CONSERVATORY BALLET · BY CLASS PLACEMENT
Trained here. Grown here. Proven everywhere.
Ballet Kalamazoo®'s Conservatory is a pre-professional training pathway for dedicated dancers. We hold our dancers to a high standard because we believe they are capable of it and we do the work alongside them, class by class, year after year.
THE 2026–27 SEASON BEGINS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 · ENROLLING NOW
ABT® National Training Curriculum · CPYB Proven Teaching Syllabus© · Progressing Ballet Technique · National Ballet Competitions
THE PROGRAM
Two of ballet's most respected training systems, united.
Our program is grounded in the American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum and the Proven Teaching Syllabus© of Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Our faculty hold teaching certifications from ABT® and Progressing Ballet Technique, and have trained directly with the professional staff of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and that study continues every year.
In this studio, every dancer is known by name, by their strengths, by what they're working on this month. Placement is by assessment, so each dancer trains at the level their technique is ready for. And training frequency at every level follows the ABT® National Training Curriculum ladder the volume that real pre-professional development requires.
We commit to them. They commit to this.
FOUR LEVELS· ONE STANDARD
A structured, progressive curriculum placed by assessment.
Teal Ballet
FOUNDATION CONSERVATORY
Classical technique, musicality, and artistry begin to deepen. Dancers develop the discipline and focus that serious training requires.
$150 / month — every class included
TECHNIQUE
Tue 5:15–6:30 · Wed 4:45–6:00 · Thurs · 4:45-6:00 · Sat 9:15–10:30
ALSO FOR TEAL
Contemporary A — Tue 6:30–7:30 · PBT Junior — Thu 6:30–7:30
Royal Ballet
INTERMEDIATE · PRE-POINTE INTRODUCED
Pre-pointe work begins for qualified dancers. Competition preparation, contemporary, and PBT are integrated and dancers begin performing with Kalamazoo Youth Ballet.
$175 / month — every class included
TECHNIQUE
Tue 5:00–6:30 · Thu 5:00–6:30 · Sat 10:30–12:00
ALSO FOR ROYAL
Contemporary A — Tue 6:30–7:30 · PBT Junior — Thu 6:30–7:30
Ruby Ballet
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE · POINTE INTRODUCED
Pointe work is introduced for qualified dancers. Training volume and expectation both step up, and dancers begin making the work their own.
$199 / month — every class included
TECHNIQUE
Mon 6:00–7:30 · Wed 6:00–7:30 · Thu 6:30–8:00
ALSO FOR RUBY
Pointe A — Mon 7:30–8:15, Thu 8:00–8:45 · Dancer Pilates — Tue 6:30–7:30 · Contemporary B — Tue 7:30–8:30 · PBT Senior — Thu 5:30–6:30
Noire Ballet
ADVANCED · PRE-PROFESSIONAL
Pre-professional training at its highest. These are Ballet Kalamazoo®'s most dedicated artists, training the full Conservatory schedule: technique, pointe, contemporary, PBT, and conditioning.
$225 / month — every class included
TECHNIQUE
Mon 6:00–7:30 · Wed 6:00–7:30 · Thu 6:30–8:00
ALSO FOR NOIRE
Pointe B — Mon & Wed 7:30–8:30 · Dancer Pilates — Tue 6:30–7:30 · Contemporary B — Tue 7:30–8:30 · PBT Senior — Thu 5:30–6:30
Conservatory levels are built in sequence. Dancers arriving from other programs are placed according to our curriculum, which frequently means beginning at a level below the one previously held.
One enrollment. The whole training week.
New for 2026–27: Conservatory dancers enroll in their level, not a list of classes.
One flat monthly rate includes every class their level offers - all technique, pointe, contemporary, and PBT. No per-class math. No choosing between classes.
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A flat season rate - the same every month, including five-week months and holidays
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Built-in make-up flexibility: every class in your level is yours
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Kalamazoo Youth Ballet membership: +$50/month (requires level enrollment)
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Register early with confidence: September tuition paid at registration is fully refundable for withdrawals before August 15
Supplemental Track — $95/month. For dancers whose primary training or main activity is elsewhere: cross-training athletes, or dancers visiting from another school.
One training day per week in your placed level, held to the same standard as every dancer in the room.
Arranged directly with Miss Amy — text (269) 399‑5342 before enrolling online.
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE · BCA CHICAGO 2026
Five first-place golds, with medals in every age division entered.
Emma Knapp - Princess Florine
1st Place Gold & Artistic Performance · Classical Repertoire · Petite (7–8)
Violet Solis - Esmeralda
1st Place Gold & Artistic Performance · Classical Repertoire · Teen (15–16)
Lillian Start - In a Quiet Collapse
1st Place Gold & Artistic Performance · Contemporary · Pre-Teen (13–14)
Violet Solis - If You Don't Love Me Now
1st Place Gold & Artistic Performance · Contemporary · Teen (15–16)
Catalina Sackett - Glitch
1st Place Gold & Artistic Performance · Contemporary · Senior (17–21)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
If You Don't Love Me Now · Choreographed by Lexi Rich · BCA Innovative Choreography Award
ADDITIONAL MEDAL PLACEMENTS
Lydia Knapp · Lillian Start · Sophie Rominger · Catalina Sackett · Eleanor Fraaza · Inara Takace · Sylvia Russell
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WHERE IT LEADS
Where our dancers go.
Our Conservatory dancers have continued on to university dance programs, year-round pre-professional training, and summer intensives including:
Joffrey Ballet School, New York City
Joffrey Ballet Chicago Summer Intensive
Joffrey Ballet School Midwest Summer Intensive
Royal Danish Ballet Summer Intensive
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Grand Rapids Ballet Summer Intensive
University of Michigan Department of Dance
Western Michigan University Department of Dance
National Ballet of Canada
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
The Rock School of Dance Summer Intensive
We'd love to meet your dancer.
The Conservatory accepts new students by audition and assessment throughout the year. Every dancer is evaluated individually to ensure proper placement and the strongest possible foundation.
Not quite ready for Conservatory? Every path starts somewhere.
