Lafayette Ballet Company was formed in 1989 as a not-for-profit organization under Director, Sandra Peticolas. Professional training through Lafayette Ballet School (begun in 1988), professional guest artists and teachers, professional costumes and sets and careful details of production help to enhance the quality of all LBC endeavors. Our commitments continue to be outreach and enhancement within the most exciting parameters we can conceive for both our audiences and performers.
Collaboration * Creativity * Respect * Performance
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Paquita . Beauty and the Beast . Air, Earth, Water, Fire . Aladdin . The Twelve Dancing Princesses . Echoes of Indiana . The Nutcracker . Hidden Taken Given . The Sleeping Beauty . Alice in Wonderland . A Midsummer Night's Dream . Surroundance . TRENDS
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226 N. 6th Street, the Murdock Building is an inspiring atmosphere in which to nurture the traditions of ballet. Originally built in 1914 as the Allen Ballroom, the third floor space with its arched windows and lighted dome served as a focal point to social dances and events through the first half of the 20th century. The building now houses a studio and ballroom, storage for costumes and scenery, and the non-affiliated dance shop, The Enchanted Pointe.
Workshops and hands-on learning are a particular part of the Lafayette Ballet tradition. Company members are given the chance to learn such specific skills as costume construction and design and stage tech.
The ultimate goal is the development of fine artists who can function as a creative team to produce performances. Our home theatre is Long Center for the Performing Arts. Its close proximity allows the company and volunteers to move all the necessary parts of the production, to tech the stage, to perform, and then to strike and store everything once again at our ballroom buildiing. The teamwork involved does more than tech the ballet. It extends to the rapport on stage, to the emotional support among the dancers, and to lifelong discipline and joy in a job well done.
