Summer of Dance 2022 was one for the record books! We had students join the Professional Dance Experience from all over the tri-state area, and our Tiny Dancers’ and Young Dancers’ camps and intensives were sold out. We believe that offering dancers of all ages the opportunities to further their dance training in the Summer is very important. It allows
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
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
This was the 7th year that Berks Ballet Theatre attended the Delaware Dance Festival. Over time, we have seen the festival grow in size and shape, beginning in Dover to the Grand Opera House in Wilmington. This was the 25th anniversary for DDF and it was a spectacular event all around. More classes, more dancers and more scholarships! The festival
We are excited to welcome to our faculty, Lily Oglesby! She will be teaching all of our Modern this year, but as you will read below she has a very diverse background! Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Miss. Lily! Lily has studied dance and theater for over 30 years. She studied ballet, modern and jazz intensively at
Berks Ballet Theatre has just returned from another successful year at the Delaware Dance Festival(DDF) — It has become a yearly tradition to attend DDF, one that we all look forward to! Artistic Director Kelly Barber started the tradition back in 2011 and every year that BBT has attended it has grown by leaps and bounds. There were over 200
Berks Ballet Theatre Conservatory of Dance and Company are performing this weekend with the Limon Dance Company in collaboration with The Miller Center for the Arts. This is the first time that all 4 organizations have collaborated and we are excited for the opportunities it’s offering our dancers and the community! An excerpt from the Reading Eagle’s Weekend section by
