Alberta Ballet

Our son is new to the school this year. We have seen how much he has gained as a dancer, student and community member over the past 6 months. His enjoyment of dance has been renewed. His academic and artistic teachers have been so encouraging and supportive. He has become so motivated and disciplined which has spilled over into his personal life. Any concerns we've had are resolved quickly. Our experience is limited but we feel totally blessed that he has been given this amazing opportunity. No matter where he goes or what he does in life, he will always benefit from this time with SAB. Thank you so much!

Everything is very professional! And the teachers are incredible! Always pushing you to do you're best:)

I was so excited when I heard they expend to Edmonton. My daughter used to dance with them in Calgary before my husband work transfer. Made an appointment with the school director/teacher/officer (I think her name is Margaret) in Edmonton. I arrived 10mins prior of their scheduled time. She said she doesn't have time. What? What is making appointment for? She was rude, unhelpful, not pleasant at all. No information given. I wouldn't feel comfortable to leave my 8 years old with her. When I share my experience with my friends, I learnt that School of Alberta Ballet actually uses teachers from ESB. Why would I put my kid with them for the higher price, poor studio conditions and rude experience. Shame on School of Alberta Ballet that allowing this happen in Edmonton.

I go there and it is the best👌

I searched this school on Google and heard that it was the best ballet school in Alberta. I sent my daughter there to take the pre-school class, but after two semesters' training, I was very very much disappointed. They charge the highest tuition fee than any other schools. My assumption was that the high fee means high quality. But the result proved that I was totally wrong. Two semesters, every Saturday morning for 45 minutes, what did they teach? Only a few very basic positions. That's it! They teach the kids very few basic positions and when I participated in the open class I found most of the kids didn't even know how to do a correct position and the teachers didn't correct them or helped them do a right position. At the beginning, I thought the kids would get better. But even in the last class of the 2nd semester, I found nothing has improved. Most kids still didn't do a correct position and I didn't see any improvement. They are almost the same as the beginning of the program. What did they learn? I would say, "almost nothing"! We spent a lot of money and our spare time trying to train our kids to learn the best ballet techniques, but this pre-school program just let the kids play without improving. They play almost the same games in every class throughout the whole two semesters, and kids didn't learn anything or make any improvement. If you observe their first class, you will find everything is almost same in the last class which is half year later. In addition, the school kept taking new students throughout the year. They didn't care about the level of new takes (because they didn't even improve any current students). I feel they are just cash grabber and very unprofessional. I believe I am not the only parent who has the same feeling. Most of the parents were disappointing. I don't know their higher level classes - may have a better quality, but if you want to send your kids to the pre-school, I would recommend you think about it again. My own experience, it is not worth your money and your kid’s time. It is totally time wasting with the pre-school program at The School of Alberta Ballet.