The Asheville Ballet
North Carolina's oldest non-profit ballet company
Photo Credit: Studio Misha Photography
Photo Credit: Rose Pillmore
Photo Credit: Rose Pillmore
Photo Credit: Studio Misha Photography
Upcoming Events
Nutcracker auditions
Saturday, Sept 21
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.
Please fill out an audition form in advance:
https://forms.gle/8u35mQdZmVzpfyePA
2:30pm ages 4 – First Grade
2:45pm Second – Fourth Grade
3:00pm Fifth – Seventh Grade
3:30-6:15pm Everyone Eighth Grade – senior adult, including intermediate/advanced teens as well as professionals, and all dancers auditioning for Pointe roles.
More information here.
Fall Classes begin Sept 3
August classes ongoing
New students welcome
Training
Fall Classes begin Tuesday, September 3, at the the Asheville Academy of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, official school of The Asheville Ballet, Ann Dunn Owner/Director.
New students may begin anytime! 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, Rachel Taylor, and Kendall Teague. Please fill out a registration form to enroll.
Take a look at our Fall Class schedule and contact us if you have any questions!
The nutcracker
dec 13-15, 2024
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 13, 7:30pm
Saturday, December 14, 2:30pm
Saturday, December 14, 7:30pm
Sunday, December 15, 2:30pm
Tickets: $30-60 available at Wortham Center: https://www.worthamarts.org/events/the-nutcracker-3/
School Show Thursday, December 12
Image of Marcelo Martinez and Megan Jones Medford by Rose Pillmore.
Spring into dance 2025
May 16 and 17
Diana Wortham Theatre
Performance
Mark your calendars and join us for “Spring Into Dance: An Artistic Bouquet,” a professional production of all original choreography, in various styles, by Western North Carolina’s own Ballet Company and North Carolina’s oldest ballet company, The Asheville Ballet, directed by Ann Dunn. Spring into Dance will feature exciting new dance works by our resident choreographers.
More information available soon.
Fall into Dance 2025
Sept 12-13
Pack Square Park
Performance
Mark your calendars and join The Asheville Ballet, Ann Dunn Director, for a professional production of all original work! Resident choreographers will present their exciting new work, 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, Sept 12 & 13, 2025
Location: Roger McGuire Green stage, Pack Square Park
Image by Cat Ford-Coates.
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