Boston Ballet Founder E. Virginia Williams opened a ballet school in 1953 with the vision of establishing the highest quality dance education facility in the region. The program was officially incorporated as Boston Ballet School in 1979 and since then has grown from a small, regional dance studio into the largest ballet school in North America.
Now the Official School of Boston Ballet, it operates three state-of-the-art dance facilities: At Boston Ballet’s headquarters in the South End of Boston; in the MetroWest town of Newton; and in the Salem/Marblehead area of the North Shore. With four core programs, designed with a progressive, age-appropriate curriculum for toddlers to senior citizens, the School provides unparalleled dance education and ballet training for over 5,000 students annually.
