Cooperative Ballet

We are typical.

That is why we are unique.

Ballet For All Kids is a typical dance studio.  Each week over a hundred kids don their ballet, tap, and jazz shoes and come to class to learn traditional dance technique.  These kids learn plies, tendus, ball-changes, and pivots just like millions of kids do throughout the world.  These kids participate in the drama and excitement of recitals and performances just like kids in hundreds of studios across America.  

The difference is Ballet For All Kids is for ALL children - regardless of their abilities, disabilities, or their ability to pay.  Ballet For All Kids is the only studio in the world that accommodates all children (and adults) regardless of their body type, learning style, or abilities.  Ballet For All Kids is a studio in which we believe that everyone can reap the benefits of a classical education.  But unlike other studios, we believe that teaching through compassion, and by supporting the students where they are, will only help them achieve their goals. 

-Bonnie Schlachte, Founding Director of Ballet For All Kids

"I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing." - Mikhail Baryshnikov