Charlottesville Ballet will be CLOSED on Monday, September 4 in honor of Labor Day. We’ll see you on Tuesday, September 5 for the start of our Academic Year Session 2017-2018!
Home Again
And just like that, we’re home again! This past week, Charlottesville Ballet staff members Sara Clayborne (Co-Director/Co-Founder), Emily Hartka (Co-Director/Co-Founder), Eric Mount (Development Officer), and Nina Staeben (Operations Manager), all journeyed to New York City for the team’s fourth annual Patron Manager Community Meeting. For those of you that don’t know, Patron Manager is CB’s […]
Bon Voyage Ms. Moira!
After six years of working with Charlottesville Ballet, Ms. Moira is moving to Brooklyn as her husband is beginning an exciting new job with Columbia Cheese Company! Moira joined CB in 2011 as an apprentice, and was promoted to company artist in 2012. Moira began teaching for CBA as a substitute in 2011 at the […]
The Road to “Oklahoma!” with Charlottesville Opera
CB Co-Director Emily Hartka first met Michelle Krisel (Artistic Director, Charlottesville Opera) back in 2010…and they’ve been plotting for the two organizations to collaborate ever since! Both the Ballet and the Opera have had enormous growth over the past 8 years, and Oklahoma! will mark the first official collaboration between the two Charlottesville institutions. “The Ballet […]
Charlottesville Ballet on the Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet Blog
Check out some of the work we’re doing to make ballet a more diverse art form here in Charlottesville. Blog post by the amazing Theresa Ruth Howard of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MOBBallet)! In January, MoBBallet helped facilitate the second International Association of Blacks in Dance Ballet audition for women of color. It was […]
Keep Us Dancing Into the Next Decade!
Charlottesville Ballet is turning ten years old this year — and we want YOU to be a part of our tenth anniversary season. You’ve helped us come this far, and now we’re asking for you to take our hand in this magnificent pas de deux into our celebratory decade. Since our inception in the summer […]
CBA Closed for Memorial Day
Charlottesville Ballet studios will be closed today, Monday, May 29 in honor of Memorial Day. We remember lost loved ones and pay tribute today to those who served.
Meet Eric Mount — Charlottesville Ballet’s NEW Development Officer
Happy May Charlottesville Ballet followers! We have exciting news: Charlottesville Ballet has hired its first ever Development Officer (yippee!) to help grow and sustain the ballet for its many many years to come. We asked Mr. Eric a few questions so you could get to know him a little bit better, as we’re sure you’ll see […]
Check out the Sneak Peek of “The Firebird”
Check out Charlottesville Ballet’s “sneak peek preview” for The Firebird below — we’re less than a month away! Make sure to get your tickets now to avoid the waitlist! TICKETS Available at Charlottesvilleballet.org/Firebird