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”.
