ABOUT MIDDLE and HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Nashville Ballet’s curriculum-based educational initiative brings innovative dance programming to middle and high school students across Middle Tennessee. Working to achieve our mission to develop and cultivate audiences with a lifelong appreciation for the essential and inspiring art of dance, we offer a variety of educational programming that uniquely integrates arts education with core academic subjects including language, arts, math, science, and social studies.
Utilizing standards-based dance education workbooks, interactive teacher resources, movement exercises, and activities taught by our professional teaching artists, we assist educators in helping students of all ages strengthen their academic performance while increasing their awareness, knowledge and utilization of dance and the arts.
FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR
NASHVILLE’S NUTCRACKER MATINEE
Students will see Act I of the holiday classic, Nashville’s Nutcracker, inspired by the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Through this experience, students learn all about the Tennessee history that makes this classic story unique to Nashville. This performance is accompanied by an Educator’s Guide, with pre and post-activities that meet Tennessee State Academic Standards.
Contact us to see if your school qualifies to attend this performance for FREE.
PERFORMANCES:
Presented at TPAC, Thursday, December 12, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
in-house rehearsal viewing of
The sleeping beauty
Students will get a behind-the-scenes look at Act I of this ballet before it hits the stage. This program includes a Q&A with some of the performing artists, members of our production team, and costuming team.
LIVE REHEARSAL VIEWING
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, and Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 11 a.m. at the Martin Center for Nashville Ballet. Run time is 1 hour.
Seats are limited, book early.