World-Class Classical Training.
Designed for the Individual.
Individualized pre-professional classical ballet training for dancers pursuing professional careers, trainee and second-company opportunities, and advanced collegiate study.
Distinct Artistic Voices
Beyond technical refinement, dancers cultivate phrasing, character, musicality, and emotional depth. Through sustained guidance, they develop interpretive clarity and a sense of presence that reads immediately onstage — a defining signature of the ICSB approach and its commitment to shaping true artistic identity.
A Culture of Intention.
ICSB dancers approach their training with intention, consistency, and personal responsibility. Daily work is expected to be thoughtful and focused, with corrections reviewed, absorbed, and integrated over time. This disciplined approach mirrors the expectations of professional environments and forms the foundation of long-term growth.
Internationally Recognized.
ICSB has built one of the Atlanta region’s most consistently documented records of major ballet competition achievement. For more than a decade, dancers have earned Grand Prix titles, international medals, first-place honors, and recognition at leading competitions including Prix de Lausanne, USAIBC, and Youth America Grand Prix.
Excellence, By the Numbers
More than two decades of individualized pre-professional training, nationally and internationally recognized achievement, and sustained student outcomes.
Competition recognition is not the objective of the training. It is one measure of its consistency and effectiveness.
Professional & Educational Outcomes
ICSB alumni have advanced into professional ballet companies, trainee and second-company programs, leading ballet schools, conservatories, colleges, and universities in the United States and internationally. Professional preparation is a central objective of ICSB’s year-round training, with dancers developed for the technical, artistic, and professional demands of life beyond the student level. The organizations below represent professional and academic destinations reached by members of our alumni community throughout their individual careers.
Professional Companies
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
A PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
The International City School of Ballet is proud to partner with Dwight Global Online School, the #1 Best Private Online High School in America.
Designed specifically for high-achieving student-athletes and artists, Dwight Global enables ICSB students to pursue elite ballet training while receiving a world-class college preparatory education through live online instruction. Through ICSB's official partnership with Dwight Global Online School, eligible students receive an exclusive 50% tuition scholarship toward their Dwight Global education.
Sustained Across Generations
For over twenty years, our core methodology has remained steady. The clarity of the training carries forward, generation after generation.
The Signature of the School
ICSB’s dancers reflect a standard shaped over two decades of disciplined classical work and a philosophy that has remained quietly unwavering since the school’s founding. Their refinement — in line, musicality, presence, and professionalism — is not accidental. It comes from a teaching lineage built on clarity, honesty, and depth, applied with a level of individual attention that is increasingly rare in classical training.
Understanding this standard means understanding where it came from — the decisions, values, and origins that shaped ICSB into the program it is today. The story behind that evolution defines everything that happens here.
