Bay Pointe Ballet (BPB) was a classical ballet company based in South San Francisco [1] and was led by Artistic Director Bruce Steivel. Bay Pointe Ballet's principal performance venue is the San Mateo Performing Arts Center, with tours to other cities including Reno, Nevana. [2]
Bay Pointe Ballet's repertory includes Bruce Steivel's Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Coppelia, Dracula, Cycle, In The Mood, Raymonda pas de dix, and selections from A Midsummer Night's Dream among other classical repertory. The season also includes a New Works program of new ballets created by emerging and established Bay Area choreographers. The company formation includes distinctions of Principal, Soloist and Corps de Ballet. Current company members, [3] as of October 2015, include:
Principals
Soloists
Corps de Ballet
The school at Bay Pointe Ballet provides dance education based on the Russian Vaganova method of ballet instruction and has three divisions: Primary, General and Curriculum. [4] Classes start at the age of four, where curriculum division students are given the opportunity to audition for the children's roles in the company production The Nutcracker.
A summer intensive is held every year with guest faculty from Russia, Romania, China, and Italy.