Southwest Virginia Ballet – Pre-professional youth dance company

Celebrating 30 years of dance, 1990-2020

Pre-Professional Dance Company

Open to Ballet Students in the Roanoke Region

Dancers train at the studio of their choice during the week and come together on weekends for training and rehearsals.

Annual Performances

Including The Nutcracker, plus Dickens of a Christmas, Festival in the Park, events at the Taubman Museum of Art, and other community outreach events.

Membership is free

Company membership, instruction, and costumes are provided. Membership is based on demonstrated skill level and is open to all dancers.

About

OUR MISSION

Since 1990

Our mission is to make the performing arts experience available to all ages from all walks of life through full-length productions of varied repertoire including classical ballet, contemporary, and new works. Southwest Virginia Ballet provides, free of charge, the highest quality of pre-professional training possible to young dancers and promotes cultural enrichment and awareness to the art of dance. SVB is committed to offering outreach opportunities for under-served and at-risk children and adults from across Southwest Virginia.

Events

Serving Southwest Virginia

CLASSES & PERFORMANCES

While SVB is best known for The Nutcracker, the company performs at events throughout the region. The company comes together for weekend training and rehearsals while taking a minimum number of classes at their home studios.

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Free of Charge

OPEN TO ALL DANCERS

Dancers explore many dance forms, including Classical & Contemporary Ballet, Modern and Jazz with some of Virginia’s most talented choreographers.

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Dancers represent schools from across Southwest Virginia

A COMMUNITY of DANCE

Excellence in pre-professional, youth dance with artistic, instructional, and performance opportunities and achieving regional, national, and international recognition.

Support Nonprofit Dance

Give the gift that lasts a lifetime! Support Southwest Virginia Ballet (SVB) with your charitable, tax-deductible gift. Your investment will help SVB provide young dancers with training and performance opportunities, and help us to provide the Roanoke regional community with professional-quality performances at affordable ticket prices. No gift is too small!

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Friends of Backstage

SVB Backstage is a devoted group of members who believe in the importance of supporting the dancers of Southwest Virginia Ballet through volunteerism and fund-raising. The fundraising allows SVB to furnish dancers with performance shoes, company dance wear and costumes FREE of charge. Backstage also provides funds for merit and need based scholarships for Roanoke Valley dancers.

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