Established in 1952, the Ballet department is a training institution for aspiring young dancers and teachers and for nearly 60 being a privileged source of dancers for the National Opera and Ballet Theatre . Attracting students from across the country, the ballet department is the only ballet school in Lithuania to provide for more tha 150 students elite dance training, academic instruction and residential care on the same campus.

Deputy for ballet studies:
Mrs. Lina Puodžiukaitė, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , +37052100766, +37067453465

The ballet programme curriculum emphasizes the physical and emotional well-being of the student, contributes to dancers' personal development, helps to assist performing arts organizations by rendering educational services and formation of communications' space for choreography professionals based on the following principles. Therefore our graduates successfully perform in the ballet companies worlwide.

Notable alumni with an international career include Jurgita Dronina, Rūta Jezerskytė, Mindaugas Baužys, Asta Bazevičiūtė, Neli Beliakaitė, Jolanta Valeikaitė etc.

A classical dancer must be much more than just a strong technician. That's why at the ballet department over thirty teachers nurture the wider range of skills required of today's classical dancers. We give our students opportunities to perform in a variety of different dance styles and genres during the training, as well as studying complementary subjects like acting, movement anatomy and Pilates. Our students work with the teachers to increase strength and stamina and develop individual performance style and artistic eloquence, as well as providing individual coaching. Classes are carefully graded both by age and by technical level, and each student receives personal attention and guidance required for his / her progress.

Our students participated and enjoyed the successes at different ballet international competitions including Helsinki (1995 and 2005), Nagoya (1996 and 2000), Jackson(1998 and 2005) and Moscow (1997 and 2005), Paris (1996) and Lausanne (1994), Perm (1994) and St.Petersburg (1994) , Berlin (2009), since 2002 our students constantly take place and are awarded at the ballet competitions in Grasse (France) and Mora (Sweden).

To help bridge the gap between training and a professional career our students give regular performances – including full-length ballets such as Peter Penn and Coppelia – performed in the school's own 400-seat Dance theatre, participating at the National Ballet company performances such as Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Snow-white and Seven Dwarfs. They also join a variety of Master Classes held at the school with eminent dancers and teachers.