Community Partnerships
In addition to providing a “big city”
ballet experience, we are committed to strengthening community
ties through collaborative efforts with other community and Performing
Arts organizations. Past community partnerships include Ronald
McDonald House ("Peter Pan"), American Red Cross Blood
Drive ("Dracula"), Make-a-Wish Foundation, Big Brothers
and Sisters ("Cinderella"), and Vera House ("Snow
White"), Elmcrest Children’s Center and the Girl Scouts
of America.
Our productions are enhanced through successful
collaborations with other Performing Arts organizations. The Open
Hand Puppet Theater created several puppets for our production
of “The Sleeping Beauty”. The puppets they created
added “…an imaginative element to this “Sleeping
Beauty” that productions in other, more metropolitan companies
are surely lacking”. Laurel Saiz Post Standard Review (Sat,
Jan 27, 2001),
In February 2002, we collaborated with the Syracuse
Symphony Orchestra to present a full length production of “Cinderella”.
“Cinderella” was an artistic success with sold-out
performances in the Crouse Hinds Auditorium. Our Jan 2004 performance
of “Swan Lake” with the SSO continued our successful
artistic collaboration with sold out performances, Four Star reviews,
and standing ovations for every show. Our artistic partnership
continues with the Feb 2005 full-length production of “Romeo
& Juliet”.
Ms. Kathleen Rathbun,
Artistic Director
