Community Engagement

The Sarasota Ballet’s Community Programs

provide access and opportunity, at little or no cost, for thousands of students, families, and community members to experience the joy of dance.

COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES

Every year The Sarasota Ballet Studio Company and Trainees of the Margaret Barbieri Conservatory perform throughout the community, engaging audiences of all ages through the beauty of dance. In 2021 - 2022 we performed at the following venues:

• Sarasota Opera House in partnership with Key Chorale • Suncoast Remake Learning Days in partnership with Tuttle Elementary School • Marie Selby Botanical Gardens • University Town Center Mall • Charlotte County Performing Arts Center SILVER SWANS®

Designed specifically for older learners, Silver Swans® ballet classes improve mobility, posture, coordination, and energy levels in students over 55. We were proud to offer Silver Swans® at several senior centers including Plymouth Harbor, Sarasota Bay Club, Aviva Senior Living, and Senior Friendship Centers.

JOYFUL MOVEMENT THROUGH PARKINSON’S

This spring WEDU PBS aired a special on our wonderful Joyful Movement through Parkinson’s program – in partnership with the Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s. The special highlighted Joyful Movement’s use of dance and artistic discovery as a life-giving, communal experience that brings healing for people living with Parkinson’s.

EDUCATION: Sarasota County Schools (32) School District of Manatee County (17) Charlotte County Public Schools (10) New College of Florida New College Children’s Center Ringling College of Art & Design State College of Florida USF Sarasota - Manatee

CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County Key Chorale Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Music Compound Origami Air Sailor Circus/Circus Arts Conservatory

PUBLIC LIBRARIES: Fruitville Public Library Shannon Staub Public Library Braden River Library

SENIOR CENTERS: Aviva Senior Life Plymouth Harbor Sarasota Bay Club Senior Friendship Centers The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS: All Faiths Food Bank Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sarasota County Big Brothers Big Sisters of Manatee County Child Protection Center Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Junior League of Sarasota Neuro Challenge Foundation Take Stock in Children Sarasota County Boys and Girls Club of Manatee County Unidos Now PlanIT Sarasota Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition Newtown Alive Robert L Taylor Community Center Girls Inc Philanthropic Educational Organization Foundation for Dreams- Dream Oaks Camp COMMUNITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS: Downtown Sarasota Alliance Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Manatee Chamber of Commerce Venice Art Walk Visit Sarasota County

MEDIA PARTNERS: Dance Media Observer Media Group Sarasota Magazine Sarasota Scene Magazine Suncoast News Network (SNN) SRQ Magazine WEDU WUSF Public Media