What is California Riverside Ballet?

Since its founding in 1969, California Riverside Ballet has been presenting exciting programs to the delight of our audiences and dance critics alike.  Featuring a repertoire of outstanding choreography. CRB has become a promis­ing company with a unique style and character of its own.  Traditionally, CRB presents two major productions, provides the community with four major Outreach pro­grams, and hosts numerous community and fundraising events including Ghost Walk Riverside and the Nutcracker Tea.

CRB has been host to guest artists and master teachers including Julia Adam, David Allan, Sabina Allemann, Evelyn Cisneros, Kimberly Glasco, Nicole Helinka, Kipling Houston, Darci Kistler, Kenneth Kreel, Stephen Legate, Serge Levoie, Gregory Osborne, Maya Plisetskaya, Clinton Rothwell, Christopher Stole, Edward Villella, Veronica Tennant and Igor Zelenski.

California Riverside Ballet auditions are open to any dancer, and our casts include students from the best schools in the area.  As a result of their performance experience with the California Riverside Ballet, many receive scholarships from major company schools.  A good percentage of our dancers have been contracted with major companies all over the world.  Some of our guest artists such as Darci Kistler and Stephen Legate, now with other companies, received their initial performance training with our company.

CRB is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and is supported in part by the City & County of Riverside; Riverside Arts Council (RAC), and The Press-Enterprise,  as well as by private individuals and corporations. We invite you to join us in supporting the Inland Empire's finest ballet company so that CRB can continue presenting outstanding programs, and give our community's young dancers the chance to prove their worth along side celebrated artists from the finest ballet companies in the world.

The Mission of the California Riverside Ballet 

The mission of California Riverside Ballet (CRB) is to promote excellence and enrich life through its presentation of the finest in classical and con­temporary ballet.  California Riverside Ballet accomplishes this through community outreach and performances, which educate and provide artistic experience to dancers and patrons alike. The Ballet cultivates awareness of this traditional art expression to benefit the Community and the Arts.

Located at the Historical Landmark Building, the Aurea Vista Hotel (Riverside Historic Landmark No. 84)

Since 1969, California Riverside Ballet has been located at 3840 Lemon Street, Suite B, Riverside, CA  92501.  Our offices are in the historical landmark Aurea Vista Hotel.