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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.