Daily Camps fit your schedule with ease.

We are offering daily camps at our Gaithersburg, McLean, and Cabin John locations. The camps have a wide range of exciting themes that are  sure to engage your dancer.Our daily camps run Monday through Friday at two times, 9:00-12:00 and 12:00-3:00. Please call for vacancies 301-229-6882.

At our Cabin John location last week we hosted a Fancy Nancy themed camp that was enthralling for or 3-7 year old campers.

Other themes have included:

The Little Mermaid-McLean Studio

Rapunzel- McLean Studio

Snow White-Cabin John Studio

Ballet Performance Company Auditions!

In case you haven't already seen it, every year our Ballet Performance Company presents The Nutcracker at American University's Greenberg Theatre in early December. The shows always bring out an audience and participation in the Company gives aspiring professional dancers experience in rehearsal, backstage preparation, and performance! In addition to weekly rehearsals, Company members are required to take a certain number of classes depending on the role they have been cast in. This ensures that our dancers are well prepared to rehearse choreography during their BPC time, as they have been already been learning the fundamentals needed during class. Our second set of auditions will be the first week in August. Please email balletperformanceco@balletpetite.com if you will not be able to attend BEFORE the audition has passed! Miss Melissa will not be scheduling make-up auditions after August 1st.

Ballet Performance Company

Nutcracker Auditions

Wednesday, August 1st

Sign in @ 5:00 pm

Audition @ 5:30 pm

All Ages*

Bethesda Studio

4701 Sangamore Road

Bethesda MD 20816

*all dancers must be 5 years of age by August 27th, 2012.

American Girl Camps at Ballet Petite

This summer we are excited to bring American Girl Camps to you and your family. This week launched our first session of camps, and the girls are having a blast ! Many of the campers have brought their American Girl dolls, but all cuddly friends are welcome.

You haven't missed your opportunity to sign up for our American Girl Camps, there are still openings:

Bethesda

Week of July 30th

Week of August 20th

McLean

Week of July 30th

Potomac 

Week of July 23rd

Happy campers take a break from dancing to pose with their dolls

History of Ballet!

This weekend, I got to see the Paris Opera Ballet perform “Giselle” at the Kennedy Center! (Check out a clip here!)  The Paris Opera Ballet was the first professional ballet company, which started over 300 years ago! King Louis XIV of France was very interested in the Italian Court Dances from the 1400s, so he began to take dance lessons. When he was only 14 years old, he danced in a ballet that lasted for 12 hours! King Louis XIV started his own ballet company, the Paris Opera Ballet, which began with only male dancers! The first female dancer joined in 1681.

Since the first ballet company began in France, most of the ballet terminology we use today is in French! For example, Plié means bending, and Sauté means jumping! Do you recognize those ballet steps?

There's fun to be had at Ballet Petite this Summer !

At our McLean location, we have some very happy campers who are creating beautiful crafts and mementos of their exhilarating camps. At our McLean location we offer daily, and weekly camps until August 24th.
Call: 301-229-6882 or visit us online at www.balletpetite.com.

Campers decorating beautiful wands

Focused on coloring

 

Dance Around The World: Big Dance at 2012 Olympic Games in London

Big Dance 2012 will celebrate the diversity of dance styles across the country by expanding beyond London to a nationwide network of leading dance organizations.Taking place from 7-15 July 2012, the program will feature an array of events including the creation of a new piece for 2,000 dancers in Trafalgar Square.More than two million people have taken part in the project, since it began in 2006.

Big Dance 2012 is for all ages

Potomac and McLean locations are up and running with electricity, but our Bethesda location is closed. Call 703-652-7775 with any questions!