Oakland Ballet Company Education Programs and Summer Academy

Oakland Ballet Company Education Programs and Summer Academy offer dance and ballet training. The Summer Academy focuses on strengthening ballet technique and growing participants’ understanding of ballet.

• Schedule: Summer Academy sessions take place in the summer

Oakland Ballet Company’s Discover Dance educational programs include in-school programs, free community performances, scholarships to training programs, and ticket donations. The organization is led by Artistic Director Graham Lustig, Assistant Artistic Director Bat Abbit, and Artist-in-Residence Phil Chan. Its mission is to provide accessible, relevant, and exciting dance that inspires and educates all ages of a diverse community. Oakland Ballet Company is an Isadora Duncan award-winning dance organization. The company also presents the Dancing Moons Festival, described as the country’s first ballet program that features Asian American Pacific Islander choreographers and aims to eradicate Orientalism on the stage and bring contemporary ballet to life. One review from the San Francisco Chronicle calls “A Taste of Oakland” “a refreshing romp through a favorite city” that “combining the best soulful music with the snappiest dance moves lights up the night.”

Last updated March 20, 2026.