Bay Pointe Ballet


Bay Pointe Ballet was a classical ballet company based in South San Francisco and was led by Artistic Director Bruce Steivel. Bay Pointe Ballet’s principal performance venue is the San Mateo Performing Arts Center, with tours to other cities including Reno, Nevana.

Company

Bay Pointe Ballet's repertory includes Bruce Steivel's Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Coppelia, Dracula, Cycle, In The Mood, Raymonda pas de dix, and selections from A Midsummer Night's Dream among other classical repertory. The season also includes a New Works program of new ballets created by emerging and established Bay Area choreographers.
The company formation includes distinctions of Principal, Soloist and Corps de Ballet. Current company members, as of October 2015, include:
Principals
Soloists
Corps de Ballet
The school at Bay Pointe Ballet provides dance education based on the Russian Vaganova method of ballet instruction and has three divisions: Primary, General and Curriculum. Classes start at the age of four, where curriculum division students are given the opportunity to audition for the children’s roles in the company production The Nutcracker.
A summer intensive is held every year with guest faculty from Russia, Romania, China, and Italy.