Melrose Youth Ballet
Past Community Engagement
Making a Difference
Over the last two decades it has been an honor to share what we love doing with the Melrose community. We have had the pleasure of taking our production off the main stage and putting on smaller scale performances for the Melrose Library as well as at retirement & senior living homes such as the Fuller House. Our dancers have been seen at the Victorian Fair as well as at the Home for the Holidays event.
Learning important life lessons...
Our participating dancers learn the importance of community
service by attending extra rehearsals and performing at
select events. Not everyone who wishes can attend our performance therefore we have found a way to bring the show to some of them!
Making a difference for our audience...
By performing for nursing homes and senior housing facilities,
our dancers have been able to bring a smile to several senior citizens. It has been an honor for us to help bring a twinkle to many of their eyes as they watch the show.
Communication that matters...
We always take time to speak with our audience before and after the show. We have met several formers dancers who have shared their stories and reminisce about their youth. Many tell us how they picked up dance later in life and share the joy that it brings them now.
Creating opportunity...
Many of you participating dancers are given the opportunity to perform in roles they are not currently cast in our regular Nutcracker production. We enjoy seeing their excitement of getting to celebrate their love and passion for the Nutcracker under a different setting.
Interactive storytelling...
Our interactive storytelling helps bring the classic tale of the Nutcracker to life. Our narrator reads the story of the Nutcracker while pausing at different intervals. During each pause, the characters from the story come to life before everyone's eyes. Our dancers enter the stage in full costume to re-enact the story.
Gratitude...
We are grateful for the love, support, and embrace our dancers and organization receives from participating in such events. We look forward to continuing to share the love of art and dance with our local communities.
