Project Pirouette

In the summer of 2023, International Ballet received a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission to launch a community outreach program called Project Pirouette. IB partnered with three existing organizations who serve children - Pleasant Valley Connection, Phillis Wheatley Community Center, and Freedom Within Walls at Lead Academy. Thanks to these organiztions along with Church of the Redeemer Episcopal who provided space for Pleasant Valley Connection, we were able to teach beginning ballet classes to over 100 students. The SCAC grant covered the costs to launch and operate the program for 2 months, but we are now seeking to raise $15,000 to continue the program for students at the Phillis Wheatley Community Center and scholarship students who have discovered a passion and would like to continue training at Interntional Ballet in Greer.