Stevan Grebel's Alabama Youth Ballet is the self-sustaining performing wing of The Stevan Grebel Center for Dance, offering pre-professional dancers the opportunity to train and perform through high-quality classes and featuring classical and contemporary ballet performances. The company has grown out of a desire and a vision of the directors to continue to contribute and promote dance education through performances and community outreach in the Jefferson/Shelby County area as well as throughout the state of Alabama. Company auditions for the Alabama Youth Ballet are held on a continuous basis. Auditions are for dancers ages 11 and up. At times, professional guest artists will be invited. All members perform in a pre-professional company which adheres to the finest standards, where the students learn to work as a part of one body, as well as discovering their utmost potential as individuals. It is the desire of the founders that the Academy of the Alabama Youth Ballet and the Alabama Youth Ballet is non-discriminating and offers young dance students the ability to grow and learn in a positive, self-fulfilling, and disciplined atmosphere that will enhance their self-esteem and build a knowledge of the world of professional dance - in the classroom and on the stage.
THE ALABAMA YOUTH BALLET Stevan Grebel, Artistic Director