no rehearsals.