Festival School Of Ballet History

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Festival School of Ballet is a full-service ballet dance school that is located in Buffalo, New York. Festival School of Ballet was established by Clare Fetto and her husband, Keith Carcich in 1987. Their classes include intermediate/ pre-teen, intermediate/ advanced, adult ballet, pre ballet for 3 to 6 years old, basic ballet for 7 years old and up, pointe, and children's ballet. Clare Fetto underwent training with the Niagara Festival Ballet, the first professional ballet studio in Western New York.

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