Canton City Ballet

| Mission & Philosophy

We aim to serve our community through the power of dance. We strive to bring living art experiences to our region and create excitement while reaching new audiences. Ballet is a vital voice in the overall artistic conversation of our community and is essential to helping us grow more vibrant, more diverse, and more inspired.

The dialogue that exists between the artist and audience at an in-person dance performance is at once both intensely personal and universally impactful. Our goal is to fulfill the needs of the artist and audience with beloved classics, innovative new works, and excellence. We desire to remove barriers to the art form and be visible in areas that have not had access to concert dance experiences. Casting our net, we continually look for new ways to educate, train, and inspire.

We value collaboration with other creative artists. We believe that humanity is artistic by nature, and that everyone experiences and receives art differently. As such, we are eager to connect with our community in new and thoughtful ways. Audiences crave multidisciplinary art experiences, and we are excited to facilitate these experiences and create with our artistic peers.

| Artistic Director

| Professional Artists

Kolie Gilliam
Principal

Sponsored by Charles & Mary Ellen LaComb

| Student Artists

The Theodora Dance Conservatory is the official school of the Canton City Ballet. Students accepted into our Conservatory Training Program will perform in essential classical ballet productions and variations, along with learning original neoclassical, contemporary, and modern ballets. As dedicated and disciplined young artists, they will have the opportunity to grow in diverse movement styles from local and national guest choreographers. These lovely young artists will have a minimum of 4 performance opportunities per season including The Nutcracker : Land of Sweets and our annual Spring Gala Performance.

| Board of Directors

Julie Flint
Kolie Gilliam
Kelli Hardin
Scott Hardin
Victoria Pacheco
Theresa Shampine