About PUB
Princeton University Ballet, fondly known as PUB, is the only student-run dance group at Princeton dedicated to the art of contemporary and classical ballet. The company was founded by Virginia Byron '10 and Elizabeth Rosen '10 in 2008 in order to provide greater opportunities for students to continue performing ballet while studying at Princeton.
PUB is an incredibly special space as the only company specifically for ballet on campus. But we also pride ourselves and push ourselves to be on the cutting edge of contemporary and contemporary-ballet as well. We welcome guest choreographers to create original works, as well as provide a beautifully supportive space for our dancers to choreograph and develop as artists.
All of our members are full time undergraduates at Princeton University. PUB Dancers have studied at such institutions as School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet School, Pacific Northwest Ballet, the JKO School, Washington Ballet School, the Juilliard School, LINES Ballet School, and National Ballet of Canada. Each of our shows features classical repertory as well as contemporary pieces choreographed by students and professional guest choreographers. Auditions for PUB are held each fall—just before classes start.
But most importantly, we are such a fun and loving family! PUB is a collection of people from all around the world and States and from different, although advanced, training backgrounds. Some of our members took time off to dance in professional companies before coming to Princeton; some of them dove more into contemporary ballet at Princeton! We all recognize that being a ballet dancer is a process, but PUB empowers each other to find our best selves as dancers and people. Not to mention all the shenanigans between our weekly company class (which I often set to Mariah Carey), company dinners on Nassau, and our semesterly PUBrunch before lawn parties!
PUB is an incredibly special space as the only company specifically for ballet on campus. But we also pride ourselves and push ourselves to be on the cutting edge of contemporary and contemporary-ballet as well. We welcome guest choreographers to create original works, as well as provide a beautifully supportive space for our dancers to choreograph and develop as artists.
All of our members are full time undergraduates at Princeton University. PUB Dancers have studied at such institutions as School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet School, Pacific Northwest Ballet, the JKO School, Washington Ballet School, the Juilliard School, LINES Ballet School, and National Ballet of Canada. Each of our shows features classical repertory as well as contemporary pieces choreographed by students and professional guest choreographers. Auditions for PUB are held each fall—just before classes start.
But most importantly, we are such a fun and loving family! PUB is a collection of people from all around the world and States and from different, although advanced, training backgrounds. Some of our members took time off to dance in professional companies before coming to Princeton; some of them dove more into contemporary ballet at Princeton! We all recognize that being a ballet dancer is a process, but PUB empowers each other to find our best selves as dancers and people. Not to mention all the shenanigans between our weekly company class (which I often set to Mariah Carey), company dinners on Nassau, and our semesterly PUBrunch before lawn parties!
