Ballet Conservatory

The Ballet Conservatory opened its doors in 1991, under the direction of Mrs. Kelly Kilburn-Lannin. Mrs. Lannin established an excellent reputation in Lewisville for training dancers and nurturing talent and enthusiastically brought together a highly-qualified faculty to join her to provide the best instruction in all areas of dance including classical ballet and pointe, jazz, modern dance, tap and hip hop. Each faculty member is an expert in their respected fields with professional experience and many hold college degrees in dance as well. Our faculty members offer encouragement and support; treating each child with respect as an individual. In addition to our outstanding professional faculty, the school also recognizes the importance of bringing in esteemed guest instructors. Our recent list of ballet master teachers include: Jean Paul Comelin, Michael Vernon, Julie Kent, Shawn Stevens, Liuba Paterson, Leslie Peck, Kim Abel, Stan Rogers, Sasha Yapporov and others.. Special Guest Teachers in Jazz, Tap and Hip Hop have included Josh Bergasse, Bill Hotaling, Todd Shanks, Max Stone, Buster Cooper and David Storey.

Ballet Conservatory received the prestigious award of ”Outstanding School” by the Youth America Grand Prix Organization for the Southwest Region in 2008 and 2009. BC has also received the Reader’s Choice Awards multiple times for “Best Dance Studio” in Denton County by the Lewisville Leader Readers, Dallas Morning News Neighbors Go and The Flower Mound News Connection. Ballet Conservatory is home to the LakeCities Ballet Theatre and LakeCities Ballet Theatre II, Lewisville’s only not-for-profit Ballet Company. Ballet Conservatory students may audition and participate in their annual Holiday Classic of the Nutcracker which has been named twice in the Dallas Morning News Top 10 Dance Events in the Metroplex. Studio companies, Intensity Dance Company (IDC) and our Boy’s Crew, focus on Jazz, Tap and Hip Hop and are also at home at Ballet Conservatory. They perform locally and in Dallas and in one dance competition per year. All of our companies receive top honors at local, national and international competitions. See “What’s New” for our student’s recent individual accomplishments!