Spring Performances 2026

Join us this spring for a special Community Engagement Performance with our returning Artist-in-Residence, plus our Family Ballet Series featuring Peter & the Wolf and Sleeping Beauty.

A former Principal with Boston Ballet and Soloist with ABT, Ms. Stallings-Lippert will work with our Senior & Junior Company dancers during her three-week residency. This performance includes a working rehearsal, selections of the repertoire, and a short Q&A with Ms. Stallings-Lippert, our dancers, and Artistic Director Kathy Chamberlain.

We’re proud to welcome Carla Stallings-Lippert back as our Artist-in-Residence.

Saturday, March 7, 2026 from 3:15–4:45 PM
Robinson Fine Arts Center Studio Theatre, Plano (map)

Free to attend, ticket required for entry.
Tickets available February 20, 2026.

Family Ballet Series

This year, Peter & the Wolf and Sleeping Beauty are presented as individual performances—so you can choose one show or enjoy both.

Experience the timeless charm of Peter & the Wolf—a perfect introduction to classical music and dance for all ages, brought to life with colorful characters, expressive choreography, and Prokofiev’s iconic score.

1:00 p.m. & 3:15 p.m.

Saturday, April 18,
at the Frisco Discovery Center

(the venue offers a free seating policy)

Saturday, April 25,
at Robinson Fine Arts Center, Plano

(the venue offers reserved seating)

Enjoy an abridged, 45-minute Sleeping Beauty featuring beloved characters, elegant choreography, and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score—perfect for audiences of all ages.

2:00 p.m. & 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, April 18,
at the Frisco Discovery Center

(the venue offers a free seating policy)

Saturday, April 25,
at Robinson Fine Arts Center, Plano

(the venue offers reserved seating)

Tickets are for each show is $5.00 (plus ticketing and processing fees).

Mission Statement

Chamberlain Ballet is committed to presenting excellent ballet to enrich the North Texas community, enlighten with arts education, and encourage through outreach programs.

Four decades of building artists 

Founded in 1984, Chamberlain Ballet is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Plano, TX. Originally intended to provide performance opportunities to local area students, Chamberlain Ballet has grown into an organization which furthers the impact of ballet and the performing arts through training and education, performance, and outreach through programs such as Relevé and Shining Stars. 

Donor and sponsor support allows Chamberlain Ballet to stage full scale theatrical productions for the public, provide world class instruction to our students, and educate and expose the arts to underprivileged and underserved members of our community.

Whether instilling a work ethic of will and determination into our students or sparking an artistic light in a fellow community member; Chamberlain Ballet is proud to provide Classical Foundations for Life®.

For over 40 years, founder Kathy chamberlain has been a leader in dance education in the greater dallas community.
— Gayle Halperin - Executive Director Bruce Wood Dance
Chamberlain Ballet is a key partner in helping TAFF maximize our impact on underserved children in North Texas. Arts education is crucial to helping children overcome life’s mental and/or physical challenges. If one child can make a difference, imagine many
— Rudolph G. Andrea - The Andrea-Mennen Family Foundation
This is what The Nutcracker is all about, why it has become a North American Christmastime staple.
— Manuel Mendoza - The Dallas Morning News

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Our staff and dancers appreciate your time and support of our mission to spread the arts through North Texas and beyond.

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Chamberlain Ballet is funded in part by:

  • Texas Commission on the Arts logo with a star icon and text
  • Logo for The Andrea-Mennen Family Foundation with silhouettes of people on and around the letters, and the website www.TAMFF.org.
  • Logo for the National Endowment for the Arts with black text and red, white, and blue lines, and the website arts.gov.
  • Logo for the Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation with a stylized crown above the 'i' in 'King'.
  • Logo of the city of Plano featuring a star and a stylized letter P, with the text 'Plano City of Excellence'.
  • Richardson, Texas logo with a stylized blue 'R' and the words 'Richardson Texas' underneath.