Toledo Ballet

Toledo Ballet is a pre-professional dance company that inspires the passions and spirit of the Toledo community through dance. Under the artistic leadership of Artistic Director Lisa Mayer-Lang and Resident Choreographer Michael Lang, the Toledo Ballet provides quality dance instruction and exceptional performance opportunities to over 250 students... throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan annually. Founded in 1939 by Marie Bollinger Vogt, Toledo Ballet continues to offer quality dance education that span all ages and ability levels. Classes include ballet, contemporary, tap, tumbling, and Adaptive Dance, a unique class providing those with special needs an opportunity to learn to move in ways that come naturally to them. Acting, voice, musical theater, and conditioning (TRX, Pilates) are also offered at the school. In addition, Toledo Ballet brings in world-renowned, professional dancers each year to lead its summer intensive programs, drawing students from across the region seeking to advance their skills. Toledo Ballet students have competed at the national and international level, including the Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP), the world's largest international student ballet competition, and many have pursued dance professionally at some of the most prestigious ballet institutions in the nation, including New York City Ballet, Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv, Dance Contemporary in Dayton, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet in San Francisco. Students have been admitted into distinguished programs such as the School of American Ballet, The Juilliard School, Boston Ballet, Ballet West, and many others. On January 1, 2019, the Toledo Ballet and Toledo Symphony officially merged to form the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), a new non-profit organization dedicated to providing exceptional live music and dance performances and education for the region. Stemming from a decades-long partnership and presentation of the longest-running production of The Nutcracker in the nation, this merger is one ...Read More