A joyful first step into dance: movement, musicality, spatial awareness, and creativity in small classes capped at 12, building the foundation for classical training.
Technique built through repetition and retention — strength, musicality, and artistry — preparing dancers for pointe work, with auditions for two professional productions each year.
Daily classical technique, pointe, variations, pas de deux, and contemporary under Mark and Sandra Carlson's direction — after-school and full day-program tracks for career-bound dancers ages 12-20.
The International Youth Ballet stages The Nutcracker and a spring production every year at the Gates Concert Hall, Newman Center for the Arts — professional sets, costumes, and partners.
Four weeks of ballet, contemporary, character, conditioning, and repertoire with guest faculty from the French and Vaganova schools, closing with a final performance.