The BalletMet Dance Academy, among the nation’s top five dance-training centers affiliated with a professional company, closes its school year with its performance, The Classroom and Beyond 2008, at the Capitol Theatre, June 6 at 7:30pm and June 7 at 5pm and 7:30pm. Tickets are $14 for a single performance, or $25 for a multiple performance pass.

Take a magic carpet ride in the world premiere of BalletMet Columbus' Aladdin, March 7-16 at the Capitol Theatre. The team that created BalletMet's Alice in Wonderland brings to life the exciting storybook classic. BalletMet Artistic Director Gerard Charles and Phoenix Theatre Artistic Director Steven Anderson invite audiences to journey to a far away exotic land, rich with adventure, mystery and magic.

BalletMet Columbus announces audition dates for its professional company for the 2008-2009 season on March 1 and 9, 2008.

Boogie back to 1978 with the BalletMet Columbus Company dancers at the Dance with the Dancers Disco Party Saturday, March 1 from 7pm to midnight at Germain Mercedes-Benz of Easton. In addition to food, drinks and dancing, the event, presented in part by Abercrombie & Fitch, features both silent and live auctions.

Get swept away by BalletMet Columbus' Lovestruck: Ravel to Sinatra Feb. 8-16 at the Capitol Theatre.

BalletMet Columbus offers revelry especially for children at Dance Day for Kids, Sat., Feb. 16 at the Capitol Theatre beginning at 1pm. The event, geared to children ages 3-10, includes fun, hands-on activities followed by a special performance at 2pm. After the performance, kids can meet BalletMet dancers on stage.

BalletMet Columbus hails the holidays with its 24 annual Nutcracker Ball 7pm Sat., Dec. 1, at Lane Aviation, Port Columbus International Airport. The black-tie event features dinner, dancing and entertainment in celebration of BalletMet’s 30th anniversary presentation of The Nutcracker, Dec. 8 – 23 at the Ohio Theatre.

BalletMet Columbus is hosting an artist and arts manager from abroad for five weeks through a CEC ArtsLink Residency, an international cultural exchange program.

Before its 30 annual production of the holiday classic The Nutcracker, BalletMet Columbus ushers in the season with a free Nutcracker Family Day Open House 1 – 4pm November 11 at the BalletMet Dance Centre.

Reminisce with BalletMet Columbus October 1 – 31 with a nostalgic exhibit of photography in celebration of its 30th anniversary in the Riffe Center Lobby. Admission is free.

BalletMet salutes America's favorite pastimes in a production that's fun for the whole family Note: Sports Spectacular at-a-glance Fact Sheet located on final page of this release COLUMBUS, OH—While the Buckeyes pack the Horseshoe with scarlet and gray…score a touchdown with the BalletMet Columbus team and its action-packed play on favorite pastimes, Sports Spectacular, October 11-14, with a home field advantage at the Capitol Theatre.

The Count is back for a limited engagement in Dracula, October 17 – 21 at the Capitol Theatre. BalletMet Columbus' 30th anniversary season would be incomplete without this perennial favorite by former Artistic Director David Nixon. Inspired by the Bram Stoker dare to be moved. novel, this spine-tingling ballet will seduce audiences with exhilarating mystery and drama.