Bay Area Performing Arts

Mobile Ballet Inc, a nonprofit organization based in Mobile, AL, has been enriching the community since 1987 through exceptional dance education and artistic excellence. Offering a range of programs from classical ballet training to performance opportunities, Mobile Ballet aims to inspire a love and appreciation for ballet across all audiences. The organization's legacy as Mobile's premier ballet school is complemented by its commitment to community engagement and outreach. With a dedicated faculty and a focus on preparing dancers for professional careers, Mobile Ballet showcases the beauty of ballet through various performances, including the beloved holiday tradition of The Nutcracker. Generated from the website

Ballet Pensacola is Pensacola's only resident professional ballet company. The addition of full-time professional dancers to the ranks has enabled Ballet Pensacola to develop into a cultural cornerstone of the community. Not only do professional dancers enable important outreach programming, but they also serve as inspiration to the many student dancers who share the stage.Ballet Pensacola presents several major performances each season including Arts-in-Education presentations, the Nutcracker and a critically acclaimed spring repertory concert. In addition, outreach performances are presented to more than 20 local schools each season, reaching more than 15, 000 children.Ballet Pensacola Company is comprised of the aforementioned professional dancers along with talented student dancers selected through an audition. Youth Ensemble members are also selected from an audition. The Youth Ensemble provides an excellent opportunity for Company bound young dancers to develop their technique and stagecraft prior to encountering the rigors of full Company responsibility. Dancers, in Tech 5 and above, who are fully registered students, may audition to join Ballet Pensacola Company and Youth Ensemble. Participation in Ballet Pensacola Company activities, rehearsals and performances is extracurricular to the student's training.Company members may appear in performances, as well as outreach activities and other events. Through participation in Ballet Pensacola Company, dancers learn the artistic qualities and stagecraft that are necessary to the development of the dance artist.