Tag: new ballet

When New Ballet was founded in 2016, it marked a new beginning for dancers and staff of the suddenly bankrupt Ballet San Jose. Dalia Rawson, New Ballet’s artistic and executive director, had spent 15 years performing leading roles with Ballet San Jose and another 15 on the school’s staff. “We wanted to find a way […]

Silicon Valley Ballet announced in February 2016 that the company would close and file for bankruptcy. The closure included the school—and $250,000 in tuition money for the current school year and summer program was lost in the bankruptcy. But the collapse could not take down Dalia Rawson, the school director. A survivor who had weathered […]