Dance in Schools
Reach Out And Dance
R.O.A.D Residency Program
Kansas City Ballet’s nationally recognized dance residency program is being offered to new schools for the 2023-2024 season. Weekly movement classes and end-of-semester R.O.A.D. Rallies are offered during the academic year in elementary schools, during the school day. The established curriculum is taught by KC Ballet teaching artists to live music, and introducing 3rd and 4th-grade students to the fundamentals of dance: space, time, effort, self-discipline, and cooperative learning. Thematic lessons integrate the STEAM-based curriculum and are based on National and State Education Standards.
Are you interested in learning more about our R.O.A.D program for your school? This program is being offered in person.
Contact April Berry
“I love how R.O.A.D. touches on many different subjects – Math, Social Studies, Science, dance terms, and teamwork. The arts touch us all!”
R.O.A.D. RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Teaching Artists
Sean Duus
Tina Ray
Accompanists
Robert Beasley
Irina Brouhard
Alyssa Murray
Andrew Ouellette
Jordan Voth
Roger Wilder
R.O.A.D Residency FAQs
School Partners
Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS)
Turner Unified School District (TUSD)
Kansas City Kansas Schools (KCK)
Shawnee Mission Schools (SMSD)
Select Charter Schools
Select Parochial Schools
Select Private Schools
Our Sponsors
We wish to sincerely thank the following for their support of Kansas City Ballet’s Reach Out and Dance (R.O.A.D.) Program.
Kansas City Public School District, Missouri
Turner Unified School District 202, Kansas
R.O.A.D. Scholarship Program Uniform ProviderBARRE KC, Kansas City Ballet’s young professional’s group, for their annual fundraiser, the Black & White Soiree, that benefits the R.O.A.D. Residency Scholarship Schools.
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BARRE KC
Belger Cartage Service, Inc.
BMO Harris Bank
Boulevard Brewing Company
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City
BlueScope Steel
BNSF Railway Foundation
Commerce Bank
SS&C Technologies, Inc.
Henderson Engineers, Inc.
JE Dunn Construction Company
The Lockton Company
Louis & Elizabeth Nave Flarsheim Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Louis and Frances Swinken Supporting Foundation
Oppenstein Brothers Foundation
R and C Charitable Foundation
R.A. Long Foundation
Stepp & Rothwell
TreanorHL
UMB Bank
Unified Government-Hollywood Casino of Wyandotte County