New Bern Ballet
Pre-Ballet, Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical & Jazz - Ages 2-Adult
About
About
Our mission is to provide a wholesome and enriching ballet environment for children and adults of Eastern North Carolina to explore and develop their artistic expression, movement and physical wellbeing. NBB will provide a classically based ballet program that will allow for self-exploration, creativity within movement and discipline. NBB will present artistic opportunities for the student and community through performances and summer camps.
Every Student will be exposed to an enriching curriculum containing a wide variety of Ballet dance styles, pantomime and characters in Ballet stories using props, pictures and costume pieces.
Every student will learn classic ballet technique, terminology, history, costuming and music through a well developed curriculum.
Every student will be treated with dignity and respect with positive reinforcement throughout their training. Each student is expected to be dignified and respectful of themselves and their art form.
Each student will be taught ballet in a variety of styles, learning how to execute ballet steps within the curriculum in a variety of ballet combinations. Students will learn how to dance rather than just learning a dance.
Miss
Laura is educated in the Visual and Performing Arts. She has been
trained in Classical Ballet and performed for Missouri Concert Ballet
as a leading soloist in several major classical ballets as well
as Small Ensemble work. She received her Bachelor's in Fine
Arts, with Honors, from
Lindenwood
University and furthered her education with Post-baccalaureate
studies, on scholarship, at
The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago. She received a Professional
Certificate in Art Education, emphasis on developing programs in
Interrelated/Integrated Arts. Receiving teaching certificates in
Missouri and Illinois, Miss Laura has taught a variety of fine and
performing arts programs, for both public and private schools. She
has developed and taught programs for pre-school students as well
as for gifted and special needs children. Miss Laura has worked
with Nationally known choreographers restaging major classical Ballets
such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and smaller classics
Les Sylphides, Pas de Quatre and Origami. At New Bern Ballet
Miss Laura will provide students with a well developed ballet curriculum
blending Vaganava (Russian), Paris Opera (French), Cecchetti (Italian)
and Balanchine (American) techniques.
Elizabeth
Dorn earned her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree at
Jacksonville University
in Florida where she graduated Suma Cum Laude with departmental
honors. Before attending college she was an apprentice for the
Ballet Theatre of Maryland
in Annapolis, Maryland. She received her ballet training from
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
under the direction of
Marcia Dale Weary. She has performed several lead roles in contemporary
works as well as classical ballets such as Paquita and George Balanchine’s
The Nutcracker. She has been privileged to perform in works created
by distinguished choreographers: Keith Lee, Twyla Tharp, and Jennifer
Muller. Miss Elizabeth is originally from Manchester, Maryland and
has recently moved to New Bern with her husband. She is looking
forward to sharing her passion for dance with the students of NBB
and NBBCo.
Abigail
“Abby” Mallow received her ballet training from
Northern Virginia
Dance Academy under the direction of Robert and Robin Conrad
Sturm. While at NVDA, she was invited to be a member of the
Asaph Dance Ensemble
and performed with them for seven seasons. She also attended summer
programs at Joffrey
Ballet School in New York City and
BalletNOVA Center for Dance.
After high school, she graduated Suma Cum Laude from
Northern Virginia Community
College with her Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts. After
spending a season dancing with the
Corpus Christi Ballet
in Texas, Abby moved to New Bern with her husband. She is thrilled
to have the opportunity to teach and pass on her love for ballet
at NBB.