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Hampton Roads professional ballet company and academy.
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Congratulations to our BV2 graduating seniors- Eli

Congratulations to our BV2 graduating seniors- Elizabeth, Ema, Katherine, and Sophia. We are so proud of you!

Wish them well on their next adventures and click the link in our bio to see where they are going next!

Stage photos by @victoriaportrait

Happy Birthday to Ballet Virginia Company Member,

Happy Birthday to Ballet Virginia Company Member, Hayley-Ann Vasco. We wish you a year full of dance and happiness.

Happy Mother’s Day 💐 To the volunteer moms,

Happy Mother’s Day 💐

To the volunteer moms, the do-the-bun-before-class moms, the carpool moms, the always-in-the-audience moms, and ALL the wonderful mamas we know, we thank you for all the love and support you give your children!

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! These are image

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week!

These are images of just some of our incredible teachers. We are SOOO grateful to have such wonderful, knowledgable and caring teachers at Ballet Virginia to help inspire and encourage our dancers!

Give an extra big thank you curtsy to your teachers this week 🍎

Happy #internationaldanceday! But we are so grat

Happy #internationaldanceday!

But we are so grateful to celebrate dance every day- even in the summer! Registration is OPEN for all summer classes, camps, workshops and the intensive. Register today at the link in our bio.

There are many options for summer training at Ballet Virginia. Classes during the weekday evenings and Saturdays much like the academy year plus specialized daytime summer programs. Our programs offer fun, challenging and age-appropriate training in ballet, modern, and other dance forms along with performance opportunities. Let’s dance this summer!

A big THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to everyone wh

A big THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who made Sleeping Beauty so amazing!

From our professional company dancers to all of our talented students who performed, to all of the artistic staff, volunteer parents, the BV Guild, all those behind the scenes backstage, and of course to our amazing audiences- we couldn’t have done it without you!

And enjoy your SPRING BREAK- Ballet Virginia will be closed for all classes from Monday, April 11 through Saturday, April 16. Classes resume on Monday, April 18.

📸: @victoriaportrait

Only 1 more chance to see Sleeping Beauty! Our da

Only 1 more chance to see Sleeping Beauty!

Our dancers have been so excited to be on stage performing this ballet after it being postponed for two years. Come see the final show today at 2pm at the Sandler Center - you won’t want to miss the magic!

📸: @victoriaportrait

It’s a Sleeping Beauty double show OPENING DAY!

It’s a Sleeping Beauty double show OPENING DAY!

You won’t want to miss these performances. Catch our professional company and academy students dancing together at the Sandler Center in VB at 2pm and 7:30pm today and 2pm tomorrow!

📸: @victoriaportrait

Meet Princess Aurora + Prince Florimund! One hun

Meet Princess Aurora + Prince Florimund!

One hundred years after Princess Aurora has pricked her finger and the entire kingdom has been put to sleep, Prince Florimund is attending a hunting party. While his friends are happy, the Prince is not and eventually asks to be left alone. The Lilac Fairy appears to him in the forest and shows him a vision of Princess Aurora. He immediately falls in love with the beautiful princess and swears to marry her, so the Lilac Fairy takes him to the castle.

Together they banish the evil Carabosse from the land and Prince Florimund awakens Aurora with a kiss. The King and Queen give the happy couple their blessing to be married and they live happily ever after!

Tonight is dress rehearsal in the theater - then shows begin on Saturday! We’ll see you there 🤴🏻❤️👸🏽

Introducing the Lilac Fairy 🧚🏽 After Carabo

Introducing the Lilac Fairy 🧚🏽

After Carabosse curses baby Aurora saying that, on her 16th birthday, she will prick her finger and die, the Lilac Fairy is the one who saves the day.

The other fairies have given the princess gifts of grace, beauty, generosity, song and temperament. But, the Lilac Fairy has the power and opportunity to make it so on her 16th birthday, Princess Aurora will not die, just fall into a deep sleep. And, the spell will only be lifted when a prince comes along and bestows true love’s kiss upon her.

Company Dancers Gianna Coco (pictures here) and Rebecca Ailstock dance the role of Lilac Fairy.

Catch them and the rest of the cast this weekend for three performances at the Sandler Center. We are only 2 Days away from opening night- do you have your tickets yet?

Introducing Puss in Boots and the White Cat! You

Introducing Puss in Boots and the White Cat!

You may have heard of Puss in Boots before but have you heard of the story of the White Cat?

Once upon a time, a king sent his three sons on crazy missions to find odd objects. When the youngest prince stumbles along a castle, a White Cat pops out and helps him find what he is looking for. On the third and final quest, the king asks the sons to return with the world’s most beautiful bride. The youngest son heads back to the castle to get help from the White Cat. But this time, instead of finding a gift, the cat magically transforms into a princess, becoming the most beautiful bride for the youngest prince!

See the White Cat, Puss in Boots, an ogre, a big bad wolf, Little Red, and even more characters this weekend at the Sandler Center. Tickets are available at the link in our bio.

Meet Cinderella! I’m sure you all know the stor

Meet Cinderella!

I’m sure you all know the story of Cinderella, with her evil step-mother, her missing glass slipper, and her happily ever after. But did you know that the princess is one of the fairy tale characters invited to Princess Aurora’s wedding to the Prince?

Company Dancer Lanie Jackson will be dancing the role so be sure to grab your tickets for this weekend’s performances! Tickets are available in our bio and check out our stories to see some behind the scenes of Ms.Lanie rehearsing in costume 👸🏼

Princess Aurora + Carabosse become best friends at

Princess Aurora + Carabosse become best friends at the end of our production of Sleeping Beauty 👯‍♀️
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Or is it just April 1st 😉

Come see what really happens next weekend at the @sandlercenter!

Ever wonder how ballet dancers tell a story withou

Ever wonder how ballet dancers tell a story without using their voices?

Besides acting and expressive dancing, they use something called miming. Several different characters in Sleeping Beauty mime and what they say is important to the story!

Carabosse, the Lilac Fairy, and the Prince all use miming in their movements to tell the other characters (and the audience) what is happening. We went behind the scenes into rehearsal with these dancers so they could tell us what their miming means. That way, you’ll be familiar with it when you see it onstage!

Come experience the story of Sleeping Beauty April 9th and 10th at the @sandlercenter. Tickets are available in our bio.

Congratulations to our Ballet Virginia academy stu

Congratulations to our Ballet Virginia academy students who performed last weekend for the @vaartsfest in American Ballet Theatre’s production of Don Quixote. They had an amazing time and are excited to be back on stage again soon for "Sleeping Beauty" with Ballet Virginia on April 9th and 10th at @sandlercenter

Meet the Bluebird and Princess Florine! 🐦👸🏼

This pair is just one set of fairy tale characters invited to Aurora and the Prince’s wedding.

Their backstory: Once upon a time, a prince refused to marry the daughter of an evil queen. Instead, he was in love with the queen’s step daughter, the lovely Princess Florine. The angry queen locked the princess in a tower and transformed the prince into a bluebird. But, every day the bluebird would come sing to the princess outside her window in the tower.

They eventually live happily ever after, but their pas de deux in Sleeping Beauty is based on the part of their story when Princess Florine is listening to the Prince’s beautiful bluebird song. Princess Florine and the Bluebird will be danced by company dancers Julia Stewart and Jalen Williams.

We’ll be introducing more characters this week!

Head to the link in our bio to grab your tickets to the show if you haven’t already!

We went behind the scenes in our wardrobe departme

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Today is the start of Parent Observation Week! W

Today is the start of Parent Observation Week!

We invite all parents to observe your student’s class during Parent Observation Week from March 14th to 19th. You are welcome to watch all or part of the class. Feel free to take photos (no flash) and videos but most of all come to share in your student's love of dance.

Masks are required for everyone over age two who is not a registered Ballet Virginia student. Please no food or drinks in the studio.

And don’t forget that Concert Classique participation forms and performance fees were due this past weekend. So stop by the front desk if you need to turn those in!

See you at the studios!

We are officially 1 month away from our weekend of

We are officially 1 month away from our weekend of Sleeping Beauty performances at the @sandlercenter!

Fairies, princesses, evil spells, fairy tale characters, captivating costumes, amazing music, and true love’s kiss- there’s something for everyone and you won’t want to miss it.

Shows are April 9th & 10th. Do you have your tickets yet?

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