Ballet West is a ballet school with an outstanding reputation, based in Taynuilt in Argyll. Since it was established in 1991, Ballet West has steadily developed an ambitious educational programme and now offers full-time Higher Education courses leading to BA (Hons) in Dance validated by the Open University. It also runs a variety of outreach classes for students from age 3 through to adults. These include classes for 300 young people throughout Argyll, four Summer Schools and two year-long Associate courses in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

In addition, Ballet West has developed as a semi-professional touring company with an extensive audience base and extremely high reputation for delivering quality productions. The company tours to large venues around Scotland. The company has also toured China twice.

Ballet West has produced medallists and finalists at the RAD Genée International Ballet Competition and is regularly represented at the competition.​

www.balletwest.co.uk