The Ashtabula Arts Center’s Dance Department is home to Ballet Theatre Ashtabula, a pre-professional dance company founded in 1981 that provides students and area dancers the freedom to fully develop their technical and artistic abilities. Our goal is to provide students who are career oriented with the necessary technical foundation while also allowing recreational students the opportunity to participate in classes of high standards. Made possible by a Civic Development Corporation grant, our dance studio is one of the finest in Northeast Ohio, with a basket weave construction sprung floor just like the one at Lincoln Center in NYC—an important factor in injury prevention. Financial aid is available for those in need.