Ballet West

Ballet West is the 9th largest ballet company in the country. The Peggy Bergman Park City Campus is part of the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy, the fourth largest ballet school in the country.   

Ballet West is committed to nurturing diverse young talent in Park City through the renowned Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy's Peggy Bergmann Campus.  Ballet West currently provides tens of thousands of dollars in merit-based and need-based scholarships for students in Park City. However, there are many more local children in need of financial assistance on our waiting list; please help us make their dreams become a reality!

In the following video, please watch a few of the Academy students and what they have to say about their dance experience.

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Park City Academy Scholarship and Financial Aid Fund

By supporting Ballet West, you are providing young Park City dancers of all backgrounds with access to the highest caliber of dance instruction. Following are examples of how your gift can make a meaningful impact:

$30 can provide one pair of ballet slippers

$100  can provide tuition for one 3-5 year-old student/month

$250 can provide tuition for one 6-11 year-old student/month

$500 can provide tuition for one 3-5 year-old student /year 

$1,000 can provide tuition for one student (all ages) at Musical Theater training/semester 

$2,500 can provide tuition for one 9-11 year-old student/year

$5,000 can provide tuition for one 8-year old student/year

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About Ballet West

BALLET WEST, one of America’s leading ballet companies, under the artistic direction of Adam Sklute, has earned an international reputation for artistic innovation and excellence since its founding in 1963. For 60 years, the Salt Lake City-based Company has entertained and excited audiences in Utah and worldwide by presenting great classical ballets, historical masterpieces, including America’s First Nutcracker, and new cutting-edge creations with only the highest artistic and professional standards.  

The Company continues to build future ballet artists and audiences by providing classical ballet training through the Frederick Q. Lawson Ballet West Academy and its four campuses and more than 1,000 students. Ballet West also operates the largest outreach and education programs in the country which reaches over 148,000 children and adults throughout Utah and the Intermountain Region every year. 

The 24/25 Season is generously sponsored by Salt Lake Zoo, Arts & Parks, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and Intermountain Health. BALLET WEST, one of America’s leading ballet companies, under the artistic direction of Adam Sklute, has earned an international reputation for artistic innovation and excellence since its founding in 1963. For 60 years, the Salt Lake City-based Company has entertained and excited audiences in Utah and worldwide by presenting great classical ballets, historical masterpieces, including America’s First Nutcracker, and new cutting-edge creations with only the highest artistic and professional standards.  

The Company continues to build future ballet artists and audiences by providing classical ballet training through the Frederick Q. Lawson Ballet West Academy and its four campuses and more than 1,000 students. Ballet West also operates the largest outreach and education programs in the country which reaches over 148,000 children and adults throughout Utah and the Intermountain Region every year. The 24/25 Season is generously sponsored by Salt Lake Zoo, Arts & Parks, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and Intermountain Health.