History
BBT is a non-profit dance school dedicated to promoting a love of dance for students of all ages. Located in the historic Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, BBT began under the directorship of Sally Streets, a Bay Area dance legend and former dancer with New York City Ballet. Now under the leadership of Robert Dekkers, BBT continues to provide classical ballet training emphasizing creative expression.
Specialties
BBT provides full classical ballet training to children, youth, and adult dancers of all ages. Our adult program offers over 30 drop-in classes per week, most with live accompaniment, ranging from beginning ballet through the professional level, as well as quarterly adult workshops. BBT also offers a pre-professional program for teens. This program offers additional performance and master-class opportunities providing intensive training to our most serious dancers. The promotion of young men in ballet is a critical piece of BBT's children and youth divisions, and our Boys' Program offers young men a range of training from beginning classes through pre-professional levels, including classes focusing on the strength and technical work specific to male dancers and advancement through Boy's Fellowships. Please see www.berkeleyballet.org for more information on all of our programs.