Southwest Virginia Ballet – Pre-professional youth dance company

Celebrating 35 years of dance, 1990-2025

Pre-Professional Dance Company

Open to Ballet Students in the Roanoke Region

Dancers who are selected for the Senior Company must attend classes at the School of Southwest Virginia Ballet. These classes develop the technical skills necessary for the demands of the repertoire. As well as build a uniform and stylistic quality which is uniquely SVB. Dancers who are selected for the Junior Company 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 13 years and older.

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, both companies perform at events throughout the region. Each company comes together for weekend classes and rehearsals while the Senior Company trains at the School of the Southwest Virginia Ballet during the week, the Junior Company takes 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.