FOUNDED BY GEORGE BALANCHINE, SAB IS THE PREEMINENT BALLET SCHOOL IN THE US.

We train talented dancers from diverse backgrounds for professional careers in ballet while enriching the life of every student.

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Since our founding in 1934

SAB has trained more dancers for careers in professional ballet than any other US school. Alumni comprise more than 95% of New York City Ballet and fill the ranks of companies across the US and around the world. SAB is the future of classical ballet.

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Ballet Connoisseurship for Adults

This spring, in honor of SAB’s 90th Anniversary, Ballet Connoisseurship courses will focus on foundational aspects of the School: the Balanchine aesthetic, its co-founding by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein, Balanchine’s iconic work made on SAB students, Serenade, and the history of SAB’s annual Workshop Performances.

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Join us on April 17 for our Ballet Connoisseurship lecture on the SAB Workshop: Past, Present, and Future: #LinkInBio

Back in 1965, SAB faculty member Alexandra Danilova, along with George Balanchine, established the very first SAB Workshop Performances. Ever since, Workshop has been an integral part of the SAB experience and has launched the professional careers of numerous ballet luminaries! 

Former New York City Ballet dancer and SAB alumna Faye Arthurs will lead a conversation about SAB’s Workshop with former SAB Chairman of Faculty and long-time NYCB principal dancer Kay Mazzo and former NYCB principal dancer and current resident choreographer for the Paul Taylor Company Lauren Lovette. They’ll cover some of SAB’s earliest Workshop Performances through the 2024 Workshop, for which Lovette has been commissioned to create a new ballet. The conversation will also cover Christopher Wheeldon’s SCÉNES DE BALLET, in which Faye Arthurs originated the lead female role.

Get tickets:  #LinkInBio

Image: Alexandra Danilova conducting a dress rehearsal for the very first Workshop Performance in 1965; V. Sladon

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Our #SAB90 blog series highlights monumental moments in our School's history and today we're sharing an overview of how our affiliated company, New York City Ballet, was first established in 1948. Head over to the SAB blog to read more: #LinkInBio

Photo: Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine holding lyres from Balanchine's ORPHEUS, one of the ballets presented at the Company's premiere. 
© Fred Melton 

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We’re missing our students on this first Monday of Spring Break, so we thought it only fitting to share another peek #InsideSAB. Watch a montage of a recent level D class in under a minute! #SchoolofAmericanBallet #SABWinterTerm #ballet #pointe #dance #SABStudioLife #pointeshoes #SpringBreak2024
This shot sums up the #FridayFeeling here at SAB as our students are about to jump into their well-deserved Spring Break! We hope everyone has a restful time away from the studios next week. 

📷: @rosalieoconnorphotography 
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Our monthly Alumni Spotlight series continues with a brand new episode featuring alumnus and SAB Principal Guest Teacher Silas Farley. Watch as Mr. Farley shares how coming to SAB opened up all kinds of opportunities for him to grow as a dancer, a choreographer, a scholar, and a teacher! 
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Mr. Farley currently serves as the Armstrong Artist in Residence in Ballet in The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, TX. He is a former dancer with New York City Ballet and former Dean of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School in Los Angeles, CA. 
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He has taught nationally and internationally for numerous organizations including the Slovak National Ballet, Peabody Conservatory, Hartt School, Chautauqua School of Dance, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, and the Kennedy Center. He has choreographed for the School of American Ballet, the New York Choreographic Institute, Columbia Ballet Collaborative at Columbia University, Works & Process at The Guggenheim, Houston Ballet, The Washington Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet. He is a former Alumnus Trustee of Professional Children’s School and serves on the Board of The George Balanchine Foundation. 
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Today we're spotlighting our Preparatory Division at SAB and all the students who begin their training with us at this fundamental stage. Our "Prep" curriculum focuses on the basic elements of ballet technique and nurtures the discipline that focused ballet training demands.

Let's hear it for the SAB Prep Division! 

📷: @rosalieoconnorphotography 
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