Community ballet program now registering for Fall 2025

The Community Ballet program at Wake Forest will begin its next term on September 9, 2025. Classes are held once per week and serve children ages 4–18, with a dedicated eight-week program for adults.

Founded more than 35 years ago, Community Ballet has provided quality ballet instruction in the Scales Fine Arts Center at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem. The program begins with pre-ballet and creative movement for pre-kindergarten children and progresses through advanced technique for older students. Classes are offered on a semester basis, with new students welcomed in both the fall and spring when space permits.

For more details or to register, visit communityballet.wfu.edu.

Schedule and Registration

The fall schedule runs September 9–December 6, with no classes held during the week of Thanksgiving. The eight-week adult class meets October 4–November 22.

Class Schedule:

• Tuesday
  
  • 4:30–5:30 p.m. — Yellow Level (ages 4–7)
  • 5:45–6:45 p.m. — Orange Level (ages 10–12)
  • 7:00–8:30 p.m. — Teal Level* Class #1 (Technique + pointe, ages 14+)
    
• Thursday
  
  • 4:30–5:30 p.m. — Red Level (ages 8–10)
  • 5:45–7:00 p.m. — Blue Level* (Technique + beginning pointe, ages 12–14)
    
• Saturday
  
  • 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. — Teal Level* Class #2 (Technique + pointe)
  • 12:30–1:45 p.m. — Adult Class
    

*Instructor permission required for Blue and Teal Levels.

Tuition and Fees

• Children and youth classes: $250 for the first class; $125 for additional classes (including siblings).
• Adult class: $150 (no registration fee).
• Annual registration fee: $25 per student (applies to all except adult class).
  Payment by check is due by the first day of class.
  

Faculty and Staff

• Sam Shapiro, Artistic Director and Instructor
• Brantly Shapiro and Emily Nicolauo, Instructors
• Leslie Spencer, Program Registrar
• Nina Maria Lucas Rice, Director of Dance, Wake Forest University
• Cindy Gendrich, Chair, Department of Theatre and Dance, Wake Forest University
  

For more details or to register, visit communityballet.wfu.edu.