New Haven Ballet

Intermediate and Advanced students incorporate more advanced technique, emphasizing the development of their artistry, technical detail, and movement.

Beginning and intermediate pointe work continues in Levels 4 and 5.

During the summer, students in levels 1, 2, and 3 continue their formalized ballet training, perfecting their primary vocabulary and steps.

For more experienced students, repertory and conditioning sessions allow dancers to focus on developing their artistry, refining their technical skills, and building strength and flexibility.

Offered in three sessions, summer classes enable students aged 10 to 19 to continue their ballet training and enhance their technique. They support beginner to advanced pointe work and ballet technique.

For students who have finished 1st and 2nd grades, Pre-Ballet and Primary provide an introduction to more formal classical ballet training, utilizing age-appropriate ballet vocabulary and movement.

For those who have completed 4K Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten, Creative Ballet fosters the development of a child’s natural creativity while focusing on motor skill development and musical awareness.

First Steps is a delightful introduction to the joy of movement for children who have completed 3K preschool.

For students ages 3-19. LEARN MORE

Dancers study classical repertory and variations from the world’s most celebrated ballets. This class offers the opportunity to learn choreography performed by leading companies and choreographers, enhancing technical precision, versatility, musicality, and overall artistry.

Advanced dancers can develop classical pas de deux skills in this invitation-only class. Partnering explores lifts, promenades, turns, and other essential techniques for classical ballet duets, building strength, precision, and artistry.

This class combines Pilates, strengthening exercises, and proper stretching techniques to enhance a dancer’s classical ballet training. Conditioning strengthens underdeveloped muscles, improves flexibility, prevents common injuries, and supports faster recovery. Dancers will see progress in adagio, pointe, partnering, turns, and grand allegro. Required for Intro to Pointe students.

Step into the world of theatre dance with Broadway Repertory, led by seasoned Broadway performer Joseph J. Simeone. Students learn choreography from iconic shows such as Hamilton , Beetlejuice , Wicked , and West Side Story . Levels 5–8 students refine performance skills, gain stage presence, and learn audition and creative insights from the Broadway industry, all while elevating their technique and artistry.

Contemporary dance blends elements of ballet, jazz, lyrical, and modern techniques. Students explore improvisation, choreography, and expressive movement, gaining skills that complement classical training. This class is especially valuable for students pursuing professional dance careers.

Laurel Lynch’s modern class focuses on rhythmic and qualitative specificity while exploring the body’s full range of movement and healthy, anatomically based alignment. She encourages dancers to expand their dance vocabulary, take risks, and always remember the joy of moving to music.

Ruth Barker’s ballet class is recommended for students with at least two years of classical ballet training. If you love the joy of moving to music and the strength and beauty of ballet, this class is for you! The class is 90 minutes long and consists of barre and center work.

Beginning ballet introduces the fundamentals of classical ballet to students with little to no experience. The class includes explanations of the basic positions, steps, and movements. It begins at the barre and includes center work.

Advanced dancers polish technique and cultivate individual artistry at the highest level. Training emphasizes stamina, complex choreography, advanced pointe work, and refined musicality. Opportunities for partnering — by invitation — allow dancers to fully immerse themselves in the demands of pre-professional performance, preparing them for the next stage in their dance journey.

Dancers refine technique through advanced turns, jumps, and combinations. Pointe work expands, and more complex arm and body positions are introduced. Students develop the physical strength, precision, and expressive range needed for classical performance while continuing to build confidence and personal artistry.

Students solidify foundational technique and begin to explore artistry in greater depth. Training includes more complex steps, the introduction of épaulement, and beginning pointe work. Emphasis is placed on combining head, arm, and leg movements seamlessly while deepening musicality, spatial awareness, and stage presence.

The journey begins here. Dancers begin formalized ballet training through a continuation of the language of ballet introduced in the Children’s Division, focusing on proper body alignment, flexibility, and musicality.

New Haven Ballet offers the highest caliber of classical ballet training in the region. Students are inspired and motivated by exceptional teachers and by training alongside other dedicated dancers.

Strengthens technical skills, musicality, and focus, preparing dancers for the graded Student Division and future artistic growth.

The first step toward formal ballet training, focusing on posture, basic technique, and musical awareness while keeping the joy of movement alive.

Builds on Creative Ballet I with more structured exercises, expanding vocabulary and preparing students for performance opportunities.

Encourages natural creativity and coordination, introducing basic ballet concepts through fun, imaginative activities.

A playful introduction to ballet that celebrates creativity, movement to music, and early motor skill development.

The Friday 11:30 a.m. introduction to pointe class is a significant step in your ballet journey, designed for students with at least two years of ballet training. It’s a class where your physical strength and technical readiness are crucial.

For students ages 10+. LEARN MORE

For children ages 6-8. LEARN MORE