Montgomery Ballet

Montgomery Ballet is Alabamas oldest non-profit arts organization that has contributed to the enrichment of the Montgomery community for the last sixty two years. The Montgomery Ballet began as the Montgomery Civic Ballet in 1958 and developed into a professional ballet company in 1987. It is the only professional Ballet Company in the city of Montgomery and one of only three in the state of Alabama. Under the recent new management, Montgomery Ballet has adopted the slogan Dance Lives Here, which expresses that the artists of Montgomery Ballet who are recruited to move here from all over the world become local residents and integrate themselves into the city culture. The company has begun touring again to Butler County and Elmore County. These touring shows integrate local talent and hence have enhanced community involvement. These tours also have been instrumental in exposing communities to the art of ballet that have limited means to accessing the shows in Montgomery and do no...