Our Spring Ballet, May 24 & 25, 2025 at Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center
Music composed by Matthew Pierce
Tickets will be available soon at the Box Office!
Auditions for The Wizard of Oz ballet are set for Sunday, February 9. Open to dancers ages 6 & up for all areas. Register in advance only. Click the following link for details: Audition Announcement – Wizard of Oz – 2025
The Nutcracker 2024 – Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015
June 1 & 2, 2024 – 2:00 pm
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center
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Friday, April 5, 2024 at 7:30 pm.
The award-winning contemporary dance company from Jersey City presented two of its original works – “New Tide” and “Spring” at Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center. The company dancers were joined by Ballet Guild/PA Youth Ballet students on stage for “Spring” with a live orchestra playing Aaron Copeland’s Appalachian Spring Suite.
The Nutcracker- A Virtual Presentation which premiered Saturday, December 19, 2020
Karen Kroninger Knerr, Artistic Director
Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, 420 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015
To view a copy of the beautiful souvenir 50th Anniversary 2018 Nutcracker program printed by Christmas City Printing, please click the following link: 2018 Nutcracker Program
May 27 & May 28, 2023 – 2:00 pm – Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
May 28 & 29, 2022 – Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University
PYB dancers performed two pieces by Ravel with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra onstage at Miller Symphony Hall
https://www.millersymphonyhall.org/calendar/month/2022/03/
Click here to read an article about our production in The Bethlehem Press!
The BGLV/PYB annual spring ballet was presented at Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center on the evening of May 31, 2019, with choreography by Artistic Director Karen Kroninger Knerr, and included an original puppet by Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre. One of the best-loved comedic ballets, Coppélia is an enchanting tale about a mad inventor and the life-like doll he creates. When a village boy becomes infatuated with the doll (thinking it’s a real girl!), his fiancée becomes unhappy. The ensuing mix-ups and misunderstandings between the two young lovers sets the stage for plenty of hilarity. With colorful costumes and joyful dancing, this ballet was a delightful treat for both young and old alike! Coppélia features the beautiful music of Léo Delibes, a French composer of the Romantic era, who specialized in ballets, operas, and other stage works. He influenced some of the greatest composers, among them Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, and Drigo.
-Photos by Hub Willson-
Copland’s timeless music was performed by the Allentown Symphony Orchestra with seventeen Pennsylvania Youth Ballet dancers on stage at Miller Symphony Hall in February 2019. The concert featured new choreography by Artistic Director Karen Kroninger Knerr.
You can read about the concert here: Morning Call Article – Appalachian Spring Concert – Feb 2019
At Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University – Friday, June 1, 2018
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, a ballet about the transforming power of love, is based on William Shakespeare’s comedy about the romantic adventures and misadventures, quarrels and reunitings of two pairs of mortal lovers and the king and queen of the fairies. It features the beautiful music of Felix Mendelssohn, a German composer of the Romantic era, who excelled in all aspects of music. A child prodigy, he wrote the overture to this work when he was only 17 years old.
“The Enchanted Woods” is a new comedic ballet, featuring beloved fairy tale characters and their hilarious misadventures as they stroll through the woods. With original music composed by Music Director Eugene Albulescu, Artistic Director Karen Knerr has choreographed this especially for Pennsylvania Youth Ballet students.
Check out our newest addition to our sensational class schedule – Broadway Dance!!! Ages 11 & Up! Study with professional theatre performers ...