The Cecchetti Council of America is an organization dedicated to maintaining the standards and method of ballet training established by Cav. Enrico Cecchetti.  The organization uses his teaching and writings in a sequence of grades, carefully measured as to degree of difficulty and physical development, and provides a system of accredited examinations to test the student's proficiency within those grades.

The Council was begun in 1939 and is composed exclusively of teachers of ballet who base their syllabi on those of the Cecchetti Society Branch of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing in London, England.  By the time of its incorporation as a nonprofit educational association in 1951, the Council was the first in the United States to adopt a uniform system of teaching and examinations.  It is justly proud of its far-reaching influence on the upgrading of the teaching of ballet in this country.

The principal objective of the Cecchetti Council has always been to raise the quality of ballet teaching.  This requires constant attitudes of self-improvement and professional integrity on the part of each member teacher, as well as a wide program of publications, refresher courses, and ballet conferences.