In eighteen years of operation, Project Ballet has developed an impressive list of student and alumni accomplishments. 

 

Our former students are currently dancing with, or have received professional contract offers from::

• New York City Ballet

• Joffrey Ballet

• Ballet Austin

• Charlotte Ballet

• Nevada Ballet Theatre

• Louisville Ballet

• San Diego City Ballet

• Ballet 5:8

• Dance Theatre of Harlem

• Ballet Next

• Dance Kaleidoscope

• Grand Rapids Ballet

• United Ballet Theatre

• Aspen San Jose Ballet

• Joffrey Ballet

• Texas Ballet Theatre

• State Street Ballet

• Ballet Vero Beach

• Konverdjans

• Arizona Ballet

 

Our students regularly receive scholarship offers to study at prestigious year-round and collegiate-level dance programs

including:

• School of American Ballet Winter Term

• Pacific Northwest Ballet Professional Division

• IU Jacob's School of Music

• Joffrey Ballet Studio Company

• The Ailey School Professional Division

• Ballet Chicago Studio Company

• Butler University

• University of Utah

• University of Arizona

• and many more

 

Our students are regularly accepted, with scholarships, into the finest summer intensive programs in the nation including:

• School of American Ballet

• Pacific Northwest Ballet

• San Francisco Ballet

• Houston Ballet

• Boston Ballet

• Ellison Ballet

• Chautauqua Institution

• and many more

 

Our school has also enjoyed the following additional accomplishments:

 

• Permission from the New York City Ballet, the Balanchine Trust and Arpino Foundation to perform

  • Peter Martin's Eight Easy Pieces in 2008

  • George Balanchine's Serenade (first movement) in 2010

  • George Balanchine's Valse-Fantaisie in 2014

  • Gerald Arpino's Birthday Variations (excerpt) in 2016

  • Paul Taylor's Airs (excerpt) in 2021

 

• Member of Regional Dance America and the Mid-States Regional Ballet Association from 2010-2015

  • Four performances in the prestigious Gala performance

  • National Choreographic Recognition Award

  • Four cash scholarship award recipients

  • Three program scholarship award recipients

 

• Participated in the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) from 2005-2010 and again in 2021.

  • Outstanding Teacher Award

  • Two Regional First Place Winners

  • One Regional Third Place Winner

  • Eighteen "Top Twelve" Finalists

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The Academic Conservatory at Project Ballet is an on-site academic school that serves our elite level dancers, as well as non-dancers with exceptional scheduling needs. Graduates of the Academic Conservatory at Project Ballet have received significant academic scholarships to many universities, including:

• Ball State University

• Butler University

• College of William and Mary

• Dominican University

• Grace College

• Indiana University - Bloomington

• Manchester University

• Mercyhurst University

• Michigan State University

• Point Park University

• Purdue University - Fort Wayne

• Purdue University - West Lafayette

• Southern Methodist University

• State University of New York

• Texas Christian University

• University of Arizona

• University of Cincinnati

• University of South Carolina

• University of Utah

• and many more

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