Our Mission
Founded in 2007, Emerald Ballet Theatre is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the arts through education, performance, outreach, and collaboration with other arts organizations.
EBT’s full-scale productions allow dancers of all ages and abilities to perform classical and original works.
EBT’s outreach takes dance into the schools and broader community and provides support for those not usually exposed to the arts.
EBT’s arts collaboration creates venues for inter-disciplinary exploration – dance performed to live music, students and professionals designing costumes and sets, contemporary dance inspired by stories and poetry, art created by regional artists. Imagination is the limit.
EBT provides scholarships so that students of all socio-economic backgrounds can enjoy the benefits of dance.
EBT sets the bar for ballet excellence and artistic collaboration on the Eastside and beyond.
OUR Philosophy
Roots of trees extend deep into the earth for stability and nourishment. The continued strength and growth of a tree depends on the quality of its root system. It is the same for dancers.
Technical, artistic, and creative training determines the heights a dancer can reach. Wings lift above the ordinary and into a world where challenges are surmountable and exploration is exhilarating.
Dancers with strong roots can fly through performance and the creative process with joy and confidence. Their bodies become instruments of the unique song inside each dancing heart.
There are two lasting bequeaths we can leave our children – one is Roots and the other is Wings.
“EBT is more than just a ballet program, it’s our second home.
It has given my daughter and her fellow dancers grace, confidence, independence,
discipline, humility and teamwork for lifelong success and happiness!”
Notice of Non-DiscriminatORY Policy
Emerald Ballet Theatre admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, and other school-administered programs.