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.
2026 - 2027 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.
Our outreach experiences include Oregon State Standard aligned enrichment activities you can download below! Be sure to check out our outreach packet as well as the show specific supplementary materials! (***Supplementary Materials Coming Soon***)
artists of ballet fantastique || bob williams
Robin Hood & Maid Marian
Fri, May 7, 2027 — 10:30 am
suggested Grade levels: pre-k through 12
In King Richard’s absence, the Sheriff of Nottingham seizes control, squeezing the people of England for every last coin. But in the shadows of Sherwood Forest, a different kind of legend is taking shape. Enter Robin Hood—daring, quick-witted, and impossible to catch—and Maid Marian, brilliant, bold, and every bit his equal. Together with their band of merry outlaws, they ignite a high-spirited rebellion where sword fights flash, disguises deceive, and justice has never been this much fun.
Ballet Fantastique’s Robin Hood & Maid Marian is a swashbuckling, joy-filled adventure bursting with humor, romance, and heart—where heroes don’t just fight for what’s right… they love every minute of it.
artists of ballet fantastique || bob williams
Cleopatra
ATTEND ANY PERFORMANCE AS A GROUP AND SAVE!
SAT, MAR 6, 2027 — 7:30 pm
SUN, MAR 7, 2027 — 2:30 pm
Suggested Grade levels: 6TH through COLLEGE
Ballet Fantastique’s Cleopatra sweeps audiences into a lavish, intoxicating world of dangerous romance and fierce political intrigue. Choreographer-Producers Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager craft an epic, cinematic dance theater experience where great rivals collide—and Cleopatra, scholar, mother, ruler, and visionary, dares to shape the fate of a nation. A luminous Hellenistic queen in an Egyptian kingdom shadowed by Roman power, Cleopatra navigates war and romance, politics and passion, alliance and betrayal—holding multiple identities as she astonishes, rules, and endures.
Experience this bold collaboration with world-renowned Beats Antique—live in the Silva Concert Hall for the first time—and only from Ballet Fantastique.
artists of ballet fantastique || bob williams
Edgar Allan Poe's Nevermore
ATTEND ANY PERFORMANCE AS A GROUP AND SAVE!
THU, OCT 15, 2026 — 7:00 pm
FRI, OCT 16, 2026 — 7:30 pm
SAT, OCT 17, 2026 — 7:30 pm
SUN, OCT 18, 2026 — 2:30 pm
Suggested Grade levels: 6TH through COLLEGE
Don’t miss this macabre, immersive dance theater experience inspired by the tantalizing dark romances and poetry of Victorian literary genius Edgar Allan Poe. This production reimagines Poe’s most haunting, brilliant, and disturbing works: The Raven, Annabel Lee, Fall of the House of Usher, Cask of Amontillado, and Masque of the Red Death—like you’ve never experienced before.
An electrifying blend of encounters, compelling live music, and chilling surprises. Featuring the international artists of Ballet Fantastique in decadent original choreography by Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager.
Register Your School Today
NUMBER ATTENDING
Send a specific class, a grade level, multiple grade levels, or the whole building!
Let us know how many seats you need, and please make sure to include an estimated number of chaperones as well!
COST
All students and chaperone tickets are $10 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. Contact us about your desired show as soon as you can before this incredible opportunity sells out!
Questions? Please email events@balletfantastique.org
Scholarship Opportunities
We understand that some schools may need help with funding to bring their students to our show! While the field trip seats are already heavily discounted, we do our best to offer solutions on a case by case basis. If you would like your group to attend Robin Hood for a field trip and need to arrange for a sliding scale or scholarship, please fill out the scholarship request form below.
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
2026-2027 Scout Shows
NEVERMORE
THU, OCT 15, 2026 — 7:00 pm
FRI, OCT 16, 2026 — 7:30 pm
SAT, OCT 17, 2026 — 7:30 pm
SUN, OCT 18, 2026 — 2:30 pm
Cleopatra
SAT, MAR 6, 2027 — 7:30 pm
SUN, MAR 7, 2027 — 2:30 pm
Robin Hood & Maid Marian
SAT, May 8, 2027 — 7:30 pm
SUN, may 9, 2027 — 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