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We accomplish our goals during the year by mounting two full-length ballet productions and other various repertory presentations for the general public as well as for the public school children. Since 1991, we have brought area school children to in-school performances at our annual classic The Nutcracker. In February 1996, we were at last able to secure a performance date early enough in the year to be able to provide in-school performance of our production Alice in Wonderland. Portions of some in-school performances have been underwritten by Atlanta Festival Ballet or granted by area businesses or arts organizations. Our 1995 in-school performances of The Nutcracker were performed for 3900 students, including 1200 who were able to attend without charge due to a grant from Clayton County Community Foundation. The program targeted fourth grade students in Clayton County and was also available to students with special needs, such as physical disabilities, autism and other developmental disabilities. In addition, children from surrounding county schools ere included. In February, 1400 children saw our in-school performance of Alice in Wonderland, including 650 who were able to attend free of charge through a grant from Arts Clayton, as part of the Grassroots Program of the Georgia Arts Council. We feel that our in-school program has become a rewarding, exciting method to provide arts education and awareness for the young people in our area. The opportunity to experience a ballet production would probably never occur for most of this children without this program.  

Since 1998 Atlanta Festival Ballet has performed The Nutcracker at the Henry County Performing Arts Center in McDonough to record audiences and a sold-out school performance sponsored in part by our partnership with the Henry County School System.