CBC's Professional Training Program

Cary Ballet Conservatory is proud to provide the Professional Training Program serving dedicated students aged 12-19, who are focused on a professional career. Through CBC’s Professional Training Program, students will become engulfed in a well-rounded training regimen, polishing their technical skills, building necessary stamina and evolving as artists. Trainees will be challenged to understand and interpret various dance and performing styles through the carefully designed curriculum as well as performing with CBC’s resident pre-professional Cary Ballet Company. As our dancers become seasoned young artists they will gain an invaluable edge as they enter the competitive phase of auditioning for and working within professional companies. This comprehensive program provides the experience necessary to ease the transition from student to professional dancer, all while offering personal attention and thoughtful career guidance in a small, nurturing environment.
Director of the Professional Training Program and Artistic Director of the conservatory’s affiliate non-profit performance company, the Cary Ballet Company Mariaelena Ruiz. Mariaelena is a beloved, internationally renowned master ballet teacher who is a founding member of one of the country's most respected professional training programs at the Rock School in Philadelphia, where she prepared many exceptionally talented young men and women from around the world for the top ranks in the world’s most respected professional companies.
If you want to be part of this select program with hands on training, classical repertoire, amazing guest choreographers, elite competitions, and professional guidance for auditions, then please see our audition page for more detailed information. Our PTP Brochure is also available for download.
PTP Academic Program! We strongly believe having an Academic Program in place, is the best way to ensure we have what makes CBC the best place for your dancer. We are so pleased to announce that Dr. Laura Lowder leads our unique Scholars Academy for Gifted and Artistically Elite.
Director of the Professional Training Program and Artistic Director of the conservatory’s affiliate non-profit performance company, the Cary Ballet Company Mariaelena Ruiz. Mariaelena is a beloved, internationally renowned master ballet teacher who is a founding member of one of the country's most respected professional training programs at the Rock School in Philadelphia, where she prepared many exceptionally talented young men and women from around the world for the top ranks in the world’s most respected professional companies.
If you want to be part of this select program with hands on training, classical repertoire, amazing guest choreographers, elite competitions, and professional guidance for auditions, then please see our audition page for more detailed information. Our PTP Brochure is also available for download.
PTP Academic Program! We strongly believe having an Academic Program in place, is the best way to ensure we have what makes CBC the best place for your dancer. We are so pleased to announce that Dr. Laura Lowder leads our unique Scholars Academy for Gifted and Artistically Elite.