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2025 Spring Performance

2025 Spring Performance

Saturday, May 3rd at 7 PM &
Sunday, May 4th at 3 PM

Reserved Tickets: $30

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In this performance you will see the first release of brand-new choreography by Michelle Kuusela & Isabelle Poole with additional works created by Marsha Wilson & Suzanne Pomerantzeff, exploring the beauty of friendship and love. These heart -touching pieces are mesmerizing incarnations of emotions that dance can capture in art form. Our performance features everything from contemporary ensembles and pas de deux, to classical works. We will also present Act 2 from the romantic ballet Swan Lake. A ballet featuring a beautiful musical score, love, heartbreak, and triumph. This is a performance enjoyable by all, with something for the child-like wonder, the music enthusiast, and the lover of dance.

The St. Petersburg Ballet Company is the official company-in-residence at The Academy of Ballet Arts (a 501(c)3 Nonprofit).

The Palladium

253 Fifth Ave. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(727) 822-3590

Events

The Academy of Ballet Arts performs and participates in numerous events each year. Our St. Petersburg Ballet Company performs our annual production of the Nutcracker as well as a Spring Performance each year. Our dancers perform at a number of venues in the Tampa Bay area throughout the year.

Dancers and instructors from our studio participate in the Great American Teach-In each November. We perform at First Night in St. Petersburg and at numerous other area events.

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General Admission $15
Studio@620 Members/Students $10

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