Ballet is our business, our only business. Northeastern Ballet Theatre and its training school teach ballet and only ballet because ballet is the foundation of all forms of dance. A proficient ballet dancer or student of ballet can cross over to other modalities of dance more easily than a student trained in other forms of dance (i.e., modern, tap, jazz, etc.) can transition into ballet. Ballet is an art form, not a sport, because while ballet trains the body and the mind to work in unison and harmony and is very physically demanding, there is also an artistic component to it. The spirit of the dancer can shine through once the technique has been mastered and thus can achieve a level of freedom that is incomparable.

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Professionalism is the cornerstone and foundation of NBT. Students are taught the discipline and protocols of a ballet studio. Any one of Northeastern Ballet Theatre's students can take classes at any major professional ballet school (i.e., Boston Ballet, New York City Ballet, etc.) and understand the combinations and ballet etiquette that is universally required. At NBT, both the serious as well as the recreational student receives the same level of professional instruction. There is a prescribed way to execute movement, and if not taught correctly, can lead to life long debilitating injury to the joints, spine, and soft tissues. NBT teaches ballet technique correctly.

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Performing is a valuable part of a ballet student’s education. Not only is Northeastern Ballet Theatre unsurpassed in setting the standard of excellence in ballet instruction and training, but of the performance experience as well. We offer several major productions a year, including The Nutcracker. NBT's The Nutcracker is the original Boston Ballet version in which Miss Toth danced as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and as such, it is unique and stands alone. All of our productions are professional productions and the youngest dancers get to experience working with the older, advanced dancers, including professionals. The productions are not mandatory, so parents can pick and choose in which productions to have their child participate. NBT has a full wardrobe department and all costumes are owned by Northeastern Ballet Theatre, so parents do not need to invest money in costumes that their child will never wear again

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NBT "grows our own." We can take a three year old, and if that child wants it, we can take them right up through to the professional ranks. We have trained students to go on to such prestigious ballet institutions as The Rock School in Philadelphia, American Ballet Theatre's summer program in New York, the Ellison School in New York, etc. Auditions for Broadway musicals historically hire proficient ballet dancers. The audition consists of a ballet class and the auditioning dancer has to know the French vocabulary, French names of the steps, and be able to execute ballet double pirouettes both right and left. Training at NBT will provide students with these important foundations.