Champaign Ballet Academy
Whether their ambition is to dance professionally with American Ballet Theatre, to dance in our local Nutcracker or simply to have fun in class, Champaign Ballet Academy has a consistent track record for developing children and dancers capable of reaching their goals.
To be your best, you need to learn from the best.
The academy is directed by Deanna Doty, who founded CBA in 1998. Professionally trained and experienced herself, Deanna has built a successful school because of her deep respect for her students and her unique ability to impart on them the benefits of skilled training. She ensures that all instructors at CBA share her commitment to meeting the individual needs of each student.
The teaching method used at the academy is based on the Russian Vaganova Syllabus, with influences from Cecchetti and Bournonville techniques as well. The technique is tailored to each individual body, enabling the academy to produce dancers with clean technique and pure academic lines. Speed, strength, and fluidity are increased slowly over the years to ensure proper alignment, muscle and ligament preparedness, and injury prevention.
With a variety of classes offered at each level, the Champaign Ballet Academy has become the premiere school of ballet in East Central Illinois.
Older dancers are encouraged to explore different techniques and forms of dance. At around the age of 13 many students choose to expand their horizons during the summer when they are accepted to various ballet programs around the United States.
CBA students have won scholarships to American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Internationale, Ballet Chicago, Ballet Met, Salt Creek Ballet, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and Gus Giordano. CBA students have gone on to dance with the Atlanta Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, the Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Met, Butler University, and have also won awards such as the American Ballet Theatre Scholar Award and the National Society of Arts and Letters scholarship. Call us at
217-355-8234
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