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About Orlando Ballet

Mission Statement

Orlando Ballet entertains, educates, and enriches through the highest quality of dance.

The Performing Arts Company of Florida

Orlando Ballet began in 1974 as The Performing Arts Company of Florida and was started with twelve young, non-paid dancers and only $4,000. In 1978, the Company changed its name to Southern Ballet Theatre and began performing at the Bob Carr Theater.

The company now performs at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Since the start of the 2021-22 Season, the Company has been under the creative expertise of Guest Artistic Director, Jorden Morris. Morris is the former Choreographer-in-Residence, and is well-known to Orlando Ballet staff, dancers, students, and audiences for the 2020-2021 season performances of his works Moulin Rouge and Peter Pan. Both are among the most popular performances in Orlando Ballet’s history. Today, Orlando Ballet is Central Florida’s only fully residential professional ballet company. More than 100,000 captivated theatre goers, residents and visitors, are spellbound by the originality, vitality and spirit that have earned the organization its critically acclaimed reputation.

Orlando Ballet produces year-round Main Stage productions 
featuring meticulous staging of timeless masterpieces and 
innovative contemporary world premieres, its annual The 
Nutcracker, performance lecture demonstrations, and 
enrichment programs. Orlando Ballet employs a full-time 
professional Company of 25 national and international 
dancers. Combined with extraordinary costumes, sets and 
lighting design, the Company achieves the highest level 
of professionalism and artistic excellence. Additionally, 
Orlando Ballet supports pre-professional 
dancers through Orlando Ballet II.

The Performing Arts Company of Florida

Orlando Ballet School is regarded as one of the finest training academies in the world and is the official school of the Orlando Ballet. The school has been named “Outstanding School” at the New York finals of Youth America Grand Prix three times. Located in Central Florida, Orlando Ballet School adheres to the American Ballet Theatre® National Training curriculum and our American Ballet Theatre® certified teachers provide disciplined training for dancers of all ages.

Orlando Ballet School classes begin with the Enrollment Division and progress to the Pre-Professional Division. Each level follows a structured syllabus that recognizes cognitive, emotional and physical development. Students aged three to six are placed by age while students aged seven and up are auditioned and placed by knowledge, ability and potential. All students receive bi-annual progress reports and are advanced only when the teaching team believes more advanced work will be beneficial to the student.

Orlando Ballet School is proud to include the AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE® National Training Curriculum, a breakthrough 8 level program that combines high quality artistic training with the basics of dancer health and child development. The ABT® National Training Curriculum consists of a comprehensive set of age-appropriate, outcome-based guidelines to provide the highest quality ballet training to dance students of all ages and skill levels. Primary through Level 7, will be taught by ABT® Certified Teachers who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through the levels they are responsible for in classes of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.

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The Performing Arts Company of Florida

Orlando Ballet began in 1974 as The Performing Arts Company of Florida and was started with twelve young, non-paid dancers and only $4,000. In 1978, the Company changed its name to Southern Ballet Theatre and began performing at the Bob Carr Theater.

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Orlando Ballet Company and School

600 N. Lake Formosa Drive, Orlando, FL 32803