Asheville Ballet Home of the Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemorary Dance, the Asheville Ballet Guild, and The Blue Ridge Dance Camp.
Asheville Ballet is North Carolina’s oldest non-profit ballet company. Incorporated in 1963, the company has created and presented classical and contemporary work in Asheville every year since. In an average season, formal and educational outreach programming affects a culturally diverse audience of approximately 23,000 people. We produce residencies and commission work by historical choreographer
s. We collaborate with premiere musicians, visual artists, and poets, regionally and internationally. We train dancers and support our professional dancers. A short list: Alvin Ailey, Kirov, Pennsylvania Ballet, Fort Worth Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Colorado Ballet, Hartford Ballet, Boston Ballet, Geneva Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Rockettes, Broadway musicals, Hollywood films, titles all the way up to Miss and Mrs. America, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Juilliard, Boston Ballet, Jose Limon, Paul Taylor, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Robert Joffrey, Shen Wei, and The Dance Conservatory at Purchase. We work with local non-profits to locate and encourage new dancers and dance-appreciators. Our Tix for Tots program introduces young people to the wonders of dance. No dance task in our community is too large or too small for us!
03/05/2026
Thursdays at the Asheville Academy of Ballet we offer Creative Ballet (ages 3-6) from 9:30-10:15am, Modern/Contemporary I (grades 3rd-6th) 4:45-5:45, Modern/Contemporary II/III (grades 7th-Adult) 5:45-6:45 with Alisha Ear, followed by Adult Ballet 6:45-8:15 with Allison Hertzberg.
Find the full weekly class schedule and enrollment info in our stories, or on our website, ashevilleballet.com.
03/04/2026
Wednesdays at the Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance we have Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT)/Conditioning/Modern (grades 5th to adult) from 5:00-6:15; Ballet III from 6:15-7:45; Pointe II from 7:45-8:30 with Rachel Taylor .
We look forward to dancing together! Find the full weekly class schedule and enrollment info in our stories, or on our website, ashevilleballet.com.
03/03/2026
Tuesdays we offer
Creative Ballet IA (grades K-2nd) from 4:00-4:45; Creative Ballet (ages 3-5; preschool) from 4:45-5:15 with Zoe D’Astolfo; Ballet I B / Ballet II A (grades 5th-8th) from 5:30-6:30; Ballet II with Teen/Adult Ballet (grades 9th-adult) 6:30-8:00; Pointe I (with Pre-Pointe by invitation) from 8:00-8:30 with Allison Hertzberg.
Find the full weekly class schedule and enrollment info in our stories, or on our website, ashevilleballet.com.
03/02/2026
Mondays we offer:
Pilates 5:30-6:00
Ballet III 6:00-7:30
Pointe II 7:30-8:15
with Fleming Lomax. Find the full weekly class schedule and enrollment info in our stories, or on our website, ashevilleballet.com. We look forward to dancing together!
02/14/2026
Saturdays at the Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, we offer Creative Ballet (ages 3-5) from 9:00-9:30 and Creative Ballet/ Ballet IA (grades K-2nd) from 9:30-10:15 with Zoe D’Astolfo, plus Ballet I A (grades 3rd-4th) from 10:15-11:00; Ballet I B / Ballet II A with Pre-Pointe / Pointe by invitation (grades 5th-8th) from 11:00-12:30; Ballet II B (grades 9th to adult, or by invitation) from 12:30-2:00;
Pointe I from 2:00-2:45 with Allison Hertzberg.
Find the full weekly class schedule and enrollment info in our stories, or on our website, ashevilleballet.com.
02/11/2026
Wednesdays at the Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance we have Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT)/Conditioning/Modern (grades 5th to adult) from 5:00-6:15; Ballet III from 6:15-7:45; Pointe II from 7:45-8:30 with Rachel Taylor .
We look forward to dancing together! Find the full weekly class schedule and enrollment info in our stories, or on our website, ashevilleballet.com.
02/07/2026
Saturdays at the Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, we offer Creative Ballet (ages 3-5) from 9:00-9:30 and Creative Ballet/ Ballet IA (grades K-2nd) from 9:30-10:15 with Zoe D’Astolfo, plus Ballet I A (grades 3rd-4th) from 10:15-11:00; Ballet I B / Ballet II A with Pre-Pointe / Pointe by invitation (grades 5th-8th) from 11:00-12:30; Ballet II B (grades 9th to adult, or by invitation) from 12:30-2:00;
Pointe I from 2:00-2:45 with Allison Hertzberg.
Find the full weekly class schedule and enrollment info in our stories, or on our website, ashevilleballet.com.
Image by Rose Pillmore.
02/05/2026
Thursdays at the Asheville Academy of Ballet we offer Creative Ballet (ages 3-6) from 9:30-10:15am, Modern/Contemporary I (grades 3rd-6th) 4:45-5:45, Modern/Contemporary II/III (grades 7th-Adult) 5:45-6:45 with Alisha Ear, followed by Adult Ballet 6:45-8:15 with Allison Hertzberg.
Find the full weekly class schedule and enrollment info in our stories, or on our website, ashevilleballet.com.