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
Open auditions for
Spring into dance
Saturday, Feb 5, 1:15-4:00
Audition
The Asheville Ballet's Spring Concert is coming up: Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, May 20th and 21st, at Diana Wortham Theatre.
Auditions for this professional production will be Saturday, February 5th from 1:15 – 4:00pm at our studio at 4 Weaverville Highway, Asheville. All advanced dancers, ages 18 and up, are welcome! Audition fee is $10 (cash or check: The Asheville Ballet).
Face coverings required.
Please fill out an audition form here: https://forms.gle/5ayUyxKLVBreBuvQ7
More information can be found here.
Image by Rose Pillmore.
Spring into dance 2022
May 20 and 21
Diana Wortham Theatre
Performance
“Spring Into Dance: An Artistic Bouquet” is a professional production of all original choreography, classical to contemporary, by Western North Carolina’s own Ballet Company and North Carolina’s oldest ballet company, The Asheville Ballet, directed by Ann Dunn.
Stay tuned for info!
Please note: All patrons who are 12 or older must show either proof of vaccination (and an ID, for adults) OR a negative lab-conducted COVID test (results within 48 hours before the show) in order to enter Wortham Theatre. See more:https://www.worthamarts.org/visit/covid-19-policies-and-procedures/
Image by Studio Misha Photography
Dirty Dancing Festival
Lake Lure
2022
Performance
For the 11th year, the Asheville Ballet Company will be the resident dancers of the Lake Lure Dirty Dancing Festival. Audience and dancers alike have an incredible weekend of learning and re-enacting dances from the film on the location of the original site of filming the famed "Dirty Dancing", as well as enjoying other family-friendly activities such as a watermelon-carrying competition, and of course the couples' lift competition!
For tickets, directions, and other information visit the Festival Website at
Fall into Dance 2022
Sept 9 & 10
Pack Square Park
Performance
Mark your calendars now, and be ready to join The Asheville Ballet, Ann Dunn Director, for the first event of our 2022/2023 Season, a professional production of all original work, in various styles, classical to contemporary, by resident choreographers.
Location: Roger McGuire Green stage, Pack Square Park
Stay tuned for more info!
The nutcracker
dec 10-12, 2021
Diana Wortham Theatre
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 in 2021!
Tickets:
$15-$50, available at Wortham Arts
https://www.worthamarts.org/events/the-asheville-ballet-presents-the-nutcracker/
Friday, December 10, 7:30pm
Saturday, December 11, 2:30pm
Saturday, December 11, 7:30pm
Sunday, December 12, 2:30pm
More information available here.
Image of Marcelo Martinez and Amanda Gerhardt by Marcelo Martinez and Jaimon Caceres. Guest artists appear courtesy of Carolina Ballet.
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