To see when your dancer’s class(es) are offered and to register, please click HERE.
Please note that due to COVID-19, we are offering both online Zoom classes and in-person Studio classes. We are also limiting all in-person Studio Classes to 12 dancers max. Therefore, spaces are limited — so enroll now!
For information on our safety protocols and guidelines in response to COVID-19, click here.
Dear ABA Families,
We hope this communication finds you as happy and healthy as possible in these trying times!
We have decided that we will not be returning to the studios until September 2020. This will give us time to revamp our program and come back better than ever with smaller class sizes and other safety procedures.
However, we plan to continue our current schedule of online Zoom classes until the end of August so everyone has something viable and consistent in their lives. It will help ensure our return in the Fall by helping to cover the lease, keep our teachers working, give our students something to look forward to each week and hopefully give you parents some peace of mind that your children are positively engaged and most importantly, SAFE.
Note: If you are currently enrolled in a Summer Camp or Intensive, we will be providing a full refund in the coming days, or you can choose to have the money credited to your ABA account.
To find out more about our online summer program, please visit our Summer Camps & Classes pagehttps://alamedaballet.com/summer-camps-classes/!
Stay safe Alameda!
Dear ABA Families,
I am writing to our dance community to provide an important update about ABA and the coronavirus (COVID-19).
1. OUR PLAN: At this juncture, we are open for all classes as usual. We are watching the local health department updates and tracking the public school response. At every step of the way, we are working to prevent the spread of the virus and keep our community safe.
2. IN-HOUSE:
3. HOW YOU CAN HELP: We are asking everyone in our community – staff, students, families, artists, renters, audiences – that you follow these important procedures and guidelines to help protect all of us:
The most important thing you can do is to practice everyday healthy behaviors that prevent the spread of germs.
These actions don’t just protect you. They help keep our whole community safe, especially our most vulnerable residents, by slowing the spread of the disease.
Don’t spread infections to others. When you’re sick with any respiratory illness:
Since we have Visiting Week coming up (March 23-28), it is especially important to follow these guidelines, as there will be many people in and out of the building that week. Please reach out to me at any time with questions or concerns. Thank you for being a part of the ABA community. Stay safe and healthy!
Sincerely,
Emilie Skinner
Director of Operations
Alameda Ballet Academy
Please help ABA by voting for us for the Parents Press Best of 2020! You can find ABA under 2 categories: Classes & Enrichment Programs and Camps. Tell your friends and family!!! We’ve won 4 years in a row! Let’s go for 5! CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW!
Since September, our level 5 & 6 dancers have been working on the pieces they performed at YAGP this past weekend. Their hard work payed off with 11 beautifully performed solos and 1 ensemble.
Felt choreographed by Ms. Lindsay Leonard and performed by the Level 5 dancers placed in the top 6 ensembles of the competition! Both Shino and Anna (Level 6 dancers) placed in the top 12 for Senior Contemporary and Classical Solos and Shino placed 2nd in the Senior Women’s Contemporary category.
Congratulations to all!!!!
Ms. Abra and all your teachers are so proud. Special thanks to our choreographers and coaches for all their hard work preparing the dancers for such a special and successful experience. Now on to Spring Recital 2020!
Get ready to dance through the summer! We offer camps and classes for every dancer. There are Half-Day Theme Camps for the littlest ballerina and beginning ballet dancers, to Intermediate Ballet Intensives for our older dancers.
Our fun themed camps for little ones explore a different classical ballet each week and include Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.
Our beginning & intermediate intensives build upon the foundations of classical ballet technique and offer a great opportunity to keep dancing all summer long.
Choose from different camps and classes from the drop-down list below.
Click for more information and registration for additional summer classes.
Important Information for Summer Theme Camps will be emailed to every family 1-2 weeks before the start of camp, but here are some answers to frequently asked questions:
– Please pack a healthy, non-sugary, non-messy food snack for your dancer to eat each day during our snack time. We request that there be no nuts in any of the snacks!
– Please send your dancer to camp in ballet attire: Girls; Leotard, Tights and Pink Ballet Slippers (no skirts please!) ; Boys; White T-shirt, Black tights/Leggings, Black Socks & Black Ballet Slippers. We will have all of our dancewear available at the studio for sale. If you need any dancewear, please arrive 20-30 minutes early on the first day of camp.
– We do not allow parents to attend/observe any part of the camp, and we do not have the children perform during camp. With only one week of preparation, we find that it is too difficult to pull together choreography and still have time for them to learn about the ballet, enjoy the arts and crafts, etc.
We offer a 10% Early Bird discount if you enroll by April 15, 2020. Simply enter promo code ABAsummer2020 at checkout. Contact us if you have any issues!
This year Alameda Ballet Academy will again be holding a Spring Recital to showcase all of our students’ accomplishments. We are looking forward to the performance on Saturday afternoon, May 30, 2020, 2:00 pm at the Castro Valley Center for the Arts!
We strongly encourage every student’s participation in the Spring Recital. For many of our dancers, the primary reason they come to ballet class is so that they can perform. The performance is the inspiration and reward for all of their hard work!
March 23-28: Parent Observation Week
March 29-April 5: No ABA Classes / AUSD Spring Break
May 16-17: Recital Studio Dress Rehearsal + Photo Day
May 24: Mandatory Rehearsals at Castro Valley Center for the Arts, 19501 Redwood Road in CV – Ballet 3-6 Dancers
May 25: No ABA Classes / Memorial Day
May 28: Last day of classes for 2019-2020 session
May 29: Mandatory Rehearsals at Castro Valley Center for the Arts, 19501 Redwood Road in CV – Pre-Ballet & Ballet I Dancers
May 30: Mandatory Rehearsals and Performance at Castro Valley Center for the Arts, 19501 Redwood Road in CV – Ballet 2 Rehearsal + RECITAL DAY!
Watch the 2019 Spring Recital, (password: ABA19).
2020 Pre-Ballet through Ballet 6 classes are now open for registration. Limited spots available – first come, first serve! If you are starting ballet mid year, please note that you/your dancer will likely be placed in the level below their current age group in order to help them catch up and not interfere with the progress of the current students. If you have any questions, please contact us at admin@alamedaballet.com.
ABA’s sister organization, the Alameda Civic Ballet, produces a beloved community tradition – The Nutcracker Ballet – which features many ABA students! Please join us for a fun and delicious breakfast fundraiser at the Elks Lodge, 2255 Santa Clara Avenue in Alameda! Your generous tips will benefit ACB and the Rachel Shahinian and Annika Zinsley Memorial scholarship fund. Hope to see you there!
