Welcome to Ballet Arts!
New Season - Our New Season starts Sept. 1st and you can register for it on Saturday Aug. 21st, anytime from noon to 4:00pm. The Registration will take place in Studio 2. There are two payment options, automatic credit card payment and check/cash. The check/cash option receives a 5% discount so if that is the option you prefer, don't forget your checkbook before you drive over for registration.
We have an exciting new season prepared for you. For ballet students, Civic Conejo Ballet will be performing their annual production of Nutcracker in December. This year Nutcracker will be choreographed by a two dancer team, Enton and Maria. Both are Russian trained dancers and Maria has an advanced degree from the Bolshoi in Moscow in choreography and Vaganova ballet technique. In fact, she has choreographed the Nutcracker for the Moscow Ballet. Our spring production will be Cinderella by Prokofiev, launching a multi-season repertoire of classical ballet. CCBC has already produced full length classic ballets such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, La Fille Mal Gardee, and others. Look for Cinderella and Giselle to fill out our classical ballet repertoire.
Ballet Arts has provided dance education in the Conejo Valley for over 40 years (since 1962). We have classes in Ballet, Jazz and Tap for all ages, young and adult alike. Ballet Arts is competition-free; that is not to say our students are not competitive, just that we do not promote sports-like competitions that are more lucrative than educational. Rather our dance education is centered around stage performance. Professional quality dance productions with Conejo Civic Ballet Company provide students with theater experience and the opportunity to refine their dance technique. In the process they develop technical and social skills needed for collective participation towards a common goal. We feel these skills are more valuable to the community and to the individual. And besides, even though preparing for a major full-length ballet performance is hard work, our students find out that it is a lot of fun - fun that they share with other dancers.
While our core programs are in ballet, we also offer increasingly popular classes in jazz, modern, tap and hip hop. To get some idea of the differences in these dance forms we have included a video player above with four selections, ballet, jazz, tap and hip hop. (Beware that these video clips last 2-3 minutes and are between 5 and 8 MB in size so if you have a dialup connection the download time could be unbearably long.)
For those that just want some muscle toning and exercise we offer dancer's exercise classes. Finally we have special programs for the youngest members of our dance community starting at age 3 and also for adults who find they just can not live without dance or want to start learning now. So whatever your age, come and join us in a dance class just for you.
Rates for our classes vary depending on how many classes a week the student attends. See the Classes page for pricing details. For core ballet students who wish to perform with Conejo Civic Ballet Company the addition costs are:
- Performance Fee: $90 per production (all performances)
- Costume Fee: No special fee however, student must have nude leotard liner, garment bag, tights and shoes.
- Ticket Purchases: No minimum.
The links in the tabs above the banner provide more information about Ballet Arts. About Us explains our philosophy of dance education and a little bit of history of our school. If you are new to Ballet Arts you should also read our CCBC Casting page since it describes our philosophy for selecting roles in CCBC productions and our expectations of our students. Other links provide information about our Curriculum, Schedule, a description of our Classes and our Faculty. The Contact link provides information on where we are and how to reach us.
Please note: The tabs at the top of the page open collections of web pages. The Performances tab will take you to web pages that show pictures and video of recent live dance performances - after all, dance is a performing art and we would not want you to miss any of the enjoyment. The Dancewear page will take you to a description of dancewear with prices offered at Ballet Arts Dancewear store. The Starlight tab is special. Here we highlight some of the talented young dancers that have danced in Conejo Civic Ballet Company productions.
In April of 2005 we opened a dancewear store next to our Ballet Arts studios. You will find leotards, tights, skirts, pants and tops, ballet shoes and foot care products in Ballet Arts Dancewear at unbeatable prices. For advanced ballet students, we have added Grishko "Ulanova", "2007" , and "2007Pro" pointe shoes to our product line at affordable prices.
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