Manhattan Youth Ballet was formely known as Studio Maestro, a school founded in 1995 by Rose Caiola. It has since become New York's premiere classical ballet academy.

Adhering to a curriculum based upon European methods and pedagogy, it is a place of innovation and opportunity for our dancers. Manhattan Youth Ballet is the culmination of Ms. Caiola’s efforts for the past twelve years to create a viable and curriculum-based ballet academy in the United States. Based on the French School of classical technique and modeled after the great schools of Europe, her pre-professional program is the only one of its kind in this country. Former students of Manhattallet now dance with American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Washington Ballet, Nederland Dans Theatre and Complexion among others.
The location on 68th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West is the birth place of Manhattan Youth Ballet. For the past twelve years we have developed a pre-professional ballet academy based on the French School of classical technique.