Durham School for Ballet & the Performing Arts

Premier dance training academy in Durham, NC. We believe that everyone has a dancer inside them. Our goal is to help our students bring out their gift.

We also recognize that not everyone "wants to be a dancer when they grow up" -- we all dance for different reasons. While we know that good, solid technique makes for a more versatile dancer, proper technique is also critical for safety and injury prevention. So even if American Ballet Theatre is not your goal, we approach all students with the belief that everyone needs good technique.

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Premier dance training program in Durham, NC

Early training is key to building the best foundation for dancers, but dance training is not just about training for dance — most dance students will go on to careers in other fields, making the need for high-quality dance instruction seem extraneous. Dance teaches students to visualize ideas creatively and collaboratively; businesses today have to innovate to survive. We are not only training dancers, but also helping to develop our future.

Durham School for Ballet & the Performing Arts (DSBPA) offers classes for students ages 2 through adult who enjoy dancing, as well as for those who wish to pursue a professional career. We are proud that all the members of our faculty either currently hold or are actively studying for teaching certifications in their field of expertise.

Our instructors are currently certified by the ABT National Training Curriculum, Escola National de Ballet de Cuba, Imperial School of Dancing and New England Conservatory of Circus Arts. We encourage and support our staff in pursuing continuing education opportunities for the benefit of our students’ training.

Our school has three divisions: Children’s, Student and Adult. We also offer several recreational classes.

All of our ballet and pointe classes are taught using the American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum. This curriculum is a breakthrough 8-level program that combines high-quality artistic training with the basics of dancer health and child development using a comprehensive set of age-appropriate, outcome-based guidelines to provide the highest quality ballet training to dance students of all ages and skill levels.

We also offer workshops year-round in aerial silks, aerial lyra, ballet, contemporary, jazz and theater when the opportunity arises. We post notices on Facebook when there is a potential workshop; these classes are open to anyone in the dance and theater community.

We do not consider each class at the School to be a separate entity -- rather each class is part of a larger training program. Students that are interested in enrolling at DSBPA should be aware that they are enrolling in a program of study and will be asked to meet certain training requirements in order to be promoted. We are not only training elite athletes, but also elite artists. In order to be physically and mentally prepared for the skills required in each discipline, students will have to cross-train in disciplines other than their primary focus, and will have co-requisites in order to fill out their training.

The following 5 training tenets are those we at DSBPA believe to be critical to high-level training:

DSBPA believes that everyone has a dance inside them.
DSBPA believes that dance should be enjoyable.
DSBPA believes that respect is vital in every area of life.
DSBPA believes that creating dance is as important as learning proper technique.
DSBPA believes that our littlest dancers need the best we have to offer!

Location

Durham

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Telephone

(919) 680-4363

Website

http://durhamschoolforballet.com/

Address

608 N Duke St
Durham, NC
27701

Opening Hours

Monday	4pm - 8pm
Tuesday	4:30pm - 8pm
Wednesday	4pm - 8pm
Thursday	4pm - 9pm
Friday	4pm - 8pm
Saturday	8:45am - 2pm