Berkeley Ballet Summer 2025

Pre-Ballet Division: Summer 2025

Pre-Ballet and Creative Movement classes are available for dancers age 2.5–7 years.

Schedules and enrollments are available by Level: Pre-Ballet Division Summer 2025

Youth Division: Summer 2025

Contemporary and classical ballet classes, dance film workshops (Levels 3–6), and contemporary ballet intensives (Levels 7–9) are available for dancers ages 6–21 years.

Schedules and enrollments are available by Level: Youth Division Summer 2025

If you are new to BBT, welcome! Placement is required for Youth Division programming. Please reach out to School Manager Jenna Marie at jennam@berkeleyballet.org to schedule a placement class for your dancer.

Contemporary Ballet Workshop: Dancing Beyond

This intensive workshop is designed for pre-professional ballet dancers ages 13–21 who seek to strengthen their ballet technique, expand their movement vocabulary, and enrich their artistic practice. The workshop is open to all dancers placed in Berkeley Ballet’s Youth Division Levels 7–9 classes (2024–25 Season), as well as dancers from outside programs and institutions; please contact BBT School Manager Jenna Marie with placement inquiries: jennam@berkeleyballet.org

This workshop features daily ballet and pointe or batterie technique classes taught by Berkeley Ballet’s celebrated Faculty followed by instruction in Contemporary Ballet Repertoire by former Alonzo King LINES Ballet company member Courtney Henry and Contemporary Repertoire by award-winning choreographer and BODYSONNET director Moscelyne ParkeHarrison.

Monday, 06/09/2025–Friday, 06/13/2025, Daily Schedule:

  • 10:00am–11:30am: Ballet

  • 11:30am–12:30pm: Pointe or Batterie Technique

  • 12:30pm–1:00pm: Conditioning / Improvisation

  • 1:45pm–2:45pm: Contemporary Ballet Repertoire

  • 3:00pm–4:30pm: Contemporary Repertoire

    • In-Studio Showing on Friday, 06/13/2025: 4:00pm–4:30pm

Youth Division schedules and enrollments are available by Level: Youth Division Summer 2025

Boys in Ballet: Free Summer Sessions

BBT’s Youth Division is inclusive for all dancers ages 6–21 and includes specialized training for batterie and pointe techniques beginning at Level 5. As male-identifying dancers remain under-represented in contemporary ballet, BBT is offering three free summer classes to encourage boys and male-identifying athletes to experience a dance studio’s contributions to personal physical fitness and self-expression through various styles of ballet, modern, and creative movement. Interested dancers are welcome to attend one or all classes!

  • Tuesday, 06/10/2025

  • Thursday, 07/10/2025:

  • Sunday, 08/10/2025:

Open Division: Summer 2025

Adult Open Division classes are open to all dancers 13+ years of age. In addition to an ongoing weekly schedule of classes, Summer 2025 workshops are now open for enrollment: Adult Open Division

Re:generate: Professional Dancer Workshop

Refine your skills, revitalize your imagination, and renew your passion for movement with the next generation of choreographers at a new week-long intensive, Monday, July 7– Friday, July 11 at the Berkeley Ballet studios. Designed to connect professional dancers with choreographers to collectively explore “what’s next” in the field of dance, Re:generate will be led by five Bay Area-based choreographers: Babatunji, Robin Dekkers, Colin Frederick, Ja'Moon Jones, and Moscelyne ParkeHarrison.

Details available on the following webpage: Re:generate