And just like that, we’re back to classes! We’ve started up our Academic Year 2016-2017 to an amazing start with almost FULL enrollment in our 90+ classes! Feel free to post any pictures or videos you take of your young dancer to #CBA1617. Remember, if you have any questions about enrollment, transferring classes, or anything […]
Rehearsals for The Nutcracker (Charlottesville Cast)
Rehearsals for Charlottesville Ballet’s professional production of The Nutcracker will begin on Friday, September 9. Rehearsals will occur weekly on Fridays, except on November 25 for Thanksgiving break. There will be two Put-Togethers: Friday, November 18 (Cast A) Sunday, November 20 (Cast B) All rehearsals and Put-Togethers will be held at CBA studios. Dress Rehearsals will be held […]
Our Summer Intensive 2016 Comes to a Close!
As our Summer Intensive 2016 comes to a close, we’re delighted to present our students’ final showcase tomorrow, August 12 at 6:00pm. Our students have worked incredibly hard, and we are so excited for them to share all their progress with you! Don’t forget to R.S.V.P. your attending head count! R.S.V.P. HERE
CB Sponsor Spotlight: Avenue Realty
Welcome to Charlottesville Ballet’s Sponsorship Spotlight on the CB Blog! Each post we’ll feature a different CB Corporate Sponsor and share a little bit about what our organization means to theirs and what theirs means to the Ballet. We are delighted to announce this month’s featured corporate sponsor is Avenue Realty, Charlottesville’s boutique real estate firm. Avenue Realty supports […]
Can you believe Nutcracker is almost upon us?
It may be a heat wave outside, but the CB Staff and Faculty have Snowflakes and Sugar Plums on their minds! Charlottesville Ballet is hosting auditions for (can you believe it?) its NINTH performing season’s production of The Nutcracker. This year, Charlottesville Ballet is proud to present its brand new expanded party scene. Choreographed by Emily […]
The Mouse King Manifesto
Every year is the same… the clock strikes midnight and my minions appear! Clara and her awful Nutcracker look different, the soldiers’ formations change, their battle strategy varies, but each year I remain the same…for I am the Mouse King! While my opponents vary ever so slightly, every year it is the same drudgery […]
What Nutcracker Means to Me | A Letter from Company Artist and Manager, Caitlin Lennon
This is my eighth season dancing with Charlottesville Ballet and my seventh time re-visiting the role of the Sugarplum Fairy, and each year I do it I find something new about the part. This year is an especially pivotal moment in my career as I’ve taken on the dual role of Company Artist and Company […]