VAGANOVA TRAINING IN THE HEART OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
School of
Columbia Classical Ballet
The Capital's Ballet School
610 HARDEN STREET, COLUMBIA, SC
CLASSES BEGIN AUGUST 10, 2026
Year-Round Program
What We Offer
Why SCCB
A Ballet School Inside A Working Company
SCCB is part of Columbia Classical Ballet’s non-profit mission to make high-level classical training available in Columbia. The focus is the work itself: strong teaching, individual attention, and long-term artistic development.
For the first time, a child in Columbia can receive a full classical ballet education at home; beginning as young as three and, if they choose, training all the way through without ever leaving for another city. We brought the teachers here.
“I spent my whole career on stages around the world. What I came back for was to raise my family here. I’m not building it for a crowd. I’m building it for one child at a time, each one cared for like my own. That’s what makes it real.”
- Joseph Phillips
Artistic Director, Columbia Classical Ballet
Training That Lasts
SCCB his built by two families. Joseph coming home with Irene to lead it. Sergei and Karina came from Russia to help build it.
Two directors who reached the Mariinsky stage from opposite sides. They didn’t come to open a studio. They came to build something that outlasts them, so that fifty years from now, a child in Columbia can walk into this building and train with someone even better than the people teaching today.
We give a child something to be responsible for; the steps in front of them, how they show up. Discipline grows out of that. Love grows with it. Because loving ballet isn’t enough, a dancer learns to be responsible for what they love. That’s a spirit nothing can break.
Every Child Is The Community
People say a school like this is built for the community. We see it the other way around.
Every child develops differently, and the teaching is built around seeing each one clearly. A three-year-old who just wants to move belongs here as much as a teenager training for a career. No experience is needed to start; most of our youngest dancers have none. What they get from the first day is the attention of people who notice them.
Performances
Students are given the opportunity to perform 2-3 times a year in the school's productions: Fall Gala, Nutcracker and a Spring Show. Rehearsing and performing not only gives the students additional time to work on their technique, but also immerses them in the true nature of the art form, teaching them to pick up choreography, express themselves, interpret music with their bodies, and connect with an audience.
Class Schedule
Faculty
From the Mariinsky Stage to American Ballet Theatre to San Francisco Ballet.
Train with the best!
Tuition
SCCB tuition is paid monthly through the Parent Portal or can be paid annually with a discount. A one-time registration fee, costume fee, and performance fee applies to each student
Children & Teen Division
Pre-Ballet
(3 days/week)
Monthly Tuition:
Junior
(3 days/week)
Monthly Tuition:
Pre-Professional
(6 days/week)
Monthly Tuition:
Boys Class
(1 day/week)
Monthly Tuition:
Musical theatre
(3 days/week)
Monthly Tuition:
Adult Division
Single Class
Rate
10- Class Pack
Rate
20-Class Pack
Rate
Adult students train alongside the school’s adult community, with opportunities to perform in Columbia Classical Ballet productions.
FAQ
TRIAL CLASSES AUGUST 10-28
OFFICIAL OPENING SEPTEMBER 8TH
OPEN NUTCRACKER AUDITIONS SEPTEMBER 19TH
PARENT PORTAL