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Ballet Lubbock

Ballet Lubbock changes lives. As a pre-professional dance
school, we enhance our community through premier dance
training, performances, and outreach. We envision an
inclusive community transformed by art, embracing dance
as an enriching and integral part of life. We believe art
transforms lives, and we aim to do so through the three
main pillars of programming: The School, Performances,
and Community Outreach.

by Nicholas Dragga

Enriching the Community up and offers drop-in ballet classes University Percussion Ensembles, and
for advanced students year-round.
other renowned local musicians.
Ballet Lubbock aggressively invests
allet Lubbock changes lives. in the continual improvement of our COMMUNITY OUTREACH
As a pre-professional dance instructors and curriculum, as they are We aggressively seek to make our
Bschool, we enhance our the foundation of all that we do. programs known and available to
community through premier dance all people of the South Plains. Ballet
training, performances, and outreach. PERFORMANCES Lubbock offers free, weekly dance
We envision an inclusive community The Ballet Lubbock Company was classes in 17 elementary schools
transformed by art, embracing dance formed with the goal of presenting across six school districts through
as an enriching and integral part of quality ballet performances for the partnerships with “Communities in
life. We believe art transforms lives, local community and providing Schools”. We bring ballet bedside
and we aim to do so through the advanced ballet students with the every Tuesday and Thursday to
three main pillars of programming: opportunity to prepare for a career in Covenant Children’s Hospital,
The School, Performances, and dance. This pre-professional Company
Community Outreach.
performs all season long in a variety
of capacities, from the Ballet’s season
THE SCHOOL productions to community and
Through a school-wide curriculum, charitable events throughout the
structured through 11 levels, over South Plains region. Each December,
50 classical ballet classes are offered the Ballet presents The Nutcracker,
August through May for ages a beloved holiday production that
three through adult. In addition attracts audiences of all ages. Each
to regular classes, Ballet Lubbock April, a Spring Performance takes
heavily invests in guest teachers and place, alternating between standard
masterclasses, which are offered “story book” ballet repertoire, such
free of charge to advanced students. as Cinderella and Snow White with
Ballet Lubbock also offers a series of works of mixed repertoire, such as
Summer Workshops in June of each collaborations with the Lubbock
year, providing a summer intensive Symphony Orchestra, Texas Tech
experience for students ages three and

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