Operating continuously since summer 2016, Ballet and Beyond NYC is dedicated to enriching the creative lives of New York City youth through its FREE summer intensive performing arts training - our R.Y.S.E. (Repertory Youth Summer Enrichment) Conservatory. CWP provides subsidized space for this program each summer.

Directed by Carlton Terrence Taylor Jr. and Michelle Cave, the R.Y.S.E. Conservatory runs for six weeks, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The dynamic curriculum includes:

• Dance training in Ballet, Modern, and Hip Hop

• Musical Theater training in Voice, Acting, and Theater Dance

• Daily rehearsal for a culminating full-conservatory performance

All classes are taught by NYC professional performing artists, and students are supervised by counselors with performing arts training and experience.

Parents of past students consistently report that R.Y.S.E. (formerly our P.A.C. Performing Arts Conservatory) has a strongly positive impact on their children’s confidence, creativity, imagination, education, and social and emotional well-being.