Our Audience and Community
The National Ballet of Canada is committed to making ballet more accessible and connecting with different communities to promote movement, imagination, creative expression and an appreciation for the arts. Our goals are to find common ground in our shared passion for the joy and power of dance, while we engage with our community in a spirit of relevant and meaningful exchange.
Inclusive Spaces
The National Ballet is committed to ensuring our spaces are inclusive and welcoming for all staff, audiences, donors and community members. We are examining our workplaces (The Walter Carsen Centre, The Gretchen Ross Production Centre and the Four Seasons Centre) to determine how and where we can improve accessibility, safety and inclusion. We are committed to collecting feedback and suggestions to understand the perceptions of our audiences and community, so we can continue our work to ensure that all people feel welcome and valued.
Engagement Programmes
Our Community Programmes are devised to fulfill the National Ballet’s mission to reach more people with dance and to enrich lives with the power of the arts. Each initiative is structured for audiences and participants to understand dance is a means of creative expression, to encourage a greater appreciation of dance in all its forms and to inspire more confidence in people to incorporate dance within their daily lives.
Overall, there are three main avenues of our initiatives:
- To take ballet into schools and communities
- To bring students and community members to National Ballet performances or behind the scenes
- To share ballet online to reach a greater audience across Canada and around the world
Sharing Our Resources Creative Action
In 2018, the company launched Creative Action, a multi-prong programme that shares The National Ballet of Canada’s resources to develop Canadian choreographic talent and support the diverse dance community in Toronto. Creative Action includes:
Top Photo: Audience members at a Share the Magic performance.