Click HERE to listen to Ballet Palm Beach’s interview with Palm Beach Perspective on iHeartRadio. INFO Talked with Colleen Smith, Founding Artistic and Executive Director of Ballet Palm Beach and Elizabeth Dashiell, PalmBeachPR about their 2023-2024 season. They are currently in rehearsals for their upcoming show at the Kravis Block Party on October 14th. It’s […]
Read this piece in Florida Weekly by Steven J. Smith about our upcoming 2023-2024 season. Click here to read the original piece on their website. ON THEIR TOES Ballet Palm Beach announces 2023-2024 season September 14, 2023 BY STEVEN J. SMITH Florida Weekly Correspondent “Peter Pan & Tinker Bell” closes out Ballet Palm Beach’s […]
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 […]
With summer intensives right around the corner, the Ballet Palm Beach Academy ensures that the safety and well-being of students will always be its top priority. Ballet Palm Beach Academy Founder and Artistic Director Colleen Smith explains, “Our students are everything to us. Now more than ever, it is important to let our students […]
(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. […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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