09/01/2026
With the start of our fall term next Tuesday, ASB is celebrating 60 years in business.🥳
At ASB we are driven each day by a deep love and appreciation for the artform of ballet as well as the care and passion we pour into our students. Dance stays with and serves our students far after their time spent training at ASB. Regardless of what career they pursue, our alumni cite the discipline, focus, friendships, creativity, determination, and strength developed at ASB as a crucial piece of their professional and personal foundation. Ballet is much more than what meets the eye in these studios, and that is why we do what we do. Thank you for being a part of ASB’s story.
🎉Stay tuned later in the school year for information about a 60th birthday celebration.
08/21/2026
Meet CBC + ASB Alumna, Danni Gionet and learn a bit about how her time spent dancing with us impacted her life and career post-grad. 💜 Thanks for taking the time to share with us Dani! Our alumni are so COOL!🌴
More info on Danni’s career as a Costume Buyer:
I got a B.S. in Marketing with minors in Business and Dance from Salve Regina University in 2013. I immediately moved to Los Angeles- I owe that to another CBC/ASB alum Aya Muramatsu, who let me crash with her until we found a place together. I started working at a Commercial Production company as a production assistant, and eventually started freelancing with the costume teams in commercials and music videos. I had to put in many hours to become a member of Local 705 Motion Picture Costumers union, before I could start working in TV and film. I worked on set as a principal set costumer for a few years (I would take care of the main actors costumes, track continuity, aging, effects, etc) and then I started shopping for TV shows, which is my current role in the costume department, as a Costume Buyer. I source the costumes head to toe for the principal actors - whether it be from a store, online, in a costume house, or private vendors etc, and I will help source fabrics and notions for custom Made-To-Order costumes. Depending on whether the project is contemporary or period, and what my designer is asking for will determine where I will go to find the perfect pieces, I will touch, measure, inspect hundreds of garments every day and pull or buy the things that I think will work for the fittings.
08/04/2026
Next up at ASB - Master Class Week is a one week intensive for dancers age 11*-18 taught by current and former professional dancers! This program is an incredible opportunity for dancers to receive diverse training, gain inspiration and strength going into another year of dance.
🩰 Register today on our website!
*Age 11 accepted to the half or full day program with Director’s permission.
