New Bern Ballet
Pre-Ballet, Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical & Jazz
Ages 2-Adult
Ages 2-Adult
About
About
Our mission is to provide a wholesome and enriching ballet environment for children and adults of Eastern North Carolina to explore and develop their artistic expression, movement and physical wellbeing. NBB will provide a classically based ballet program that will allow for self-exploration, creativity within movement and discipline. NBB will present artistic opportunities for the student and community through performances and summer camps.
Every Student will be exposed to an enriching curriculum containing a wide variety of Ballet dance styles, pantomime and characters in Ballet stories using props, pictures and costume pieces.
Every student will learn classic ballet technique, terminology, history, costuming and music through a well developed curriculum.
Every student will be treated with dignity and respect with positive reinforcement throughout their training. Each student is expected to be dignified and respectful of themselves and their art form.
Each student will be taught ballet in a variety of styles, learning how to execute ballet steps within the curriculum in a variety of ballet combinations. Students will learn how to dance rather than just learning a dance.
Miss
Laura is educated in the Visual and Performing Arts. She has been trained
in Classical Ballet and performed for Missouri Concert Ballet as a leading
soloist in several major classical ballets as well as Small Ensemble
work. She received her Bachelor's in Fine Arts, with Honors, from
Lindenwood University
and furthered her education with Post-baccalaureate studies, on scholarship,
at The School of
the Art Institute of Chicago. She received a Professional Certificate
in Art Education, emphasis on developing programs in Interrelated/Integrated
Arts. Receiving teaching certificates in Missouri and Illinois, Miss
Laura has taught a variety of fine and performing arts programs, for
both public and private schools. She has developed and taught programs
for pre-school students as well as for gifted and special needs children.
At Alexandra School of Ballet, Miss Laura was the primary teacher of
the young children’s program and, at Alexandra Ballet Company (ABC),
Miss Laura was Ballet Mistress to the Junior Ballet Company. During
Miss Laura’s time with ABC she also rehearsed Apprentice and First Company
members. Miss Laura has worked with Nationally known choreographers
restaging major classical Ballets such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty,
Swan Lake and smaller classics Les Sylphides, Pas de Quatre and Origami.
Miss Laura also taught Ballet at the
Center Of Creative
Arts (COCA), Performing Arts Centre (PAC) of St. Charles and St.
Peters Academy of Dance. At COCA she developed the Ballet Babies, Ballet
Live and Ballet Stories curriculum for pre-kindergarten through 6th
grade students. Miss Laura developed Accelerated Ballet, Character and
Variations Classes for advanced beginners and intermediate students
while at PAC. At New Bern Ballet Miss Laura will provide students
with a well developed ballet curriculum blending Vaganava (Russian),
Paris Opera (French), Cecchetti (Italian) and Balanchine (American)
techniques.
Elizabeth
Dorn earned her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree at
Jacksonville University
in Florida where she graduated Suma Cum Laude with departmental honors.
Before attending college she was an apprentice for the
Ballet Theatre of Maryland
in Annapolis, Maryland. She received her ballet training from
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
under the direction of
Marcia Dale Weary. She has performed several lead roles in contemporary
works as well as classical ballets such as Paquita and George Balanchine’s
The Nutcracker. She has been privileged to perform in works created
by distinguished choreographers: Keith Lee, Twyla Tharp, and Jennifer
Muller. Miss Elizabeth is originally from Manchester, Maryland and has
recently moved to New Bern with her husband. She is looking forward
to sharing her passion for dance with the students of NBB.
Abigail
“Abby” Mallow received her ballet training from
Northern Virginia
Dance Academy under the direction of Robert and Robin Conrad
Sturm. While at NVDA, she was invited to be a member of the
Asaph Dance
Ensemble and performed with them for seven seasons. She also
attended summer programs at
Joffrey Ballet School
in New York City and BalletNOVA
Center for Dance. After high school, she graduated Suma Cum
Laude from Northern
Virginia Community College with her Associate's Degree in
Liberal Arts. After spending a season dancing with the
Corpus Christi Ballet
in Texas, Abby moved to New Bern with her husband. She is thrilled
to have the opportunity to teach and pass on her love for ballet at
NBB.
Rachel
Bath started taking dance lessons in Louisiana when she was three years
old. Now seventeen, she has developed a passion not only for dancing but
also for sharing her love of dance with others. Although she has taken classes
in jazz and modern, Rachel’s heart lies with ballet, both classical and
lyrical. She began attending New Bern Ballet in September 2008 and has enjoyed
every aspect of the school. Miss Rachel is well-known by the NBB community
after performing roles such as “Little Bo Peep” and "Sugarplum Fairy" in
NBBCo's The Nutcracker and "Poppy Fairy" in NBB's 2009 Spring
Showcase and "Captain Hook" in our 2010 Spring Showcase. Miss
Rachel attended the Summer Ballet Intensive at
Ballet Magnificat in 2009
and 2010. Miss Rachel also taught the NBB's Beginner/Intermediate Ballet
Intensive. She is anticipating working on a major in dance education after
high school and is excited about assisting Miss Laura this coming year with
many levels of young dancers.