Springfield Ballet

In 1976, the Springfield Civic Ballet, Inc. was founded as a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the efforts of creating a ballet company to perform throughout the four state area; to offer a comprehensive dance curriculum; to make available first-class performances by visiting professional dance companies, films, etc.; and to help focus interest on the arts. A premiere performance was held at the Springfield Art Museum in November 1976, with the first ballet open to the public performed in March 1977. In 1998, the official name of the organization changed to Springfield Ballet, Inc. Springfield Ballet moved into its first ballet studio in 1979 and in the fall of 1986, moved to the Frances Vandivort Center (now Hotel Vandivort). After several more moves throughout the years, the Ballet relocated to its current location in 2005 at The Creamery Arts Center. In 2012, the mission of the Ballet was revised to read, Springfield Ballet, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedica...