The Asheville Ballet
North Carolina's oldest non-profit ballet company
Photo Credit: Rose Pillmore
Upcoming Events
CINDERELLA
auditions
saturday, january 17
Performance
The Asheville Ballet presents Cinderella. Auditions will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2026, ages 8 and up, at Asheville Ballet, between 10am-6pm; exact times TBD. Register below and you will be notified of final audition times, TBD. Open to all area dance students.
Performances will be hosted by Diana Wortham Theatre, Friday, May 15, 2026 at 7:30pm, and Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm.
Audition Details & Registration Form due Thursday, January 15, 2026:
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CINDERELLA
May 15 & 16, 2026
Wortham center
Performance
The Asheville Ballet, Ann Dunn, Director, will present the ballet Cinderella, set to Prokofiev’s memorably beautiful music, at Diana Wortham Theatre, Friday, May 15, 2026 at 7:30pm, and Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm.
Boys, girls, and adults of all ages will be moved by this exciting, funny, romantic, and above all magical tale. A young woman discovers, through her own imagination, the inner resources to release her from the restrictions of her world. A young man discovers the courage to defy the restrictions of his world. Our Cinderella keeps the enchantment of the traditional Fairy Tale while transforming it into a story for us all.
Ticket information coming soon.
NOTE: Only puchase directly from Wortham link provided or in-person.
Fall classes begin 8/31/26
new students welcome
Training
Fall Classes begin September 2, 2025 at the Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, official school of The Asheville Ballet, Ann Dunn Owner/Director!
We have excellent offerings at all levels for students of every age in Ballet, Modern Dance, Pilates, Pointe, Conditioning, and Creative Ballet, with our wonderful faculty, including Zoe D'Astolfo, Alisha Ear, Fleming Lomax, Allison Hertzberg, and Rachel Taylor. Please review our schedule and fill out a registration form to enroll and then feel free to drop in!
Fall into Dance 2026
Sept 18 & 19
Pack Square Park
Performance
Join The Asheville Ballet, Ann Dunn Director, for a professional production of all original work! Resident choreographers present their exciting new work and restaged favorites, in various styles, classical to contemporary. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair and enjoy an evening of dance in our beautiful city, under the stars!
Friday & Saturday, September 18 & 19, 2026 at 7:30pm
Tickets $25 via Eventbrite: Coming soon
Location: Roger McGuire Green stage, Pack Square Park
Image by Rose Pillmore.
Nutcracker Auditions
2026 TBA
Audition
The Asheville Ballet, Ann Dunn, Director, welcomes all dancers ages 4 to senior adult, from all area studios, to audition for our professional production of The Nutcracker.
Audition fee is $10, via cash or check to The Asheville Ballet. Auditions will be filmed.
More details to come...
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The nutcracker
dec 12-14, 2025
Wortham Center
Performance
Join us for this favorite holiday tradition, as the Asheville Ballet proudly presents our professional production of the Nutcracker at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts!
Friday, December 12, 7:30pm
Saturday, December 13, 2:30pm
Saturday, December 13, 7:30pm
Sunday, December 14, 2:30pm
Tickets: $20-60 available at Wortham Center!
School Performance
Thursday, December 11, 2025
PLEASE NOTE: A friendly caution: please be sure you only purchase from Wortham directly, as scam sites are unfortunately common.
The Asheville Ballet has a rich history of pedagogy and performance spanning over 60 years. Originally the Fletcher School of Dance, the Asheville Ballet is North Carolina's oldest non-profit regional ballet company. We thrive because we believe strongly that quality arts education and community involvement should take precedence over mass growth and competition, and because we live here year-round, we can perform monthly, weekly, daily, to help fulfill our community’s artistic needs.
Since its inception, the Asheville Ballet has produced both cutting edge interdisciplinary work and full length major work. We have collaborated with other local art agencies (the Asheville Symphony, Asheville Bravo Concerts, Asheville Community Theater, Asheville Lyric Opera), and have worked live with the areas major musical, poetic and visual artists.
Praise for
The Asheville Ballet
"Dunn achieves a level of accomplishment that elicits helpless comments...haunting beauty and often stunning emotional pitch."
Carrie Frye - Mountain Xpress