Training, Workshops & More

Collierville Arts Academy is the official school for the Collierville Ballet company.  Collierville Ballet rehearses at the studios of the Collierville Arts Academy located in Collierville, TN. Each level of the Collierville Ballet Company Dancers is required to meet a certain number of formal dance classes per week to maintain optimal technique, strength, and artistry.  Company members will take weekly warm up classes and rehearse as scheduled by the Artistic Director.

The Collierville Ballet offers training scholarships and summer study scholarships through an audition process each spring in April for the coming season. Dancers interested in applying for a training scholarships should contact the Collierville Ballet through email and make an inquiry about the scholarship program no later than March each year.

The Collierville Ballet directors work very closely with company members who desire to dance at the college/university levels or pursue a professional career in dance. Due to the nature of the art form, early preparation for a career in dance begins during the teen years. Finding the opportunities, networking, and knowing how to audition are critical components of success.

The Collierville Ballet company has former members who have gone on to college/university program or professional dance companies in the following organizations. Collierville Ballet youth ballet company strives towards developing the best out of their company members to help them be successful in meeting their goals.

• American Ballet Theatre 
• The Julliard School NY, NY
• American Ballet Theatre - The Gillespie School, CA
• SCAD @ Atlanta, GA
• Vanderbilt Law School
• Samford University
• Broadway Musicals
• Carnival Cruise Lines
• Butler University
• Washington Ballet
• University of Memphis
• West. Kentucky University
• Joffrey Ballet 
• Universal Studios & Disney World
• University of Arizona
• University of Cincinnati
• Yale University
• Baylor University

In 2024, the Collierville Ballet hosted the inaugural Mid-America Ballet Festival in Collierville, TN. We offered three days of Master Classes and Workshops for dancers ages 9-18 in our community.  Once again in 2025, Collierville Ballet will be hosting this very exciting opportunity for training with nationally and world class faculty.  In 2025 the Mid-America Ballet Festival will feature a performance opportunity so that attending youth ballet and pre-professional companies can enjoy an opportunity to highlight and showcase their talent on stage for a live audience.  This provides our young dancers valuable networking opportunities and additional performance experience during these important and formative years as dance artists.