9. The Brighton Ballet Theater is often considered one of the top ballet schools in the northeast
Although technically in Manhattan Beach, the Brighton Ballet Theater, also called the School of Russian American Ballet, is a nonprofit located on the campus of Kingsborough Community College. About 400 children attend the school, and hundreds more participate through New York public schools. All instructors are professionally trained dancers who studied in the U.S., Russia, or Ukraine and taught or performed with major dance companies worldwide.
Each year, the Brighton Ballet Theater puts on two full productions and smaller presentations across the tri-state area. The school hosts the annual festival “The World of Dance” and puts on frequent performances of The Nutcracker. Since 1987, the school has put on everything from Les Sylphides to selections from La Bayadère.