Pensacola Youth Ballet

03/23/2026

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We can’t wait for our third annual Ballet & Birdies Tournament!! This has been such a fun event each year and we have achieved many goals through the support we have received. Please consider joining us Friday May 29. Fun, Food, Socializing, and really great Prizes…. what more incentive do you need? You can sign your team up through this link: https://pensacolayouthballet.com/ballet-%26-birdies-1

03/08/2026

Looking for a summer program for your little movers? Look no further than Pensacola Youth Ballet. Our summer programs offer something for everyone with beginner to intermediate and advanced camps. Our Itsy Bitsy Ballet camp is nursery rhyme inspired and themed around its own original story and character! Your child will love learning new skills in this creative and fun camp. Tutu Tales, for our 6-8 year olds will provide your child focused ballet technique while teaching them about the cultures and many dances their favorite characters might do. Your little princess will thrive in this inspiring fantasy! Finally, our Ignite Ballet camp is created for just that…. To Ignite your child’s passion for and love of ballet. Three and a half hours daily of technique, pointe, variations, cross training and other dance styles, this intensive is designed to lift your child up and encourage them to new heights. For more information on these camps or our year long program please see our website www.pensacolayouthballet.com or call us at 850-786-9506.
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03/08/2026

Timothée Chalamet recently received backlash for saying he "didn't want to be working in ballet or opera" because he feels they are dying art forms that "no one cares about anymore"…..
Not only does this show a lack of knowledge and experience but it’s also simply false. Here are just a few statistics that demonstrate the growth and increased interest in ballet over the last 48 years. I think ballet has never seen a greater time and is thriving!

1. In the 1980s there were only 58-78 professional ballet companies in America. Now there are approximately 1,345 registered ballet companies in the United States!

2. The average budget for the top ten professional ballet companies in the 1980’s was 5 million dollars. Today the top 10 American ballet companies operate with an average annual budget of approximately $38 million to $45 million+ per company

3. In the 1980s the top ten professional American ballet companies existed soley as a singular entity. Today these same companies operate a second company, trainee program, or studio company to act as a bridge between training and a professional career.

4. There are over 188,000+ active, professional, and personal YouTube channels dedicated to, or heavily featuring, ballet.

5. Here is a list notable Feature-Length Ballet Films (2016–2026)
Ballerina (also known as Leap!) (2016) – Animated adventure-comedy
Polina (2016) – French drama
Bolshoi (2017) – Russian drama
Dance Academy: The Movie (2017) – Teen drama
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (2017) – Documentary
Ballet Now (2018) – Documentary
The White Crow (2018) – Rudolf Nureyev biopic
Suspiria (2018) – Horror film heavily centered on a dance academy
Birds of Paradise (2021) – Amazon Studios drama
Joika (2023) – Drama based on dancer Joy Womack
Swan Song (2023) – Documentary
Pretty Lethal (forthcoming, 2026) – Action thriller

6. Here are a few of the newest facilities for some of the midsize American ballet companies. Their price tags range vastly between $15,000,000 - $35,000,000

02/26/2026

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02/16/2026

Looking for a summer program for your little movers? Look no further than Pensacola Youth Ballet. Our summer programs offer something for everyone with beginner to intermediate and advanced camps. Our Itsy Bitsy Ballet camp is nursery rhyme inspired and themed around its own original story and character! Your child will love learning new skills in this creative and fun camp. Tutu Tales, for our 6-8 year olds will provide your child focused ballet technique while teaching them about the cultures and many dances their favorite characters enjoy. Your little princess will thrive in this inspiring fantasy! Finally, our Ignite Ballet camp is created for just that…. To Ignite your child’s passion for and love of ballet. Three and a half hours daily of technique, pointe, variations, cross training and other dance styles, this intensive is designed to lift your child up and encourage them to new heights. For more information on these camps or our year long program please see our website www.pensacolayouthballet.com or call us at 850-786-9506.
REGISTERING NOW ON OUR WEBSITE

02/15/2026

We will be holding classes tomorrow, see you there!!

02/12/2026

Reminder!!! You must be signed up to participate in the recital by this Saturday February 14th!!! If you would like to participate you must register for the “Coppelia Recital” class in your parent portal.

01/30/2026

Pensacola Youth Ballet is so happy to have been able to award $6,400 this year in Legacy Scholarship Awards!! The Legacy Awards honors the Matriarchs of Pensacola’s ballet community. It was established to further the art of ballet in our area by providing ballet training and opportunities to its recipients. Each school that participates in our Community Nutcracker performance receives a portion of our ticket proceeds in the form of a scholarship that can then be awarded at their school. Along with their scholarship, each studio is given a brief history of the person the scholarship is named after. This years recipients were LaBelle Performing Arts receiving the Dorothy Lister Legacy Award, Perdido Performing Arts receiving the Nannette Grimm Legacy Award, and Five Star Dance Centre receiving the Bernadette Clement Sims Legacy Award. Congratulations to each of these studios and we so thank you for participating in the Pensacola Youth Ballet’s Community Nutcracker each year. What an honor it is to serve our dance community with this awesome team!!

10/10/2025