About the Company

Founded in 2000 by Cem & Elysabeth Catbas, Baltimore Ballet presents world class dancing at affordable prices to dance enthusiasts from the greater Baltimore/Washington region. Audiences can enjoy international stars and up-and-coming, award winning dancers. Baltimore Ballet's repertoire includes The Nutcracker, Les Sylphides, Giselle, Swan Lake, Scheherazade, La Bayadere (Kingdom of the Shades), Pictures at an Exhibition, Carnival of the Animals, and A Gershwin Rhapsody, (choreographed by Artistic Director Cem Catbas), and Salome's Daughters(choreographed by Nejla Yatkin.). The Company has performed at the Lyric Opera House as part of the Balitmore Artscape Festival, Goucher College Kraushaar Auditorium, the Morris A. Mechanic Theater, Towson University Stephens Hall, MD Hall for the Performing Arts, and the Baltimore Museum of Art Meyerhoff Auditorium, as well as outreach performances at local retirement communities.

Baltimore Ballet Officers and Board of Directors:

  • Cem Catbas
  • Elysabeth Muscat
  • Bonnie O'Neal
  • Lucy Henningfield
  • Alice Bernstein
  • Howard Dreizen, CPA
  • Kathy Lo Grande
  • Lisa Davis (advisory board)
  • Leslie Katz (advisory board)
  • Susan Sklar
  • Co-Founder and Artistc Director
  • Co-Founder and Executive Director
  • Board President
  • Board Vice President
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer

Baltimore Ballet is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit company and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, ethnicity, religious affiliation, nationality, or sexual orientation.