Our School
The North Fork Ballet offers dance instruction to children 3 years old through adults. Our goal is to offer high quality ballet training in a nurturing environment. We teach respect, confidence, and creative expression from the earliest ages. Our curriculum is designed to instruct proper technique, the building blocks of ballet, which helps prevent injuries, and creates confident dancers. In addition to movement fundamentals, improvisation and composition are also taught, nurturing the artist in each student, as well as the technician.
The North Fork Ballet strives to make the performing arts accessible to all North Fork Valley residents.
We achieve this by offering:​
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Affordable tuition rates, and discounts for multiple classes.
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Low ticket prices for performances.
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Scholarships for families who cannot afford tuition.
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No registration or performance fees.
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No expensive costume purchases. (Costumes are rented and re-used year after year.)
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Free ballet shoe and clothing exchange.
Our Staff
Bekah Scalero
Owner & Instructor
Bekah Scalero began dancing at age 4 in Cape Coral, FL, at a non-competitive studio, Maranatha School of Dance, studying ballet, tap, lyrical, and many other forms of dance.
By high school she had fixed her focus on ballet and modern dance, and wanted to become a choreographer. While in college, Bekah studied on scholarship at a pre-professional company, Foothills Dance Conservatory, in Seneca, SC, and began teaching classes at the YMCA. After that she returned to teach at her home studio, and worked for Ballet Magnificat! in Jackson, MS, for several summer intensives.
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Bekah began the North Fork Ballet in 2018, providing ballet instruction at the Blue Sage Center for the Arts in Paonia, CO. Bekah currently teaches 7 classes each week to over 40 students of all ages.
Betsy Johnson
Assistant Teacher
Betsy Johnson danced as a child with Miss Elaine Valois in Maumee, OH, learning ballet, tap, and baton.
Betsy met her husband, Mick, at dancing at a disco in 1979. She leapt back into ballet after a decades-long break when Bekah began offering adult classes at the Blue Sage. Betsy says taking dance has made her feel stronger and more graceful, and has re-inspired her creativity. She now assists teaching the Pre-Ballet class and loves dancing and holding hands with little people.
