125 people in 5 continents with the shared mission to share and celebrate the excellence of Chiara Ajkun's creative vision and 150 professional dance organizations have embraced Chiara's dream to open the avenues of opportunities and employment for our talented Youth.
Blending theory, practice and passion, the Ajkun Ballet Theatre's training have a dual mission: to train classical ballet dancers capable of joining the ranks of any world-class companies and to offer our local youth the joy of moving to music.Year-round Trainee Program and Summer Intensives in the Ajkun Methodology are offered to professionally oriented students.
Blending theory, practice and passion, the Ajkun Ballet Theatre's training have a dual mission: to train classical ballet dancers capable of joining the ranks of any world-class companies and to offer our local youth the joy of moving to music.Year-round Trainee Program and Summer Intensives in the Ajkun Methodology are offered to professionally oriented students.
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Our programs have a dual mission: to train classical ballet dancers capable of joining the ranks of any world-class company and to offer our youth the joy of moving to music. We offer YEAR-ROUND and INTENSIVE programs, please see the list below. Dance programs to experience our New York City company and the highest standard of ballet training.
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The AjkunBT Fund is enthused on the United States Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hayes), a cornerstone of public diplomacy and an integral component of foreign policy of the Unites States of America. The mission of the AjkunBT Fund is to increment professional opportunities by providing merit and need based financial aid to dancers, choreographers and dance companies.
The Ajkun Ballet Theatre, Inc. is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation founded to promote public interest in the art of dance, to present dance productions, and to support younger generations of dancers and dance professionals. A Special Thank to our Team of Volunteers making it possible for Ajkun Ballet Theatre to carry on its mission.
Reviews (6)
Kelly W.
Sep 20, 2021
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Had the joy of attending "Swan Lake" at The Egg (Empire State Plaza performing arts facility) this year. What a fantastic performance. Not exactly being any expert on ballet, I will say that the show was very professional and tastefully done. I did observe that the production was all about the extraordinary skill of the dancers; there was no distraction of glitzy lighting or thunderous soundtrack... it was a performance of purity and beauty in motion. Absolutely worth it!!
Smitha Mathew
Sep 04, 2021
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Ajkun Ballet gave our 12 yr old daughter an unique opportunity to dance with their professional company as part of their Young dancers summer program in their first post COVID performance of Swan Lake. She got to dance in different prestigious theaters in Albany, NY and New York City. It exposed her to much, including working with a professional company, talents at the utmost level, and dancers from and all over the world. The company itself have dancers from all over the world including Japan, England, Brazil, Albania, Italy, South Korea. They also bring in chosen youngsters from all over the
Colin Brown
May 28, 2020
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Ramona V.
Apr 16, 2017
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New York N.
Nov 12, 2016
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Went to see Ajkun Ballet of Dracula on Friday 28 October. I too didn't get the performance and wouldn't recommend going to this one. I was waiting for a friend inside close to the box office and the place kinda smelled awful and there were kids everywhere before we went downstairs to claim our seat.
Mary B.
Nov 09, 2016
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Holy cow- so bad. I went to a performance by the Ajkun Ballet of Dracula. This was horrible from start to finish. The set was mostly lights and a blank stage, which can work fine to highlight the dancers. Unfortunately many of them are clearly not trained ballet dancers. Timing was very off and many of them seemed out of shape. The props were hideous. They had a meal scene at one point where they brought out a blow up turkey. Why not scratch that?! They also used swords that were plastic and bent during the fighting scenes ruining all of the climax moments. I will say about 2 of the dancers were
