Pacific Ballet Academy

"Waltz of the Flowers"

Pacific Ballet Academy offers a full range of graded classes, from pre-ballet to pre-professional training. We provide a unique opportunity for students of all ages and abilities to study the traditions and discipline of Russian Ballet. Whether a student's goal is a career in dance or purely recreational exercise, our dedicated faculty offers personal attention and professional training to match each student's interests.

Announcements

Spring Showcase News
Please join us as we present three performances of our annual student production, The Spring Showcase, at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Performances will be held at 1 pm and 6 pm on June 7 and at 1 pm on June 8.

Performance and contract information for our families is available online.

Summer Program
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering three week-long sessions of our Summer Dance Camp (for 6 to 10 year olds) again this year, as will as our intensive daily classes for students 9 and up, and our flexible weekly classes for young children and those who prefer a light schedule. Our Summer Program will run for four weeks, from June 21 - July 20. Please visit our Summer Program page for more information.

Photographs of Past Performances
Our wonderful photographers have created galleries of photographs of our student performances for our families. Currently, you may view and purchase photographs online from our 2007 Nutcracker performances as well as our 2007 Spring Showcase. Please remember that these photographs are on a password protected site and that the password is available to dancers (and, of course, their parents) at the school or through our Yahoo group. Photographs from the 2006 Nutcracker performances and 2006 Summer Showcase are also still available (ask how to order at the school).

Parking
We remind you to drive slowly and carefully in our parking lots, and to park only in our lots on Wright Street (by Studio 1) and the strip alongside our building next to Studios 2 and 3. We ask parents and friends to enter our parking lots with great care and vigilance for the sake of our precious children. We also ask that you be considerate of our neighbors; we bring a lot of children and cars into their space. Finally, we ask that children, especially siblings of students, not play or go near the rocks in the front of our Studio 1 entrance. Our neighbors have had a window broken and we will have to pick up damages if this happens again. No playing in rocks, no rock throwing! Parents and friends, please help with this!

Adult and Teen Classes
We offer classes for adult and teen beginning and intermediate ballet students. For more information, please contact the school at (650) 969-4614.

Men's and Boys' Classes
We will offer classes geared exclusively for men and boys as part of our curriculum if there is enough interest. Please contact the school at (650) 969-4614 if you are interested in enrolling yourself or your son.

About Our School

Philosophy
We follow the philosophy of Danilova and Balanchine, who believed that the quality of ballet instruction was more important than the quantity. This philosophy is followed by some of the most selective schools in the United States, including the School of American Ballet in New York City. We encourage our students to have other interests in addition to ballet, knowing that not everyone plans a career in dance. We also provide daily classes for intermediate and advanced students who are very serious about their studies.

Curriculum
The syllabus used at our school is based on the Russian system of dance training, which is taught at most major professional schools. We also incorporate other styles of ballet into our classes to ensure that our students are able to adapt to different dance and choreographic techniques. Please visit our Curriculum page for details.

Location and Facilities
Our ballet campus is located at 295B Polaris Avenue, Mountain View, California, where we have three studios. For the safety and comfort of our dancers, each studio has a sprung dance floor. Click here for a printable map and driving directions.

Enrollment
Approximately 250 students attend our school during the academic year. During the summer we offer an intensive ballet program to approximately 100 students.

Registration
Families new to our school should call or visit our ballet campus to obtain registration forms. These forms must be completed and returned to the school prior to admission. Pacific Ballet Academy reserves the right to determine the proper class level of all entering students, regardless of their prior training.

Performances
Ballet is a performing art, and we feel that participation in performances is an important part of our students' training. We provide two opportunities for performance experience each year at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts: in the late Fall we stage The Nutcracker and in the late Spring we stage our school recital, the Summer Showcase. For more information, please visit our Performances page.

Wellness Clinic
As a special service to our students, we offer a monthly Wellness Clinic, where our students can meet with Chiropractor Dr. Rick Chaeff to discuss injuries, strengthening and stretching exercises, and proper nutrition. There is no charge for this service, and parents are encouraged to accompany their dancer to the clinic.

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Pacific Ballet Academy • P.O. Box 765 • Los Altos, CA 94023
Ballet Campus located at: 295B Polaris Avenue • Mountain View, CA
For more information, contact: director@pacificballet.org
Or telephone Pacific Ballet Academy at: (650) 969-4614

Photographs are the property of Pacific Ballet Academy, and may not be used
or reproduced for any reason without the written permission of the directors.
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