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. This support truly makes a difference in the lives of young people in our community.
Outreach experiences
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 at least two weeks prior to any performance.
Most outreach experiences include a study guide that aligns with the Oregon 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 ballet.
Optional Virtual Live Q&A with some of the featured artists from the show during school hours may be available by request: contact arabella [at] balletfantastique.org to request.
oct 19-22, 2023 — nevermore: stories of edgar allan poe
We reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most haunting, and brilliant literary works in new immersive dance theater: The Raven, Annabel Lee, Fall of the House of Usher, Cask of Amontillado, and Masque of the Red Death. Live music.
Nevermore Outreach Experience
Suitable for ages 6+; recommended for students in grades 5+
Choose one LIVE or VIRTUAL performance viewing option:
LIVE EVENTS: Soreng Theater at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Thurs. Oct. 19 @ 7:00 pm OR Sun. Oct. 22 @ 2:30 pm (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
NOV 25-26, 2023 — babes in toyland: a holiday story
Fall into bright, festive storybook, where the Candyland Toys band together to save Christmas from Barnaby Barnacle, Lord of Licorice! In Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager’s jazzy dance theater remake of Victor Herbert’s 1903 holiday operetta from the Chicago Grand Opera House, the stage glows with whimsical characters, festive dance theater, and the international artists and guest stars of Ballet Fantastique. Set to the swinging holiday beat of Duke Ellington’s epic jazz Nutcracker and other holiday jazz classics. Live music.
Babes in Toyland Outreach Experience
Suitable for all ages
Choose one LIVE or VIRTUAL performance viewing option:
LIVE EVENTS: Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Sat. Nov. 25 @ 7:30 pm OR Sun. Nov. 26 @ 2:30 pm (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
feb. 29-mar. 3, 2024 — cinderella: the rock opera
This 60’s bombshell jukebox ballet reimagining of the classic fairytale delivers a sassy, powerful twist. It’s Prom Weekend, the doo-wop dance floor grooves to The Beatles and The Supremes— and rebel Cindy is embracing her rock’n’roll spirit against all the odds. Get ready to rock out, sing along, and be swept away! Live music.
Cinderella: The Rock Opera Outreach Experience
Suitable for all ages
Choose one LIVE or VIRTUAL performance viewing option:
LIVE EVENTS: Soreng Theater at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Thu. Feb. 29 @ 7:30 pm OR Sun. Mar. 3 @ 2:30 pm (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
MAY 9-12, 2024 — alice in wonderland: remix
Ballet Fantastique Choreographer-Producers Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager’s Alice in Wonderland: Remix brings the vivid visions of Lewis Carroll’s classics to life like you’ve never seen it before. Our signature dance theater storytelling with an electro-swing twist and a brave new heroine on an adventure of her own making. High Step Society’s exhilarating, daredevil hot jazz score introduce Alice to fantastic characters, dauntless invention, and theatrical fancy. Live music.
Alice in Wonderland: Remix Outreach Experience
Suitable for all ages
Choose one LIVE or VIRTUAL performance viewing option:
LIVE EVENTS: Soreng Theater at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Thu. May 9 OR Fri. May 10 @ 7:30 pm
Girl Scout Program
make memories at the ballet
Exclusive package only for scouts, come and learn how a ballet is put together and earn your fun at the ballet badge
Tickets to the performance at a group discount
Complimentary backstage tour during intermission
Lobby photos with the characters in costume
Special Q&A with the artists after the show at the front of the theater
Earn your Fun at the Ballet Badge
Girl Scouts fun at the ballet shows 2023-2024
Nevermore, OCT. 19-22, 2023
Babes in Toyland, Nov. 25-26, 2023
Cinderella, FEB. 29-MAR. 3, 2024
Alice in Wonderland, MAY 9-12, 2024
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
OUTREACH STUDENT AT THE HULT CENTER // PHOTO: MARC MINTZ
the book of esther: A ROCK GOSPEL BALLET (PREMIERE 2014) // photo: stephanie urso
pride & prejudice: A PARISIAN JAZZ BALLET (2016 PERFORMANCES) // photo: stephanie urso
OUTREACH KIDS AT THE HULT // PHOTO: STEPHANIE URSO