Join us May 22 – June 5th for “Breathing Space“. The Company is reviving the late choreographer Jonathan Phelps’s piece, Blue Songs, set to four songs by Aretha Franklin. The power and emotion in the piece will surely move our audience. Jonathan Phelps was most widely known for his performances with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (1992-1998), while he was
Last winter and spring Berks County arts organizations were going to be participating in a Celebration of Women in the Arts, giving much attention to the women trailblazers in all genres of art. Due to COVID-19, many events and performances had to be either canceled or postponed, Berks Ballet Theatre’s 2020 spring performance being one of them. Having entered our 45th
One of the beautiful things about ballet class is that every class is a new beginning. Maybe you had a bad class the last time you were in the studio or maybe you had what felt like the best class ever. No matter what happened in your last class, the one you are currently in should now be your main
Update Issued May 27, 2020 @3:52pm Dear BBTCD Families, We are thankful for your continued support. As the 2019-2020 dance season is winding down we want to keep you up to date on classes and Summer of Dance. CLASS UPDATES: We are continuing our virtual and zoom classes through June 13, 2020 We are working on a plan to distribute
This year has been a busy and productive year for the Conservatory and Company, and it’s barely begun! I can tell you that we wouldn’t have it any other way. This week, the Company is heading to Wilmington for the Delaware Dance Festival. It’s a weekend filled with scholarship classes, master classes and ends with a performance at The Grand Opera
This season kids of all ages in our area will have the special opportunity to have tea with The Sugar Plum Fairy and friends at a tea party on November 24 at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Enjoy ‘Nutcracker’ storytime, special performances, character meet & greets, fun crafts, treats from the ‘Land of the Sweets’ & more! Space is limited,
Berks Ballet Theatre Conservatory of Dance is proud to partner with Darby’s Dancers a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing dance classes to children with special needs at no cost to their parents. We will be offering a 30-minute dance/movement based class to children of all ages with special needs. Something we love about this program is every student in
We are excited to host two master classes with Blake Krapels of BalletX today! Blake has been a member of BalletX since the Fall of 2018 and just returned from Serbia where the company was on tour. We first met Blake when he guested with BBT for The Nutcracker and we are happy to have him in the studios working
LIVE. LOVE. DDF was the motto for the 2019 Delaware Dance Festival. Kelly Millar, Artistic Director of DDF, told the dancers on stage that they have to LOVE what they do. We couldn’t agree more and it’s why we do what we do–we LOVE dance and being able to share it with our dancers, audiences and communities. Highlights of this
Dance is for everybody and every body! Don’t let fear hold you back from something you have always wanted to try. Did you always want to dance as a kid but for some reason or another you were never able to? Now is the perfect opportunity to rectify that situation — we are offering a 6-week Beginner Adult Ballet session
