To alleviate the problem of trying to communicate about any winter weather or extreme weather cancels, updates will be posted to our primary Facebook Group, the Ballet North Parent Portal, and also blogged/entered here for use by anyone who wants to know but may not be a user of Facebook or Instagram.
This will now be the case going forward - thank you for your patience and understanding!
We are so excited now that the social distancing and capacity limits have been lifted! This will make our June 11 and 12, 2021 performances at 7:00 pm of Sleeping Beauty at the William Jewell Mabee Center a truly enjoyable and captivating live performance event for the whole family! Special thanks to Pony Express Bank, William Jewell College, the Missouri Arts Council and ArtsKC for helping to make this event possible!!! Please do note, all seats are in the bleachers, and masks will be required by all audience members no exceptions please. We are looking forward to performing for you again!
We are so very excited to announce that we will perform the full-length Sleeping Beauty June 11 and 12, 2021 either at the Excelsior Springs PAC or at the Ballet North Prancing Pony Outdoor Stage as circumstances allow. ALL new students who may wish to participate should enroll for classes by January 12 to allow for costume measurements to be taken prior to the costume deadline of Saturday January 16. ALSO, a heartfelt and huge THANK YOU to the Missouri Arts Council and the Arts Council of Kansas City for graciously supporting Ballet North for the 2021 season!!! Details on seating arrangements and exact location of the June 11 and 12 performances will be presented in May. Stay tuned!!!
A summary of all the happenings coming up during the 2019 - 2020 season at Ballet North!
Read MoreThe audition for the Great Russian Nutcracker by Moscow Ballet is coming up on Tuesday September 4, 2018 -- 5:00 pm registration, audition begins promptly at 5:30 pm LATE ARRIVALS NOT ALLOWED!!!
In case you are wondering, this is a legitimate international ensemble production with professionals from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania and then of course the support cast and dancers from the USA via the audition which is handled by an official Moscow Ballet audition director. This is truly a unique and magical event to take part in and to witness!
Check out the audition video HERE
REGISTER TO AUDITION BY CLICKING HERE
We are on the Winter Holidays Break from Friday December 22, 2017 through Wednesday January 3, 2018. Classes resume on Thursday January 4, 2018.
If your student wishes to enroll and take ballet please be aware there's a costume order deadline coming up FAST on Saturday January 13, 2018! In order to participate in the June 2018 performances of Swan Lake, your enrollment must be completed by Wednesday January 10 so as to allow time to also take your student's measurements. Costumes cannot be ordered at all without measurements for size being taken.
Coming up Saturday December 2 at 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm - get your reservations now!
As we approach the performance week for La Fille mal gardee at the Excelsior Springs PAC June 9 and 10, 7:30 pm, (The Excelsior Springs PAC is at 612 Tiger Drive, Excelsior Springs Missouri) it is time to mention what else is coming up at Ballet North! We have a very full summer of Ballet Intensives, Dance Camps, and of course our classical ballet classes. Further details below!
Ballet Intensives and Camps:
Summer Ballet Pre-Intensive ages "about" 9 (with previous training) to 12: Monday thru Friday June 19 to 23, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm. This shorter duration Intensive still presents the all-day long at the ballet challenge of the full length intensive for those who are at the beginning level of ballet technique, and want to dial up their learning and progress during the summer which is always much easier to do since school is not in session and everyone has much more energy! Each day Pre-Intensive students will take a full length technique class, plus modern, conditioning, choreography study, work on pantomime skills and much more. NO lunch or snack is provided, please bring your own brown bag lunch daily. For the young ladies, pointe shoes are NOT required in the Pre-Intensive.
Summer Ballet Intensive ages 13+ runs Monday June 19 thru Friday June 23 AND Monday June 26 thru Friday June 30; 9:30 am - 3:00 pm. This is a two-week intensive program for the intermediate dancer that wants to use the summer to augment and enhance their technical abilities. Each day a full length technique class plus pointe, basic variations, modern, tap/character and choreography learning are presented. Girls MUST be on pointe for this Intensive. NO lunch or snack served, please bring your own lunch daily.
Dance Camp 1 ages 4-5
Dance Camp 1 lets the youngest dancers fill in many of the gaps about the wonderful world of the ballet that there just is never time for in a regular ballet class. Learning about the 500 year history of the ballet, art projects that teach about the major ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker or Don Quixote; and even learning about how the bones and muscles work and even some of what good nutrition concepts are for young athletes and of course they take a daily ballet class too! Dance Camp 1 runs Monday thru Friday July 10 - 14, 9:30 am - 11:00 am. SNACKS ARE SERVED PLEASE ADVISE OF ANY ALLERGIES!!!
Dance Camp 2 ages 6-9
Dance Camp 2 for ages 6-9 continues solving the problem that there's never enough time in a ballet class to cover everything about the marvelous art form of the ballet. Dance Camp 2 lets the young student continue the learning about the world of ballet with further learning about the major figures in Ballet such as the great choreographers and their works such as Giselle or Swan Lake, with art projects that reinforce ballet concepts plus learning about pantomime story telling, muscles and bones, nutrition, and of course daily ballet class. Dance Camp 2 runs Monday thru Friday July 17 - 21, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm. SNACKS ARE SERVED PLEASE ADVISE OF ANY ALLERGIES!!!
Next Year's Ballet Schedule
Starting Wednesday July 5 we will be on the new schedule for the next 12 months until June of 2018 - because classical ballet is learned in much the same way as music wherein long periods without practicing cause a lot of learning loss, we do NOT take the whole summer off. Please join us for an exciting year of classical ballet learning starting immediately after the 4th of July!
You can find all the latest details and updates in the Home, Intensives Camps, and Ballet Classes sections of this website. Enjoy the ballet!
Ballet North is very pleased to present La Fille mal gardee "The Wayward Daughter" June 9 and 10, 2017 at the Excelsior Springs Performing Arts Center, 612 Tiger Drive Excelsior Springs Missouri, 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday.
A delightful mix of comedic missteps, a little romance and even dancing chickens create a captivating and truly amusing rendering of pastoral life that seems oddly accurate even in today's world. You've never seen a ballet like this before!
Tickets are available online using the link on the front page of this website. See you at the stage!