Costumes are provided by the company.
Dancers are charged a $10 Performance Fee, which includes costume fitting and cleaning. Dancers supply their own make-up, tights, shoes and undergarments.
Videotapes and professional photos are made of the performances, and available at a minimal charge.
Dancers are eligible to perform in the DCYB in their fourth year of training. Transfer students to the Academy of Ballet who are intermediate level are invited to understudy one year before joining the company. Adults from the community are invited to participate in appropriate roles (such as party parents in The Nutcracker.) The company rehearses for ten weeks prior to opening. Group rehearsals are scheduled on Saturdays, with small group and soloist rehearsals scheduled during the week at 3:00 and 7:00.
Contact us:
Office Mailing address:
- Academy of Ballet/DCYB
- 2085 Mullen Road
- Dubuque, Iowa 52001-3054
- Office Telephone Number: 563.583.2047
marina@balletdubuque.com
megan@balletdubuque.com
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Studio Location:
- Academy of Ballet
- Grand Opera House, 4th Floor
- 135 W. 8th Street
- Dubuque, Iowa 52001
- Studio Telephone Number: 563.582.0812
Academy of Ballet Open House, 2011: Megan MacLeod leads Beginning Students ages 8 - 12 in their Open House demonstration.
Coppelia, 2009, featuring Jillian Slade and Guest artist Doug Mackie.
Lynsay Haverland and Megan MacLeod perform in the schools: Fancy Footwork, 2008
Left: The Nutcracker, 2010, From the Snow Scene, featuring Jillian Slade, Snow Queen.
Dubuque City Youth Ballet - Gave its premiere performance in 1969 with the University of Northern Iowa Orchestra, Donald Wendt, Conductor. The new company, formed by Tatiana Bechenova, presented works from the Ballet Russe repetoire. In its early years, the DCYB performed at Clarke College. The DCYB celebrated the opening of the Five Flags Center, and now performs in all area theaters.
Ballets in the DCYB repertory include The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Cinderella, Don Quixote and the original full length ballet: The Littlest Angel.
The Dubuque City Youth Ballet is a 501-C-3 organization. Donations are tax deductible, as provided by law. The Academy of Ballet provides studio and storage facilities for the DCYB.
The Heartland Ballet is a division of the DCYB, consisting of high school, adult and advanced dancers from the DCYB.
Performance opportunities for the Heartland Ballet include repertory ballets Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Giselle, one-act ballets, original and commissioned ballets and numerous performances in the tri-state schools.
The Heartland Ballet provides dancers for special events: symphony concerts, art gallery openings, lecture demonstrations, and dynamic dancers for community theater musicals. Please inquire if you have a need for trained dancers in your production.
