The 2024-2025 will be our 16th Anniversary as a premier regional youth ballet company in West Tennessee. The Collierville Ballet is a youth ballet committed to providing our audiences with excellent quality performances while offering our company members the necessary performance experience to further develop their artistry to the highest possible standard.
The Collierville Ballet is known throughout the region for its wonderful community outreach programs, the versatility of our repertoire, and our professional performances that the entire family can enjoy. We desire to continue to attract, develop, and encourage our pre-professional level dancers while growing our dedicated base of volunteers and patrons of the ballet so that we can offer our community even more in the arts and humanities for many years to come.
The Collierville Ballet also utilizes professional dancers from regional and international dance companies in leading soloist and principal roles. The Collierville Ballet also attends regional dance festivals and adjudicated events to give their young dancers opportunities for additional performance opportunities, scholarship awards, and valuable associations with leading dance arts organizations across the nation.
Our 2024 Holiday Virtual Auction Event is filled with an amazing array of holiday gifts, experiences, and delights for everyone to enjoy!
The online auction is a perfect way to support the Collierville Ballet, and helps to recognize the support provided by many of our patrons and supporters in the community.
You can invite friends and family to join in with you for the wonderful auction fun using our convenient social media platforms, website and QR codes etc.
Click to grab a QR code you can share!
Items This Season Include:
• The Children's Museum of Memphis
• Burn Boot Camp
• SmallCakes of Collierville
• Collierville Arts Academy
• Southern Flourery No. 6
• Nordstroms
• Club Memberships
• Cupido Threads
• River Oaks Restaurant
• The Memphis Fencers
• Jeremy Harrison Fitness
• Private Golf Lessons
• Malco Movie Theatres
• Chic-Fil-A
• Navy Exchange Jewelry
• Unique Fine Artisan Pieces
• Canterbury Antiques
• Cookie Bliss
• Bucc-ees!
• Grogan Jewelers Franklin, TN
• and much, much more!
Share the news with everyone and start your holiday shopping season off by giving back to our community, supporting our local Collierville Ballet artists, and providing for future performing arts opportunities in our community!
Mark your calendars now for the Collierville Ballet's 16th Annual performance of The Nutcracker at the Harrell Theatre in Collierville, TN.
The beloved holiday classic, The Nutcracker, returns to the Harrell Performing Arts Theatre in Collierville, TN on December 21-22, 2024. Tickets are now on sale. Reserve your seats as these performances sell out.
The Collierville Ballet is a pre-professional regional youth ballet company performing on stage with professional guest artists, Abby Callahan and Nathaniel Otto, appearing courtesy of The Huntsville Ballet Company. Ms Callahan and Mr Otto will perform the leading roles of the Snow Queen & King as well as the Sugar Plum Fairy & her Cavalier Prince.
Join Clara, Fritz, Toy Soldiers, Mice, and Angels on a magical holiday adventure this season through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets.
Be sure to check out our Sugar Plum Fairy VIP Package for added holiday excitement & VIP Photos when you purchase your tickets.
(Performance Length 1 hour & 40 mins with intermission)
Come enjoy exciting days of ballet in the metro-Memphis area with the Mid-America Ballet Festival 2025!
This event features master classes with guest faculty in ballet, pointe, contemporary dance, jazz, and conditioning for dancers.
In the evening, enjoy our main stage non-competitive dance performances by attending dance studios and companies at the Harrell Theatre in Collierville, TN!
Youth Ballet companies across our region are invited to join the Mid-America Ballet Festival this season for terrific training with our Guest Master Teachers from professional companies and a Showcase performance opportunity in our Main Stage Evening Performance.
Festival Dates for 2025 will be
February 28 - March 2, 2025.
Location: Collierville, TN
(just outside Memphis, TN)
Performing Companies:
• Collierville Arts Academy
• Collierville Ballet
• Huntsville Ballet School
• Huntsville Ballet Company
• Ballet Mississippi
• & More to Come!
Faculty Includes:
• Phillip Otto, Artistic Dir: Huntsville Ballet
• Rachel Butler, Director of Huntsville Ballet School
• David Keary, Artistic Dir: Ballet Mississippi
• Julie H. Knowles, Artistic Dir: Collierville Ballet
• Marcus Alford, Master Teacher Formerly Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Company & Jazz DanceSouth
Our Dance With Me Story Times and Dance Experience Classes for ages 3-8 and a caregiver. These events are a wonderful way to introduce your young child to the beauty of classical ballet, enjoy excellent music, and learn some special ballet dancing steps with members of the Collierville Ballet Company and company staff.
(each event is 1 hour total)
Dance With Me Story Times will open for registration beginning December 1st.
These events are free to the public; however, pre-registration is required in order to attend the event. The child's parent/guardian must remain onsite with their child during the event.
Join us at the Collierville Fair on the Square in May of 2025! Our Fair on the Square performances are free and open to the public.
Stop by our Collierville Ballet booth and enjoy the fun with us and members of our Company. Our Company members will be in costume for photos during the event. Our Company will also perform during the weekend festival on the main stage.
This wonderful event is made possible by the members of the Collierville 20th Century Club. Our participation is made possible through our generous sponsors and patrons of the Collierville Ballet.
Our Spring Performance matinee at the Harrell Performing Arts Theatre in Collierville will feature a classic fairy tale story of Rapunzel told in a fresh and heartwarming style and a mixed repertoire of classical & contemporary pieces suitable for all ages to enjoy. Choreographed by Artistic Director, Julie H. Knowles, this classical ballet performance afternoon will incorporate beautiful scenery, whimsical costumes, and inspiring dance accompanied by music from the great classical composers.
(Performance length is approx. 1 hour 30 mins, including a brief intermission)
Our mission at the Collierville Ballet is to provide our community with quality arts and humanities education, cultural outreach events and performance opportunities; and to encourage, challenge and inspire individuals to achieve their own personal best through the performing art of dance.
Our Philosophy...
It is our holistic approach to the arts and humanities that helps to provide our company dancers with the necessary life-skills to pursue a professional career in dance as well as in other areas outside of dance and the related arts fields. We believe that training should not just be confined to the performing arts but should encompass experiences that encourage each dancer to be a well-rounded individual. So we instill in our dancers - etiquette, discipline, mutual respect, confidence, the ability to work as a team and to encourage one another as individuals.
One team...
We support each other, creating a warm, nurturing environment for our company members to maximize their potential and reach their personal goals. Our company dancers can be found in some of the most prestigious dance companies and arts organizations in the world - including the American Ballet Theatre, The Julliard School, and on Broadway.
Versatility...
Our dancers are provided with professional instruction in classical ballet, contemporary, jazz, modern dance styles which allows our dancers to quickly adapt to a broad range of styles and genres. Our dancers are given wonderful performance opportunities to learn and perform classical repertoire and contemporary works. Our company dancers hold leading roles in productions and have ample opportunities to learn the craft of theatre production and performance.
Respecting our heritage...
We honor the knowledge of the arts and humanities passed down to us from generation to generation. We ensure that our dancers are educated in the history of classical ballet and grow to understand and appreciate all forms of dance from a wide variety of cultures as a artistic treasure for all people to enjoy.
Jr Level Company Members ages 9-12 must have at least two consecutive years of classical ballet training and/or other dance styles to be considered for membership in the Collierville Ballet. Pointe work is not required at this level of company membership.
Sr Level Company Members ages 13-18 must have at least two consecutive years of classical ballet training and/or other dance styles to be considered for membership in the Collierville. Dancers who have obtained the necessary strength, technique and ability to work en pointe should attend their audition ready to demonstrate their pointe work.
Character Dancers & Apprentice Members ages 9-adults should speak with the Artistic Director about available roles during our performance season. Applicants for these positions should have experience to support their character or apprentice level roles during the performance season. All casting is at the discretion of the Artistic Director of the Collierville Ballet.
For more information or to register for auditions, email Julie Knowles at info@colliervilleballet.org. Please include in the email: Parent/Guardian name, the dancer's full name, age, experience/background of training and contact phone number. A Collierville Ballet staff member will return an email and a phone to you to arrange an interview.
BE A PART OF THE COMPANY!
Only dancing with Collierville Ballet will give you the opportunity to dance in the classical Nutcracker as well as other traditional and modern ballet performances!
To obtain a position in the Company, auditions may be scheduled at any time by appointment; please email info@colliervilleballet.org to request.
Open auditions are also held in January and August.
Audition will include a master class with Artistic Director Julie Knowles.
Interested dancers should have previous ballet training.
Audition Location: Collierville Arts Academy Studios
1990 W. Poplar Ave, Ste #104, Collierville, TN 38017
This beloved holiday classic returns to the Harrell Theatre in Collierville, TN on December 21st and 22nd. The Collierville Ballet, Collierville's pre-professional regional youth ballet company, will present the full-length Nutcracker ballet with professional guest artists dancing the leading roles of the Snow Queen and Snow King and the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier Prince.
The Act I Victorian-style Party Scene introduces our audience to Drosselmeyer, a clock and toy maker who happens to be closing his shop early to go visit his niece Clara at her family's Christmas Party. Meet Clara, her family and a whole cast of characters. Our exciting Battle Scene is filled with fanciful, sword-fighting mice, dancing toy soldiers, and a larger-than-life Nutcracker Prince who escorts Clara through the Land of Snow where swirling Snowflakes are conjured by the sparkling Snow Queen and Snow King of the Winter Forest.
Act II opens with graceful Angels poised on clouds as they herald the arrival of Clara and her Nutcracker Prince to the Kingdom of the Sweets. Twirling Chocolates, graceful Ribbons Candies, leaping Candy Canes, Marzipan Mirlitons and dancing Gingerbreads perform for Clara and her attendants.
Lastly, The Waltz of the Flowers announces the arrival of the radiant Sugar Plum Fairy and her elegant Cavalier as they dance their Grand Pas de Deux before bidding Clara a fond farewell.
Pre-order a digital download/viewing of 2024's presentation of The Nutcracker by Collierville Ballet below!
Included in the presentation are the following items:
The Nutcracker - Act 1 & 2
Our official 2024 Nutcracker Trailer Video
2024 Nutcracker Production Gallery Slideshow
The History of The Nutcracker: Our Video Mini-Documentary
BONUS - A Link for our 2024 Nutcracker Performance Program online in flipbook format
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