The Madison Ballet was founded in 1981 as the

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Dance Ensemble in

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School of Madison Ballet

In addition to its professional performances, Madison Ballet has run the School of Madison Ballet (SMB) since 2005. SMB offers

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

classes in various divisions, including three levels of children's classes, five levels in the school division, a pre-professional level designed for

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on the cusp of a career in ballet, and a variety of open division offerings including both

dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

and conditioning courses. In the school division, School of Madison Ballet offers a class for boys.

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Madison BalletMad StageOverture Center
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