Verb Ballets brings dance history to life by offering mini- performances, lectures, and master classes honoring acclaimed works by Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Sophie Maslow, and Shapiro and Smith. Dance workshops and master classes are offered for dance students in middle, high school, and college dance programs. These classes can include ballet and modern dance technique, partnering and repertory, and provide students with the opportunity to study with gifted professional dancers and grow as artists through the learning and appreciation of dance history.

This program enhances your students’ knowledge and understanding of other cultures by taking them on a journey through Asia. Utilizing music and movement, the dancers take you to India and beyond while performing Heinz Poll’s famous choreography for Ravel’s Bolero. Students travel to China through a traditional Tai Chi dance. The program finishes in the Philippines with a traditional dance called the Tinikling.