Performances

Discover your dancer on stage.

Students of all ages are invited to perform in our annual winter and spring productions. Company dancers have additional opportunities to dance in the annual fall concert and other in-studio and community performances.

Three ballet dancers in costume, one wearing a blue outfit with gold trim, another in a phantom mask with a cape, and the third in a white tutu with gold accents, performing poses.

BAE Fall Dance Concert

Sunday, October 26 | Ernst Community Cultural Center Theatre at NOVA Annandale

A mixed repertoire of ballet, jazz, and modern featuring the 2025-2026 Ballet Arts Ensemble companies.

Group of dancers in Nutcracker-themed costumes posing together

Nutcracker in a Nutshell

Saturday, December 20 and Sunday, December 21 (tentative)

An abridged, 75-minute one-act version of the beloved holiday classic.

Spring Concert

June 2025

A one-act story ballet followed by a presentation of tap, jazz, and modern.

  • Young children in bunny costumes on stage, part of a dance performance.
  • Ballet dancers in black and red tutus performing on stage, with smiles, in a graceful pose.
  • Ballet dancers in white costumes performing on stage, wearing tutus and adorned with card suit symbols and decorative playing cards in their hair.
  • Two young girls in matching dance costumes jumping on stage, wearing blue tutus, white tops with red accents, hats, and gloves, performing a dance routine.
  • Group of ballet dancers posing on stage in matching costumes with pink and white tutus.
  • A group of young dancers performing on stage, wearing matching teal costumes with sparkly details and black tap shoes. They are striking a pose in a coordinated dance routine with raised arms.
  • Dancers on stage dressed in green sparkly dresses with arms raised, forming a circle.
  • Three young dancers performing on stage, wearing colorful costumes with striped socks. One dancer is wearing a white dress with a blue bow, while the other two are in red, blue, and yellow outfits, leaping into the air.