For Academy Parents
Welcome KCBS Parents!
On this page, you will find up to date information and policies in regards to your students’ education.
General Policies
Please read over Attendance Policies, KCBS General Policies, Injury Policy, and Health and Building Protocols carefully. Inside you will find information regarding KCBS policies and procedures. Please also be sure to review our Parking Lot Reminders. This will help to ensure Drop Off and Pick Up runs smoothly!
Student Information
Contact Information
Bolender Center; 816-931-2299 *2
South Campus; 816-931-2299 *3
Email: school@kcballet.org
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Need-based Financial Aid
We honor your commitment with need-based financial aid, which we make available to students enrolled in Levels 2 or above. The amount of financial aid available in a given year is dependent upon contributions by KC Ballet donors and careful consideration is given to all requests for assistance.
Merit-based Scholarships
KC Ballet School provides support for those who show talent, a passion for ballet, and a commitment to their art. The School offers full and partial tuition scholarships to Academy students who demonstrate artistic potential.
Season Subscription Offer
We want to make ballet even more accessible to our students. As a Kansas City Ballet School Parent, if you buy a subscription for yourself your KCBS student’s season tickets are free (and your other children under 21 are 1/2 price).
Once you choose a package, your date and time will be reserved for the rest of the season.
Please call the Ticket Office at 816.931.8993 to order.
Open Division Academy Offer
We believe dance is for everyone, including teens and adults with little or no dance experience. The class schedule is flexible and you can take as many classes as your schedule allows.
Enjoy the fun and fitness of dance! Our drop-in classes meet weekly and you can attend any or all of the classes that suit your interests or level of ability.
- Parents of enrolled Academy students receive a 10% discount on 20-class pack for a total of $207.
- Currently enrolled KCBS Academy student rate is $14 for a single ballet class or $170 for a 20-class pack.
Get Involved
Get Involved
Membership, donor and volunteer involvement at Kansas City Ballet is your way to support our school. Connect to a community of patrons who are deeply involved with the future of ballet in Kansas City. Four very different groups offer a chance to share your talents, your enthusiasm, your expertise, and your financial support with our organization.
Learn more
Volunteer
Contact Grace Ingham if you are interested in volunteering at gingham@kcballet.org. Volunteer roles include Nutcracker Boutique, Season Performances and much more!
Make a Donation
Kansas City Ballet strives to provide academy classes for all students, regardless of their financial means. Please consider making a donation today to help give all students the joy of dance through our need-based financial aid fund.
KCB School Performance
Kansas City Ballet School is so fortunate to be able to provide a pre-professional end of year performance for students in Level 2 and above at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Below you will find important information about this event. Details about Hair, Makeup, Uniforms and the Schedule for each class were sent vial email from the School.
KAUFFMAN CENTER
The Upper School Tech, Dress Rehearsal and Performance take place at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (1601 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64108) in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre. If you are not familiar with this area, please take some time prior to the first theater rehearsal to drive to the facility.
Communication
If you need to reach KCBS staff on May 13, 14 or 15 in the afternoon or evening, please call or text (text preferred) 816-516-0207 rather than calling the studio or emailing. Please add this number to your contacts, as we will use this phone if we need to contact you from the theater.
FOOD & DRINK
Typically no food or drinks are allowed backstage. Due to the duration of the time spent at the theater, students have been given permission to bring a snack. Snacks may only be consumed in the hallway outside the dressing areas (not in the dressing rooms). Students should ask their supervisor for permission to eat in the hallway. Bring a water bottle and snacks that are minimally messy and that do not require a fridge, microwave or utensils.
DRESSING ROOMS
Students have designated dressing rooms supervised by KCBS teachers and/or staff. Teachers will escort students from dressing areas to backstage, and vice versa.
Students must:
- Follow all instructions given by supervisors
- Keep voices to a whisper in order to hear announcements given over intercom
- Keep belongings contained
- Dispose of any trash
- Completely clean the dressing area to the supervisor’s satisfaction before any students may depart
BACKSTAGE
Students will receive calls over the intercom instructing them where to be: 1. Level 4 ready in the dressing room, 2. Level 4 to the hallway, 3. Level 4 to backstage
Students must:
- Follow all instructions given by supervisors
- Remain silent – there is NO TALKING BACKSTAGE
- Not touch company props or water jugs that may be present in the backstage hallways
- Leave plenty of room in the elevator waiting area and not block the doors, letting the people on the elevator off before entering
TICKETS
The School Performance is a ticketed event. Tickets are $30.00 for adults and are $10.00 for teens and $8 for children 12 years old and under (plus fees). All guests, regardless of age, must have a ticket.
Tickets may be purchased online at kcballet.org, by phone at 816-931-8993, Monday-Friday from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM.
PARKING
Covered parking is available in the Arts District Garage, directly attached to the Kauffman Center. There are two entrances to the garage: 17th and Central, and Wyandotte between 16th and 17th.
Garage parking is also available at the Webster Garage located at 17th and Wyandotte. Some street parking is available around the Kauffman Center but please do not park in a no-parking zone, even for a few minutes.
Drop off
- Please arrive promptly at the arrival times listed on the student’s schedule.
- DO NOT DROP OFF STUDENTS EARLY, as we will not have staff supervision available until the designated arrival times.
- Students may be dropped off at the “canyon” located on the north side of the Kauffman Center at 16th and Central and should enter through the stage door to check in with KCBS staff.
- Security will be present here during drop-off and pick-up.
- Students driving themselves MUST come to the stage door and go through security.
- Students are encouraged to meet at the Bolender Center and carpool to the Kauffman together so that no one is walking to or from the theater alone.
Levels 4/Int/DT I will wait in the vestibule until another staff member is available to escort them to sign-in on the bulletin board.
Levels Adv/Pre-Pro/DT II/III/IV will receive a pass to show security, allowing them to head to sign-in on the bulletin board. If a student does not have their pass they must wait for a staff member to escort them downstairs.
Pick Up – TECH & DRESS REHEARSAL
Levels 4/Int/DT I will sign-out on the bulletin board and be escorted to the stage door.
Levels Adv/Pre-Pro/DTII/III/IV will sign-out on the bulletin board and proceed to the stage door.
Students must wait inside for their ride to arrive, or along the wall in the canyon if weather and staffing permit.
Students driving themselves may not walk to or from the theater alone and may always ask a staff member or security officer for escort.
Vehicles waiting to pick-up students:
- Form a single file line on 16th Street facing east.
- Do not double park.
- Do not take a spot in the line any sooner than five minutes before your student’s dismissal time.
We hope to follow the schedule as closely as possible, but we may run early or behind depending on various circumstances. Thank you in advance for your patience during this process!
Pick up – PERFORMANCE
Following the performance, students in level 4 and up will be escorted to sign-out at the bulletin board. They will then be released to the lobby to find their parents/guardians. Students in levels 2 & 3 will be escorted to the lobby and must be signed out by a parent/guardian with a teacher.