FAQ

New students ages 7+ with prior dance experience will need to take a placement class.

Beginners do not need to take a placement class. Please contact our front desk for information on placement class registration, placement into our Advanced Division and any other questions about what class may be right for you or your young dancer. If you have questions, please call 609.921.7758.

View the classes by division here.

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We have a program called Hand-in-Hand for children ages 3-4 and their parents.  All other classes start at age 4.

Yes. Registration and placement testing is available throughout the school year.

All uniforms for Princeton Ballet School students can be ordered from Arena Dance. You can now select from multiple styles of leotard within your designated Level color! Additional items such as t-shirts, jackets and cover-ups can be purchased as well. Uniforms can either be tried on and picked up in-person, or can be shipped directly to your home. Items that are in stock will take 3-5 days to arrive, items that are out of stock and custom items will take 2-3 weeks to arrive. 

Arena Dance is located at 1961 NJ-33, Trenton, NJ. Their hours of operation are Mondays through Thursdays from 11 AM to 7 PM, Fridays from 11 AM to 6 PM, and Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM. They can be reached at [email protected] or by calling (609) 584-1515

No, we are not a recital school but we do offer extensive performance opportunities. Our professional company, American Repertory Ballet, performs The Nutcracker every year, and students in level Intermediate 1 and up are eligible to audition for it. Every spring, the school presents a full-length ballet that all students in Primary A and up are eligible to perform in. There is no audition. It is an optional activity. Rehearsals take place on the weekends outside of class time.

American Repertory Ballet (ARB) and Princeton Ballet School (PBS) remain focused on protecting the health and safety of our community. Since March 2020, ARB/PBS has been implementing best known practices understood and proven to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Please visit our COVID-19 Safety Guidelines page for information.

Princeton Ballet School does follow a syllabus, working with the combined knowledge and wisdom of our faculty. Our main method in developing the syllabus was to consider current practice in the professional dance world, and develop a progressive syllabus which would lead to the result of young dancers with a clean technique, arrived at through a safe and steady of progression of increasing difficulty, who would be well suited for professional work in different styles. In order to do this, we pooled our knowledge of all of the major training methods—the Russian, English, and Italian traditions (Vaganova, RAD, and Cecchetti) along with the knowledge we have each gained in our professional lives, and current best practices in dance medicine and bodywork. Several of our teachers also have backgrounds in the Balanchine (SAB) technique, Cecchetti Method, Vagonova Syllabus, American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum, Cuban Method, and knowledge of the French tradition.