WE APPLAUD OUR SEASON OUTREACH SPONSORS: With support from SHO (SUPPORT HULT OPERATIONS) and OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, Ballet Fantastique’s arts outreach programs reach across barriers in access to serve local students from local Title I and rural schools. Their support truly makes a difference in the lives of young people in our community.
2025 - 2026 Outreach Events
Hult Center
Please see our outreach calendar below — choose your experience and request your tickets with the Sign Up Form. Your tickets request will be confirmed. Please allow up to one week of response time! Final deadline to request tickets is usually at least two weeks prior to any performance.
Most outreach experiences include a study guide that aligns with OR State Standards for Dance and the English Language Arts and Social Studies Common Core State Standards, as well as other downloadable enhancement materials for teachers to prepare their students for the show.
Optional Live Q&A with some of the featured artists from the show during school hours may be available: contact community [at] balletfantastique.org to inquire.
artists of ballet fantastique || bob williams
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
ATTEND ANY PERFORMANCE AS A GROUP AND SAVE!
THU, OCT 23, 2025 — 7:00 pm
FRI, OCT 24, 2025 — 7:30 pm
SAT, OCT 25, 2025 — 7:30 pm
SUN, OCT 26, 2025 — 2:30 pm
Suggested Grade levels: 5th through COLLEGE
This immersive dance theater spin on Washington Irving’s 1820 classic follows would-be hero Ichabod Crane as he faces off against his fears—and the infamous Headless Horseman—in pursuit of fame, fortune, and romance. Set to a live, genre-bending score for electric fiddle and guitar played by Dréos with Gerry Rempel Ensemble, Sleepy Hollow fuses early American folklore with BFan’s signature wit, whimsy, and Emmy®-nominated theatrical storytelling.
artists of ballet fantastique || bob williams
Little Mermaid: An 80’s Pop Ballet
Fri, February 27, 2026 — 10:30 am
suggested Grade levels: pre-k through 12
Ballet Fantastique’s long-awaited Little Mermaid: An 80s Pop Ballet is the latest project from award-winning BFan Choreographer-Producers Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager—set to a live, electrifying soundtrack of iconic ’80s hits performed by hip new LA band Neon Revival. Featuring all-new choreography, era-inspired 80s couture by some of the PNW’s most visionary designers, and a vibrant fusion of pop nostalgia with BFan’s signature theatrical storytelling, Little Mermaid: The ’80s Pop Ballet is a bold addition to the company’s genre-defying new dance theater canon.
artists of ballet fantastique || bob williams
As You Like It: A Wild West Ballet
ATTEND ANY PERFORMANCE AS A GROUP AND SAVE!
THU, MAY 7, 2026 – 7:00 pm
FRI, MAY 8, 2026 – 7:30 pm
SAT, MAY 9, 2026 – 7:30 pm
SUN, MAY 10, 2026 – 2:30 pm
Suggested Grade levels: 6TH through COLLEGE
Saddle up to experience an unforgettable adventure. Ballet Fantastique’s As You Like It: A Wild West Ballet is a bold, high-spirited twist on one of the most classic love stories of all time—with cowboy boots, barroom brawls, and a hoedown finale. Get ready for some high-kicking can-can, sepia-toned silent film storytelling, honkeytonk saloon, cowboy showdowns, and outlaws in love in BFan’s signature, award-winning immersive dance theater storytelling.
Register Your School Today
NUMBER ATTENDING
Send a specific class, a grade level, multiple grade levels, or the whole building!
Input how many seats you need below, and please make sure to include an estimated number of chaperones as well!
COST
All students and chaperones are $10-15 per person, with scholarships available for students in need. A limited number of bus/transportation scholarships may also be available.
AVAILABILITY
Field trip seats are first come, first serve. Fill out the form for the desired show as soon as you can before this incredible opportunity sells out!
Questions? Please email Rebeca: community [at] balletfantastique.org
*REGISTRATION FORM WILL CLOSE WHEN WE RUN OUT OF SEATS*
Scouts Experience
make memories at the ballet together
Exclusive package only for scouts, come and learn how a ballet is put together and earn your fun at the ballet badge
Ballet Fantastique Show Tickets at 20% off group rate (30% off for groups of 10+)
VIP Backstage Tour
Artist Q&A and Photos with the Dancers
Fun at the Ballet Badge for each participant
2025-2026 Scout Shows
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
THU, OCT 23, 2025 - 7:00 pm
FRI, OCT 24, 2025 - 7:30 pm
SAT, OCT 25, 2025 - 7:30 pm
SUN, OCT 26, 2025 - 2:30 pm
Little Mermaid: An 80’s Pop Ballet
FRI, FEB 27, 2026 - 10:30 AM
SAT, FEB 28, 2026 - 7:30 PM
SUN, MAR 1, 2026 - 2:30 PM
As You Like It: A Wild West Ballet
THU, MAY 7, 2026 - 7:00 pm
FRI, MAY 8, 2026 - 7:30 pm
SAT, MAY 9, 2026 - 7:30 pm
SUN, MAY 10, 2026 - 2:30 pm
About our Outreach Programs
in-theater outreach performance series: Passport to Dance
“Everything was so beautiful, from the dancing to the music. I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciated the opportunity to see live theatre and how amazing the show truly was for us.”
“I loved reading the novels that inspired the performances. It made it a wonderful tie-in into units I could create, and opened up great discussions about how producers and creators make live action performances and films from books.”
Dance is for everyone. Ballet Fantastique builds diverse new generations of audiences through engaging, cross-disciplinary live dance theater outreach performances. Outreach concerts are held throughout BFan’s Hult Center for the Performing Arts season. Priority access for Rural + Title I schools // Ticket scholarships are available. Pre-performance Education Guides support classroom learning. Post-performance artist Q&As connect kids and artists.
EXPERIENCE DANCE! Project
“Community support from BFan is critically important to Jasper Mountain/SAFE Center’s mission of healing children with trauma in two ways. First, our children often have limited experience with the arts and this exposes them to it, possibly for the only time in their young lives. Second, the opportunity to practice the skills they’ve learned during intensive residential and academic treatment is key to their success when they return to the community. Without BFan’s support for us, we could not do our job as well as we do.”
Ballet Fantastique's EXPERIENCE DANCE! Project is engaging in-school dance experience. Professional BFan dancer-educators work with teachers on integrated arts programming, integrating learning in dance learning with a particular curricular goal (past units have included birds, math, oceans, and insects). Typical program participants are K-5 classrooms and after-school programs; age range and content is also adaptable for older students.
Scholarships & Professional Dancer Development Program
Need-blind admissions policy to train the next generation of bold professional ballet dancers. Scholarship students "pay it forward," participating in outreach and as teaching assistants for younger students. New Arts Access & Equity Scholarship.
community events
Ballet Fantastique tours across our NW home and beyond. Free preview events throughout the season in our downtown Eugene City Center for Dance + other community venues break down the rehearsal and production process and introduce BFan’s accessible programming to diverse new audiences. See events page for the latest experiences.
Internships
Ballet Fantastique tailors internships toward undergraduate and graduate students' professional learning goals in arts management, marketing, and public relations. Internships are centered on practical opportunities for participants to experiment with ideas while building ownership-level experiences for future arts careers. BFan intern alumni now work with corporations, arts orgs, startups, and nonprofits worldwide.
High school + up: Backstage/arts production/tech internships and volunteer opportunities