Since the doors of Ballet Russe were opened in 1984, the school has pursued one goal: to offer the highest quality education in the performing arts with classes purely taught and built on basic technique.
Dance and the arts are steeped in tradition and discipline, and are a great part of the Humanities that are the backbone of our society. Dance doesn’t command the place it should in the education world, but we’re getting there. If we get very young people interested in dance, we can keep the art alive. Education in the arts is so important. If you learn something kinetically, you don’t forget it. This discipline can then be applied to other areas. Not everyone has the body for dance. We look away from that, and we teach as if everyone is going to be a professional. We try to get our students to have energy and passion, since after all, these should be the happiest years of their lives! We want students to have wonderful memories of ballet and dance, to build lasting friendships, and for this experience to have really changed their lives. Whether they are dancing professionally or just for fun, ballet training will enable them to explore their natural love of movement. The patience, discipline, and determination learned in the studio can be applied to all their future endeavors. Since children want to please their parents and teachers, they will strive to obtain that goal. Our students use the tools they develop in their training at Ballet Russe to be even better students academically, as well as structured and confident individuals. Our students become physically healthy and appreciative of the soul and the beauty of music and the Arts. We wish them the very best and hope that there will be many more children who follow in their footsteps. We want our students to remember that dancing is a very solitary experience and remember, “You’re the one who has to be in control of your own body”.
Our pledge for the future is to foster our students’ general well-being by continuing the traditions, discipline, consummate training; and bring them even more worthwhile programs.
We are the lucky ones; for the creation of beauty through the Arts is the ultimate in human satisfaction. It passes on tradition and gives us hope.