Ballet School and dance company with classes, training, private lessons and performance opportunities for dancers of all ages/levels in the High Country.
Mission/About Us
This initial program has developed from the need and want to create more professional performing opportunities in the High Country for professional and preprofessional dancers seeking to start or enhance their performing careers. From there, a need for a different kind of ballet and dance training began to emerge as well. We provide a nurturing, enjoyable, structured environment,
01/18/2017
Another Raleigh audition date added! Would love to see some Boone folks audition Jan 28th or Feb 5th! Check out Carolinaballet.com for more info on our Summer Programs!
We are very excited to announce that we have added a RALEIGH audition date due to high demand!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28th
11:30am-1:00pm (Ages 12-21)
With registration beginning at 11:00am.
Can't wait to see you all here!!
05/26/2016
Our informal showings this week were a huge success! Thank you to all for your support and for sharing these fabulous students with us! We are committed to providing a solid, complete dance educator for your children and can't wait for you to join us this summer for our camps and intensives.
Reminder that there are no more regular classes this week, but we are holding our informal end of year showings in the studio. We will still offer Adult ballet on Monday night 6:35-8:00. (No Dance/Barre/Core this week either.) thanks!
05/19/2016
Don't Miss this FUN and Fabulous Date Night tomorrow night! $35 per couple for a Ballroom Dance Lesson! True Beginners Welcome! Send us a message or email, or just drop on by! See you then!
BALLROOM DANCE LESSON/COUPLE'S NIGHT OUT:
Group ballroom/social dance class on Friday May 20 from 7:30-8:30 at SG Ballet. Learn the basic steps of Rumba, Cha-cha, and East Coast Swing dance. Perfect for beginners, but bring a partner with you. $35 per couple. Taught by Liz McCracken, Adjunct Dance Faculty at ASU and Company Member of SG Dance Theatre, with a Master's Degree in Dance Education from UNCG. Come have fun with us! Inquire if you need childcare contacts. Share with your friends!
05/18/2016
More on the power of ballet and its teachings...
The Gugulethu Project: From the Townships of South Africa to the World's Ballet Stages “Ballet is an international language - you can take ballet class anywhere and we are already united in our language,” contends Kristine Elliott, former American Ballet Theatre soloist who has traveled to South Africa for the past 12 years
05/17/2016
BALLROOM DANCE LESSON/COUPLE'S NIGHT OUT:
Group ballroom/social dance class on Friday May 20 from 7:30-8:30 at SG Ballet. Learn the basic steps of Rumba, Cha-cha, and East Coast Swing dance. Perfect for beginners, but bring a partner with you. $35 per couple. Taught by Liz McCracken, Adjunct Dance Faculty at ASU and Company Member of SG Dance Theatre, with a Master's Degree in Dance Education from UNCG. Come have fun with us! Inquire if you need childcare contacts. Share with your friends!
Reminder that we will not have Dance/Barre/Core of Friday's in May, but we will still have it on Mondays and Wednesday's 8:45-9:45am! Come try this fabulous class with Amy Berry if you have not had a chance!
05/05/2016
How ballet creates successful adults...
6 ways being a former ballet dancer translates into an adult work ethic Ballet dancers and former ballet dancers have some of the greatest work ethics around and make excellent employees as adults.
05/02/2016
We are very excited to announce our children's summmer camps for 2016! These camps will be taught by special guest teacher, Kevin Warner, the Chair of ASU's Department of Theatre and Dance, and a Children's Dance Education Specialist! You do not want to miss this fantastic opportunity for your child to experience dance and how it relates to other subjects and areas of life.
Slithering Snakes and Silly Shapes Camp (Ages 4 and 5)
JUNE 13 – 17, 2016 9:00 – 11:00 AM
In this fun camp, pre-kindergarten children will use creative movement, songs and crafts to investigate the many shapes all around us, including how our bodies can make the silliest of shapes! With a focus on exploration, discovery and creative problem solving, we’ll investigate early skills in math and science as we use our bodies to better understand the world around us.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Camp (Ages 5 and 6)
JUNE 27 – JULY 1, 2016 9:00 – 11:00 AM
The fabulous books of Eric Carle make this literacy-based creative movement camp one of our favorites. The Tiny Seed, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear and other books by author and illustrator Eric Carle form the basis for explorations through movement and art, with a focus on how we can make up dances that tell stories.
Destination Dance! Movin’ and Groovin’ Around the World (Ages 7 and 8)
JULY 25 – 29, 2016 9:00 – 11:00 AM
In this camp, children will use creative movement and simple, traditional dances to celebrate the culture, people, landmarks and geography of places around the world! With a focus on social studies skills, we’ll investigate how dancing can inform us about other places and people around the world.
DRESS CODE: For creative movement, dress to move! Shorts with a leotard or t-shirt are encouraged. We’ll work much of the time in our bare feet.
NOTE: Creative Movement experiences for children are grounded in the National Core Arts Standards for dance, which guide national practice in terms of developmental levels for exploring the art form. For more information about the national core arts standards, visit http://www.nationalartsstandards.org/.
All class fees include materials and daily snack.
INSTRUCTOR BIO: Kevin Warner earned a MFA in Dance from Temple University, and has done post-graduate coursework in elementary and music education. He is certified in dance (PreK-12) and taught both dance and 3rd grade in public school settings in NC and NY. Currently, he serves as Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Appalachian State University. Previously, he served as Chair of the Department of Dance, and as Director of both the Interdisciplinary Arts for Children Program and Hunter Institute on Young Children at the State University of New York College at Brockport.
Email [email protected] for more information. Registration will open later this week. Please share with your friends!
04/19/2016
Join us this Weds, April 20th 7:00pm for a FREE Open Master Class with Contra Tiempo! (Open to ages 10-Adult all levels!) Visitors are also welcome to observe the class. This urban Latin dance theatre company from LA will be in residency at ASU this week. See them perform at the Schaefer Center Friday night!
http://theschaefercenter.org/events/id/304
Apr 22: Contra Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater Contra Tiempo fuses Salsa, Afro-Cuban, and contemporary urban and abstract dance theater, to create an invigorating blend of physically intense and politically astute performance work.