Categories: Performing Arts | Ages: 9 - 11 Years | Format: In-Person
About
Dancers continue to strengthen their technique, vocabulary, musicality and artistry. Curriculum includes classical ballet technique, core dynamics, character dance and stretch class.
Founded in 2010 by Artistic Directors Gelsey Kirkland & Michael Chernov, the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet’s mission is to foster a rebirth of dramatic storytelling in ballet through our academy programs that provide specialized training for gifted students from around the world, and through the development of the Gelsey Kirkland Ballet, a classically oriented Professional Studio Company capable of creating and performing new and dramatic works.
Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet (GKA) endeavors to provide the most innovative and comprehensive ballet training programs in the world, recognizing the need for new methods of instruction to cultivate and inspire the next generation of ballet dancers. Through an elite training program aimed at the full cultural development of the young artist, GKA has built a uniquely focused curriculum led by some of the ballet world’s most acclaimed master teachers.
Gelsey Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age fifteen at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was promoted to soloist in 1969 and again to principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets.