Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy (MBSA) offers high-quality dance training in an encouraging and professional atmosphere. We train more than 600 students a year in three locations, delivering training from creative movement through to pre-professional level. Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy is the only professional school in the Midwest fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD). NASD is an organization of schools, colleges, and universities founded to establish exceptional dance standards. Fully-registered Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy students have the unique opportunity to dance on stage with the company in several Milwaukee Ballet professional productions.
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Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy offers classes in the convenient the locations of Downtown Milwaukee, Brookfield, Fox Point and Hartford.
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Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy’s nationally accredited curriculum combines the teaching techniques of several international teaching institutes.
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Financial Assistance is available to MBSA students each year. Students with financial need are encouraged to apply.
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Our award-winning Tour de Force program brings dancers from Milwaukee Ballet, children with disabilities and physical therapists from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin together for a very special ballet program.
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