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Broadway World: Dancing Under The Stars At The Ballet Palm Beach Gala

The memorable evening featured cocktails under the stars, exciting silent and live auctions, and a delightful dinner. Originally published on Broadway World, written and photographed by Stephen Sorokoff Jan. 28, 2022   Palm Beach is affectionately nicknamed “paradise” by those who reside and vacation here. Since it’s early beginnings the town has been a cultural hub […]

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Ballet Palm Beach leaps into season with ‘WE BELIEVE Season Of Dance’ gala

Written by Krystian von Speidel, Notables Editor. Originally published in the Palm Beach Post Notables section. Ballet Palm Beach recently held the “WE BELIEVE Season of Dance” gala at The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach. The memorable evening featured cocktails under the stars, an exciting silent and live auction, a delightful dinner, dancing to the Switzer […]

Collen Smith and students

Randolph A. Frank Prize To Be Awarded To Ballet Palm Beach Founder Colleen Smith

(June 17, 2020) Palm Beach Symphony has announced that Ballet Palm Beach Founder and Artistic Director Colleen Smith has been awarded the 2020 Randolph A. Frank Prize for the Performing Arts and will receive the entire prize amount of $10,000. The award ceremony will stream live to the public beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 25 at https://www.palmbeachsymphony.org/frank-prize. […]

The Tutu Project: Bringing Joy to our Quarantined Community

Amidst the pandemic outbreak, Ballet Palm Beach, among many other local businesses and organizations, decided to close its doors for the safety of its dancers, teachers, and academy students. Though quarantine was not the most ideal situation for its youngest ballerinas, the Ballet Palm Beach Academy powered through the setbacks, offering its students free, virtual […]

A Special Message from the Artistic Director

(May 10, 2020)  As Ballet Palm Beach comes to the end of what would have been our last day of our 2019 / 2020 Season, I wanted to say THANK YOU! Having tiptoed our way through this very unusual time, I know we will begin next season with a renewed sense of gratitude for one […]

BPB Academy student Teagan Albano; photo by Lani Scozzari

Ballet Palm Beach Academy Celebrates International Dance Day with Tutu Project

(Palm Beach Gardens, FL –April 29, 2020) Ballet Palm Beach Academy, the official school of the county’s professional ballet company, Ballet Palm Beach, connected to quarantined students with the “Tutu Project” in honor of International Dance Day. Colleen Smith, both Artistic Director of the professional ballet company and School Director of the Academy, organized the […]

Palm Beach Arts Sings with One Voice-Cultural Council for Palm Beach County

Palm Beach County’s Major Cultural Institutions Rise Up With “One Voice” to Connect Community

Ballet Palm Beach, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Palm Beach Opera and Palm Beach Symphony  collaborate to create online video of Barry Manilow’s “One Voice” presented by  the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County West Palm Beach, Fla. (April 20, 2020) – Major arts organizations of Palm Beach County, Florida are connecting with their community and audiences […]

Colleen Smith with Anka Palitz

Soiree Event Raises Over $100,000 for Ballet Palm Beach

On Friday January 31st, 2020, Ballet Palm Beach introduced the Anka Fund for Dancers at its annual fundraiser, Dance Revealed II–Swept Away Soiree, held at the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The cocktail event, sponsored in part by Fernando Wong Outdoor Living Design, Robin Woodard, Flowermart, and Big Time Restaurant […]

Anka Palitz with Dancers of Ballet Palm Beach

Ballet Palm Beach Launches Anka Fund

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL – BALLET PALM BEACH (BPB) today announced that esteemed patron Ms. Anka Palitz has inaugurated the first-ever fund to seed support for the company’s professional dancers throughout their careers.  BPB’s Founder and Artistic Director Colleen Smith said: “We are so grateful to Anka for her generosity to and advocacy for BPB […]

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