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Paris Ballet and Dance’s building has been
professionally disinfected and sanitized, and will
continue to be done monthly for the next year!

Thank you Mark Jackson and Sterileze Cleaning
Solutions                                             ...ALL THE DETAILS

MAY 9, 2021
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY








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MAY 8, 2021
YAGP FINALS BEGIN TOMORROW
Sebastain Bondar, Caelan Gagnon, Clare Keavy, Devon
Luxton and Mario Mery have been working very hard to
get ready for the Youth America Grand Prix Finals in
Tampa coming up starting May 9, 2021. Director Jean-
Hugues Feray has been working intensely to get them
ready for this! YAGP is one of the most prestigious and
formidable dance competitions in the world. This is where
dancers not only compete at the highest level but are seen
by directors of major companies from all over the world.
|While students at Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris
Ballet Conservatory have received excellent training, this
is where it can truly shine! These young people have showed incredible discipline and hard work!
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MARCH 27, 2021

HAPPY PASSOVER

MARCH MARCH 25, 2021
MORE UPDATES ABOUT SUMMER AND PARIS BALLET AND DANCE STUDENTS
​Congratulations to the following students for being accepted into the world’s best Summer Intensives!
• Endia Banks: Dance Theater of Harlem.
• Sebastian Bondar: San Francisco Ballet, Houston
Ballet, Sarasota Ballet all 100% scholarships.
• Caelan Gagnon: Sarasota Ballet full Scholarship and
ABT full tuition scholarship.
• Isabella Gutierrez: Austin Ballet, Charlotte Ballet.
• Cyan Love: Ballet West Summer Intensive
See other students results listed (as they were
​announced) in below dates!



FEBRUARY 22, 2021
A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Dear Students, Families, Friends, and Patrons,
Last Friday night's performance was truly a phenomenal ​evening in many ways. It was exhilarating for me to watch my wonderful students do what they love in front of a live audience. It was even more exciting because the works which they performed were truly some of the greatest works ​in the world of dance. I am so very proud to see them perform so well, and to be able to present them at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in the Rinker Playhouse.

Thank you to all my students who work so hard They make me proud. Their talent, commitment, hard work, desire and dedication has shown brightly once again! Thank you to our audience, for attending or watching the Live-Stream of the evening's performance.

The Kravis Center is always so gracious and welcoming to us. Thank you so much to their entire staff from the box office, front of house staff, to the crew.

Thank you to Jessie Betancourt, Joseph J. Bucheck III, Angela Gutierrez, Levonda Harris, Julie Luxton, Karen Manucy, James Nobel, Emily Schubert and all the volunteers who worked backstage. They all helped make this performance possible. We could not have done this production without them. Also, a big thank you to Sheena Rice for helping coordinate the live-Stream orders.

It has been a very difficult year for all. I along with my staff, work so hard to help all my students get better each day -- while providing them the finest dance education possible.

Together while following all the guidelines and protocols which are put into place…We truly make a difference!

​Sincerely,
Jean-Hugues Feray
Founder and Director
Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris Ballet Conservatory

FEBRUARY 17, 2021
GREAT WORKS OF DANCE OPENS FRIDAY
This Friday, February 19, 2021, Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris Ballet will be presenting a Dynamic Mixed
Bill featuring Great Works of Dance. The evening includes works by, Marius Ivanovich Petipa, Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, Joseph Mazilier, Vasily Vaynonen, and  Jean-Hugues Feray

Though the performance is SOLD- OUT
...BUY a LIVE-STREAM until February 18 at noon.    

FEBRUARY 16, 2021
MORE NEWS ABOUT SUMMER FOR PARIS BALLET AND DANCE STUDENTS
Congratulations to the following Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris Ballet Conservatory who have retrieved acceptances to some renowned Summer Intensives ​throughout the Country!
• Anna Albertsson: American Ballet Theatre
• Maia DeOreo: Pennsylvania Ballet
• Lily Golish: Boston Ballet, The Rock School, Next Generation Ballet with a partial Scholarship
• Amelie Nobel: The Rock School. Nutmeg Conservatory, Next Generation

​FEBRUARY 5, 2021
MORE GREAT RESULTS FROM YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX SEMI-FINALS IN AUSTIN AND MORE
Mario Mery has been selected to join the Finals in New ​York due to his high scores! 

In other exciting news
​...Congratulations to:
• Maia DeOreo: Accepted into Boston Ballet Summer ​Intensive
• Raelin Flanigan: Accepted into Boston Ballet Summer Intensive
• Clare Keavy: Accepted into Houston Ballet Summer Intensive

• Devon Luxton: Accepted into San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensive with a Scholarship
Check future dates as Summer results come in!



JANUARY 27, 2021
PARIS BALLET AND DANCE AND PARIS BALLET CONSERVATORY BRINGS HOME WINS FROM YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX SEMI-FINALS
It was an extraordinary show of talent as Director Jean-Hugues Feray and his talented group of students at Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris Ballet Conservatory proudly placed very high at the Youth America Grand
​Prix this past weekend in Austin, Texas! All the dancers should be extremely proud for performing wonderfully. The Youth America Grand Prix is one of the toughest dance competitions in the world. With the Finals in New York in the Spring! Often referred as the Olympics of Ballet/Dance, AND Paris Ballet is going to the New York Finals.

A huge congratulations for placing in the Top of their Categories:
• Sebastian Bondar: 1st Place Senior Classical Men’s Division (Selected to New York Finals)
• Caelan Gagnon: Top 12 Junior Classical Men’s Division (Selected to New York Finals)
• Clare Keavy: Top 12 Women's Classical Division (Selected to New York Finals)
• Devon Luxton: Second Place Senior Classical Men’s Division (Selected to New York Finals)
• Mario Mery: High Scores Classical Men’s Division (Selected to New York Finals -- Updated 2/5/2021)

It must be mentioned that in the various other Categories, there were a very large number of competitors. Congratulations to the following Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris Ballet Conservatory students for their excellent performances.
• Gabriella Betancourt
• Nicholas Bondar
• Lily Golish
• Cyan Love
• Ella McDermott

“Thank you Youth America Grand Prix, and the wonderful performances of all the contestants. It is great for Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris Ballet Conservatory to be a part of something so important and encompassing in the world of dance.
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I am ecstatic about how all my students performed. As director, I am full of pride knowing their talent, commitment, hard work, desire and dedication brought them to me, and Paris Ballet for their incredible dance education. It is working together, that we truly make a difference.”
- Founder and Director Jean-Hugues Feray



JANUARY 17, 2021
THE DIRECTOR INVITED AGAIN TO TEACH AT SUMMER INTENSIVE IN​ ARCAHCHON THIS SUMMER!
Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris Ballet Conservatory Director Jean-Hugues Feray has once again been invited to participate in the Summer Intensive at Stage International de Danse d’Arcachon, France on July 5 through 17, 2021! 

Mr. Feray will be joining the Legendary Charles Jude, and other internationally renowned Master Teachers from celebrated ballet companies and schools from around the world, including the Paris Opera Ballet.



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JANUARY 6, 2021
​PARIS BALLET AND DANCE, AND PARIS BALLET CONSERVATORY IS GOING TO YOUTH AMERICA
GRAND PRIX IN AUSTIN, TEXAS THIS MONTH!
This year, while the cast of The Nutcracker was rehearsing, Mr. Feray and a group of Paris Ballet and Dance, and Paris Ballet Conservatory students were also putting in extra long and grueling hours to get ready for the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) Semi Finals in Austin, Texas.

The group will be leaving on January 20 and competing in Austin, Texas from January 21 through January 24, 2021 while performing at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center.
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These are the dancers competing and what they will be performing:
• Gabriella Betancourt: Variation from La Fille Mal Gardée
• Nicholas Bondar: Variation from The Nutcracker
• Sebastian Bondar: Variation from Don Quixote and Variation from Raymonda
• Caelan Gagnon: Variation from The Awakening of Flora
• Lily Golish: Variation from Le Corsaire
• Clare Keavy: Variation from The Sleeping Beauty
• Cyan Love: Variation from La Bayadère
• Devon Luxton: Variation from Coppélia, Act 3
• Ella McDermott: Variation from The Sleeping Beauty
• Mario Mery: Variation from Coppélia, Act 1

Taking COVID-19 precautions, participants at the Semi-Finals must adhere to all the Protocols and Guidelines set forth not only by Paris Ballet and Dance but the State of Texas and venue, and YAGP as well. Only smaller groups will be allowed backstage in the theatre. There will be no audience in the Auditorium. Performances can be watched online, only. The only people allowed in the theater are crew, dancers, coaches and of course, judges.
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Director Jean-Hugues Feray is very excited to bring his talented students to another Youth America Grand Prix Competition.


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JANUARY 4, 2021
WINTER BREAK IS OVER. CLASSES RESUME -- TODAY!
After winter break, everyone will return bright and refreshed for the Winter|Spring Season. There are a lot of fun and exciting things planned for 2021! 

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