Jose Mateo Ballet Theater

Although I’ve lived in the Cambridge area for almost 4 years, this was my first time at the local ballet. Located inside the church, I have definitely walked by many times but never thought to come.
I managed to snag tickets from a friend. My beau and I had stool seats, meaning that we were on tall chairs in the back. Some of the chairs were wobbly /​broken so beware! There is a cash bar as well. Wine is $ 10, beer is $ 5, and bottles water is $ 2 – we opted to skip refreshments. Overall, it was perfectly fine for the date.
The crowd is what you would expect for a ballet: middle aged white people. One note for the college students thinking about coming, don’t forget that ballets are not shorts+t-shirt places!
The show itself was great. The theme was Suspicious Spaces. The stage and costumes were simple but the performers brought great athleticism and grace.
There were two intermissions in the show. The show started 15 minutes late as well.

This place is the most nicest place I have seen, a wonderful place! I love this place!

I grew up going to see the Boston Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker, but otherwise never really went to the ballet. A friend of mine invited me to see a Jose Mateo ballet and it was amazing! I’ve gone to every single show since. The dance is phenomenal and interesting (definitely no boredom) and you sit SO CLOSE to the dancers you can literally see their muscles twitching. I also love the cabaret style seating with drinks and food. A wonderful night out!

My review is for the Pre-​Ballet class. I enrolled my child for the entire year, because that’s how it works there, but I wished that you can just do a shorter session. There was some early problems with the teacher getting there on time and finally, they changed the teacher. However, the new teacher had difficulty managing the class and often I can hear her disciplining the kids. Towards the end of the school year, I got to see the class during «parent observation day» and I was disappointed to see how little my daughter has learned during the entire year. I will say that the space is beautiful (church) and the older girls classes seemed to have better instructors and were making real progress. Would not recommend the younger kids’ classes though.