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Causes: Arts & Culture, Ballet
Mission: Menlowe ballet performs works that impact audiences through clean, fresh, and innovative choreography ranging from cultural to contemporary works. It offers a professional performing opportunity to elite students from the award winning, and nationally recognized, menlo park academy of dance. This dynamic organization performs imaginative and illuminating new works enhancing the dance canvas for the entire san francisco bay area community.
Programs: In 2016, menlowe ballet presented 16 performances for the general public and one performance (free of charge) for the students at menlo-atherton high school in their performing arts center. Over 5800 members of the public attended these 16 performances. Included in these productions were over 100 students from the menlo park academy of dance who were given the opportunity to perform alongside professional dancers.