Ballet Academy East (BAE)

As we prepare for tonight’s dress rehearsal of the BAE 2026 Spring Performance, we are also filled with great anticipation for our June 6th audition for 2026-2027 Pre-Professional Division school year. We invite you to join us at the exciting performances this weekend, and register now for next weekend’s audition. All information, including tickets for the performances and online audition registration is available on our website. See you at the theater and in the BAE studios soon!

There is still time to reserve your place to audition for the BAE 2026-2027 school year on Saturday, June 6th. Visit our website to sign up today. Video auditions are also accepted.

Video: excerpt from class with artistic director and pianist

Wishing everyone a happy Memorial Day Weekend! James and the cast of “La Sylphide” can’t wait to see you at the theater next week for the BAE 2026 Spring Performance! Join us May 29-31 at the Kaye Playhouse. Tickets are available now on our website.

The program includes: excerpts from La Sylphide, choreographed by August Bournonville with additional choreography by Nikolaj Hübbe, George Balanchine’s Élégie from Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, and works by Marcia Dale Weary, Darla Hoover, Jenna Lavin, Francis Patrelle, Daniel Ulbricht, and Elizabeth Walker.

First video footage release of Daniel Ulbricht’s new ballet, Bizet Volé! Enjoy - and don’t forget to hurry over to the BAE website to get your tickets to the 2026 Spring Performance, May 29-31 at the Kaye Playhouse!

Francis Patrelle’s “Der Rosenkavalier” premiered at the BAE 2003 Spring Performance, and now, we are so inspired to dance it again in honor of Francis Patrelle at the BAE 2026 Spring Performance. Here is a brief highlight reel from last week’s rehearsal.

Tickets for the BAE 2026 Spring Performance are now on sale on our website. Don’t miss it! Great seats are going quickly!

🎥 Der Rosenkavalier, choreographed by Francis Patrelle and staged by

Rehearsing in costume for the first time is always so exciting!

Come see our dancers shine, May 29-31 at the Kaye Playhouse in the BAE 2026 Spring Performance. Tickets are available now on our website!

📹 BAE’s young Level 4 dancers in a studio dress rehearsal of “Tritsch Tratsch Polka,” choreographed by Darla Hoover and staged by Elizabeth Walker.

Here are a few joyful moments fron Elizabeth Walker’s new piece, Petite Suite Ballet, which will be presented as part of the BAE 2026 Spring Performance, May 29 -31 at the Kaye Playhouse. Get you tickets today on the BAE website!

Costumes by Amy Page and Zarah Green