Nutcracker Tickets on sale October 1st!
Nutcracker Tickets
on sale October 1st !
SWBT’s mission is to enrich, inspire, and uplift lives through classical dance education and performance.
SWBT’s mission is to enrich, inspire, and uplift lives through classical dance education and performance.
SWBT’s mission is to enrich, inspire, and uplift lives through classical dance education and performance.
![Ballet Class](https://swbtballet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Training_sq.jpg)
Training
Southwest Ballet Theatre provides a curriculum based in the classical ballet tradition with the basics of dancer health and child development.
![Dance Session](https://swbtballet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Gillian-Faculty_small.jpg)
Faculty
Our faculty have professional dance experience, are university trained, and/or are certified in a dance-specific curriculum.
![Arabian_sm1](https://swbtballet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Arabian_sm1.jpg)
Performances
Two classical ballets and a fully staged Showcase per season, without expensive recital or costume fees.
In 2014, Melissa Hahne, the founder of Southwest Ballet Theatre (SWBT), approached Estrella Mountain Community College with the idea to bring something incredible to the West Valley.
Since then, with the support of the community and federal grants, SWBT has brought the highest quality instruction and professional performances and artists to our community.
Here is a listing of the Board of Directors.
Community support and federal grants make it possible to bring the highest quality, professional performances and artists to our community.
Please consider donating, to continue bringing the arts into our midst. Click here to support SWBT's performance company.