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Founded by Ann Parsley, the Macomb Ballet Company is the only non-profit ballet company in Macomb County. In addition to providing an opportunity for serious dance students ages 8-19 to grow artistically through training and performance experience on a professional stage, the Macomb Ballet Company encourages students to develop their interest, abilities, and artistry in the performance of dance, while providing enrichment in the arts to the community at-large. MBC performs two full-length ballets annually at the Macomb Center for Performing Arts in Clinton Township. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Snow White, Coppelia, The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, Un Encuentro, Peter & the Wolf, Les Sylphides, Sleeping Beauty, and the favorite holiday classic The Nutcracker, comprise the repertoire.
An organization which cares about the arts and its community, The MBC has done, and is always willing to do, performance excerpts for area hospitals, schools, senior centers, businesses and festivals, and is a proud contributor to classical radio, CARE House, Wigs 4 Kids, local military families, in addition to many local schools and charities. MBC is a 501© (3) non-profit organization and has received grants from the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs and the Art Center in Mount Clemens. The community-based company performs special daytime matinees for students, seniors and other civic organizations and evening performances for the general public. The Macomb Ballet Company also sponsors a summer dance intensive every summer.
