Marin Ballet

The history of Marin Ballet reflects the steady growth of Marins arts culture, the blossoming of regional dance schools across the United States, and ever-demanding educational and extracurricular expectations facing todays youth. Marin Ballet remains vibrant and dynamic across decades of change due to its main assets: enthusiastic students of all ages, dance professionals dedicated to a standard of excellence, families and volunteers who value the arts, and ownership of a state-of-the-arts training and performance facility. The Leona Norman School of Dance garnered community recognition in the 1950s and in 1963 was incorporated as the Marin Civic Ballet, a non-profit organization founded by Max and Phyllis Thelen. Marin Ballet has pioneered educational outreach and community partnerships, serving specific areas such as Marin City and San Rafaels Canal neighborhood, and custom-tailored dance programs for elementary and middle schools. A generous portion of its students study on s...