Performance dates and student packets

Student packets are being sent home this week...Watch for yours! This packet contains important info regarding our Inland Northwest Ballet dress code (please make certain your child is prepared as specified in the packet, this makes your child feel ready to dance, and avoids wasting the instructor's time putting hair up, tying shoes, etc.), as well as studio policies, annual calendar, and the various ways you may reach us.
Also, requests for Spokane performance dates are being accepted at this time. If no other dancer has made a conflicting request, you have a choice of either June 13th or June 20th, either matinee or evening. Once the performance packets are sent home, NO dates will be changed. So essentially, you get to choose your date, but only if you act now. :)

Nutcracker Auditions!

Congratulations to all of our Inland Northwest Ballet dancers who auditioned for the Spokane Nutcracker this past weekend. We know that auditions are tough, and are so proud of you! If you did not make it this year, keep up with your ballet studies and try again next year! If you made it, enjoy this fun experience with Alberta Ballet.
If you will be 9 or older, are studying a minimum of two days a week this year, and interested in auditioning next year, please see School Director Janine Fraser to discover what Nutcracker involves. It is a commitment for both parent and child (all rehearsals are mandatory, understudies are there to takeover your part if you miss one rehearsal), hard work, but it is both fun and rewarding!
Above: Malinda and Ciara all smiles after being selected to dance in the Nutcracker this year!

Classes are back in session!

Our Creative Dance classes finish class every day by selecting a special prop...wings, a wand, or a tutu, and dance a beautiful and creative "Imagination Dance"...so much fun to watch!
Miss Kaiti Bri leads her class in warm up jumps, to prepare the students

bodies to perform more complex and physically demanding leaps!

Our ballet IV students work on developing balance in releve...very beautiful when done well!

Our Inland Northwest Ballet staff is so happy to be back, and can't believe how our little ones from Spokane have grown over the summer!