Ballet for All!
For over 50 years, Amherst Ballet has offered quality dance instruction through performances, educational programming, and community partnerships.
- Individualized training centering student needs & abilities
- For dancers of all ages, levels, abilities, body types, and backgrounds
- Focus on both technique & expressivity
- Warm & supportive community
- Informed by Vaganova, Balanchine, Cechetti, and ABT methods
- Centering dancer’s emotional & physical health
- Supporting both avocational and pre-professional dancers
Dance in the Sunderland Library!
August 14, 10:30-11:30am at the Sunderland Public Library
Join us for creative movement inspired by Alice in Wonderland! We will hear the story and explore different movements of the ballet to see how characters can be expressed through movement and music.
Appropriate for children of all ages and their siblings and caregivers. This event is free and takes place at 20 School Street, Sunderland.
August 22, 12:30-2:00pm: Partnering Workshop
Our first partnering workshop in the new studio. Get ready to lift and turn each other!
August 22, 3:00-6:00ish pm: Barre & Bar, special edition
This special edition of Barre & Bar is for beginner adult men, and will focus on skills and vocabulary to support men’s healthy participation in ballet. Led by company dancer Brokk Toggerson, the session includes a full introductory ballet class, with time for questions and discussion. Hang out and enjoy refreshments after the class!
Contact info@amherstballet.org with questions. More info about both workshops.
August 23, 3:00pm: Community Children’s Concert & Celebration
A string orchestra of local professional musicians and their students will perform beloved child-friendly classics.
This fun, family-friendly event will feature movement and singing along, led by AB’s director, Mikayla Archambeau, and Stamell Strings will offer a bowed strings petting zoo!