“Not only do the teachers at Napa Valley Ballet possess remarkable knowledge and experience, they also are extremely patient and caring. NVB is, without a doubt, the best classical ballet school around! Our end of the year spring performance, "Vive La Danse", was fantastic and showcased what the students are learning, level by level. By the time students have reached the highest levels of training, many of them are accepted at the most prestigious ballet schools around the country. It is simply fabulous!
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- Dianne, parent
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Check our new video!
Posted 2010-11-02
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Napa Valley Ballet benefits from Whole Foods Nickels for Non-Profits Program through December!
Posted 2010-10-01
 For each reusable bag that is brought in by Whole Foods customers, Whole Foods give either a 5¢ bag refund directly to them or give the the option of a taking a wooden nickel and putting it in a donation box for one of two featured non-profits. Bring in your reusable bags and shop at Whole Foods, and donate your nickels to Napa Valley Ballet this October/November/December.
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NVB is featured i this month Napa Valley Marketplace Magazine
Posted 2010-07-01
 Grace & Music in our Own Backyard
by Julia S. Smith
Here, in our own backyard, fo rthose seeking an education in cance, you can find the only non-profit classical ballet school in Napa. Discover the world of dance at Napa Valley Ballet!. The organization is funded and operated by local families which is unique in itselr, but the professionalism you see in the performances is most surprising. A myriad of classes is designed for the serious student seeking a career in dance or teachink, as well as for the student who merely wants the benefits of dance training. See the entire article...
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"Vive la Danse! Celebrating the Arts" Spring Dance Concert June 15th 6:30pm!
Posted 2010-05-01
 The greatest ballet master of all time, Marius Petipa, was famous during the 19th century for creating such masterpieces as “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker,” “Coppelia,” and “Sleeping Beauty.” Surprisingly, a hundred years after his death, these beautiful ballets are increasing in popularity. As a centennial tribute to Maestro Petipa, Napa Valley Ballet is producing the famous Act II of Le Lac des Cygnes (“Swan Lake”) as it was originally conceived by Petipa and set by his assistant, Lev Ivanov.
Possibly one of the youngest ballerinas ever to appear as Odette (the white swan) will be Justin Sienna sophomore, Olivia Mason. She will be partnered by Vintage High School graduate William Luippold as Prince Seigfried. Both are being coached in the original Petipa/Ivanov choreography by former ballerina and NVB Ballet Mistress, Milissa Bradley.
“Swan Lake” and four other works will be presented by the students of Napa Valley Ballet June 15th at 6:30 p.m. in the District Auditorium. Other pieces on the program include an original ballet written especially for NVB by local composer Kurt Erickson. This work will feature the composer himself at the piano surrounded by a corps of lively dancers choreographed by Isabelle Szasham. In addition, a whimsical Chopin ballet inspired by the infamous Isadora Duncan will be choreographed by Connie Vaughan and played live by pianist Martin Mansell. Rounding out the program will be a medley of familiar songs commemorating fifty years of “Beatlemania” and spotlighting local songster Doug Houser as he accompanies NVB dancers in a piece of nostalgia set by choreographer Vivian Aragon.
For more information on the performance, go to napavalleyballet.org or call 707-294-8820 for tickets. Admission is $12/adults, $6/students & seniors, and FREE for children five and under.
Click here for Ticket Order Form
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Napa Valley Register: Business Focus
Posted 2010-04-02
Napa Valley Ballet names new Artistic DIrector
Napa Valley Ballet announces the appointment of Jeannette Allyn Petrick as its new artistic director. Petrick trained with the San Francisco Ballet as a young protégé and later served on the faculties of Butler University, University of Washington, University of Idaho, and the Cornish Institute for the Arts in Seattle. She was also resident choreographer for Maria Tallchief's Chicago City Ballet. She also ran her own ballet company, American Festival Ballet, which toured nationally.
Napa Valley Ballet also welcomes back Connie Vaughn, formerly of the Royal Academy of Ballet, to it's teaching staff. Vaughan ran and operated Royal Academy of Ballet for 12 years in Napa and retired three years ago to San Francisco.
Other additions to the teaching Staff at the Napa Valley Ballet include Milissa Bradley, a former dancer with the Oakland Ballet, Long Beach Ballet, and the Penninsula Ballet Theater, and Isabelle Sjasham, a graduate of Mills College in dance who recieved her training at Marin Ballet, the Royal Academy of Dance in London and the Taylor School in New York.
For more information, call 294-8820 or www.napavalleyballet.org.
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