29 Strong Street
Amherst, MA 01002
413.549.1555
info@amherstballet.org

The Amherst Ballet is located in Amherst Massachusetts, two hours west of Boston and north of Springfield, MA. Considered a small rural town with a population of 35,000, it is the home of the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College. The Amherst Ballet present facility houses two studios and was built by its founder Therese Brady Donohue in 1976. In a residential neighborhood, it is in walking distance to Wildwood Elementary School and the Amherst Middle and High Schools. North of Town center, it is one block from the east side of the University campus.

 

The Amherst Ballet was founded in 1971 by Therese Brady Donohue to train children ages five through high school in classical ballet based on the Royal Academy of Dancing syllabus of London. In 1976 Donohue founded the Amherst Ballet Theatre Company to give young talented dancers the opportunity to experience creative and professional performing experiences and to bring high quality programs to educate children in the community and schools.