The Nutcracker by Ballet Taos
Tax deductible
Ballet Taos presents the magical holiday classic, The Nutcracker!
We need your help to bring this extraordinary production to life and to support young performing artists in Taos by making a tax-deductible donation through this GoFundMe campaign for Ballet Taos , through our fiscal agent The Taos Arts Council. Your donation will help cover production costs including costume refurbishments, set design and construction, and theatre rental.
This winter, our full-length production based on E.T.A Hoffman’s story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, will feature Taos’s most talented dancers, actors, acrobats, and aerialists ages 4 and up alongside a world-class cast of professional guest artists. This innovative production is truly a gift to our community and sure to thrill audiences of all ages during the holidays. Five performances will be held at the Taos Center for the Art’s Taos Community Auditorium, December 20 – 22 in addition to a Friday morning outreach performance for schools in our community. Our outreach program Project Relevé provides a FREE performance and behind the scenes look at the creation of our Nutcracker to over 300 school-aged children in our community.
The Taos Center for the Art’s Taos Community Auditorium is the largest performance space Taos. It has everything essential to inspire the magic of Nutcracker and provides an intimate performance experience that draws you into Clara’s dream, but, seating is limited to 275 patrons per show. Unfortunately, this does not allow Ballet Taos to cover production costs through ticket sales alone. It is vitally important to our organization that ticket prices remain affordable for our community. By keeping ticket prices between $12 for children and $22 for adults, we will cover 60% of our production costs. Thus, we rely on your support to make this production possible.
Any size donation will be greatly appreciated and if you are not able to give at this time, please consider purchasing a ticket at www.ballettaos.com and sharing this campaign with your friends and family.
Thank you for helping us continue to provide performance opportunities for young artists in Taos to learn, grow, and instill a life-long love of the performing arts.
A very special thank you to those who have donated to our production thus far. Your support means so much to us. Through our fundraising efforts, we are more than halfway to our goal!
Taos Arts Council
Jock Soto and Luis Fuentes
Gunther and Kandace Nachtrab
The Larry Bell Trust
The New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund
Lambert’s of Taos
The Blake at Taos Ski Valley
Chokolá Bean to Bar
WHO WE ARE
ART IS VITAL. MOVEMENT IS ESSENTIAL. DANCE IS PIVOTAL.
Ballet Taos is a 501c3 arts organization, fiscally sponsored by The Taos Arts Council, serving Northern New Mexico communities. Our company is three faceted; the professional company, the academy, and our outreach initiative, Project Relevé. Each facet supports, educates, and inspires the next. We use dance as an instrument to impress upon our students a sense of purpose, a lifelong love of learning, and a thoughtful, compassionate way of being.
Our professional company promotes innovation, collaboration and diversity through original performance of classical and contemporary dance designed to move audiences.
Our academy provides quality dance education rooted in classical tradition that prepares students for higher education or professional careers in dance and the arts.
Our outreach program, Project Relevé, exists to ensure the future of dance in our community by instilling an appreciation for the arts through progressive initiatives in the public schools and classes open to all ages and abilities.
With your support, we are a financially sustainable arts organization that will continue to fulfill our mission, and serve the communities of Northern New Mexico, respectfully.
MISSION AND VISIONS
We are committed to FOSTERING THE WHOLE ARTIST
By
• Offering educational and culturally diverse classes that enrich dancers of all ages and abilities within our community.
• Founding a training program for serious students that emphasizes technical precision, artistic refinement and prepares them for professional careers in dance.
• Encouraging a smart work ethic in young dancers with a focus on mindfulness and well-being which results in career longevity.
• Nurturing a collaborative space for dancers to discover innovative choreography that integrates all genres of art and establishes a positive relationship with our community.
• Presenting dancers the opportunity to perform a diverse repertoire of classical and contemporary work created to challenge them and exhilarate audiences.
• Giving insight into the creative process and joy of dance through progressive programs that promote and instill a love of the arts and reach the widest possible audience.
• Granting financial need scholarships to promising dancers who embody artistic excellence, honor dance tradition, represent diversity and pioneer new concepts in choreography.
We need your help to bring this extraordinary production to life and to support young performing artists in Taos by making a tax-deductible donation through this GoFundMe campaign for Ballet Taos , through our fiscal agent The Taos Arts Council. Your donation will help cover production costs including costume refurbishments, set design and construction, and theatre rental.
This winter, our full-length production based on E.T.A Hoffman’s story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, will feature Taos’s most talented dancers, actors, acrobats, and aerialists ages 4 and up alongside a world-class cast of professional guest artists. This innovative production is truly a gift to our community and sure to thrill audiences of all ages during the holidays. Five performances will be held at the Taos Center for the Art’s Taos Community Auditorium, December 20 – 22 in addition to a Friday morning outreach performance for schools in our community. Our outreach program Project Relevé provides a FREE performance and behind the scenes look at the creation of our Nutcracker to over 300 school-aged children in our community.
The Taos Center for the Art’s Taos Community Auditorium is the largest performance space Taos. It has everything essential to inspire the magic of Nutcracker and provides an intimate performance experience that draws you into Clara’s dream, but, seating is limited to 275 patrons per show. Unfortunately, this does not allow Ballet Taos to cover production costs through ticket sales alone. It is vitally important to our organization that ticket prices remain affordable for our community. By keeping ticket prices between $12 for children and $22 for adults, we will cover 60% of our production costs. Thus, we rely on your support to make this production possible.
Any size donation will be greatly appreciated and if you are not able to give at this time, please consider purchasing a ticket at www.ballettaos.com and sharing this campaign with your friends and family.
Thank you for helping us continue to provide performance opportunities for young artists in Taos to learn, grow, and instill a life-long love of the performing arts.
A very special thank you to those who have donated to our production thus far. Your support means so much to us. Through our fundraising efforts, we are more than halfway to our goal!
Taos Arts Council
Jock Soto and Luis Fuentes
Gunther and Kandace Nachtrab
The Larry Bell Trust
The New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund
Lambert’s of Taos
The Blake at Taos Ski Valley
Chokolá Bean to Bar
WHO WE ARE
ART IS VITAL. MOVEMENT IS ESSENTIAL. DANCE IS PIVOTAL.
Ballet Taos is a 501c3 arts organization, fiscally sponsored by The Taos Arts Council, serving Northern New Mexico communities. Our company is three faceted; the professional company, the academy, and our outreach initiative, Project Relevé. Each facet supports, educates, and inspires the next. We use dance as an instrument to impress upon our students a sense of purpose, a lifelong love of learning, and a thoughtful, compassionate way of being.
Our professional company promotes innovation, collaboration and diversity through original performance of classical and contemporary dance designed to move audiences.
Our academy provides quality dance education rooted in classical tradition that prepares students for higher education or professional careers in dance and the arts.
Our outreach program, Project Relevé, exists to ensure the future of dance in our community by instilling an appreciation for the arts through progressive initiatives in the public schools and classes open to all ages and abilities.
With your support, we are a financially sustainable arts organization that will continue to fulfill our mission, and serve the communities of Northern New Mexico, respectfully.
MISSION AND VISIONS
We are committed to FOSTERING THE WHOLE ARTIST
By
• Offering educational and culturally diverse classes that enrich dancers of all ages and abilities within our community.
• Founding a training program for serious students that emphasizes technical precision, artistic refinement and prepares them for professional careers in dance.
• Encouraging a smart work ethic in young dancers with a focus on mindfulness and well-being which results in career longevity.
• Nurturing a collaborative space for dancers to discover innovative choreography that integrates all genres of art and establishes a positive relationship with our community.
• Presenting dancers the opportunity to perform a diverse repertoire of classical and contemporary work created to challenge them and exhilarate audiences.
• Giving insight into the creative process and joy of dance through progressive programs that promote and instill a love of the arts and reach the widest possible audience.
• Granting financial need scholarships to promising dancers who embody artistic excellence, honor dance tradition, represent diversity and pioneer new concepts in choreography.
Organizer
Megan Yackovich
Organizer
Taos, NM
Taos Arts Council
Beneficiary