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Ballet California is a pre-professional ballet company that focuses on ballet performances. Each year includes a diverse range of ballets, from classical to contemporary, and dancers experience a real company atmosphere along with performance opportunities that mirror the professional world.
• Schedule: Benefactors’ Evening on August 24, 2024; The Nutcracker on December 21 and 22, 2024; Bravo! on March 1 and 2, 2025; Storybook Ballet: Midsummer Night’s Dream on June 7 and 8, 2025
Continuing in the rich tradition of South Bay Ballet and Lauridsen Ballet Centre, founded in 1978, Ballet California presents an annual season that includes The Nutcracker, the eclectic Bravo! concert, Storybook Ballet, and a Benefactors’ Concert hosted at its landmark studio. The program’s mission is to be the nation’s leading pre-professional ballet company, already a leader on the West Coast, providing unparalleled training to youth and performances that inspire and enrich the community. Training at Ballet California is described as instilling self-discipline, teamwork, perseverance, respect, self-confidence, and dedication to excellence. Its proven success in consistently placing dancers in professional contracts has earned it respect in the international ballet community and a legacy of creating future leaders in the arts. Each performance also offers the community an opportunity to engage in the arts and demonstrate the value of dance, where artistry, athleticism, and transformation reside. Misty Copeland has stated that her training with Diane Lauridsen was invaluable and that guidance from Lauridsen Ballet Centre supported her path to dancing with American Ballet Theatre.
Last updated June 18, 2026.
• Schedule: Benefactors’ Evening on August 24, 2024; The Nutcracker on December 21 and 22, 2024; Bravo! on March 1 and 2, 2025; Storybook Ballet: Midsummer Night’s Dream on June 7 and 8, 2025
Continuing in the rich tradition of South Bay Ballet and Lauridsen Ballet Centre, founded in 1978, Ballet California presents an annual season that includes The Nutcracker, the eclectic Bravo! concert, Storybook Ballet, and a Benefactors’ Concert hosted at its landmark studio. The program’s mission is to be the nation’s leading pre-professional ballet company, already a leader on the West Coast, providing unparalleled training to youth and performances that inspire and enrich the community. Training at Ballet California is described as instilling self-discipline, teamwork, perseverance, respect, self-confidence, and dedication to excellence. Its proven success in consistently placing dancers in professional contracts has earned it respect in the international ballet community and a legacy of creating future leaders in the arts. Each performance also offers the community an opportunity to engage in the arts and demonstrate the value of dance, where artistry, athleticism, and transformation reside. Misty Copeland has stated that her training with Diane Lauridsen was invaluable and that guidance from Lauridsen Ballet Centre supported her path to dancing with American Ballet Theatre.
Last updated June 18, 2026.
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