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Chicago, IL

A&A Ballet Center for Dance

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A&A Ballet Center for Dance was founded by Anna Reznik and Alexei Kremnev, both former Founding Artistic Directors of the Joffrey Academy. The center has earned over 11 outstanding program awards in 10 years and has awarded more than 250 full scholarships. Students have been placed with elite companies including ABT, NYCB, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and Boston Ballet - an extraordinary placement record for any school.

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Chicago, IL

Ballet 5:8

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Ballet 5:8, founded in 2012 by Julianna Rubio Slager and Amy Kozol, is a resident company at Chicago's Harris Theater. In just over a decade, the company has commissioned and premiered more than 50 new ballets, with a particular emphasis on elevating ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American) choreographic voices. Its Second Company provides a valuable bridge for early-career professionals. Featured in Dance Magazine.

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Chicago, IL

Ballet Chicago

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Ballet Chicago holds an exclusive arrangement with the George Balanchine Trust to teach the Balanchine-based curriculum, making it one of the premier Balanchine training centers outside New York. The Ballet Chicago Studio Company presents approximately 10 performances of its acclaimed Nutcracker annually at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. The school offers need-based financial aid and merit scholarships, and has a strong record of placing graduates with professional companies.

CompanyAcademyPre-Pro / Trainee
Chicago, IL

Chicago Ballet Academy

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Chicago Ballet Academy, founded in 1998, provides ballet training in the Vaganova tradition for children and youth in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The school offers a focused classical ballet curriculum designed to develop strong technical foundations in young dancers.

Academy
Chicago, IL

Chicago Repertory Ballet

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Chicago Repertory Ballet, founded in 2011, is a contemporary ballet company offering paid 12-week contracts to company and apprentice dancers - an important model in a field where compensation can be scarce. The company also runs an Advanced/Pro Intensive for ages 17+ and a Youth Ensemble for ages 14–18, focused on contemporary choreographic innovation.

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Chicago, IL

Giordano Dance Chicago

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Giordano Dance Chicago was founded in 1953 by Gus Giordano, widely known as the "Godfather of Jazz Dance." The company made history as the first jazz dance company to tour the Soviet Union (1974) and organized the inaugural Jazz Dance World Congress (1990). Under the artistic direction of Nan Giordano since 2008, the company continues its 60+ year legacy of preserving and advancing the Giordano Technique and jazz dance as an art form.

CompanyAcademy
Chicago, IL

Grainger Academy of The Joffrey Ballet

joffrey.org

The Grainger Academy is the official training school of The Joffrey Ballet, housed in a state-of-the-art facility in downtown Chicago's Joffrey Tower. The academy provides intensive pre-professional and professional-level training in the Vaganova tradition for intermediate to advanced students. Summer intensives attract aspiring dancers from around the world seeking to train within the Joffrey's distinguished lineage.

AcademyPre-Pro / Trainee
Chicago, IL

Ruth Page Center for the Arts

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The Ruth Page Center for the Arts was founded in 1970 by the legendary Ruth Page and occupies a historic 1926 building in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. The center is a true incubator for the arts - Lookingglass Theater Company and Chicago Shakespeare Theater both got their start here. The Ruth Page School of Dance offers an unusually diverse curriculum for ages 3–20+ and the center's 218-seat theater and annual Ruth Page Festival of Dance at Ravinia give it international reach.

CompanyAcademy
Chicago, IL

The Joffrey Ballet

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The Joffrey Ballet is one of America's most celebrated dance companies, founded in 1956 by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino. Originally based in New York, the company relocated to Chicago in 1995 and has thrived there ever since. With a training foundation in the Vaganova tradition, the Joffrey presents a diverse repertoire spanning classical masterworks, neo-classical gems, and cutting-edge contemporary commissions over its 60+ year history.

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