Chamberlain Ballet

Why should YOU support Chamberlain Ballet?

2024-2025 is our 40th Anniversary Year and we have a season packed full of celebratory performances and community outreach programs. 

Supporting Chamberlain Ballet is an investment in arts and community enrichment. 

By backing such an organization, you contribute to the preservation of a timeless cultural tradition, fostering creativity, grace, and discipline. Your support enables talented dancers to receive top-tier training, choreographers to craft innovative performances, and local communities to access inspiring artistry. By joining hands with our nonprofit ballet company, you champion accessible and inclusive cultural experiences that can uplift spirits, educate, and leave a lasting impact on individuals of all ages.

Be a "Chamberlain Champion" and help support all our students fulfil their dance dreams; today, tomorrow and beyond.

About Chamberlain Ballet

Chamberlain Ballet is a pre-professional ballet company founded in 1984. Located in  Plano, Texas, our not-for-profit organization is committed to enriching the North Texas community with dance performances, enlightening with arts education, and encouraging  through our outreach programs. 

Through the support of our generous donors and sponsors, Chamberlain Ballet is able  to stage full-scale theatrical productions for the public, provide world-class instruction  and opportunities to our dancers, and share the beautiful art of dance with the  underprivileged and underserved members of our community. 

Whether instilling a work ethic of will and determination in our students or sparking an  artistic light in a fellow community member, Chamberlain Ballet is proud to build  Classical Foundations for Life®. 

We enrich through performances 

Chamberlain Ballet’s 2024-25 season will see three productions at the Eisemann Center and a number of smaller performances throughout the year at various local festivals.

They Dance! They Sing! - October 12th, 7pm

A unique collaboration with Plano Civic Chorus, featuring the Richardson Symphony Orchestra & Berkner High School choir. 

The Nutcracker - November 29th - December 1st 2024

Featuring Principal Guest Artists from New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, accompanied by the Richardson Symphony Orchestra.

40th Anniversary Gala - May 3rd, 2025 

A special performance to celebrate 40 years of company history, featuring Principal Guest Artists from New York's top Ballet companies and a world premiere of a specially commissioned work.

We enlighten through Arts Education 

Classical training is a foundation for life and we strive to share dance education with as many young students as we can.

Training

With your support, we are able to offer advanced classical ballet training for pre-professional students. We develop their technique in all dance genres through intensive workshops and master classes with world renowned dancers and teachers. Our Artists-in-Residence program allows choreographers to create original works that will be showcased in our spring production mentioned above.

Educational outreach

Relevé is an After-School Dance program for at-risk children ages 6-11. We partner with Title 1 schools in Plano to provide free weekly dance classes to those who might not otherwise have access to learn. Since it started in 1996, the program has reached over 3,000 students. 

Shining Stars is a dance program providing specially adapted classes for children and young adults with disabilities. The classes provide the opportunity for creativity, self-expression, and movement through the art of dance.  Since its inception in 2005, our Shining Stars program has reached over 500 students at no charge to the families.

Each spring we celebrate dancers from our Relevé and Shining Stars programs at their annual dance recital, giving all our students the opportunity to perform on stage.

Scholarships

Chamberlain Ballet provides scholarships for students to study dance, both locally and at some of the world’s top ballet and dance programs. Thanks to our donor and sponsor support, some students have become the first in their families to attend university and/or  work professionally in the arts. We are proud to help bring forth continuing generations of artists in our community and around the world.

We encourage through community outreach

Community Connections

Through our Community Connections performances, Chamberlain Ballet provides free access to professional quality performances for under-served, at-risk, front line workers and military families. Since beginning this program in 1991, over 41,000 individuals and families have enjoyed a ticket to one of our performances. This year, we aim to provide 2000 seats as part of our Community Connection initiative. 

Please Support the Art of Dance 

The art of dance is more than just a performance. It is an expression of life, love, and  beauty. It fills us with emotion and allows us respite from our daily lives.

Thank you for your generous support!