Boston Ballet School - Boston, Massachusetts

Madeline H.

整棟芭蕾表演劇場，金碧輝煌丶雕梁畫棟，滿滿巴洛克古典的華麗風。

四十幾位的舞者，雖然不是傳統的芭蕾舞裝扮，但靈巧的舞技丶生動肢體語言在交響樂團的演奏襯托下，全場叫好！

連背景電腦大螢幕，呈現海底深處的效果非常驚人。

耒波士頓必看的藝術饗宴。

a V. C. C.

This review for sharing an unfortunate incident happened to me on Jan 28th 2024. The whole thing still feels so bizarre and unbelievable.

I take an adult class in the early afternoon from 2:15pm to 3:45pm every Sunday there. I usually arrive about 1 hour before to change clothes and do my warm up.

Last Sunday I arrived at the studio around 12:50pm, and there was more people around because of the audition. After I changed into the ballet attire, and got to Studio 3 (the class takes place there), it's about 1:05pm. The studio was empty. I went in, and started doing my warm up. I noticed a man was lingering near the piano. After maybe 2 or 3 minutes, I noticed my backpack near me was gone.

There is a door connecting studio 3 and studio 4. Not seeing my bag anywhere in studio 3, I opened that door and find the man in studio 4. When I asked him if he has seen my bag, he says there was a girl came in studio 3 and took it, maybe she mistakenly thought it's her bag. But I didn't see or hear anyone coming near me.

I then hurried downstairs to talk to the receptionist and security guard. Since there is surveillance camera near the entrance, I was hoping that they could find if my bag is taken mistakenly. The receptionist asked me to write down the items in my bag, and the security guard says that someone will check the footage from the surveillance camera and get back to me on Monday. However, it looks like they were not completely sure about the procedure for handling an incidence like this.

After not hearing back on Monday (1/29), I emailed Boston ballet on Tuesday, and the response is that I need a police report, and investigator needs to request the footage. So I ended up filing a policy report on Tuesday.

Here is my verdict after the incidence. I am surprised by how this accident could take place, and also the minimum help I get it from it.

Usually I see all the adult students just put their belongings outside the studio to take the lesson, although there are lockers in the lock room, but most people don't use it. I think the presence of the security guard, surveillance camera, the checkin process with receptionist, give one a sense of safety. However, the safety seems to be somewhat an illusion. Luckily I took my cellphone out that day, but I can imagine how bad one feels if one loses more valuable electronics like laptops, tablets, etc.

Even worse, it's puzzling to me the person lingering in Studio 3 and 4. That person didn't look like a parent (for his age, if he were a parent, the kid would be very young and the person was roaming alone in the two studios), didn't wear ballet slippers in the studios, so I don't think he's a dancer or student there. But the staff in Boston ballet seems to be not concerned by it.

I love the lessons I take there and the teachers there are exceptional, my skill improved so much after the lessons there. However, this accident does add a bitter taste to my feeling about Boston ballet.

Chelsey A.

I went to the adult classes here for about 6 years off and on. I grew up doing ballet, and love the adult classes here. It's often hard to find high quality adult classes because the students have a very wide range in abilities, and the classes do a good job of designing and choreography that is both challenging but also intuitive to learn. I really enjoy class with Arthur Leeth, his choreography is great and his combinations are beautiful and challenging and really fun to do. Excellent experience.

Rose

I absolutely love both the Boston Ballet Company and the classes. I take adult beginner classes and the teachers are SO kind and helpful. The atmosphere of the adult classes is very friendly and welcoming and you don't feel judged for your level or body type. I have had such a wonderful experience and have met so many wonderful people. Also, I love going to the ballet. They are top notch quality and have the highest level of excellence in technique and musciality. So inspiring! Check them out either for a ballet performance or for classes! Young and old are welcome at Boston Ballet!

Dr. J. G.

Somehow it does seem that four stars should be more than liked it, and five should be absolutely superlative. With Boston Ballet there were some very precious and treasured evenings of watching lovely performances.

The first time we went a colleague had invited and Rudolf Nureyev was to perform in Don Quixote with Paris Ballet, and all dressed up with high expectations off we went. Halfway through the performance I was wondering why the title performer seemed less of an attraction and the young lover more so, was I not artistic enough to know subtleties of ballet? I had assumed Nureyev would be doing the title role.

Then on it was an addiction not easily satisfied what with meagre economic resources and high costs of the evening, but then a few years later it became possible, just about, and I went ballistic, buying a year's subscription when offered on phone. So it began for the short year that it was.

There was the eternal superlative Swan Lake, and that was the first one we saw, with me a friend with her Russian heritage and therefore much more knowledgeable in ballet. I loved it, she had seen better and merely said she had as much or more fun watching me.

I don't remember which was the third one, because Sleeping Beauty I saw in NY with American Ballet, but in Boston I recall vividly performance of Romeo and Juliet, with its poignant music and its conception of Death as a character.

In between I was fortunate enough to see a film about Kirov Ballet in downtown Boston, and a performance of Swan Lake by Bolshoi on cable - then it was new - in the friend's home on their small television. It was a revelation, and remains the peak of my ballet appreciation so far.

What with beginning with Nureyev in Paris Ballet and finale with Bolshoi, still, the Boston Ballet with the two memorable performances we saw remain memorable. The music, watching them take flight as swans and perform as humans, everything fairy tale. As it is meant to be.

Miguel A. V.

George is an incredible instructor. A true master in the art of ballet. To have a maestro play the piano live in every single class is a gift. I continue to learn and be inspired with this class.

Laura P.

Every performance by the Boston Ballet is spectacular. The recent production of Swan Lake was better than even expected, with brand-new costumes and set. And of course the Boston Ballet Nutcracker is a Boston tradition.

John T.

Fantastic! Some of the best schooling one can get in the world. Lovely faculty offers wonderfully instructive lessons for people of all ages!