Thank you for making 2024 a year to remember. I’m grateful for your support and extremely proud of the achievements we have made together. As the curtain opens on 2025, we are excited to celebrate our 20th Anniversary in business.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
This year, we set forth to connect with our community, partnering with local organizations, non-profits, and charities to find ways to create accessibility to the art of ballet:
2024 OUTREACH PERFORMANCES
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
Multicultural Festival
Breakfast with Santa
Tree Lighting Celebration
Art & Wine Festival
LOS ALTOS VILLIAGE ASSOCIATION
Holiday Stroll
Tree Lighting Celebration
CALTRAIN
Electrification Launch Party
GAMBLE GARDEN
Winter Festival
PARENTS NURSERY SCHOOL
Fundraising Carnival
CITYLINE & OMG EVENTS
Sunnyvale Mid-Autumn Festival
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
Springtime FairyTale
Coppelia
Summer Gala
10th Anniversary Snow Queen
Bayer Ballet’s Performance Season is robust, from full-length ballets choreographed by world-renowned choreographers to competitions and community outreach performances. Through these diverse outlets, the dancers learn adaptability, improvisation, teamwork, and interpersonal skills, which will benefit them in their academic and professional careers. These productions are an opportunity for our dancers to learn the authentic art of ballet as a performing art. Providing them with the most professional experience is a crucial element of their training and organically elevates their artistry. These performances are a tangible demonstration of the training and the hard work that happens every day in the studio.
HONORS & AWARDS: https://www.bayerballet.com/awards
Youth America Grand Prix Outstanding School (2018-2024, Grand Prix, Youth Grand Prix (2024),
Prix de Lausanne Prize Winner
YoungArts Winner with Distinction
Best Dance Studio in Mountain View for the second consecutive year by the Mountain View Voice
Acceptances: ABT JKO School (New York), John Cranko Schule (Germany), Princess Grace Academy (Monaco)
COMPANY PROMOTIONS
Alumni are continuing to thrive in their careers receiving soloist promotions; recent contracts include:
Dutch National Ballet
State Ballet of Georgia
COLLABORATIONS WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS
Every year we identify opportunities to elevate the arts in our community by creating opportunities for our dancers to engage industry leaders:
Choreography Collaborations: We commissioned choreography by Vasily Medvedev & Stanislav Feco
Professional Dancers: We hired dancers from the following companies - Dutch National Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and students from Royal Ballet School, London & ABT JKO School
Partner School Collaboration: Students of Kazakh National Academy of Choreography participated in our Summer Gala
Master Classes: Michael Vernon, Adji Cissoko, Marusya Madubuko, Misha Kaniskin, Shahar Binyamini, Barry Kerollis, Natalia Bashkatova, Leo Morimune, Maxwell Simoes, Aram Manukyan, Brady Farrar, Gabriel Figueroa Reyes, MIko Fogarty, April Wexelman, Olga Voloboueva, and more!
CONGRATULATIONS
…to all of our wonderful dancers, I’m amazed by the transformation of the Snow Queen over the past decade. This year, we had four Snow Queen casts, each consisting of more than 100 dancers. Each show was individually cast, providing opportunities for multiple dancers to perform lead roles. This was a huge growth opportunity for our dancers, who learned multiple tracks, and challenge for our creative team, who essentially produced four unique performances. I am grateful to each and every one of you. We made art!
Thank you, artistic staff, for sharing your expertise with our dancers, preparing each and every student to achieve their personal best and continue to develop a deeper appreciation for the art of ballet. It's a pleasure working alongside a faculty, which shares a common vision for excellence: Tiit Helimets, Elena Nikolaeva, Oksana Vasileva, Maiia Musaeva, Sora Kim, Arsen Serobian, Veronika Part (Guest Master Teacher), and Lara Jean Mummert.
I would also like to recognize the wonderful work of our Pre-Ballet Division staff, Christina Kongaika, Dawn Sue, Sasha Smirnova, Jocelyn Wang, Abigail Kim, Arielle Salhov, and Ananya Tirumala. The younger dancers were very well prepared for entry into the Upper Division Program and their Snow Queen debut. We are thankful to have such caring and supportive master instructors on faculty to guide our dancers and bring my vision to life.
Thank you, costume, sewing and props volunteers, led by Irina Stepanova, who worked countless hours to ensure every detail was perfect, sewing, altering and embellishing more than 200 costumes in the production. Special thanks to Molly Smolen and Mei Liang for your production support.
Our production team (lighting design, projection design, sound, backstage and deck crew) introduced many new special effects, which were a beautiful contribution to the performance, led by Cassie Barnes.
“The glue,” our administration team, Irina Stepanova, Nyesha Petrushansky, Maryana Byelyey, Elena Zabelina, Heather Perez & Anastasia Bayer (marketing), led by Executive Director, Christine Wood, which holds the studio and productions together.
The patrons, it was our greatest pleasure to share our love for this artform with you.
My sincere gratitude to everyone, who supports these dancers and makes it possible for us to continue developing beautiful art.
Congratulations and Happy New Year!
Inna Bayer
Founder & Artistic Director
Bayer Ballet
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