School:

Palos Verdes Ballet is one of the nation's premier ballet training schools. Many students have been awarded scholarships to  Joffrey Ballet School, Houston Ballet, Kirov Ballet in Washington, D.C., and The School of American Ballet in New York, as well as The Royal Ballet School, London, the Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen. Alumni with Palos Verdes Ballet dance with many professional companies including  San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, American Ballet Theater, Colorado Ballet, Les Ballet de Monte Carlo and in Japan.

Youth America Grand Prix 2008

Palos Verdes Ballet welcomed the return of former Kirov artist Adonis Daukaev.  Daukaev choreographed original contemporary variations for the Youth America Grand Prix. Taking part the YAGP are Veronica Edwards (12), Ellie Hara (14), May Nakatsuka (13), Jacqueline Stoneburner (13), and Lauren Stoneburner (15).   This will be the fourth generation of Palos Verdes Ballet dancers to take part in the competition attended by students throughout the United States and the world

Pictured from left to right 15-years old Colette Posse, accepted into the Boston Ballet Dance Lab summer program; 13 years old Nikita Crofton, accepted into the Joffrey Trainee Program in New York; 16 -year old Haruka Nochi, accepted in the Upper Division class at the Joffery Ballet Program in New York and 13-yeals old Erika Nakatsuka, accepted into the Universal-Kirov ballet summer program in Washington , D.C.