Patuxent Youth Ballet

Beginning of PYB

Patuxent Youth Ballet was founded by current Director and instructor, Kristin Mesa, with her first studio in Savage Mill, Maryland. Before beginning a studio of her own, Ms. Mesa had been teaching at various studios throughout the Howard County district holding a B.A. in Dance from the University of Maryland along with having training with the New York City Ballet through a Ford Foundation Scholarship. Patuxent Youth Ballet is currently located on the second story of Atholton Shopping Center in Columbia, Maryland, within a 3 mile radius of Clemons Crossing Elementary School, Atholton Elementary School, and Atholton High School.

Goals and purpose

Patuxent Youth Ballet was formed to allow a more family-friendly oriented ballet experience open to boys and girls of all ages without discrimination. All students of Patuxent Youth Ballet are focused on what they want to accomplish during their dancing career, setting goals for themselves as they progress in their dancing and performing ability. The students are divided into levels by the instructors of Patuxent Youth Ballet that depend on the student's dancing ability, what or if the student had ever had any training at all, the form of dance that the student is most interested in, and the age level of the student. Those factors lead the instructors to place the students into classes that are the best for their level and where the student would feel most comfortable.

Unlike many of the ballet studios found throughout Maryland, Patuxent Youth Ballet is not competition oriented, but rather they focus on bringing out the inner star of every student and allowing fair chance to all students. Ms. Mesa has never found it of importance to search out the very best student of her ballet school and to only place the best as the lead.

External links

* [http://www.marylandballet.com Patuxent Youth Ballet Home Page]