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Founded in 1997 by current Artistic Director
Kathleen Rathbun and a dedicated group of volunteers, Upstate
NY Ballet, Inc. is the only professional ballet company serving
the Central New York community. We create family-oriented entertainment
while offering opportunities for local professional, pre-professional,
and student dancers to perform classical and premiere works with
national and international artists.
A vibrant arts community encourages collaboration,
instills local pride, draws people together into the cultural
life of our community, and is essential to a community’s
vitality. Our growth from a small grass-roots venture to a professional
quality ballet has secured ballet as a dance presence in Central
New York.