Baltic Opera Ballet is the ballet company of Opera Bałtycka in Gdańsk, Poland. Izabela Sokołowska-Boulton serves as ballet director and choreographer. She has been deputy head of ballet at the institution since September 2016 and won a gold medal at the XX International Ballet Competition in Varna in 2002. The company includes ensemble dancers and soloists who perform in ballet productions at the opera house on Aleja Zwycięstwa in Gdańsk.
The repertoire includes classical and contemporary ballet works such as “Coppélia” by Léo Delibes, “Sen nocy letniej” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, and “Karnawał zwierząt” (The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns. The company also presents “B jak balet,” described as an open rehearsal aimed at children, youth, and adults.
Opera Bałtycka offers dance classes through Taneczna Paczka, a program that includes ballet for children, classical dance at basic and intermediate levels, and modern jazz at basic and intermediate levels. The company holds auditions for dancers and invites applications by email or in person.