Ballet Fantastique continually reaches out into the community to fulfill our missionof keeping classical ballet vibrantly alive in our city through unique, community-centered, world-class training, educational, and performance experiences for youngartists, audiences, and professionals. Through our Education and Outreach program,and with the support of our Community Partners, we bring high-quality productions toeveryone in our community in engaging, innovative ways.

Hundreds of youngsters in attendance for Ballet Fantas-tique's Cakewalk Ballet, which featured free tickets for kids.Many of them saw their first dance performance!

As we grow, affordable pricing for our per-formances is key and ensures that we con-tinue to develop new audiences, maintainingan enthusiastic and dedicated following forour work. We also offer subsidized tickets forlow-income community members throughour "Passport to Dance" program.

,((,'s;n:;Star Scho/arsh;?sWith your help, The Academy of Ballet Fan-tastique has made it part of our mission tonever turn a talented child away from bal-let training for lack of funds. Together, weaward hundreds of monthly tuition scholar-ships every year and ensurE: that the North-west's most talented dancers of tomorrow getthe training that will take them there. Thesescholarships really do change lives and makea difference in the lives of young dancers.

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Ballet Fantastique's Experience Dance!Project is a series of interactive elementary schoolpartnerships paired with a concert of the highestcaliber produced in Oregon's Hult Center for thePerforming Arts. This dynamic, engaging projectinspires audience members of a wide range ofages, backgrounds, and means while providinglocal dancers with the opportunity to give backto the community through informative presenta-tions.

The school performances pairs Ballet Fantastiquedancers with up to 6,000 children from Eugeneand Springfield elementary and middle schools tofoster an appreciation of dance in young peopleof all ages, backgrounds, and means at no cost tothe schools. We're giving dancers an opportunityto give back to the community, while building anew generation of dedicated arts lovers, appeal-ing to the non-traditional theatergoer, and as-serting the vitality of classical ballet as a vibrantcultural art form.

Every dollar invested in Ballet Fantastique is reinvested into our communitythrough our ambitious, wide-reaching outreach and scholarship programs!