2018-2019 Season

My name is Grace Downey, and I am a high school senior in the Advanced division at Pioneer Valley Ballet. PVB has always been a familiar place for me. My mother danced with PVB for most of her [...]

Emily DiBartolo is a longtime student and one of our 2019 Seniors. Here is her PVB Story, in her own words: My name is Emily DiBartolo, I am 17 years old, and I am advanced student with Pioneer [...]

Ariana Clark is a one of the Pioneer Valley Ballet Seniors this year.  She joined PVB in 2008 at one of the community auditions for The Little Mermaid, and she has been in every performance since [...]

Jennifer Basile has been involved with Pioneer Valley Ballet for 16 years.  She is a past parent, former board member and president, and current volunteer and committee member.  She came to PVB [...]

Pioneer Valley Ballet’s 40th annual production of The Nutcracker was featured in the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Hampshire Life section on November 23, 2018. Read the story here.

Noah McAuslin started dancing with Pioneer Valley Ballet when he was eight years old. His first onstage role was as an owl in Beauty and the Beast. Through that experience he discovered he really [...]

Henry joined Pioneer Valley Ballet when he was 11 years old.  He discovered PVB when one of the other boys in his carpool was doing Nutcracker and participating in the all-boys class. When he was [...]