Ballet Hispánico School of Dance Opens Registration For 2024-25 School Year Programs

Ballet Hispánico School of Dance has announced that registration is now open for its 2024-25 school year programs, for dancers from early childhood through young adult. Ballet Hispánico's School of Dance provides a direct link to the organization's values of access, opportunity, and pride for all students interested in dance and Latinx culture. The School is an accredited training center that leads with a holistic curriculum for today's young dancer, with classes taught by a stunning array of faculty members who are also renowned professional dance artists. Classes are available for all ages and levels of experience! For more information, visit https://www.ballethispanico.org/school/school-year-programs.

"Welcome to the 2024/25 school year- we are delighted to get the season started," said Michelle Manzanales, Director, School of Dance. "It is a privilege to share the exhilaration of dance with our students and encourage each of them in their individual dance journeys. While we pride ourselves on our excellent dance training, we are also so proud of the nurturing space we have created for all dancers to feel seen, accepted, and motivated to be the best they can be. Come join us!"

Los Pasitos: Early Childhood Program (Ages 2-5)

Ballet Hispánico's Los Pasitos: Early Childhood Program (Ages 2-5) merges creativity, cultures, and technique. Its curriculum focuses on developing coordination, spatial awareness, and musicality, with an emphasis on the Early Childhood student's individual self-expression and skills for working cooperatively.

Encuentros: Open Class Program (Ages 6-18)

Offering a wide array of classes in Ballet, Flamenco, Hip-Hop, Latin Rhythms, Salsa, Jazz, and Tap, Ballet Hispánico's Encuentros: Open Class Program (Ages 6-18) provides the young dance enthusiast with a wide variety of class options to create a schedule that works for them, all developed with the highest level of artistic excellence.

La Academia: Pre-Professional Program (Ages 7-23)

Ballet Hispánico's La Academia: Pre-Professional & Professional Studies Program trains eclectic, versatile dancers who stand out in a competitive field of dance for their mastery of the classical Ballet tradition, contemporary techniques, Spanish Dance, and performance skills. Additional coursework includes AfroCaribbean, Graham, Dunham, Limón-based techniques, musical theatre, and Flamenco.

School of Dance Auditions

To audition for Ballet Hispánico School Year Programs as well as Merit-Scholarship opportunities reach out to school@ballethispanico.org for more information.

The Ballet Hispánico School of Dance is a leading center of excellence in dance education-serving over 1,000 students and celebrating more than 50 years of dance and culture-and offering accessible, high-quality dance training to students of all levels ages 2 through adult. Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance, the School of Dance empowers students with a holistic approach to movement discovery, including pre-professional training and classes for the novice dancer. Located in the heart of the Upper West Side, Ballet Hispánico School of Dance's multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary dance training offers classes in Ballet, Flamenco, Hip-Hop, Latin Rhythms, AfroCaribbean, Salsa, Jazz, Tap, among other modern and contemporary forms. Ballet Hispánico gives students individualized attention, guidance, and interaction from an exclusive roster of experienced and engaging instructors.

Ballet Hispánico was founded on the principle that everyone deserves dance, quality dance training and innovative performances. In creating the company in 1970, Tina Ramirez shattered a glass ceiling-challenging iconic representations and exposing the joy and celebration to be found in Latindad.

Today, as the largest Latino cultural organization in the United States and one of America's Cultural Treasures, Ballet Hispánico is an ambassador for our community worldwide. The Company has now performed for more than 2.5 million people in three continents and all fifty states. As it looks to the future, Ballet Hispánico is committed to continue nurturing artists, teachers, students, arts leaders, families and communities through the power of dance.