In addition to our celebrated season performances, Amherst Ballet invites you to join us for workshops, smaller-scale community performances, movie matinées, community work days, and more! We hope to see you soon.
- Performances
- Workshops
- Community days
- Movies
March
March 1, 1:00-4:00pm: Community Workday
Let’s keep building – together! We will gather to continue work on our beloved studio. In February, we added shelves and unpacked our library. What’s next? Come restore costumes, clean the studio, and build community in our new space.
March 7, 10:30am: Dancing at the Library!
Story. Performance. Community Movement. The March program will center on the gifts of the fairies to Aurora from The Sleeping Beauty, and will end with dancing altogether. This event is free & open to all. Hadley Public Library, 50 Middle Street, Hadley, MA, in the Children’s Room.
March 15, 4:00pm: Movie Matinée
Enjoy fresh, hot buttered popcorn old-school movie-style! March’s matinée features Prokofiev’s Cinderella. All ages welcome; children should have a responsible adult along. 65 Sunderland Road, Amherst.
March 29, 4:00pm: Bach & Ballet
An original performance featuring new choreography and live music: J. S. Bach’s Suite No. 3 for solo cello (BWV 1009), Manuel De Falla’s 6 Canciones Populares, and Alain Hovhaness’ Chahagir (Torchbearer). Featuring dancer & choreographer Mikayla Archambeau, violist Geoffrey Archambeau, and pianist Sarah Puckett. See this new piece at its studio premiere, before it goes to stage. 65 Sunderland Road, Amherst. More information here.
April
April 4, 4:00-5:00pm: Variation Workshop
Featuring Kitri’s wedding variation, from Act 3 of Don Quixote. For dancers age 11 through adult with at least three years of training. $20 per dancer; scholarships available. Contact info@amherstballet.org to sign up or with questions. 65 Sunderland Road, Amherst.
April 5, 1:00-4:00pm: Community Workday
Let’s keep building – together! We will gather to continue work on our beloved studio and costume restoration project. What’s next? Come clean, sew, make, restore, be, share, cheer, and build community in our new space.
April 12, 4:00pm: Movie Matinée
Enjoy fresh, hot buttered popcorn old-school movie-style! April’s featured ballet is Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird! All ages welcome; children should have a responsible adult along. 65 Sunderland Road, Amherst.
May
May 2, 3:00-6:ish pm: Barre & Bar
Part of our quarterly series, focusing on ballet foundations for adult dancers who want to go deeper into technique: things you may never have learned if you are an adult beginner, or may have lost track of if you learned them a long time ago. Appropriate for beginner dancers who have taken several classes through advanced dancers. Come for the workshop and stay to hang out and enjoy delicious snacks, mocktails, and cocktails. May’s focus is on épaulement, aka: arms, directions of the body, arabesques, standard port de bras sequences, and conditioning. Register here. Contact info@amherstballet.org with questions.
May 10, 1:00-4:00pm: Community Workday
Let’s keep building – together! We will gather to continue work on our beloved studio and costume restoration project. What’s next? Come clean, sew, make, restore, be, share, cheer, and build community in our new space.
May 17, 4:00pm: Movie Matinée
Enjoy fresh, hot buttered popcorn old-school movie-style! May’s featured ballet is TBD – stay tuned! All ages welcome; children should have a responsible adult along. 65 Sunderland Road, Amherst.
June
Friday June 5 at 7:00pm, Saturday June 6 at 2:00pm, & Sunday June 7 at 7:00pm: Amherst Ballet’s Spring Show!
This year’s spring show, with original choreography by our director, Mikayla Archambeau, is being developed in collaboration with a string quartet led by our music director, Geoffrey Archambeau. The performance will feature music by composers Amy Beach, Sato Matsui, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Dmitri Shostakovich. 33 Hawley Street, Northampton.
June 14, 9:00-12:00pm: Community Workday
Let’s keep building – together! We will gather to continue work on our beloved studio and costume restoration project. What’s next? Come clean, sew, make, restore, be, share, cheer, and build community in our new space.
June 14, 2:00-5:00pm: End of Year Celebration and Costume Exhibit!
Celebrate the hard work, expressive artistry, and amazing community of Amherst Ballet! You can expect wonderful people, yummy refreshments, an exhibit of costumes from our ongoing costume restoration project, and an informal performance. See you there!
Costume restoration funded in part by grants from Amherst and South Hadley Local Cultural Councils.
June 28, 4:00pm: Movie Matinée
Enjoy fresh, hot buttered popcorn old-school movie-style! May’s featured ballet is TBD – stay tuned! All ages welcome; children should have a responsible adult along. 65 Sunderland Road, Amherst.
July
July 12, 1:00-4:00pm: Community Workday
Let’s keep building – together! We will gather to continue work on our beloved studio and costume restoration project. What’s next? Come clean, sew, make, restore, be, share, cheer, and build community in our new space.
July 26, 4:00pm: Movie Matinée
Enjoy fresh, hot buttered popcorn old-school movie-style! May’s featured ballet is TBD – stay tuned! All ages welcome; children should have a responsible adult along. 65 Sunderland Road, Amherst.