Divisions

Children's Divisions
Creative Dance ages 3 & 4
KinderDance ages 4 & 5
Pre-Ballet ages 6 & 7
Beginning Ballet ages 8 & 9

Pre-Professional Division
Ballet I thru VI ages 10-21
Jazz/Musical Theater Level I ages 8-13
Jazz/Musical Theater Master Classes

Professional Performance Ensemble
ages 18-25
An opportunity for pre-professional and professional dancers to experience a Professional Company Setting & Atmosphere with on-going technical and artistic training. Includes: lecture demonstrations, mini-performances, Fine Arts Fund sampler performances, annual full-length productions of The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Peter & the Wolf, Cinderella, Puss-in-Boots, classical repertoire and new works.

Adult Division
Beginning/Intermediate ages 13-Adult
Intermediate/Advanced ages 13-Adult

Training

Founded in 2004, Ballet Theatre Midwest's training utilizes a syllabus combining elements of the Royal Academy of Dancing and Vaganova training methods. This method has produced dancers for professional companies in the United States and Europe and prestigious college dance programs.

Performing is a necessary part of dance training. Ballet Theatre Midwest's vision is to establish a Professional Performing Ensemble and youth ballet that create and preserve full-length ballets designed to entertain the entire family. Dancers of all ages have a chance to dance in a number of performances throughout the year.

Community Outreach