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The Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company (PYBC)
was established in 1990 as an extension
of
the Pittsburgh Youth Ballet School.
PYBC
dancers have been awarded scholarships
and
acceptances to the most prestigious
schools
and companies in the world, including
the
San Francisco Ballet, New York City
Ballet,
American Ballet Theatre, Miami City
Ballet,
Juilliard and the Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow.
Over 45 PYBC dancers have performed
during
the summer with the New York City Ballet
and two alumni won the gold and silver
medals
in the 1994 International Ballet Competition
in Jackson, Mississippi. PYBC has performed
Cinderella and Peter and the Wolf with
the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Pittsburgh
Youth Ballet Company's Performances
were
named among the "Ten Best Dance
Performances"
of 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 as compiled
by
the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and PYBC's
Nutcracker
was featured in Pittsburgh Magazine
as the
"Dance Editors Pick" for
December.
The company was honored to receive
the licenses
from the George Balanchine Trust to
perform
Serenade, Who Cares?, Tarantella, Dance
of
the Hours, Concerto Barocco, Allegro
Brillante
and Valse Fantasie. PYBC is an Honor
Company
in the Regional Dance America/Northeast
and
performed this past June in the Austrian
Alps Music and Dance Festival, Innsbruck.
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet's High School
Early
Dismissal Program, featured in Dance
Magazine,
provides dancers with intensive ballet
study
without sacrificing academic excellence.
PYB's Summer Intensive Workshop attracts
dancers from around the world to study
with
internationally acclaimed teachers.
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