Our Mission

We are a husband and wife team, who wish to share our longtime professional career experience with the next generation of ballet dancers. Ocean State Ballet was founded in 2020.

Our mission is to provide high-quality classical ballet training, while also instilling creativity and tenacity in our students. Our intent is to create a second home atmosphere; a safe, creative space for young ballet dancers, so that they may discover their talent, express themselves and learn to appreciate the art of ballet. We are so pleased to have incredibly accomplished artists on our faculty, who will guide our students to a higher level with confidence and expertise.

OUR CURRICULUM

For the advancement of proper technique and safely progressing our students in their training, Ocean State Ballet’s curriculum is based on the Vaganova method. The Vaganova method's codified technical approach emphasizes the simultaneous development of technical proficiency and individual artistry. Students progressively learn a complete range of movements that stem from proper placement and a strong foundation.

Though our ballet classes are fundamentally based on the Vaganova method, we are fortunate that our teachers come from varied styles in the professional ballet world, thus influencing the training they provide and maximizing our students exposure to the many nuances in classical ballet.  

 As experienced professional dancers ourselves, we know that versatility of movement is essential in developing well rounded dancers and artists. At OSB we encourage our students to experience all disciplines of dance.  We proudly provide classes in a range of dance styles with experienced teachers, so that our students have the opportunity to  supplement their foundational ballet training.