Getting Started

Pre-Primary through Level 3

Training Session #1: Pre-Primary through Level 3

February 15 – 23, 2025 : ONLINE Session  *The hours of the course will be in Eastern Time (New York)

• Application deadline: Closed

May 27  – June 4, 2025 : @ ABT Studios, New York, NY

• Application deadline: March 31, 2025

July 26 – August 3, 2025 : @ ABT Studios, New York, NY

• Application deadline: June 5, 2025

August 11 – 22, 2025 : @ Nanjing Star Art Center, Nanjing, China

• Application deadline: Extended to May 9, 2025

The session is given in English and will be translated in Chinese.

Tuition and Materials:

Tuition: $1750.00
Materials: $150 (plus shipping fee)

Continue Your Training

Levels 4 and Above

Training Session #2: Levels 4 and 5

February 25 – March 2, 2025 : ONLINE Session  *The hours of the course will be in Eastern Time (New York)

• Registration deadline:  Closed

March 30 – April 4, 2025 : @ Segerstrom Center, Costa Mesa, CA

• Registration deadline: Closed

June 6 – 11, 2025 : @ ABT Studios, New York, NY

• Registration deadline: April 22, 2025

Tuition and Materials:

Tuition: $1600.00
Materials: $50 (plus shipping fee)

Training Session #3: Levels 6, 7 and Partnering

June 13 – 18, 2025 : @ ABT Studios, New York, NY

• Registration deadline: May 1, 2025

Tuition and Materials:

Tuition: $1600.00
Materials: $25

In order to register for Levels 4  & 5, Levels 6, 7 and Partnering, Retaking or Auditing a session, please email curriculum@abt.org to apply for the training session. *Please note that all inquiries must be made via email only.

Attend a Weekend Workshop

Raising the Barre Weekend Workshops

Teacher Training: Intensives, Workshops & Webinars

To facilitate the best teacher education nationally and internationally, ABT created the Teacher Training Intensives and Raising the Barre Workshops & Webinars. In the Teacher Training Sessions, ballet teachers receive a holistic education in ABT’s National Training Curriculum. The Raising the Barre Workshops & Webinars are designed to “raise the bar” of ballet training for teachers and their students, share best practices, nurture emerging artists, and revive historical gems.

Attend a Webinar

Raising the Barre Webinar Series: Holistic Teaching Practices

Dates: April 2, April 23, and May 14, 2025

Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Registration fee: $45.00 USD

Enrollment deadline: May 13, 2025

All registered participants will receive a webinar link one day in advance of each webinar. The webinars will be recorded and shared to registered participants ONLY.

Three-part Webinar Series:

April 2 – Dr. Durell Cooper

Creating Spaces of Healing and Belonging in Dance Education

April 23 – Monica Stephenson

Inclusivity in Ballet Pedagogy: Centering Students, Expanding Teaching Practices

May 14 – Panel of Leading Dance Educators and Practitioners

Moderated Panel Discussion with Paige Cunningham Caldarella (Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Dance), Ilana Goldman (Associate Professor, School of Dance, Florida State University), and Jessica Zeller, PhD, MFA (Associate Professor of Dance, TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance)

Questions? Please feel free to email curriculum@abt.org.

Raising the Barre Workshops

We invite ABT Certified Teachers to join us for a day at ABT Studios in New York City to observe students in the ABT Summer Intensive program, ages 12-20, as well as participate in a discussion about how the ABT National Training Curriculum is implemented in ABT’s training programs with ABT Summer Intensive Artistic Director, Kate Lydon; ABT JKO School Artistic Director, Stella Abrera; and ABT NTC Artistic Associates Raymond Lukens and Franco De Vita.

*This is an exclusive event for current ABT Certified Teachers ONLY*

Date: July 11, 2025

Registration fee: $100.00 USD

Enrollment deadline: June 2, 2025

*The registration is first come, first served. The enrollment will be closed as soon as capacity is reached regardless of the deadline.

Questions? Please feel free to email curriculum@abt.org.

~ ABT Masters Series: Frederick Ashton’s SYLVIA ~   Saturday, July 12

The 2025 ABT Masters Series will continue on Saturday, July 12, for ABT’s production of Sylvia at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center.

The workshop will explore the ballet Sylvia, which was originally choreographed by Frederick Ashton and premiered on September 3, 1952 at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden.

Past Weekend Workshops include:

Raising the Barre | Art of Port de Bras

Raising the Barre | Mime, Men’s Work & Character

Raising the Barre | Coppélia

Raising the Barre | Bournonville

Raising the Barre | The Cuban Method

Raising the Barre | with COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet

Raising the Barre | The Romantic Ballet

Raising the Barre | Frederick Ashton’s The Dream

Raising the Barre | Twyla Tharp

ABT Certified Teacher Classes

Each session will focus on a particular level or aspect of National Training Curriculum. Teachers will participate in a 1.5-hour online technique class followed by a 30-minute question and answer session.

Current Sessions:

• Tuesday, April 15 – Level 4
• Thursday, April 17 – Level 5

Instructor: Harriet Clark

Fee: $20 per session

Register