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CBA brings to the art of ballet and its related arts new ideas and the full resources of a major research university.

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CBA is the first institute of its kind in a major research university.  It exists to address the dual needs of innovation in both the study and practice of ballet, by uniting the two to further the advancement of both.

Scholars

CBA brings ballet into the university as a serious subject of study and research – to define it as a field in the history of culture.

CBA is the first institute of its kind in a major research university.  It exists to address the dual needs of innovation in both the study and practice of ballet, by uniting the two to further the advancement of both.

The Center for Ballet
and the Arts

CBA Fellows and guests enjoy a bright, spacious dance studio, two conference rooms, private offices, and an open presentation space all in the heart of downtown Manhattan.

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The Center for Ballet and the Arts
New York University

20 Cooper Square, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003

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Team

Jennifer Homans

is the author of Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet (2010), named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is currently Dance Critic and Contributing Writer for The New Yorker, and the Founder and Director of The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, where she is also a Distinguished Scholar in Residence. Homans holds a PhD in Modern European History and is the  recipient of Guggenheim, Cullman Center, and NEH Fellowships.  Her new book, Mr B:  George Balanchine’s 20th Century, comes out in November 2022.

Christen Douresseau

is the Program Associate for The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. Before joining CBA, she worked at NYU’s Department of History as a student assistant for four years. She holds a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing from New York University.

Advisory Council

  • Ulrich Baer
  • Michael Beckerman
  • Vishakha Desai
  • Leah Dickerman
  • Elizabeth Diller
  • Oskar Eustis
  • William Forsythe
  • John Guare
  • Alma Guillermoprieto
  • Paul Holdengräber
  • Nicholas Hytner
  • Virginia Johnson
  • Alonzo King
  • Reynold Levy
  • Lourdes Lopez
  • John Mauceri
  • Joseph V. Melillo
  • Isaac Mizrahi
  • Mark Morris
  • Paul Muldoon
  • Catherine Oppenheimer
  • Simon Schama
  • Arlene Shuler
  • Ellen Sorrin
  • Alistair Spalding
  • Heather Watts
  • Frederick Wiseman
  • Larry Wolff

Supporters

The Center for Ballet and the Arts is made possible by founding and ongoing support from:

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