Our program’s placements are determined by technique, physical development, current age development, and experience with our curriculum. While age is a consideration for placement, our highly experienced and quality-educated faculty place students where they will be most successful in dance with physical, emotional, and social health at the highest priority. We are not a competitively driven environment. We are a quality instruction and appropriately developed, driven environment.  We require new students ages 8 and older and students that are returning after taking time off, to complete an evaluation with one of our staff members before enrolling in our Elementary, Intermediate, or Pre-Professional levels. You can contact Julie at enrollment@bluegrassyouthballet.org for more information.

Non-Refundable Annual Registration Fee per dancer: $35 – due at time of registration

Sibling Discount: 15% for the second sibling, 10% for each additional sibling
(applies to tuition and registration fees)

Creative Movement (Pre-School Ballet for ages 3 -4)

This 45-minute class meets once a week and captures the joy of dancing in the students. Using playful, creative stories and themes we begin basic ballet techniques, conditioning and strengthening exercises, and free-form and structured group movement activities.
Ballet vocabulary and class etiquette are introduced in preparation for pre-ballet.  $75/Summer

Tuesdays 4:00 – 4:45 or Thursdays 5:00 – 5:45

The six-week summer semester is June 9 – June 27 and July 7 – July 25

Transitional Creative Movement (Ages 5+)

Our Transitional Creative Movement classes are one hour long and meet once a week. This class is designed for our “Kindergarten-bound” students preparing to enter Pre-Ballet 1 in the Fall.  This is also a good class for the beginning dancer who is 6/7 years old.  The class more closely follows the structure of a ballet technique class but still allows for using the students’ imaginations. The class begins with conditioning exercises with a creative theme to stretch and strengthen their muscles. Ballet vocabulary and class etiquette are introduced in preparation for pre-ballet. $90/Summer

Tuesdays 4:45 – 5:45 or Thursdays 4:00 – 5:00

The six-week summer semester is June 9 – June 27 and July 7 – July 25

Pre-Ballet (Primary School-Aged Ballet for ages 5 – 8)

Pre-Ballet classes are one hour long and meet once a week. The class more closely follows the structure of a ballet technique class but still allows for using the students’ imaginations. The class begins with conditioning exercises with a creative theme to stretch and strengthen their muscles. Students will become familiar with the ballet barre and ballet terminology, body placement, class etiquette, and musicality.  $90/Summer

Pre-Ballet A (first-year primary student): Monday 4:00 – 5:00 or Wednesday 5:00 – 6:00

Pre-Ballet B (second-year primary student): Monday 5:00 – 6:00 or Wednesday 4:00 – 5:00

The six-week summer semester is June 9 – June 27 and July 7 – July 25

Our Elementary Division consists of three levels and is the foundation for training and developing skills and strengths to prepare students for Intermediate levels and pointe work. Some new students with limited experience are placed in our elementary levels to learn the foundations necessary to develop their training and move up. We individualize students’ training so that it meets their needs and helps them grow as dancers safely and with the highest quality training.

Elementary A

Elementary A is designed for students ages eight and up who have previous dance experience or were in Elementary A for Spring 2025. This class meets twice weekly for 1 hour from June 9 through June 27.  $90.00/Summer

Mondays and Wednesdays 5:00 – 6:00

Elementary B

Elementary B is designed for students ages nine and up who have previous dance experience or were in Elementary B for Spring 2025. This class meets twice weekly for 1.25 hours from June 9 through June 27.  $110.00/Summer

Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00 – 6:15

Elementary C

Elementary C is designed for students ages 10 and up who have previous dance experience or were in Elementary C or Ballet 2 for Spring 2025. This class meets twice weekly for 1.5 hours from June 9 through June 27.  $130.00/Summer

Mondays and Wednesdays 5:00 – 6:30

Our Intermediate Division consists of three levels and is a significant time for students training. As students advance through the Intermediate level, they increase the number of weekly classes and begin more intensive training, working towards pointe work and Advanced and Pre-Professional levels.

Intermediate A

Intermediate A Summer Ballet is a 90-minute class that meets two days a week from June 9 through June 27 and consists of technique, pre-pointe, and conditioning.  Students in Intermediate A or Ballet 3 during the Spring 2025 semester may join Intermediate A for the summer session.  $130.00/Summer

Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:15 – 7:45

Intermediate B

Intermediate B Summer Ballet is a 90-minute class that meets two days a week from June 9 through June 27 and consists of technique, pointe, and conditioning.  $130.00/Summer

Mondays 6:00 – 7:30 and Wednesdays 5:00 – 6:30

Intermediate C

Intermediate C Summer Ballet is a 90-minute class that meets three days a week from June 9 through June 27 and consists of technique, pointe, and conditioning.  $190.00/Summer

Mondays 6:30 – 8:00, Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:00, and Thursdays 5:00 – 6:30

Advanced

The advanced division has two levels, with intensive training that prepares students for high-quality studio and stage performance.  This class meets 4 days a week from June 10 through June 28 and consists of pointe, conditioning, and technique.  Students who were in Advanced A and Advanced B may enroll in this class.  $250.00/Summer

Mondays 5:00 – 6:30, Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:00, Wednesdays 5:00 – 6:30, and Thursdays 6:30 – 8:00

Pre-Professional

The pre-professional division consists of two levels, with intensive training that prepares students for high-quality studio and stage performance.  This class meets 4 days a week from June 10 through June 28 and consists of pointe, conditioning, and technique.  Students in Pre-Professional A and Pre-Professional B may enroll in this class.  $250.00/Summer

Mondays 6:30 – 8:00, Tuesdays 5:00 – 6:30, Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:00, and Thursdays 5:00 – 6:30

Boys 

BYB is proud to offer TWO levels of boy classes over the summer. Boys will do conditioning and special exercises for jumps and turns.

Boys A

Boys enrolled in our summer elementary levels are encouraged to join our boys’ ballet class, which meets once a week for 1 hour from June 9 through June 27. $45.00/Summer

Tuesdays 4:30 – 5:30

Boys B

Boys enrolled in our summer Intermediate levels are encouraged to join our boys’ ballet class that meets once a week from June 9 through June 27 for 1 hour.  $45.00/Summer

Tuesdays 5:30 – 6:30

Our Summer Open Division includes beginning ballet for tweens/teens and adult classes. Our Summer Session for our Open Division is 6 weeks long and runs from June 10 – June 28 and July 8 – July 26.

Beginning Ballet

This class is for students ages nine and older new to ballet. The Beginning Ballet class provides an introductory course to Bluegrass Youth Ballet’s curriculum and is a one-hour class that meets once a week for six weeks. Our Summer Semester is June 9 – June 27 and July 7 – 25.  The class will focus on learning ballet techniques at the beginning and emphasize concepts such as proper posture, class etiquette, and using the positions of feet and arms.  180.00/Summer

Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30 – 5:30

Ballet 1

This class is for students enrolled in Ballet 1 during the Spring 2025 semester who want to continue their ballet training over the summer. The Ballet 1 class is a continuation course of Bluegrass Youth Ballet’s curriculum and is a one-hour class that meets twice a week for six weeks. Our Summer Semester is June 9 – June 27 and July 7 – 25.  $180/Summer

Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30 – 6:30

Adult Ballet

We are continuing to offer Adult Ballet classes over the summer!  This summer we will continue our  Intermediate/Advanced Adult Ballet, Adult Contemporary, Ballet Barre Fitness and our Saturday Jazz Funk Zumba classes. Register for the six-week classes, June 9 – June 27 and July 7 – 25.  

Intermediate/Advanced Ballet for Adults: Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Ballet Barre Fitness:  Wednesday 7:30 – 8:30 pm

Contemporary:  Friday 7:30 – 8:30 pm

Jazz Funk Zumba: Saturdays 9:00 – 10:00 am

$150 for an Adult class card that covers 15 hours of classes.  This card can be used for any of our adult classes and it never expires.