Augusta Ballet Competitors

Founded in 1929, Atlanta Ballet is one of the premier dance companies in the country and the official state Ballet of Georgia. Atlanta Ballet's eclectic repertoire spans ballet history, highlighted by beloved classics and inventive originals. Under the Direction of Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin, Atlanta Ballet continues its commitment to share and educate audiences on the empowering joy of dance. In 1996, Atlanta Ballet opened the Centre for Dance Education and is dedicated to nurturing young dancers while providing an outlet for adults to express their creativity. The Centre serves over 150,000 people in metro Atlanta each year. Atlanta Ballet's roots remain firmly grounded in the Atlanta community and continue to play a vital role in the city's cultural growth and revitalization.

As a top 20 professional ballet organization, Orlando Ballet’s mission is to entertain, educate, and enrich through the highest quality of dance to audiences, professionals, and students from around the world. Offering an annual season of full-length ballets, new works, and non-traditional programs at our performance home, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Steinmetz Hall, we include a mix of both classical and contemporary ballet. In addition, our community outreach programs impact tens of thousands of children each year while the Orlando Ballet School, continually ranked Youth America Grand Prix Semi-Finals Outstanding School, serves more than 1,200 students at three locations in and around the city.

As distinctive and dynamic as the city it calls home, Ballet Austin welcomes people near and far to participate in its "classically innovative" vision for the democratization of dance. From their bustling, urban headquarters at the Butler Dance Education Center and Community School in downtown Austin, Ballet Austin and artistic director Stephen Mills actively engage the community, dancers, and audiences alike. With a rich history spanning 54 years, a commitment to education as well as lifelong fitness, and acclaimed productions in Austin and across the nation, the organization is equally committed to the international craft of dance as it is to the community it serves. The New York Times proclaims Ballet Austin "a company with big ambitions" originating work that is "absorbing."