Charlotte Ballet is among the finest mid-sized dance companies in the United States. Charlotte Ballet provides artistically excellent programming to diverse audiences in its home city of Charlotte, North Carolina, the Southeast region, and to the varied communities it serves while on tour across the nation. Led by internationally acclaimed Artistic Director Hope Muir, Charlotte Ballet is known for its strong dancers and versatile repertoire, ranging from classical ballet to bold, contemporary works. Charlotte Ballet stays true to its tagline- performing, inspiring and educating!
Charlotte Ballet’s Education and Community Engagement Program is recognized as one of the leading programs in the United States. Our education programs engage students, teachers and the community-at-large through dynamic, educational performances and innovative curriculum-based activities. Classic and contemporary ballets serve as a catalyst for student learning connecting with North Carolina Essential Standards and Common Core State Standards. Charlotte Ballet offers special incentives, online multimedia pre-performance guides and post-performance Q and A’s with dancers.
In April 2014, North Carolina Dance Theatre began operating as Charlotte Ballet.
kpereira@charlotteballet.org
https://www.charlotteballet.org
701 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
Mecklenburg
704.372.0101
704.414.2775
Charlotte Ballet offers three residency options for schools wishing to have our professional dancers and/or teaching artists spend a day, week or month(s) at your school in a residency program. The options are repertory residencies, arts integrated residencies and Dance a Story workshops.
DANCE A STORY WORKSHOPS are fun, interactive 45-minute workshop held at your school. Appropriate for elementary-age students, Dance A Story integrates kinesthetic learning with reading, introducing children to the world of ballet through classic stories, creative movement and music, including a “prop/costume” show and tell. Intended for Preschool-2nd grade.
REPERTORY RESIDENCIES are an opportunity for dance classes, grades 6-12 , to learn Charlotte Ballet’s riveting repertory. Classic and contemporary ballets serve as a catalyst, inspiring student learning through Charlotte Ballet’s repertoire.
ARTS INTEGRATED RESIDENCIES explore topics from language arts, mathematics, science or social studies curricula, through dance composition and performance for K-12 students. (Examples of previous topics: Plant growth cycle, ELA (Onomatopoeia)
Jennifer Domini
704-414-2767
jdomini@charlotteballet.org
October 2, 2023-May 31, 2024. Subject to availability.
A day, week or month(s)
School or public venue.
Dance A Story Workshops-$150 per workshop
Reperatory Residencies & Arts Integrated Residencies-Subject to length
I.CP.1 Use choreographic principles, structures, and processes to create dances that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, and images.
I.CP.2 Understand how to use performance values (kinesthetic awareness, concentration, focus, and etiquette) to enhance dance performance.
RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, setting, and major events in a story.
RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RI.1.9 Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
K.CP.1 Use choreographic principles, structures, and processes to create dances that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, and images. K.CP.2 Understand how to use performance values (kinesthetic awareness, concentration, focus, and etiquette) to enhance dance performance. 1.R.1 Use a variety of thinking skills to analyze and evaluate dance.
P.CP.1 Use choreographic principles, structures, and processes to create dances that communicate ideas, experiences, feelings, and images.
P.C.1 Understand cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary connections with dance.
If emergency or weather related issues occur every effort will be made to reschedule a performance. Cancellations will be considered on a case-by-case basis.