Due to the unsafe conditions of the CBA parking lot, Charlottesville Ballet Academy will be closed Tuesday, January 26, 2016. We plan to be open Wednesday, January 27, for our normally scheduled classes. MAKE UP CLASSES: With all of our snow days, we want to remind you that students can select a make-up […]
CBA Closed | Monday, January 25
For the safety of our CBA students and families, Charlottesville Ballet Academy will be closed today, January 25, 2016. Stay warm, be safe, and send us your favorite snow day pictures on Facebook! MAKE UP CLASSES: With all of our snow days, we want to remind you that students can select a make-up […]
CBA CLOSED | Saturday, January 23
Due to the inclement weather, all Charlottesville Ballet Academy classes will be cancelled for Saturday, January 23, 2016. Stay warm, be safe, and send us your favorite snow day pictures on Facebook! MAKE UP CLASSES: With all of our snow days, we want to remind you that students can select a make-up date […]
CBA CLOSED | Friday, January 22
Due to the inclement weather, all Charlottesville Ballet Academy classes will be cancelled for Friday, January 22, 2016. Stay warm, be safe, and send us your favorite snow day pictures on Facebook! MAKE UP CLASSES: With all of our snow days, we want to remind you that students can select a make-up date […]
Growing up with the Father/Daughter Valentine Dance
It’s that time of year again! Temperatures are dropping, weather forecasters begin to slip the “snow” word, and most importantly: love is in the air! Currently, CB staff are gearing up for the fourth annual Father/Daughter Valentine Dance, and the team couldn’t be more excited. “This is such a joyous event,” Ali Brent, CBA […]
CBA Announces Session Classes for Winter 2016
CBA is delighted to announce select session classes to run Winter 2016 from February 1- April 1. “We’re excited to offer these shortened sessions as an opportunity for students to try a class without making a year-long commitment,” Sara Clayborne, CBA Academy Principal says. “We’re especially delighted to have so many different options available for […]
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 […]
5 Things We’re Thankful For
Dear Friends – As we gather around the table this Thanksgiving for turkey and pumpkin pie (yum!), we’re thinking about the people most important to us. From our “Building The Future” campaign and facility expansion to the growth of our education programs, there’s a lot to be thankful for this season. Charlottesville Ballet’s “5 Things […]
Charlottesville Ballet’s Salute! An Interview with Jerry Deily
This fall, Charlottesville Ballet will perform the WWII era piece, “Letter to My Love,” as part of its UpFront – Salute celebration of Veterans Day. The dance theater work was originally choreographed for the Charlottesville Ballet in 2011 by Rainey Lacey Jarrell, and you can hear Rainey discuss the personal significance of the piece in her […]