Ballet Company Presents: INCEPTIONS

Sunday, March 22nd / 4:00-5:3

dance connection Ballet company Presents

Inceptions

A Benefit for Palo Alto Dance Connection Youth Ensemble

Sunday, March 22, 2026    4:00pm-5:30pm

 Zohar Performance Space, Cubberley Community Center L4

$25 / Kids under 5 are free

Presented by Dance Connection Ballet Company, INCEPTIONS features the newly formed Special Preparatory and Junior Preparatory ballet companies!  DC dancers ages nine to sixteen will perform classical works along with original choreography by ballet teachers Peter Hershey, Jennifer Kulz-Smith, and Brooke Wertwijn.  All proceeds benefit the Palo Alto Dance Connection Youth Ensemble, and support scholarships for our dancers.

 

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Jennifer - ballet teacher

Jennifer Kulz Smith

Jennifer received her ballet training in San Francisco with the Academy of Ballet, Dancers' Stage, Lanova Academy, City Ballet School and Boston Ballet School. She has performed with various Bay Area companies including the Peninsula Ballet Theater, San Francisco Dance Theater, and the Santa Clara Ballet. She performed in the San Francisco production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" for 4 1/2 years. Jennifer has two beautiful daughters, and has enjoyed teaching and watching students grow at Dance Connection since 2001.