- Upcoming Performances & Events - ​​​​​​
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Thursday, January 9th, 2025
Breakin' Ballet Dance & Performance Lab
Season 4 - Session 2 Begins
7:15-8:15pm
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Saturday, April 19th, 2025
Breakin' Ballet: All Styles Dance Company
performs @ Dormouse Theatre
5pm
Breakin' Ballet is an all styles dance duo based out of Kalamazoo, Mi, under the direction of Joy Morris-Burton (ballet, jazz, contemporary, acro, and hip hop dancer/choreographer) and Aerick Burton (breaker, artist, and director). The company aims to bring stories of the human experience to it's audience and bring awareness to the artistry of a multitude of dance genres.
Breakin' Ballet All-Styles Dance Class & Performance Lab
Jan. 9 - April 17th (with optional performance on April 19th, 2025)
All experience levels and dance styles welcome (ages 13-adults)
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Thursdays
7:15-8:15pm
at Move with Joy
1103 Portage St. Kalamazoo, Mi 49001
$40/15 weeks
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All styles dance training lab in styles including Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Breakdance, Contemporary, Lyrical and more
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Breakin' Ballet All-Styles Dance and Performance Lab, is an opportunity to learn 2 all-styles dance routines in 15 weeks and perform the new Breakin' Ballet works on Saturday April 19, at 5pm at Dormouse Theatre as part of the Move with Joy Showcase and Breakin' Ballet Scholarship Fundraiser.
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Join us for 15 weeks of dance at Move with Joy! This all styles dance class is a great way to train, gain performance experience, improve your dance skills and evolve your artistry as a dancers. Another Performance Lab will begin in September 2025, at the start of season 5.
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We can't wait for you to join us for Breakin' Ballet season 4, session 2!
Join the company: Breakin' Ballet
Why Breaking and Ballet? Breaking and street dance are all about teaching each other and growing from where you are. We aspire to achieve the same inclusive environment within our company and to our audience. Ballet is a structured style that many dance forms draw from and while we also build on many of ballet's physical techniques within our movement, we allow space for all movement styles, and truly see all forms of dance as equally informative and important to our creative projects. No one is expected to look, dress or dance like anyone else in the company. Dancers in the company are embraced as they are and all styles present, will have a place to be represented, from breaking to ballet, and everything in between. We support dancers finding a balance within self care and hard work. With dedication in training, we believe any desired movements are achievable, as we teach and learn from each other. As an all styles company, this is a place for dancers to expand and widen their dance vocabulary. We will explore dance in a multitude of styles and unique expressions. Dancers of any style are encouraged to join. Dedication and passion for dance, respect for self and other, and openness to learning are the only requirements. We value, the expression of each dancer and cultivate an environment of acceptance, no matter where each dancer is in their dance and life journey. Through movement, expression and acceptance we find beauty and joy in each moment and we wish to share that joy and many other aspects of the human experience with our audience. Breakin' Ballet exists for anyone with a passion to dance.
Breakin' Ballet All-Styles Dance Class is available for a $10 drop-in from January through June 2025 at Move With Joy on Thursdays at 7:15pm. Classes will resume in September 2025. Training in lyrical ballet and pointe is also available with Joy on Mondays from 6-7:30pm ongoing throughout the year. Dancers who attend consistently will have performance opportunities with the Breakin' Ballet Community Dance Project twice a year. Please contact Joy at movewjoy@gmail.com for more information on being a part of the Breakin' Ballet Community Dance Project and our Breakin' Ballet Performance Labs.
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For information on our upcoming performances, please follow and like our FB page https://www.facebook.com/Breakin-Ballet-102412825606738/
- Past Performances - ​​
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Sunday, December 15th, 2024
Breakin' Ballet: All Styles Dance Company
performs @ Dormouse Theatre
for Koa Fund's Sunrise Gathering
1:30-5pm
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Saturday, December 14th, 2024
Breakin' Ballet: All Styles Dance Company
& Level Up! Youth Dancers Perform
@ Move With Joy during
"EXTRAordinary" Community Art Exhibition Reception
4-6pm
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Saturday, October 19th, 2024
Breakin' Ballet: All Styles Dance Company
Performance @ Dormouse Theatre
for Ooky Spooky 2024 Boheme Belly Dance
8pm
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Saturday, October 12th (7:30-9pm) &
Sunday, October 13th (1-4pm), 2024
Breakin' Ballet: All Styles Dance Company
Pop Art Performance
@ Dormouse Theatre Kalamazoo
​Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
Breakin' Ballet: All Styles Dance Company
Performance @ Dormouse Theatre
for the ENA Variety Show Fundraiser
7-9pm
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Saturday, September 28th, 2024
Breakin' Ballet: All Styles Dance Company
Free Performance
@ Recreation Collective
inside the Park Trades Center Kalamazoo
7pm
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Saturday, September 21st, 2024
Breakin' Ballet performs "When Worlds Collide"
for The Movement Reservoir Showcase
at Wellspring Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI
7:30pm
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Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
Breakin' Ballet Dance & Performance Lab
Season 4 Begins
7:30-8:30pm
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Saturday, June 29th, 2024
Breakin' Ballet performs "When Worlds Collide"
for Dancing in Summer, The Festival
at Riverside Arts Center Theatre in Ypsilanti, MI
1:30pm
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Sunday, June 2nd, 2024
The Grand Gala Night
in Grand Rapids, MI
4-8pm
Call (616) 323-7374 for tickets & to RSVP
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Saturday, April 20, 2024
Breakin' Ballet Season Finale "New Beginnings"
at Dormouse Theatre
6:30-7:30pm
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
RAD Fest Michigan Made Performance
at Wellspring Theater
7pm
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Friday, February 16, 2024
at Move With Joy Studio
6pm
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Saturday, December 16, 2023
4th Annual Community Dance Showcase
at Dormouse Theatre
3-5pm
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Saturday, September 30, 2023
Guest Performance w/ Reservoir Dance Company
at Wellspring Theater
Time: 7:30pm
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
Breakin' Ballet Dance Company
Accepting New Members and Apprentice Dancers for Season 3
at Move With Joy Studio
7:30pm
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Saturday, September 9 &
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Collaborative Art Experience
Breakin' Ballet Dance Company
Performance & Open Rehearsal
at Dormouse Theatre
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
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Friday, August 11th, 2023
a Breakin' Ballet & Fire collaboration
with live performance and open mic poetry
6:30-9pm
Friday, July 28th - Sunday, July 30th, 2023
DANCE Lansing
at Lansing Community College - Gannon Building Commons (Lansing, MI)
Performance Times:
Friday & Saturday @ 7pm
Sunday @ 2pm
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Saturday, July 8, 2023
Washington Ave. Art Crawl Performance
at Dormouse Theatre (Kalamazoo, MI)
Time: 2-3pm
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Saturday, June 3, 2023
Breakin' Ballet - Season II Finale - "The Journey"
at Dormouse Theatre (Kalamazoo, MI)
Time: 7:30pm
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
Rock Your Soul: Live Music & Dance
at Bell's Eccentric Cafe (355 E Kalamazoo Ave, Kalamazoo, MI)
Time: 8-11pm
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Sunday, March 19, 2023
Celebration of Dreams
at Village Theater at Cherry Hill in Canton, MI
Time: 4pm
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Friday, March 10, 2023
Breakin' Ballet - Healing Through Dance: Solos, Trios, Duets
at Move With Joy Studio in Kalamazoo, MI.
Free to attend. Donations appreciated.
Time: 6-7pm
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Friday, March 3, 2023
Breakin' Ballet Live at the Epic Center
at the Jollifee Theater in downtown Kalamazoo, MI.
Free to attend. Donations appreciated.
Time: 6-7pm
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Saturday, January 28, 2023
The Main Event: The Sequel
at the Crowfoot Ballroom in Pontiac, MI
Time: 8pm
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Saturday, December 17, 2022
Third Annual Community Dance Showcase
at the YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo (1001 W Maple St)
Doors: 3pm *Free* Performances: 3:30pm
at Alegant Affairs (3410 Gull Rd., Kalamazoo)
Doors: 4pm *Free* Performance: 5pm
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Saturday, June 25, 2022
at Vander Mill in Grand Rapids, MI at 7pm.
Guest performers for Atelier Dance Company's dance concert “Boundaries"
at Arcadia Creek Festival Site for Juneteenth Celebration.
Performances will occur from 1-6pm.
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at Dormouse Theater at 7:30pm.
Tickets $15 at the door or purchase online.
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Saturday, April 9, 2022
at the Wellspring Theater in Kalamazoo, MI as guest performers for
Perspectives Dance Concert
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Saturday, April 2, 2022
at the Crowfoot Ballroom in Pontiac, MI for The Main Event.
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Friday, March 4, 2022
at the Jollifee Theater (inside the Epic Center) in Kalamazoo, MI, with special guest Denise Miller. Free to attend.
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Friday, January 7, 2022
at Dormouse Theatre in Kalamazoo, MI at 6pm, with special guest Denise Miller.
Free to attend.
Saturday, December 18, 2021
at the Maple Street YMCA in Kalamazoo, MI for Community Dance Showcase
