Classes and Programming
General Class Information for 2023/2024 Fall Classes
We welcome you to Ballet Spartanburg. A center for dance education that is more than just ballet. A center that is a higher standard. A center that offers quality dance education.
This fall, we are excited to offer new classes and instructors. Please note that we may have classes that are at capacity. We can place your student on a waiting list for any particular class.
As of June 16th 2021, the Chapman Cultural Center and Ballet Spartanburg do not mandate the wearing of a mask for inside activities. We will continue monitoring the advice/requirements of the CDC.
*Lebo's Dancewear will be at the Ballet Spartanburg studios from 1-7 pm on August 8 for dress code fittings during our open house.
- Classes for the 2023-2024 year begin Monday, August 21, 2023.
- Faculty and schedule are subject to change due to enrollment.
- A minimum enrollment of 5 full paying students is required for a class to be maintained.
- All registration forms must be completed and turned in to the Ballet Spartanburg office before a student may attend class.
- Students are assigned classes and instructors upon approval of Ballet Master, Lona Gomez.
- Classes/dance education are closed classes. Parent Observation weeks/dates are noted on Dance Calendar.
- Students who graduate from High School are required to take Adult Classes.
- To withdraw a student, complete the withdrawal form, and submit to the Ballet Spartanburg office. A withdrawal form must be submitted within one month of a student no longer attending classes to ensure a refund. Please note that we will adhere to this policy.
- INCLEMENT Weather. Please note that we follow the openings/closings of the Chapman Cultural Center. We will try our very best to notify you of any changes due to inclement weather via email, Instagram and Facebook. Please check all emails from Ballet Spartanburg carefully.
CLICK HERE FOR 2023/2024 CFDE CLASS SCHEDULE
Tap and Twirl (ages 3-4)
The Center for Dance Education Tap and Twirl Division for 3-4 year-olds focuses on an imaginative introduction to tap and jazz. This child-centered class combines a gentle introduction of tap and jazz movement and vocabulary with the mindfulness of the age of the student.
Creative Division (ages 3-4)
The Center for Dance Education Creative Division focuses on creativity, fostering a love of dance, group interaction, and the joy of self-expression. The class is ballet based.The Creative Movement syllabus is designed to gently introduce our youngest students to a happy and safe classroom environment, while instilling the physical and emotional confidence to explore and create. This class is open to boys and girls. Social skills are also developed through collaborative and cooperative games. Creative Movement students participate in the end of the year dance demonstration in the Chapman Cultural Center.
Pre Ballet through Ballet V (ages 5-18)
The Recreational Ballet Student Division consists of Pre Ballet through Ballet V. The primary levels foster a love of ballet while following a more formal ballet class focusing on rote. The intermediate levels provide the students with solid classical ballet technique as well as continuing to develop increased strength and coordination focusing on rote. The upper levels continue to build on the intermediate level, in which musicality and more complicated combinations are introduced. The Recreational Division has a structured syllabus as well as detailed objectives for each level. All Recreational Ballet Students advance according to individual progress in acquiring technique and strength.
Open Student Division
The Open Student Division offers optional discipline classes for students interested in Tap/Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Stretch and Strengthen, and Irish. They can be taken on their own or in conjunction with ballet classes.
Advanced Lower
The Lower Division is designed for the more serious student and is designed to provide the student with a focused, challenging curriculum based on rote. Placement is through audition only and each student is carefully evaluated for continuation in the Division. A criterion for acceptance is an anatomical structure suited to the demands of a challenging rote based curriculum.
Trainee
The Center for Dance Education Trainee Program offers talented ballet students a transitional experience that bridges the gap between the academic ballet setting and the world of professional dance. The Center for Dance Education Trainee Program is tuition based. Click on link for additional information/audition requirements.
2023-2024 Adult Ballroom Dance
Classes meet on Monday nights in the Ballet Studios from 7:30-8:30pm. Ballroom classes are paid per session. Please refer to the Ballroom Schedule of Classes for session dates and costs.
Carlos Agudelo, 2023 SC Governor's Award for an Individual
Ballet Spartanburg's Artistic Director, Carlos Agudelo, was awarded the South Carolina Governor's Award from the South Carolina Arts Commission on May 23, 2023, at the Chapman Cultural Center. The award was presented by Mr. David Platt, Executive Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission. "We recognize the unparalleled energy, enthusiasm, devotion and love for dance that Carlos has gifted to our community out of his passion for all to experience the arts for the past 32 years. We are overjoyed that Carlos has been recognized by the South Carolina Arts Commission, " Teresa S. Berline, Executive Director. "The South Carolina Arts Commission is an extraordinary organization in our state which promotes and advocates opportunities in the arts which values equality, access, diversity and inclusion. Ballet Spartanburg is honored by the support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the recognition of Carlos Agudelo."