NEWSLETTER NEW YEAR 2026  

Happy New Year

Dear Students and Parents.

We are immediately back to class at LBS after the New Year rings_ January 5. We have all classes at 628 Main Street and we hope that the weather, the traffic, the downtown parking, and all elements allow this to be smooth but not slippery. January and February are concentrated on technique and personal improvement as we work toward ballet technique, musicality, and muscle control.

We have published the Winter-Spring Semester for 2026. Please send any questions as you have. Also remember that the cold air rushes in with every opening of the door at 628 Main. Send a cardigan or wrap sweater or well fitting hoodie with your dancer. And please put names in them, because they will be abandoned on the barre and left as they warm up and start moving.

News of the month involves the beginning of rehearsals for our spring performances.
DATES: MAY 6, 7, 8, at 7:30PM in the Ballroom. All students will be involved if they wish, although there will be some outside of class rehearsal for the Elementary and up levels.

The story ballet we will perform is THE PIED PIPER. The repertory piece for the Company is AIR, EARTH, WATER, FIRE. Dress Rehearsals will be Monday and Tuesday May 4, and 5.

That brings us to the final 2 weeks in May. We will be doing some demonstration classes in the Ballroom so that you can see the work that produces the performances, and we will be doing a small, informal showcase on May 21 the last day of classes.

Please all Elementary students: Check the Rehearsal page regularly because we cannot set choreography in your regular classes. Your name has already appeared. Those who understand and work on this choreography will have more dancing and more involvement.

Stay well, stay involved, stay dancing, and be excited.


Our Ballroom grows in its technical capaciities. It is exciting. We try to make videos available after the fact, and music copyrights sometimes make pieces of these offerings less than satisfactory, but we try. For these reasons the performance videos are coded on YOUTUBE as UNLISTED. They cannot be searched through the Youtube indexing system. The Ice Queen has not yet been edited into video but it will be in the coming weeks.

Both performance videos of the Spring 2025 performance are available as Youtube viewing.
FÊTE DE L'HORLOGE video
WONDER video

I have been re-invigorated by the energy and interest of our students. Ballet is not easy. But it will create a love for life of long term goals, beauty, team-work, and communication. It does not go away, this yearning for something beautiful and meaningful. Try to encourage your dancer, and keep the fall full of energy and caring.

EMAIL your interest or your questions.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

Thank you. Sandra Peticolas, Director
emails: lafayetteballetschool@gmail.com


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