Dallas Ballet Company is a pre-professional ballet company in Dallas, TX, offering a full season for over 37 years: 6 full Nutcrackers, 1 full ballet, and 3 seasonal programs. Company members are selected annually in open auditions for pre-professional dancers (age 14+). There are also performing opportunities for Dallas Ballet Company Apprentices (age 13+), Apprentice Trainees (age 13+), and Junior company members (age 12+). Company members have participated in performances of Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, La Fille mal Gardee, Raymonda, Le Corsaire, and Don Quixote. Excerpts from these ballets have been performed in Irving, Tyler, and Greenville, Texas, as well as Durant, Oklahoma. The company is invited to perform at many other events such as the Dallas Morning News Dance Festival, Dance for the Planet, and lecture demonstrations for elementary schools and retirement homes throughout the year. Additionally, in 2001 and 2002, DBCo presented Bravo!Ballet, a cultural event for the city of Dallas with guest artists from New York City Ballet.
