Recent Events

2025 Events & Programs

    • BTBB teachers taught at Joburg Ballet Schools and visited Zama school in Gugulethu

    • Meetings of Assemblée Internationale ‘27 Core Committee

    • Masterclass by Lauren Anderson, Houston Ballet Community Engagement Director

    • Joburg Ballet CEO Elroy Fillis-Bell visit to BTBB Schools in Washington DC

2024 Events & Programs

    • BTBB Received Non-Profit Status

    • Masterclass with Lauren Anderson

    • Video of Johannesburg Ballet Featured in Atlantic Council’s African Creative Spotlight Series facilitated by BTBB

    • Speaker Jazmine Allen on Teaching Neurodivergent Students

    • Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) Student Exchange with BTBB, Washington DC

      • National Museum of African-American History and Culture

      • Kennedy Center & Reach Tour

      • Classes at BTBB Participating Dance Schools

      • Performance of Washington Ballet, Warner Theatre

      • DC families host students from Canada’s NBS for weekend

    • Masterclass with Laveen Naidu, The St. James Dance Director

    • BTBB student exchange to Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS), Toronto

      • Conservatory Inclusive Dance Residency at Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS)

      • Visits to Arts Institutions 

      • Rehearsal of Canada’s National Ballet Company (NBC)

      • Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) performance and awards ceremony for 30th alumni anniversary

    • BTBB Teachers taught at Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) in Toronto

    • BTBB Teachers, Guest Panelist at Teacher Training Program, Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS), Toronto

    • BTBB coordinated the participation of DC students and families in Washington Ballet's Nutcracker Ballet Dress Rehearsal

    • BTBB Student Exchange at NBS in Toronto

    • Johannesburg Ballet- BTBB Virtual Teacher Dialogue

    • Post Assemblée Internationale (AI) ‘23 Working Groups and AI ‘27 Planning Committee

      • Co-facilitated and participated in international follow-up groups and core group planning sessions for AI ‘27

    • Continue to build relationships established by BTBB President’s visits in 2023 to ballet schools in South Africa, Angola, and Mozambique