the babyballet®
founders

Mother and daughter team, Claire and Barbara are immensely passionate about babyballet® and have worked tirelessly since 1999 to make it into the award-winning reputable concept it is today – which now has over 100 franchised and licensed schools teaching over 20,000 children every week in New Zealand, the UK, Australia & Singapore.

Barbara has recently captured the nation’s hearts as she featured in The Daily Mail, The Times, on ITV News, Channel 5 News, and more!

britain’s oldest ballet dancer passes elite exam… aged 80

• Barbara Peters, 80, from Halifax, is the country’s oldest ballet dancer
• She passed a top exam from the Royal Academy of Dance in London
• The great-grandmother has been dancing since she was a two-year-old 

Article published in the Daily Mail, 15/01/2018. Read more …

Or watch the ITV News coverage below!

Barbara Peters, Britain’s oldest ballerina teaching babyballet. Any dancer would be delighted to pass a top exam from a world-renowned ballet school. But when you do that at 80 – and get into the record books as the country’s oldest ballet dancer – it is all the sweeter. That is the birthday present that Barbara Peters (pictured) has just received. Read more …

“Dancing keeps me young and I love being a part of babyballet® so that I can pass on my knowledge and passion for dance and ballet to the younger generation and our babyballet® teachers.” Barbara says.