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History
Established in 1988.
Founded in Marin County in 1988 by Virginia Stapleton, the school is distinguished by its commitment to inclusiveness and respect while providing top quality performing arts training. The Stapleton School takes immense pride in creating a community that fosters creativity and uses the arts as a vehicle to promote personal development. One of the Bay Area’s largest non profit performing arts institutions, the Stapleton School is home to the Stapleton Ballet and the Stapleton Theatre Company. The Ballet division offers classical ballet training in a supportive and nurturing environment, for children as young as 2.5 years through adults. Performing opportunities enhance the ballet training: an annual Nutcracker production the first weekend in December at the Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium; a spring production; and end of year demonstrations in early June. The Stapleton Theatre Company produces three multigenerational musical theater shows each year.
Meet the Business Owner
Virginia S.
Business Owner
Virginia received her professional dance training at the San Francisco Ballet School, under the tutelage of American ballet pioneers, Willam and Lew Christensen. She began touring with the San Francisco Ballet Company and the San Francisco Opera Company in 1961, performing in such works as Swan Lake, Symphony in C, Connamore, Caprice, and Concerto Barocco. Eventually switching focus from performance to instruction, Virginia embarked on an extensive teaching career, instructing advanced and master classes for Jane Stamps Studio in Albany and the Petaluma Ballet, and eventually developing a dance program for the San Anselmo Recreation Center. In 1988, Virginia founded the Stapleton School of the Performing Arts with the unique mission of providing professional dance training, while incorporating a compassion for students as whole individuals. Since the inception of the Stapleton School, enrollment has grown steadily, and currently over 500 students are enrolled in the Ballet Division.
