Community Programs
Kansas City Ballet Shares the Power of Dance
Kansas City Ballet provides joyful and meaningful experiences that inspire, inform, and engage the broader community. Kansas City Ballet is committed to making dance accessible to everyone, from young children to senior citizens, through fun workshops, interactive dance demonstrations, discounted theatre performances, adult education programs, and open company rehearsals. Approximately 20,000 people annually benefit from KC Ballet’s community programs, such as Student Matinees, Lecture Demonstrations, Dance Workshops, Pre-performance programs, and our Reach Out and Dance (R.O.A.D.) Residency and Scholarship programs, throughout Missouri and Kansas.
Educational Programs
Kansas City Ballet reaches students and teachers of all backgrounds and experience levels through in-school programming, tours to our studios, and specially-priced matinees at the theater. Kansas City Ballet also offers unique audience education opportunities for adults wishing to expand their experiences around the ballet’s current repertory.
Over 20,000 people – from students to working professionals to retirees – benefit from our community programs annually.
Reach Out And Dance (R.O.A.D.) is a 12 to 24-week in-school dance residency program for elementary students, taught by professional teaching artists from Kansas City Ballet, to live piano accompaniment.
In September 2017, Kansas City Ballet initiated a unique partnership with Kansas City Public Schools in Missouri and with Turner Unified Schools in Kansas to bring a free 12-week dance residency program, Reach Out and Dance (known as R.O.A.D.), to all third-grade students in 16 elementary schools. Each spring, up to 112 students from 16 R.O.A.D. Residency schools are invited to study dance on scholarships during the school day at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity.
At the Kansas City Ballet, it is our mission to inspire and engage through the beauty, power & passion of dance. We design workshops for preschool through high school, supporting students of all abilities and skill levels. Workshops are scheduled either at your school or at one of our Kansas City Ballet campuses.
Introduce your students to the joy and wonder of dance by joining Kansas City Ballet for one of our Student Matinee performances.
Kansas City Ballet is thrilled to present a performance of a sensory-friendly ALICE (in wonderland) on Oct. 17, 2024 for children, families, and adults with sensory sensitivities, autism spectrum disorder, or other special needs.
Kansas City Ballet is thrilled to present a performance of a sensory-friendly Nutcracker on Dec. 5, 2024 for children, families, and adults with sensory sensitivities, autism spectrum disorder, or other special needs.
Contact Us
For more information about Kansas City Ballet’s Education Programs for K-12 schools, Email community@kcballet.org.