High Points Youth Ballet

High Points Youth Ballet CIC is a pre-professional training programme and youth ballet company established in 2011 in Northern Ireland by Turkish ballerina Rana O'Brien. The organization offers over 20 hours per week of Vaganova-based ballet training to aspiring professional dancers ages 8-18 from Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. HPYB was awarded Arts Council of Northern Ireland funding in 2018 to develop its pre-professional programme and hosts the Belfast International Ballet Festival.