BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC

BALLET MISSISSIPPI PERFORMANCES:APPROXIMATELY 3,000 PATRONS ATTENDED BALLET MISSISSIPPI PERFORMANCES DURING THE YEAR ENDING6/30/2025. IN DECEMBER, BALLET MISSISSIPPI PRESENTED THE NUTCRACKER, WHICH OFFERED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON THROUGH THE ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THIS BALLET CLASSIC. THE PRODUCTION FEATURED GUEST ARTISTS MARCUS ALFORD IN THE ROLE OF DROSSELMEIER AND DANCERS FROM THE MEMPHIS BALLET. IN DECEMBER OF 2023, BALLET MISSISSIPPI WAS SO EXCITED TO RESUME SCHOOL PERFORMANCES THAT HAD BEEN SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF COVID-19 ISSUES. BALLET MISSISSIPPI HOSTED WELL OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER MISSISSIPPI FOR A MATINEE OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER AT THALIA MARA HALL. UNFORTUNATELY, IN DECEMBER OF 2024 BALLET MISSISSIPPI HAD TO PAUSE THESE SCHOOL PERFORMANCES AGAIN DUE TO CLOSING OF THALIA MARA HALL IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON. BALLET MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO PRESENT A YEAR-END PERFORMANCE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE BALLET MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL. THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY MAY AND IS NOW AT THE JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL'S FORTENBERRY THEATRE.

BALLET MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL:BALLET MISSISSIPPI OFF ERS CLASSES AND PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, FROM AGE THREE TOADULT. THE SCHOOL'S FOCUS IS CLASSICAL BALLET AND STUDENTS COMPLEMENT THEIR TRAINING WITH CLASSES IN DIFF ERENTSTYLES OF DANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE YEAR-END PERFORMANCE. THE BALLETMISSISSIPPI FACULTY INSTRUCTED CLASSES FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 STUDENTS IN SUMMER CLASSES LED BY GUEST ARTISTSAS WELL AS BALLET MISSISSIPPI FACULTY. THE BALLET MISSISSIPPI FACULTY IS LED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DAVID KEARY. DAVID KEARY IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET AND WAS PERSONALLY INVITED BY GEORGEBALANCHINE TO JOIN THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET. BALLET MISSISSIPPI HOLDS THE DISTINCTION THAT ITSEXECUTIVE/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS COMPANY AND IS NOW TRAININGMISSISSIPPI'S CHILDREN! THE BALLET MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL HAS CONTINUED TO OFF ER A TWO-WEEK INTENSIVEWORKSHOP WITH FACULTY FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. OTHER WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON THE VERY YOUNG DANCERSTHAT TRAIN AT BALLET MISSISSIPPI.