Encinitas Ballet Academy in New Encinitas holds 501(c)(3) nonprofit status under EIN 30-0734546 and trains students ages three through adult in the A.Y. Vaganova classical ballet technique at 701 Garden View Court. Faculty with more than 30 years of Vaganova-method training guide levels from pre-ballet through advanced in a community where performing and movement arts thrive, from classical ballet to creative-expression workshops at Spiritual Arts Institute. Annual productions include full-length classical ballets — Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty: The Royal Wedding, and a two-performance Nutcracker staged at San Dieguito Academy — featuring international guest artists alongside local students. The academy's barre curriculum emphasizes flexibility, core stabilization, and postural alignment, paralleling the body-mechanics focus found at Soul of Yoga and connecting Encinitas's movement-arts tradition across disciplines. Advanced workshops cover safe partnering technique including supported adagio lifts, promenade turns, and fish-dive exits, preparing students for company auditions requiring proficiency in pointe, variations, and pas de deux repertoire.