Class Room Preparation for Performance
Holt Ballet students train in classical ballet technique with an eye on performance. Classroom work focuses on building ballet alignment, placement, range of motion, and strength, while acquiring an inventory of ballet steps and developing artistry in execution. Ballet Level V, center Ballet III, Intro to Intermediate, petite allegro Pre Ballet 3 to 4 year olds Musical Theater Classical Ballet for...
Read MoreHolt Ballet Conservatory Summer Intensive 2025
With an emphasis on classical ballet, the two week Summer Program offers enrichment courses in many genres of dance. Week I specializes in ballet choreography. Matt Carney, Executive Director of San Diego Ballet, leads the ballet Performance Ensemble program with a presentation of works on Friday July 11. Week II, along with classical ballet studies , Yelena Holt, owner/director of Holt Ballet, offer a Musical Theater Program, (a two week course), with singing, dancing, and pantomime acting, and a presentation of works on Friday July 18. Week I and II, Tsal’gyur Starbuck, former soloist with San Francisco ballet, with her rich performance background, offers studies in classical variations and composition. Nora Heiber, founding member of Alonzo King LINES Ballet leads classes in composition, and Sommer Huntley, choreographer and dancer from Nevada County, examines studies in classical and contemporary jazz. HBC’s Dance Camp for Youths (July 7 to July 11, 9:00-11:30), features studies in ballet for the beginning student, ages 3 to 10. This summer’s theme is Island Fantasies. The workshop will focus on classical ballet technique for the youngster, while applying imagination, characterization, and performance studies to basic technique. Transporting each dancer to a magical realm where he or she can sway like an island breeze, dance to the beat of an island drum, set sail on a magical sea, and command the oceans like an island Neptune, all in his or her voyager Hawaiian canoe . Using music familiar to your child, he or she will be inspired to leap and turn in their island reef, and dance and spin with the tides and seas. The dancers will experience how to use their ballet technique to express and communicate a story through the imaginative creation of their fantasy island. The week ends with an invitation to family and friends to enjoy the presentation of their...
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New Term Registration
Holt Ballet Conservatory, located at 400 Providence Mine Road, Building N2, Nevada City, California, provides Nevada County with quality, authentic, and joyful training in the arts of classical ballet. Holt Ballet’s Fall Term, 2025, offers comprehensive classes in all levels of ballet, from three year old beginners to programs that support pre professional training for college or career bound classical ballet dancers. HBC includes entry level morning and evening classes for adults who want to train to acquire the skills of the accomplished ballet dancer, or to use ballet training concepts to sculpt and strengthen muscle and bone into capable and healthy exercisers. In additional to a full curriculum of Classical Ballet, HBC offers Musical Theater, Classical Jazz for beginners and advanced students, Production Ballet, and Contemporary, with opportunities to showcase the dancers’ training in its productions, (Clara and the Nutcracker, in the fall and a full length ballet in the spring). HBC’s staff include teachers with backgrounds that include experience as classical ballet artists with performing careers and extensive training in the concepts of early childhood education and beyond. Take a class and find a hidden talent or fulfill a dream, or sign up your children and let them discover the world of art, story telling, and physical...
Read MoreDon Quixote
Don Quixote has been incorporated into multiple seasons of performances. From excerpts to full staging of the ballet in it’s entirety, the story and choreography has always been an exciting part of Holt Ballet’s...
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Holt Ballet Conservatory
400 Providence Mine Road, Building N2
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 278-5131
Holt Ballet Conservatory offers outstanding classical ballet training for youths through adults by following a comprehensive syllabus endorsed by American Ballet Theatre's national curriculum, the Vaganova training method, and the California State Framework for the arts.