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Ballet Essentials

For teens and adults

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Tickets for the 2025-26 Season will go on sale on Monday, August 4. Please check back for more information.

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Experience New York City Ballet in a brand new way in these 75-minute movement workshops for teens and adults with little or no dance training.

NYCB dancers lead participants through a ballet warm-up and movement combinations inspired by repertory in the current season. Workshops also include a brief Q&A with the artists. With an ever-changing roster of dancers and repertory, no two Ballet Essentials are the same. Stretch your mind and body at these one-of-a-kind workshops led by some of your favorite dancers.

 

INSTRUCTOR SCHEDULE

Dancer instructors for each Ballet Essentials will be announced here the week before each workshop takes place. Instructors are subject to change.

TICKET PRICING

$36 per person

Please note that due to the structure of this event, no late entry is permitted once the workshop has started.

ATTIRE

Clothing that is comfortable to move in. Ballet shoes are optional.

LOCATION

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios
Samuel B. & David Rose Building, 7th Floor
165 West 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam

Ballet Essentials Workshop attendees get started with a ballet warm-up at the barre.

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Corps de Ballet member Gilbert Bolden III continues the warm-up in the center of the studio.

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Principal Dancer Unity Phelan teaches choreography from George Balanchine’s Symphony in C to participants in a Fall 2021 workshop.

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Soloist Megan LeCrone and Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley co-teach a workshop inspired by George Balanchine’s Emeralds.

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Principal Dancer Indiana Woodward leads attendees through choreography from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®.

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Participants dance with former Corps de Ballet member Silas Farley.

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A workshop attendee soars across the studio.

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Soloist Megan LeCrone and Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley chat with participants during a Q & A session.

© Rosalie O'Connor

Dancers and attendees mingle at the end of the workshop for photos and autographs.

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