“Our children are lucky to have your organization bring performances in the community because many of them do not have the opportunity or income to travel to see a dance performance. You have provided them with the experience to see and imagine other opportunities they may not have thought would be open to them.”

– Larry Leatherman, Principal
Emerald Elementary School
Broomfield, CO

“Through this project, our children experience the arts in a new and different way. We commend Ballet Nouveau for their ongoing effort to connect dance and the arts with the community.”

– Judy Sapegin, Music Specialist
Mountain View Elementary
Broomfield, CO

“Thank you for enriching the lives of our students with professional dance performances, dance sessions, and education about art, dance, and music…this is an opportunity they would not have experienced otherwise…these experiences will stay with them a lifetime!”

– Barb Stallings, Principal
North Star Elementary School
Thornton, CO

“These educationally-based performances are interactive and engaging… I can see developmentally how dance is becoming part of their vocabulary. The kids are inspired by the level of integrity of the professional dancers. It's what we need in public schools!”

– Deborah Gough, Music Teacher
Westview Elementary
Northglenn, CO

Outreach

Education and Outreach Partner

Watch our outreach video.

Our educational outreach programs bring free arts programming to 20,000 residents each year. We provide year-long partnerships to four elementary schools (Broomfield and Adams Counties), bringing dance into the lives of over 2,100 students and supporting the schools’ curricular goals through dance education. We provide free programs to additional schools and community groups throughout the year, and we give well over 1,000 free tickets each season to a diverse group of low-income, senior and at-risk individuals.

While we provide a variety of programs for many schools throughout the metro area, the cornerstone of our educational outreach is year-long partnerships with public elementary schools. These arts-to-schools partnerships bring the most effective model of collaborative arts education into four north metro elementary schools. Each school receives two lecture/demonstrations in their own facility, two performances where students are bussed to a theatre, and two in-depth residencies designed to enhance and support the school’s specific curricular priorities.

The long-term nature of these partnerships provides opportunity for in-depth learning and exploration. Ongoing experiences with Ballet Nouveau Colorado professional artists and teachers encourage students to think more critically about the art they see, be more willing to participate in artistic activities, and learn through non-traditional modalities.

Our partner schools this season are:

Coronado Hills Elementary, Thornton
Malley Drive Elementary, Northglenn
McElwain Elementary, Thornton
Thornton Elementary, Thornton

Some of the schools we worked with this year included:

Meridian Elementary, Broomfield
North Star Elementary, Thornton
Mountain View Elementary, Broomfield
Federal Heights Elementary, Federal Heights
Broomfield Academy, Broomfield
Clyde Miller Elementary, Aurora
Dupont Elementary, Commerce City
Schmitt Elementary, Denver
F.M. Day Elementary, Denver
Silver Creek Elementary, Thornton
Brown Elementary, Denver
Skyview Elementary, Thornton
Mesa Elementary, Westminster
North Mor Elementary, Northglenn
Hunters Glen Elementary, Thornton
Rose Hill Elementary, Commerce City

For more information about educational outreach programs, please call 303.466.5685 or use our Outreach Contact Form.