New Haven Ballet

$400

Raised

Donors

Summary
Overview
Programs
Management
Governance
Financials
More Details

Mission

New Haven Ballet's mission is to provide the greater New Haven Community with exceptional classical ballet training, performances, and outreach programs that nurture appreciation of ballet and foster the joy of dance.

Needs Statement

New Haven Ballet seeks funding for community performances and financial aid to increase access to dance training. Funding is needed to support disabled youth and young adult artists participating in Shared Ability. In addition, funding supports recreational dance classes for teens and adults, and allows the school to purchase costumes and sets to present performances at the Shubert Theatre. Further, the school needs funds to provide free tickets to performances for sick children and their families from Yale New Haven Hospital, veterans through Vettix, and community members who might not otherwise have access to or an opportunity to experience live dance performances.

Impact Statement

New Haven Ballet is the preeminent classical ballet school in greater New Haven and home of the New Haven Ballet Company, a student company that performs The Nutcracker and an annual spring performance at the Shubert Theatre, in addition to community events. New Haven Ballet students attend pre-professional summer programs at the School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The Rock School, Chautauqua, the Ailey School, and other excellent programs, as well as enjoy professional careers in dance. The school provides dance classes to children and adults of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Class offerings include ballet, pointe, contemporary, musical theater/Broadway, partnering, Pilates, Conditioning, and modern. New Haven Ballet offers daily summer camp to students ages 3-19 years, a premiere sleep-away camp at Choate Rosemary Hall for advanced students, and a performance at the Paul Mellon Arts Center.

CEO statement

It is only due to generous grant support and donations from our community that New Haven Ballet has been able to initiate unique outreach programming, such as DanceAIR, which brings ballet training and performance opportunities to traditionally underserved youth, expand Shared Ability, which provides dance education and performance opportunities for artists with physical and mental disabilities, present our professional production of The Nutcracker at the Shubert, and continue to elevate the organization. This year, we welcome new teaching artists to our faculty and will premier beautiful new costumes and sets. We are proud to continue our partnership with LEAP to offer ballet classes at the Q House in New Haven and are also thrilled to expand our offerings at Choate Rosemary Hall over the summer. These incredible relationships with local arts groups and organizations further enrich arts opportunities and experiences for the greater New Haven community. I feel tremendously grateful, humbled, and lucky to work with many talented people and be part of something special. - Lisa Kim Sanborn, Artistic Director

Board Chair Statement

Constance Shields, President: I have had a honor of being involved with the New Haven Ballet since joining the Board in 2020. I became interested in becoming involved with the New Haven Ballet originally due to my love or dance and the arts. However, I became passionate about the organization when I learned about all of the outreach and community events the New Haven Ballet supports.

Areas Served
Greater New Haven
Other (please describe using the Areas Served narrative fields)

Areas Served Narrative

NHB also serves Durham and Higganum.

New Haven Ballet Performances

Dance is a performing art and performances are important to our students' training as well as to the community. Performances feature students from NHB School and NHB community programs, and the NHB Company of advanced students. Nutcracker performances also include professional dancers from leading ballet companies performing as guest artists.
Example of Program Success	In December 2024, New Haven Ballet performed The Nutcracker at the Shubert Theatre New Haven to over 3,900 audience members. In May 2024, sixty-one DanceAIR students and sixty-two New Haven Ballet students performed at ECA ACES Arts Hall, where over 175 people supported dancers, and scholarships were awarded to children from New Haven public schools. We also welcomed eleven Shared Ability dancers to the Shubert Theatre during the spring performance, during which over 1,000 people attended New Haven Ballet's Beauty and the Beast production.

Dance is a performing art and performances are important to our students' training as well as to the community. Performances feature students from NHB School and NHB community programs, and the NHB Company of advanced students. Nutcracker performances also include professional dancers from leading ballet companies performing as guest artists.

Example of Program Success

In December 2024, New Haven Ballet performed The Nutcracker at the Shubert Theatre New Haven to over 3,900 audience members. In May 2024, sixty-one DanceAIR students and sixty-two New Haven Ballet students performed at ECA ACES Arts Hall, where over 175 people supported dancers, and scholarships were awarded to children from New Haven public schools. We also welcomed eleven Shared Ability dancers to the Shubert Theatre during the spring performance, during which over 1,000 people attended New Haven Ballet's Beauty and the Beast production.

New Haven Ballet DanceAIR

DanceAIR traditionally provides a minimum of 16 weeks of in-school dance education to young students in traditionally underserved New Haven neighborhoods, reaching children who are enthusiastic about dance and music but have limited ability to experience the performing arts first-hand or to participate in ballet training. DanceAIR culminates in a free community performance, and full-year scholarships to NHB School are awarded to interested and promising students from each school. In 2023-2024, ninety-five children participated in DanceAIR. Approximately 55% of students at participating schools qualify for free/reduced meals; 92% are students of color.
Example of Program Success	The partnership with the Q House expanded from one free dance class a week in spring 2023 to three classes a week in spring 2024 for children ages 4-9+. Those classes included Creative Ballet I & II, Pre-Ballet, Primary, and Levels 1 & 2 Technique. DanceAIR classes are offered free to students and scholarships were given to students from each of the elementary schools and Q House so that students may continue their training at New Haven Ballet.

DanceAIR traditionally provides a minimum of 16 weeks of in-school dance education to young students in traditionally underserved New Haven neighborhoods, reaching children who are enthusiastic about dance and music but have limited ability to experience the performing arts first-hand or to participate in ballet training. DanceAIR culminates in a free community performance, and full-year scholarships to NHB School are awarded to interested and promising students from each school. In 2023-2024, ninety-five children participated in DanceAIR. Approximately 55% of students at participating schools qualify for free/reduced meals; 92% are students of color.

Example of Program Success

The partnership with the Q House expanded from one free dance class a week in spring 2023 to three classes a week in spring 2024 for children ages 4-9+. Those classes included Creative Ballet I & II, Pre-Ballet, Primary, and Levels 1 & 2 Technique. DanceAIR classes are offered free to students and scholarships were given to students from each of the elementary schools and Q House so that students may continue their training at New Haven Ballet.

New Haven Ballet Shared Ability

Shared Ability pairs youth and young adults with physical and/or mental disabilities (including autism, Down Syndrome, and cerebral palsy) with intermediate/advanced NHB School students for nine weeks of dance workshops followed by a performance at the Shubert Theater. The program provides opportunities for artists with and without disabilities to express themselves and explore new ways of moving.
Example of Program Success	In 2024, Shared Ability brought together eleven youth and young adult artists with physical and/or mental disabilities and six typically-abled advanced NHB students for 8-weeks of studio workshops facilitated by nine New Haven Ballet school students. Shared Ability performed at the Shubert Theatre in May 2024 to an audience of over 1,000.

Shared Ability pairs youth and young adults with physical and/or mental disabilities (including autism, Down Syndrome, and cerebral palsy) with intermediate/advanced NHB School students for nine weeks of dance workshops followed by a performance at the Shubert Theater. The program provides opportunities for artists with and without disabilities to express themselves and explore new ways of moving.

Example of Program Success

In 2024, Shared Ability brought together eleven youth and young adult artists with physical and/or mental disabilities and six typically-abled advanced NHB students for 8-weeks of studio workshops facilitated by nine New Haven Ballet school students. Shared Ability performed at the Shubert Theatre in May 2024 to an audience of over 1,000.

New Haven Ballet Company

The NHB Company features advanced students and pre-professional dancers from NHB School. It performs throughout the year including in NHB's Nutcracker and spring performances at the Shubert Theater, school lecture demonstrations, and at community festivals such as the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. With semi-professional and advanced student dancers, and professional dancers performing as guest artists, NHB is New Haven's resident ballet company.
Example of Program Success	In 2023-2024, the New Haven Ballet Company boasted thirty-one students, who performed in community public performances throughout the year. Through our collective performances, the New Haven Ballet Company shared dance with nearly 5,000 audience members.

The NHB Company features advanced students and pre-professional dancers from NHB School. It performs throughout the year including in NHB's Nutcracker and spring performances at the Shubert Theater, school lecture demonstrations, and at community festivals such as the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. With semi-professional and advanced student dancers, and professional dancers performing as guest artists, NHB is New Haven's resident ballet company.

Example of Program Success

In 2023-2024, the New Haven Ballet Company boasted thirty-one students, who performed in community public performances throughout the year. Through our collective performances, the New Haven Ballet Company shared dance with nearly 5,000 audience members.

New Haven Ballet School

Widely regarded as the standard for classical ballet training and dance education in southern Connecticut, NHB offers pre-professional training in ballet, pointe, partnering, contemporary, and repertory. NHB teaches students of all ages, levels and backgrounds. We offer classes at lower rates and financial aid to help ensure people who wish to experience dance have an opportunity to do so. Recreational classes are offered through our Open Division offerings on a drop-in basis for adults and teens 12 years and older, with and without previous dance experience.
Example of Program Success	In 2023-2024, New Haven Ballet reached 6,211 children and adults through ballet training, performances, and community programs. 254 children and teens studied dance with NHB during the summer sessions in July 2023 and June 2024, our first Summer Residency held at Choate Rosemary Hall in August 2024, and our fall and spring school-year sessions.

Widely regarded as the standard for classical ballet training and dance education in southern Connecticut, NHB offers pre-professional training in ballet, pointe, partnering, contemporary, and repertory. NHB teaches students of all ages, levels and backgrounds. We offer classes at lower rates and financial aid to help ensure people who wish to experience dance have an opportunity to do so. Recreational classes are offered through our Open Division offerings on a drop-in basis for adults and teens 12 years and older, with and without previous dance experience.

Example of Program Success

In 2023-2024, New Haven Ballet reached 6,211 children and adults through ballet training, performances, and community programs. 254 children and teens studied dance with NHB during the summer sessions in July 2023 and June 2024, our first Summer Residency held at Choate Rosemary Hall in August 2024, and our fall and spring school-year sessions.

CEO/Executive Director

CEO First Name	CEO Last Name	CEO Email
Lisa	Kim Sanborn	artisticdirector@newhavenballet.org

Staff Information

Number of Full-Time Staff	3
Number of Part-Time Staff	2
Number of Volunteers	20
Number of Contract Staff	16

Staff Demographics - Race

American Indian or Alaskan Native	0
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Middle Eastern or North African	0
Mixed	0
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	0
White	11
Other	0
Choose Not to Answer	4

Staff Demographics - Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino/a/x	3
Not Hispanic or Latino/a/x	17
Choose Not to Answer	1

Staff Demographics - Gender Identity

Male	5
Female	15
I am: (Fill In Below)	n/a
Choose Not to Answer	1

Board Chair Information

Board Chair First Name	Board Chair Last Name	Board Chair Email Address	Board Chair Term Start Date	Board Chair Term End Date
Emily	Carson Coates	na	March 3, 2025	March 1, 2027

List of Board Members

Board Member First Name	Board Member Last Name	Board Member Affiliation
Paula	Armbruster	Yale University School of Medicine (retired)
John	Newman	Bibs2Bags.com
Ginger	Chapman	Yale University, Office of Sustainability
Susan	Laity	Yale University Press
Michael	Marsland	Yale University
Georgia	Massell	Yale University
Jeremy	Mellitz	Law Offices of Jeremy Mellitz
Jennifer	Harrison Newman	Yale University
Tyler	Tucker	Elm City Middle School, Achievement First
Sarah	Marsland	Student, Yale University
Megan	Murphy	Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company
Gina	Macdonald	Licensed Professional Counselor
Constance	Shields	Teitler & Teitler LLP

Current List of Board Members as of	July 15, 2024

Board Demographics - Race

American Indian or Alaskan Native	0
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Middle Eastern or North African	0
Mixed	0
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	0
Other	0
White	0
Choose Not to Answer	14

Board Demographics - Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino/a/x	0
Not Hispanic or Latino/a/x	0
Choose Not to Answer	14

Board Demographics - Gender Identity

Male	0
Female	0
I am: (Fill In Below)	N/A
Choose Not to Answer	14

Additional Comments

Additional Comments (Optional)

Annual Operating Budget

Fiscal Year Start Date	Fiscal Year End Date	Projected Revenue	Projected Expenses
July 1, 2024	June 30, 2025	$976,475	$976,475

Previous Fiscal Year Revenue and Expenses

Fiscal Year	2024	2023	2022
Total Revenue	$865,808	$1,042,790	$1,022,520
Total Expenses	$949,970	$894,431	$748,001

990 Tax Form

2024 990 Tax Form
2021 990 Tax Form	Download
2022 990 Tax Form	Download
2023 990 Tax Form	Download

Financials

Financial Statements
Financial Statements	Download
Financial Documentation Year	2022
Financial Documentation Type	Audited Financial Statements
Financial Documentation Year	--
Financial Documentation Type	--
Financial Statements	Download
Financial Documentation Year	2024
Financial Documentation Type	Audited Financial Statements

CEO statement (optional)

General Info

Federal EIN Number	06-1144367
Organization's type of tax exempt status	501 (c) 3
Website	http://www.newhavenballet.org
Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/NewHavenBallet/
Twitter	--

Our Story

New Haven Ballet has set the standard for classical dance training throughout Greater New Haven for nearly forty years. The School offers dance classes and performing opportunities to students ages 3 to adult and provides incredible outreach programs to disabled and traditionally underserved populations. The School's students are accepted annually to prestigious summer intensive programs, including the School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet, Chautauqua Institute, The Rock School, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Miami City Ballet. Students have also been offered professional trainee positions and enjoyed wonderful careers in dance. In addition to expanding New Haven Ballet’s summer offerings to include a premiere sleep-away summer intensive and implementing a highly regarded and effective conditioning and stretching program for pre-professional and developing dancers, New Haven Ballet presents many works in the classical repertoire, including excerpts from Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphide, Raymonda, La Bayadere, Giselle, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, and Paquita.

New Haven Ballet’s most prominent annual production is a full-length Nutcracker, which students from New Haven Ballet School perform at the Shubert Theatre and stars dancers from New York City Ballet. The Ballet regularly partners with area arts organizations, including Yale’s Graduate School of Music, Neighborhood Music School, and Music Haven. New Haven Ballet also partners with the Dixwell Community House (“Q House”) and the Joseph Trapasso Community Center in Branford. New Haven Ballet recently presented the full-length children’s ballet Beauty and the Beast, which premiered at the historic Shubert Theatre in 2018 and performed in 2024, Peter Rabbit in 2019, and a children’s version of Don Quixote in 2022, and Coppélia in 2023. New Haven Ballet also presents community performances and performs at festivals, including the Q House, Bethany Town Hall, Guilford Community Center, Branford Festival, Bethany Town Hall, Paul Mellon Arts Center, and the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.

Contact

70 Audubon St
New Haven, CT 06510

Ruth Barker
administrator@newhavenballet.org
Phone: 203-782-9038
http://www.newhavenballet.org