Dancers are known for thinking on their feet and being adaptable, so its no surprise the students of Berks Ballet Theatre Conservatory of Dance are making good use of their time at home with continued dance training. As of March 23 the “Berks Ballet Virtual Studio” was launched and in business. BBTCD Owner, Director Nathan Bland oversaw the planning and
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
Sugar plums and sweet treats filled the 4th floor of the GoggleWorks Sunday afternoon for the 3rd annual Sugar Plum Fairy Tea Party. The festive tradition is hosted by Berks Ballet Theatre as preview for the the annual holiday performance of The Nutcracker. Taking inspiration from the Nutcracker’s “land of the sweets”, the afternoon featured an assortment of desserts, crafts,
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
We are excited to announce our March Master Class Series! We are bringing in Jillian Davis of Complexions Contemporary Ballet on March 6th. She will work with our Pre-Pro 2 + 3 dancers 5:30 – 7:00pm and we are also offering a master class for levels 1a + 2/2a from 7:00pm – 8:00pm. On March 13 we will have Mica
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
It’s bittersweet to see Olivia Moyer and Audra Nemirow graduate! They have both danced since they were three years old and have been a part of the company for eight and seven years respectively. To see both of them grow into the young women they have become has been an honor. Olivia is a strong, powerful dancer with long flexible
What a wonderful Conservatory Spring Performance we had on Saturday! I want to congratulate every dancer for a job well done! For some, it was their first time on stage with us and for others, it was their last. What a joy it was to see everyone shine and share their passion for dance with the audience. Congratulations to
