Naples Ballet

Naples Ballet and Company, Inc. is a 501(c) non-profit ballet school and company at 1005 5th Avenue North in Naples, Florida, whose stated mission is to provide dancers of all ages with professional dance instruction and performance opportunities while promoting awareness of dance in the Naples community. Training is built on the Vaganova method and the school also teaches the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum, a nine-level program; Pre-Primary through Level 3 is taught by ABT-certified teacher Christophe Maraval. Class offerings include Pre-Ballet for young children covering coordination, balance and basic positions at the barre, graded ballet classes, floor barre, homeschool classes and adult ballet for beginners through experienced dancers. Students perform an annual Nutcracker at Artis-Naples with the Naples Philharmonic, and the school is funded by ticket sales, fundraising and donations.