Kingsport Ballet is known in the southeast as a premiere classical ballet school and company, specializing in full-length ballets.  The company performs in venues throughout the Tri-Cities, and hosts guest artists from around the world. 
    Artistic Director, Valeria Sinyavskaya, received her training in the famed Classical Ballet Academy of Kiev under Galina Berezova, prized pupil of Agrippina Vaganova.  She has taught, directed, and choreographed in the U.S. and abroad and teaches the celebrated Vaganova method, known to have produced dance legends Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev.

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The 2008 Summer Workshop Brochure is available!  Dancers please join us for this exciting program with Master Teachers.  In addition we will be offering several other programs for Teens, Adults, and Children this summer which may also suit your Dancing needs!

Kingsport Ballet is in the midst of a capital campaign to raise funds to install a new sprung flooring system in the main studio. A sprung floor is important for protecting our dancers by providing resilience particularly with landing jumps. Initial estimates suggest the need for approximately $17,000 to complete this project. Invest in the future of our dancers and contribute today.

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The Kingsport Ballet School will be back in session on August 11, 2008! The registration form is available now.

Performance pictures have been updated for Giselle, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty!

Check out our ongoing ballroom dancing classes!
New sessions beginning in June for beginner and intermediate dancers. Contact us for more information.

Kingsport Ballet performed Les Sylphides with Symphony of the Mountains on May 3rd as part of their Music and the Arts Performance! You can see the press release here. It was a great success and we wish to thank Cornelia Kodkani-Laemmli and all the wonderful musicians with the Symphony of the Mountains for the opportunity to collaborate on such a fantastic performance.

Kingsport Ballet is funded in part by the Tennessee Arts
Commission. Kingsport Ballet's DANCE CO outreach program is funded in part by grant funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kingsport Community Foundation.

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