Southland Ballet Academy Students Receive Scholarships
The start of the New Year marks the beginning of the summer intensive audition season in the world of ballet. Aspiring professional dancers prepare rigorously for their auditions. For many, it is a chance to [...]
SBA Students Receive Top Awards At YAGP Regionals
The Youth America Grand Prix is the world’s largest global network of dance. Over the years, many Southland Ballet Academy students have participated and won at YAGP competitions, which are held all over the world. [...]
Festival Ballet Theatre Collaborated with SOCO and the OC Mix on a Nutcracker Holiday
What happens when you put together Orange County's premier professional ballet company with the OC's premier shopping destination? A beautiful collaboration, wonderful images, and performances. In 2017, Festival Ballet Theatre partnered with SOCO and the [...]
Spotlight: Vitor Luiz, Frances Chung and Maria Kochetkova
You don’t have to travel to San Francisco to see stars from the San Francisco Ballet perform in The Nutcracker because Festival Ballet Theatre is proud to present not one, not two but three guest [...]
Meet Clara in the Nutcracker Ballet
Dancing the role of Clara in the Nutcracker Ballet is a goal for many young ballerinas. In the classic holiday story, Clara is the young girl who receives a Nutcracker as a gift and later [...]
Spotlight: Beckanne Sisk and Fabrice Calmels
Beckanne Sisk and Fabrice Calmels return to the Festival Ballet Theatre stage to perform the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier pas de deux. They were our guest artists in 2013. Born in Texas, Beckanne studied [...]