New Ballet Ensemble and School brings children and youth together by providing a professional standard of dance training, regardless of the ability to pay. Dancers from all over the Mid-South fill our studios six days a week, training and exploring cultural forms of dance alongside a strong, college and career ready classical ballet curriculum. Five out of six salaried Teaching Artists and Trainees grew up through involvement with New Ballet since childhood, and, through the Professional Development Trainee Program, have become key staff, ushering programming to Shelby County Schools, including those they attended as children.