The Professional Dance Experience just wrapped up week one and we’d love to share some of the special moments with you! Our days started on a fun note with each day offering something different. On Mondays and Thursdays, our dear Miss Crystal helped us kickstart the day with a refreshing yoga class. It was the perfect way to wake up
At Berks Ballet Theatre Conservatory of Dance, we firmly believe that dance competitions are essential to our student’s growth and development. Through these events, we provide our student’s opportunities to challenge themselves, foster camaraderie, and refine their skills. Here are some of the top reasons why dance competitions are an integral part of our training program: Building Confidence: Performing on stage
We are always striving to offer our dancers more opportunities to perform and grow. This year we had the opportunity to attend the American Dance Competition/International Ballet Competition (ADC/IBC) regionals in Pittsburgh. We took four dancers from Pre-Professional 3. The weekend was filled with an adjudicated ballet class at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre along with performances at the August Wilson African
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
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
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
Every year we are excited to bring in at last one guest teacher per week during our 4-week Professional Dance Experience. We are excited to announce that Flavia Garcia will be returning to teach for week 1 — it’s been several years since Ms. Garcia has taught at BBTCD and we are lucky to have her this year! Ms. Garcia is
