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Artists

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.

Contact Us

The Center for Ballet and the Arts
New York University

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

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Team

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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