Due to the inclement weather, all Charlottesville Ballet Academy classes will be cancelled for Saturday, January 23, 2016. Stay warm, be safe, and send us your favorite snow day pictures on Facebook! MAKE UP CLASSES: With all of our snow days, we want to remind you that students can select a make-up date […]
CBA CLOSED | Friday, January 22
Due to the inclement weather, all Charlottesville Ballet Academy classes will be cancelled for Friday, January 22, 2016. Stay warm, be safe, and send us your favorite snow day pictures on Facebook! MAKE UP CLASSES: With all of our snow days, we want to remind you that students can select a make-up date […]
Growing up with the Father/Daughter Valentine Dance
It’s that time of year again! Temperatures are dropping, weather forecasters begin to slip the “snow” word, and most importantly: love is in the air! Currently, CB staff are gearing up for the fourth annual Father/Daughter Valentine Dance, and the team couldn’t be more excited. “This is such a joyous event,” Ali Brent, CBA […]
The Mouse King Manifesto
Every year is the same… the clock strikes midnight and my minions appear! Clara and her awful Nutcracker look different, the soldiers’ formations change, their battle strategy varies, but each year I remain the same…for I am the Mouse King! While my opponents vary ever so slightly, every year it is the same drudgery […]
What Nutcracker Means to Me | A Letter from Company Artist and Manager, Caitlin Lennon
This is my eighth season dancing with Charlottesville Ballet and my seventh time re-visiting the role of the Sugarplum Fairy, and each year I do it I find something new about the part. This year is an especially pivotal moment in my career as I’ve taken on the dual role of Company Artist and Company […]
Charlottesville Ballet’s Salute! An Interview with Jerry Deily
This fall, Charlottesville Ballet will perform the WWII era piece, “Letter to My Love,” as part of its UpFront – Salute celebration of Veterans Day. The dance theater work was originally choreographed for the Charlottesville Ballet in 2011 by Rainey Lacey Jarrell, and you can hear Rainey discuss the personal significance of the piece in her […]
Sneak Peek of “A Fairy Tale Gathering”
It’s a Sneak Peek Saturday – check out this clip from Emily Hartka’s children’s ballet A Fairy Tale Gathering! Princess Aurora, Cinderella, and Snow White are all vying for Prince Charming’s affection…who will he choose? Come see these characters and more in performances next weekend in Charlottesville (10/10 at PVCC) or next weekend in Culpeper (10/18 […]
CBA’s Most Charitable Donors: Our Students!
Charlottesville Ballet is delighted to recognize some of our youngest and most generous donors…our students!!! This past spring and summer, we have received numerous charitable contributions from our CBA Students who chose to donate their long-saved allowance money to help support Charlottesville Ballet! Some students chose to sponsor a specific dancer (or dancers), as part […]
A BIG SECRET from Charlottesville Ballet!
On behalf of the Co-Directors, Professional Company Artists, CBA Faculty, and Board of Directors: We have a HUGE announcement that we’ve been waiting to tell you…. WE’RE EXPANDING!!! Help Us Build the Future of Charlottesville Ballet! We are delighted to announce that the Charlottesville Ballet will be expanding within our current […]
CBA Students’ Exciting Summer Plans!
Charlottesville Ballet Academy is delighted to announce the summer departure of its advanced students! Many of CBA’s upper-level students will attend prestigious national training programs across the country–we are very proud of our students as these are extremely competitive audition-based programs that select students from around the world to train for professional careers in […]