South Georgia Ballet

FUSE is an interdisciplinary arts shows featuring dance, live music, and visual arts!

Join South Georgia Ballet for our 28th Annual Celebration of The Nutcracker. This year, we return to the Thomasville Municipal Auditorium and feature a LIVE orchestra under the direction of Boyan Bonev. Attendees will enjoy performances from guest artists from New York City Ballet, and even surprise appearances from some beloved South Georgia Ballet alumni and staff! Prepare to be dazzled by the beautiful dancers, exquisite costumes, and glorious music as we celebrate this time-honored tradition for the whole family.

Special Needs Dance Program called Special Steps! Through the Tutus and Tennis Shoes 5K and Fun Run Fundraiser, we raised more than $10,000 and had over 250 participants who helped provide the funding for this special program.

Provides dance instruction to children ages 2 & up in preparation for Company auditions. Training includes ballet, pointe, contemporary, jazz, tap, musical theater and acro. These classes are taught by professional staff in a compassionate and disciplined environment.

Provide the Seniors in our Community the ability to move and express themselves through dance. This program aims to enrich the lives of seniors through movement and self-expression.

Provide foster children the opportunity to experience the magic of dance with their peers at no cost to them. Children in this program stay completely anonymous to teachers and peers. They also get the opportunity to dance in the spring show in beautiful costumes and on the big stage. This program provides a sense of stability for the child and is a place where they feel love and belonging.

Dance classes provided to children with Special Needs. Children come once a week to receive training in balance, coordination, rhythm, as well as working on gross and fine motor skills. SGB works with Hand-in-Hand, Thomas County Middle School, Scott Elementary School, Harper Elementary & Southside Elementary School.

Free dance instruction in Colquitt and Thomas Counties offered through the Outreach Education Program for 2nd to 6th graders. These classes are held in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Colquitt County, Marguerite Neel Williams Boys & Girls Club and Thomasville Community Resource Center. Each year 80-100 area students have the opportunity to train and perform through this special Outreach Education program.

Jazz dance combines techniques of classical ballet and modern dance with the current forms of popular dance. Jazz also has its own movement vocabulary ranging from the isolation of certain body parts to the movement of the entire body with the accents of musical rhythms

Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements. Dancers often enjoy the freedom of expression that this class offers.

Pre-company was designed for the 2nd-5th grade dancer who wishes to join SGB’s company. This class focuses on the fundamentals of ballet including proper execution of steps, alignment, musicality, discipline, linking learned steps together, and terminology. This class is designed for the dancer who is extremely focused and goal-oriented. It bridges the gap of information for the beginner student into the rigors of Company expectations and makes the transition seamless for the dancer and teacher.

Acrobatics is like gymnastics but without the apparatuses. Classes will focus on flexibility and tumbling skills as they are applied to dance. Learned skills include Somersaults, cartwheels, chest stands, backbends, walkovers, round-offs, chest rolls, front and back handsprings. tucks, layouts, ariels, etc. These skills greatly benefit the dancer as they age and have a demand for “extra” skills in their choreography.

Pointe is offered to a student when they have shown strength, proficiency in ballet, control of turnout, and the focus needed to learn how to dance en pointe. This class will work on general readiness of the body, alignment, and ankle strength. Simple and repetitive movements will be executed to gain the control needed for technical proficiency. The first exercises at the barre are usually relevés and échappés.[8] When the student is comfortable executing these steps on both feet and sufficiently strong, steps ending on one en pointe foot are introduced such as pas de bourrée and retiré. Once introduced, dancers are required to continue their pointe work through graduation.

Jazz dance combines techniques of classical ballet and modern dance with the current forms of popular dance. Jazz also has its own movement vocabulary ranging from the isolation of certain body parts to the movement of the entire body with the accents of musical rhythms. This jazz class is a part of the combo classes required from 4th grade through 12th grade. We do offer jazz as an option for children in 2nd and 3rd grade.

Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements. Dancers often enjoy the freedom of expression that this class offers. Contemporary at this level will focus on more the modern technique to prepare students for collegiate level dance. The contemporary elective is offered for students from 2nd grade through 6th grade as an option to add to their dance experience.

Tap dance is a type of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. The sound is made by shoes that have a metal “tap” on the heel and toe. Tap is offered to students entering Kindergarten and continues through graduation. Tap is an integral part of dance trying as it works on rhythm, musicality and syncopation.

Classical ballet curriculum is based on the Vaganova syllabus of training and is designed to produce dancers with versatility , strength, and artistry. As dancers mature in age and ability, they progress through ballet levels of increasing difficulty. Ballet serves as the basis for all dance genres and is the sole focus of South Georgia Ballet.

Under the direction of Melissa June, Artistic Director and Outreach Education Director, company dancers are given professional instruction and are exposed to classical repertory.

South Georgia Ballet is a regional ballet company founded in 1998. The South Georgia Ballet company is designed to provide additional training and challenging performing opportunities.

Under the direction of Melissa June, Executive, Artistic Director and Outreach Education Director, company dancers are given professional instruction and are exposed to classical repertory.

FUSE is an interdisciplinary arts shows featuring dance, live music, and visual arts! This event will showcase a variety of performances highlighting the fusion of different artistic disciplines.

Join us for a classic repertoire showcase featuring classical ballet variations and original contemporary ballet works, all performed with live guest musical artists.

Join us for a classic repertoire showcase featuring classical ballet variations and original contemporary ballet works, all performed with live guest musical artists.

Remind101 is our primary way to communicate. Please make sure to join the class by using @sgb23-24 for school parents.

Remind101 is our primary way to communicate. Please make sure to join the class by using @sgbco2324 for company parents.

All Company dancers are to print, sign and return this form to the first Company meeting for verification of reading the Company Handbook.

Company auditions for the 2025-2026 season are here! A prospective company parent meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 1 at 6:00pm. This class is for new interested dancers and current junior members.

Company auditions for the 2025-2026 season are here! A prospective company parent meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 1 at 6:00pm. This class is for App & Up Dancers.

Step UP !, our outreach instructional program, offers weekly dance classes to children in Thomas and Colquitt Counties. Our Thomas County program brings children from the Marguerite Neel Williams Boys & Girls Club and the Thomasville Community Resource Center to the Thomasville Center for the Arts studios for weekly ballet classes coordinated by Melissa June, Outreach Education Director.

With a mix of dance, music, and a whole lot of fun, Glow & Groove: Dance the Night Away is the perfect summer camp for any young dancer who loves to shine.

South Georgia Ballet’s annual summer camps are designed for dancers ages 3-7. Campers can enjoy exploring new genres of dance in themed camps. Past camps have included, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Moana, Alice in Wonderland, among others. This is a sold-out event every year and a great way for your dancers to start off their summer!

Our summer intensive offers an extensive training schedule that includes Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Partnering, Conditioning, Nutrition, and Dance History classes, with internationally acclaimed faculty members! Most student schedules involve dancing about 6 hours a day! Join SGB for a H.O.T.! summer experience filled with Heart, Opportunity and Training! This is where you want to be this summer!