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 […]
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 […]
Cinderella Review!
Ballet Palm Beach’s Cinderella filled with rich performances Reposted from Palm Beach Daily News Mon, Nov 4, 2019 By Demetrius Klein Special to the Palm Beach Daily News “Ballet Palm Beach brought a clean, smart, chamber version of Cinderella to the Rinker Playhouse at The Kravis Center. This familiar story, set to the score by […]
Ballet Palm Beach Completes 4th Cuban Tour
Tenth Year of International Outreach Performances for Ballet Ambassadors (Palm Beach Gardens, FL –Oct 11, 2019) Ballet Palm Beach’s international outreach program, Ballet Ambassadors, brought Artistic Director, Colleen Smith; six company dancers, Danielle Glynn, Rafael Ferreras, Madeleine Miller, Lily Ojea Loveland, Shannon Murray, and Adriana Salazar; and two guests, Mark Baccash, a patron of Ballet […]
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Broadway World Reviews Ballet Palm Beach’s PREMIERES
{TO SEE OUR UPCOMING SHOW, WONDERLAND: CLICK HERE} Republished with permission from BroadwayWorld.com https://bit.ly/2YtUk4Y Review: PREMIERES at Ballet Palm Beach by Courtney Hess Mar. 26, 2019 Ballet Palm Beach presented a rare offering for their audience tonight with a group of pieces that can hardly be categorized. “Premieres” boasted three world premiere pieces and ‘Sonatine’; a rarely performed […]
Advanced Contemporary Master Class with Alvin Ailey’s Christopher Huggins
Special opportunity for middle school to high school-aged dance students! Ballet Palm Beach is hosting a contemporary master class taught by Alvin Ailey’s own Christopher Huggins! Thursday, March 7 from 6:30pm to 7:45pm at Ballet Palm Beach studios. Cost is $25. Please contact school@balletpalmbeach.org or 561-630-8235 to sign up!
BALLET PALM BEACH Welcomes 130 Supporters to Dance Revealed at the Fritz Gallery in Palm Beach
(Palm Beach Gardens, FL – February 11, 2019) Colleen Smith, Founder and Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach, welcomed 130 of the nonprofit organization’s patrons, leaders and dancers at Dance Revealed, a cocktail fundraiser that was held on January 31 at the new Fritz Gallery in Palm Beach. Theodora Aspegren, Robert Bailey and Chase Thomas […]
Former NYC Ballet Soloist, Zippora Karz, to Stage Balanchine’s Sonatine
Ballet Palm Beach Announces Former NYC Ballet Soloist Zippora Karz is Arriving Early Next Year to Stage Sonatine by George Balanchine™ PREMIERES by Ballet Palm Beach will be Presented at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse, March 25-27 Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced that the highly acclaimed professional ballet company will […]
BALLET PALM BEACH To Present Everyone’s Favorite Holiday Classic THE NUTCRACKER
(Palm Beach Gardens, FL – November 14, 2018) Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced that the highly acclaimed professional ballet company will present everyone’s favorite holiday classic at two different locations this season. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts – Dreyfoos Hall 701 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach November 30-December 1 + Friday […]
Announcing Upcoming Dance Events for Children and Teens
(Palm Beach Gardens, FL – September 17, 2018) Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced several upcoming dance events for children and teens presented by the highly acclaimed professional ballet company. “Ongoing engagement with the younger generation is one of the critical missions of Ballet Palm Beach,” says Smith. “Along with the […]
Annual Luncheon 2018: Post-Event Details!
BALLET PALM BEACH ANNUAL LUNCHEON CELEBRATION WITH PERFORMANCE OF GEORGE BALANCHINE’S™ TSCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX February 28, 2018 (Palm Beach, FL) –Ballet Palm Beach, the professional ballet company of the Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast, recently celebrated 25 years of quality dance training and first-rate performances at their Annual Luncheon: Looking to the Future at The Beach Club in […]
Reviews of our new Nutcracker!
We were blessed to have fabulous reviews from our audience members. A huge thank you to everyone that came to see The Nutcracker! Every kind word said, whether it be in person, on social media, or in the press meant so much to us! We were very humbled to be performing at such a big […]
Plans for a New Nutcracker at the Kravis Center in 2017
Re-posted article by Barbara Marshall from the Palm Beach Post Copyright © 2016, Palm Beach Post, All rights reserved. Ballet Palm Beach continues to be the little local ballet company that could. Except, it’s not so little anymore, as it eyes a monumental step in its 23-year-old tenure in Palm Beach County. For the first […]