My daughter has been taking ballet with Chrystie Street Ballet for about 4 years. They offer good quality classes at an affordable price and the traditional discipline with some shortmoments of play which create good community (such as dress up day the week of Halloween, quick share times and freeze dance when possible). They have high expectations and teach/review the corresponding vocabulary words with the moves taught.My daughter has enjoyed working up the leotard levels and is looking forward to reaching the black leotard level!

If anyone is looking for a great ballet school near the Lower Manhattan area, I recommend checking out Chrystie Ballet. Ms. Melinda and her staff are wonderful. My kids love her teaching style. Kids are so well behaved. My little one took right away with Ms. Sara. We put the kids in there to develop confidence, balance, posture, etc. We did try out several other places before being referred by a friend to here.P.S. The school did lose their lease unexpectedly. They currently have satellite locations about 15 minutes walking distance from Chinatown.The school teached formal ballet. We love that the teachers are demanding. My kids come out smiling after class.

Fantastic ballet lessons for kids. My 8 year old son has learned SO much, and the instructors are patient and friendly even when he is not 100% focused. Even though our commute is kind of crazy for the class, it is worth every extra R train delay :)

My daughter has been learning ballet from CSBA for 5 years. We are very happy with the teachers and programs and keep coming back even though we moved to NJ.