New Ballet Ensemble & School

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General Info

Founded in 2001, The New Ballet Ensemble and School is a Community School of the Arts and Arts Education program with a professional performing ensemble. Unique to Memphis and to communities across America, New Ballet is a bridge-building Arts training organization that serves youth from every corner of the city and in its entirety. Children and adults come together on a daily basis in an arts space where the common denominator is excellence and innovation in dance. The bridges that we build in the process remain a principle focus of the organization's leadership. Mission: The mission of New Ballet School is to bring together children from all backgrounds by providing a professional standard of training, regardless of the ability to pay. New Ballet Ensemble is the professional company of performers and teaching artists who appear on the main stage and in our schools where students are engaged, educated and recruited for scholarships in New Ballet School. Philosophy: New Ballet provides opportunities to young aspiring artists from diverse backgrounds by providing the tools and training to those who seek excellence, regardless of the family's ability to pay. Class offerings and curricula are based on the ethic of sound technical ballet training with an emplasis on multiculturalism. Students will explore African, Flamenco, HipHop, Modern and Chinese dance throughout their studies at New Ballet. New Ballet students' goals cover a broad spectrum.Some have a serious desire to have access to scholarship opportunities at University dance programs, others participate in the program out of a desire to be immersed in an atmosphere of professionalism, creative freedom and serious intent.

Extra Phones

Phone: (901) 726-9225

Fax: (901) 274-5370

Neighborhoods

Cooper Young, Depot Planning District

AKA

New Ballet Ensemble and School

Other Link

http://www.newballet.org

Categories

Dance Companies, Dancing Instruction

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Details

Phone: (901) 274-5368

Address: 2157 York Ave, Memphis, TN 38104

Website: http://www.newballet.org