Specialties
Professional Ballet Company in North Alabama. Our season runs from October through April. We perform The Nutcracker annually with accompaniment by the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. We also provide dance education in the community through the Huntsville Ballet School. The Huntsville Ballet Company's mission is to use the power of dance to inspire and nurture the art of classical ballet through educational excellence, artistic achievement, performance experiences, and education and outreach activities.
History
The Community Ballet Association was incorporated February 17, 1964 as a non-profit organization and became a member of the Huntsville Arts Council, Inc. In April 1964, Loyd B. Tygett was hired as Artistic Director of Community Ballet School and the Huntsville Civic Ballet Company. Before coming to Huntsville, Mr. Tygett danced professionally with the Chicago Opera Ballet, American Festival Ballet and London Ballet. He was well-known as a choreographer and as an artist and painted over 60 backdrops for the ballet organization. He served as Artistic Director of the Ballet Company until his retirement in 1997. Phillip Otto moved to Huntsville, Alabama in 2008 to take the position of Artistic Director, with his wife, Rachel Butler as the Huntsville Ballet School Director.