Ballet Bound and Beyond

Louisville Ballet believes that children should have access to high quality dance education experiences regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, or socio-economic status. Ballet Bound is an innovative initiative of Louisville Ballet provides free and equitable training to young dancers from all across Greater Louisville the opportunity to study classical ballet free of charge in a professional setting. Louisville Ballet provides community engagement programming through a wide range of in-school residencies, performance assemblies, after-school workshops, student matinees, adaptive dance programs, audience engagement initiatives and scholarship opportunities with schools, community centers and nonprofit organizations. Some examples include the Heuser Hearing and Language Academy, Maryhurst, Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary and Louisville Central Community Center. Your support helps make opportunities like these possible!

Celebrating its 70th Season, Louisville Ballet is engaging our community like never before. From Ballet Bound to innovative neighborhood residencies, the Louisville Ballet is creating equitable opportunities for our community's children from every neighborhood to participate in and experience dance. Your support of the auction creates new opportunities for children that may not have otherwise had the opportunity to learn, dream and train. Thank you! Our mission is to makes moving art that respects tradition, encourages innovation, and fosters life-long learning. We inspire connection, conversation and a profound sense of community, by striving for bold collaborations, by nurturing the next generation of artists, by celebrating diversity, and by creating access for all.