"The mastery of Ballet Arts is a fusion of Beauty, Elegance & Confidence - the greatest of them being...Confidence", Watmora Casey, Faubourg Theatre Founder & Artistic Director
Giving Purpose To Your Talent
from a Faubourg Student to an Artist of Life
Faubourg Theatre:
For over 30 years, Faubourg Theatre has been dedicating its resources and expertise to developing exceptional ballet and contemporary dance professionals. Over the years, Faubourg Students have been top performers at international dance competitions and have gone on to pursue professional dance careers at world-renowned companies throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Faubourg ballet training approach applies a systemic build-up of fundamental technique, to gradually achieve complexity of movement, with mastery in speed and performance virtuosity. Faubourg Students are trained according to the Vaganova ballet system, with a strong infusion of the French and the Cecchetti ballet techniques. Faubourg Faculty is comprised of masters from USA, Europe, and South America, with the majority being American Ballet Theatre “NTC”-Certified. With the rigorous training in technique, speed, musicality, and artistry, our masters produce dancers to encompass beauty, elegance and confidence, deliver emotional performances, and reach audiences.
Faubourg Theatre is focused on developing physically and mentally strong dance artists, adaptable to a variety of ballet and contemporary dance forms and styles. The class design is according to skill level and incorporates individualized training regiments within the applied program syllabus. Our top priority is to maintain a healthy dance arts home, for our students to grow at their own tempo, according to their own goals. Faubourg Theatre welcomes all dance artists with a passion for working in a challenging environment in the pursuit for excellence.
Faubourg Theatre ranked #9 among the top 5% most prestigious U.S. ballet academies, according to the NEU scholarly article “Ballet Academies as Social Predictors of Career Success”
Our Mission: Empower The Mind And Transform Dreams Into Life
- Faubourg Theatre finds its legacy in producing, not only world-class dance artists, but also creative, successful individuals for all avenues of life. Our all-inclusive policy adapts the ballet training approach to work with children with disabilities, children with autism, children struggling with ADHD, Dyslexia, Anxiety and other behavioral challenges. Below is a video presentation of Faubourg Theatre Alumnus, Katarina Stephan, who used various ballet training techniques to transform her blindness disability into a strength, enabling her to perform cardiothoracic surgery without relying on her eyes. Today, Katarina has dedicated her life to restoring light and color to every blind person in the world.
- Faubourg Theatre actively engages its faculty and students in voluntary programs; it collaborates with local school districts to deliver free arts education and improve academic performance for children from under-served communities.