Guest Instructors Announced for Weeks 5 & 6 of the Summer Intensive Dance Program!

Our guest instructors for the final two weeks of the Pre-Professional Day Intensive will be Kristin Degnan-Boonin teaching during Week 5 and Juan Carlos Penuela teaching during Week 6. Enrollments still accepted for our day program – to find out more and to register: click here!

Open to serious dance students with ballet experience from all schools and areas – what a great way to perfect your ballet technique – don’t miss it!

Guest Teacher Tim Fox: “Meet the Artist”

Our guest instructor for the current week of the Pre-Professional Day Intensive is Tim Fox. Our special “Meet the Artist” session with Mr. Fox will be held on Thursday, June 29, 12:30-1:00 pm in our third floor studio. Dance students, their parents or guardians, and other interested persons are welcome to join us that afternoon! Find out more:  Tim Fox – Bio and Photo

Summer Dance Program – “Acting for Dancers” class added!

Announcing a new class added this year for the Pre-Professional Day Intensive students – “Acting for Dancers” – to be taught by Kristopher Yoder each Friday during the six-week summer dance program. He has performed various roles in PYB productions, including Herr Drosselmeyer in “The Nutcracker”; the Narrator in “Carnival of the Animals”; the Step-Mother in “Cinderella”; and the Magician in “Petrushka.”

June Series of Master Classes Continues!

Our June Series of Master Classes continues next week with these esteemed ballet instructors:  Elisabeth Holowchuk Sollog on Tuesday, June 20 and Aynsley Inglis on Wednesday and Thursday, June 21 and 22. Open to serious ballet students ages 13 and up from all schools and all areas! Classes are held at BGLV studios from 6-8 pm – cost is $30 per class. Click here for more information!

Spring Ballet Tickets On Sale Now!

Don’t miss a TRIPLE TREAT of Ballet, Music, and Art when BGLV/PYB dancers present “Carnaval” and “Pictures at an Exhibition” (in partnership with the Allentown Art Museum) on Friday, June 2, 2017 at Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center! Tickets on sale now at the Box Office – call 610-758-2787, or visit www.zoellnerartscenter.org.

The morning Adult/Teen Ballet & Pointe Classes are cancelled Thursday, March 16

The 10:30 am adult/teen ballet & 12:15 pm adult/teen pointe classes are cancelled for Thursday, March 16, 2017

All classes cancelled Wednesday, March 15

Because of winter storm Stella, all classes are cancelled for Wednesday, March 15, 2017!

All classes cancelled Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Because of the impending snowstorm/blizzard, all classes at Ballet Guild of the Lehigh Valley for Tuesday, March 14, 2017 are cancelled. (Snow lovers – enjoy your day! We only like it when it snows inside during our Nutcracker productions!)

Spring Ballet 2017 Announced!

Ballet Guild of the Lehigh Valley/Pennsylvania Youth Ballet is pleased to announce its 2017 spring ballet production of “Pictures at an Exhibition” and “Carnaval” – two family-friendly ballets with live music! In partnership with the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley and featuring paintings from its collection, the performances will be held on Friday, June 2 (10:00 am for school children & 7:00 pm for the public) at Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center. With original choreography by Artistic Director Karen Knerr and live music by Music Director Eugene Albulescu as piano soloist, the brilliant scores of Mussorgsky and Schumann, the Pennsylvania Youth Ballet dancers and a guest artist, along with artwork from the Allentown Art Museum will combine on stage to fill the senses with the beauty of art in all its magnificent forms! Tickets will be on sale soon at Zoellner Arts Center. Click here to download the school reservation form for this unique performance. Don’t miss it!

All classes cancelled for Thursday, February 9, 2017

Because of the inclement weather, all classes for today are cancelled.