"Upstate NY Ballet has built a first-rate production house
on a rock-solid foundation. A reputation for mounting dazzling,
delicate, yet powerful performances."
-Robert A. Niedt
Syracuse Post-Standard
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.
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