Ballet is an art made BY people; OF people, and FOR people. The choreographer is much like a painter who creates an image through the use of paint and brushes. The choreographer uses space as the canvas and creates the image with dancers’ bodies. Watching a choreographer create a new work is exciting, inspiring, and exhilarating. Right now, SNB is housed at the Steinway Piano Gallery and Music School until the renovations of our new home at […] The post SNB Creates New Choreography in Collaboration with the Steinway Piano Gallery first appeared on Sierra Nevada Ballet Company ..read more

  Sierra Nevada Ballet is thrilled to announce a new expansion to a centrally located, easy access (just off the freeway) new home featuring state-of-the-art and much larger studios, and a collaborative, vibrant arts hub that will redefine the artistic experience for our community.     Sierra Nevada Ballet (SNB) was founded in 2001 and is the professional ballet company for northern Nevada made up of professional ballet dancers who live in our own community. The […] The post SNB Collaborates with Arts Organizations to Create a Performing Arts Hub in Reno first appeared on S ..read more

Each year as we begin to prepare for our annual presentation of The Peanutcracker-The Story in a Nutshell, I am reminded that we live in a very special community, filled with a joyous family spirit during the holiday season. This year’s Peanutcracker features the local professional dancers of Sierra Nevada Ballet, 86 student dancers from the Reno/Carson area in the children’s roles, and one of the performances will be narrated in both English and Spanish. This 45-minute narrated […] The post SNB’s Holiday Peanutcracker Brings the Community Together first appeared on Sierra Nevad ..read more

Dear SNB and SNBA Families, Hold your pliés and get ready to grand jeté into the future with Sierra Nevada Ballet and Sierra Nevada Ballet Academy! Our ballet family is about to embark on an exciting journey as we pirouette into a new home at 500 E. Moana Lane, Reno, 89502. Beyond the change in location, this marks the beginning of a new chapter—a vibrant arts hub that’s poised to be a haven for creativity. […] The post Sierra Nevada Ballet’s New Arts Hub and Our Call to Dance Together first appeared on Sierra Nevada Ballet Company ..read more

Ballet is an art form that is passed down traditionally from generation to generation. I am reminded of the value of that tradition every year as we prepare for our annual production of the Peanutcracker-The Story In A Nutshell. I was inspired by young audience members to choreograph Peanutcracker in 1993 in the SF Bay Area. After 25 years of performing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy professionally, I came to discover through speaking […] The post PASSING JOY – THROUGH GENERATIONS first appeared on Sierra Nevada Ballet Company ..read more

We are so fortunate to live in a time of ever-improving technology where we can attend meetings via Zoom, watch videos on our computers, and see streaming performances on our cell phones.  With these wonderful modern inventions, it is easy to forget the amazing interactive experience of a live performance. SNB elected to perform at Ranch San Rafael this year and (while the venue was very costly for us) we were happy to do it. […] The post LIVE THEATER IS BACK! first appeared on Sierra Nevada Ballet Company ..read more

  This summer is a very exciting time for Sierra Nevada Ballet.  After more than a year of presenting virtual performances, SNB will once again take to the live stage in Reno, Carson City and Lake Tahoe and bring some top star dancers to Nevada to perform for our community. SNB will present the beloved famous classic story ballet, Giselle, at Rancho San Rafael as part of Artown Festival on July 17 at 7:30 PM; at […] The post Sierra Nevada Ballet Brings Star Dancers to Northern Nevada for Giselle first appeared on Sierra Nevada Ballet Company ..read more

This is an exciting time for our arts community and I am grateful and honored to be able to share it through the wonderful new collaboration we have established with PBS Reno. The popular and well-known national dance organization, Regional Dance America, is headed to northern Nevada for the first time. RDA is holding its inaugural 2022 Pacific Festival at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino on April 1 and 2 and is inviting dancers from […] The post Regional Dance America Presents Inaugural Festival in Reno first appeared on Sierra Nevada Ballet Company ..read more

As we welcome a new year I find myself reflecting on 2021. While that was a year of great challenges due to Covid and a year with some loss for the ballet world and for me personally with the death of dancer/ choreographer John Paul Comelin and Premier Danseur Extraordinaire and former director of the Paris Opera Patrick Dupond, it has also been a year of discovery, knowledge and joy. We had a lot to […] The post Alexander Biber Inspires A New Generation Of Ballet Dancers At SNB first appeared on Sierra Nevada Ballet Company ..read more

Tradition is a large part of the holidays for most families.  My parents were both ballet dancers and our December holiday revolved around performances of the Nutcracker.  I have carried on that tradition in Sierra Nevada Ballet with performances of the Peanutcracker-The Story In A Nutshell which I created especially for families with young children and which SNB has performed annually in Carson City and Reno for the past 20 years. Peanutcracker has become part […] The post Growing Up Dancing first appeared on Sierra Nevada Ballet Company ..read more