Perhaps even more important than the awards and accolades when measuring the success of a school are the placements, scholarships, and professional opportunities afforded to its alumni. Students trained under the instruction of IBC are consistently praised for their well-developed technique and artistic abilities, their professional conduct, and most notably, their strong training.
IBC alumni have received trainee or second company offers, apprenticeships, supplemental, or full-time contracts within the following professional companies and university programs:
- Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida
- Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
- BalletMet
- Ballet West
- Birmingham Royal Ballet
- Boston Ballet
- Charlotte Ballet
- Dutch National Ballet
- English National Ballet
- Houston Ballet
- Indianapolis Ballet
- Joffrey Ballet
- Kansas City Ballet
- Nashville Ballet
- Orlando Ballet
- Stuttgart Ballet
- Suzanne Farrell Ballet
- Washington Ballet
- Butler University’s College of Fine Arts
- Indiana University Jacob’s School of Music
- Loyola University
- Mercyhurst College
- Point Park University
- SUNY Purchase
- Texas Christian University
- University of Utah
- Vassar College
- …and many others
In addition, our students continually receive scholarships to the following schools around the globe, among others, both in year-round and summer capacities:
- John Cranko Schule of Stuttgart Ballet
- Royal Ballet School – London
- English National Ballet School – London
- National Ballet School – Canada
- Princess Grace Academy of Dance – Monaco
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
- Paris Opera Ballet School
- Zurich Dance Academy
- School of American Ballet
- San Francisco Ballet School
- Boston Ballet School
- American Ballet Theatre’s JKO School
- Ellison Ballet
- Pacific Northwest Ballet School
- Ballet West Academy
- Houston Ballet Academy
- Washington School of Ballet
- Atlanta Ballet School
- Miami City Ballet School
- Orlando Ballet School
- Sarasota Ballet School
- The Rock School
- Washington School of Ballet
- Joffrey Ballet’s Academy of Dance
- Harid Conservatory
- Next Generation Ballet at Patel Conservatory
- Kirov Academy of Ballet – Washington D.C.
- Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet
- Kaatsban Extreme Ballet
- Ballet Austin Academy
- Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School
- Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive & Russian-American Foundation Exchange Program
