Peoria Ballet Academy
Eureka College and Peoria Ballet, 809 W Detweiller Dr, Suite C, Peoria, IL 61615
About
Peoria Ballet Academy offers pre-professional ballet training, including pointe, partnering, repertoire, and variations, along with classes in modern, lyrical, jazz, and tap. The Academy offers over 50 classes per week and serves more than 170 students, ranging in age from three to adult. More than 2,200 students have trained at the Academy since its founding.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options Monday–Thursday afternoons and early evenings, and Saturday mornings
Peoria Ballet Academy is part of Peoria Ballet Company, a non-profit organization celebrating sixty years of dance performance and dance education in Central Illinois. The Academy’s dancers participate in Peoria Ballet’s annual production of The Nutcracker, which is well known for featuring live orchestral music, professional guest artists in the roles of Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier, and more than 100 Academy dancers. Each season also includes a full-length theater production in the spring, and the Academy Performance in May concludes the season and showcases all of the dancers at the Academy. The Peoria Ballet costume inventory includes thousands of costumes for classical ballets such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Firebird, and Cinderella, as well as costumes from numerous original works.
Recent Academy students have attended summer programs at Houston Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Atlanta Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Nashville Ballet. Students have been accepted to year-round programs at North Carolina School for the Arts, Atlanta Ballet, The Rock School, and Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and some have gone on to join ballet companies such as Kansas City Ballet II, Atlanta Ballet II, Rochester City Ballet, Ballet Memphis, and Ballet West. During the 2024–2025 season, over 3,500 students attended performances of The Nutcracker and Coppelia. Peoria Ballet collaborates with other arts and non-profit organizations and offers educational and community outreach programs for children at locations such as area schools and public libraries, including special performances for local schools at significantly reduced ticket prices.
Last updated January 11, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Class options Monday–Thursday afternoons and early evenings, and Saturday mornings
Peoria Ballet Academy is part of Peoria Ballet Company, a non-profit organization celebrating sixty years of dance performance and dance education in Central Illinois. The Academy’s dancers participate in Peoria Ballet’s annual production of The Nutcracker, which is well known for featuring live orchestral music, professional guest artists in the roles of Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier, and more than 100 Academy dancers. Each season also includes a full-length theater production in the spring, and the Academy Performance in May concludes the season and showcases all of the dancers at the Academy. The Peoria Ballet costume inventory includes thousands of costumes for classical ballets such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Firebird, and Cinderella, as well as costumes from numerous original works.
Recent Academy students have attended summer programs at Houston Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Atlanta Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Nashville Ballet. Students have been accepted to year-round programs at North Carolina School for the Arts, Atlanta Ballet, The Rock School, and Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and some have gone on to join ballet companies such as Kansas City Ballet II, Atlanta Ballet II, Rochester City Ballet, Ballet Memphis, and Ballet West. During the 2024–2025 season, over 3,500 students attended performances of The Nutcracker and Coppelia. Peoria Ballet collaborates with other arts and non-profit organizations and offers educational and community outreach programs for children at locations such as area schools and public libraries, including special performances for local schools at significantly reduced ticket prices.
Last updated January 11, 2026.
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