ACB COMMUnity Outreach

Avant Chamber Ballet outreach is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture and Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust

  • Three ballet dancers practicing outdoors under a park pavilion with trees and onlookers in the background, two dancers balancing on one leg while holding each other."

    Free Family Concerts

    Throughout the year, Avant Chamber Ballet presents free concerts designed for audiences of all ages with live music in public spaces.

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    First Steps

    South Dallas Cultural Center and Avant Chamber Ballet presents First Steps, a free series of dance classes in the afternoons in the spring and fall. The classes introduce rhythm and expression through movement for ages 5-12. These classes are taught by professional dancers from ACB and all dancers receive a pair of free ballet slippers.

  • Group of ballet dancers practicing at a dance studio, standing at the barre in black leotards and tights.

    Next Steps

    ACB introduces free classes for intermediate to advanced dancers with quality training up to the professional level at the ACB Studios

FIRST STEPS + NEW NEXT STEPS & PRE-PRO

FREE full professional training for ages 4-18

September-May 2025-26

  • First Steps 1

    Ages 4-7

    South Dallas Cultural Center

    Tuesdays and Thursdays 4-4:45pm

    No Experience Necessary

    REGISTER HERE
    Three young girls sitting on the floor in a dance studio, with one girl in the foreground facing away and two others in the background facing forward.

  • First Steps 2

    Ages 7-12

    South Dallas Cultural Center

    Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:45-6pm

    No Experience Necessary

    REGISTER HERE
    Children and an instructor sitting on the floor in a ballet studio, participating in a ballet class with arms raised.

  • Next Steps

    Ages 8 and up

    ACB Studios

    Mondays/Wednesdays 4:30-5:30pm

    Dancers must have completed First Steps or other dance training

    REGISTER HERE
    Ballet instructor giving instruction to two young ballet dancers during a practice session in a studio.

  • Pre-Pro Level

    Ages 12 and up

    ACB Studios

    Classes 4-5 Days Per Week at ACB Studios in the Dallas Design District

    Acceptance through application

    APPLY HERE
    Ballet students practicing at a dance studio with mirrors and ballet barres.

Our Supporters

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  • Text reading 'Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust Bank of America, N.A., Trustee'
  • Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District logo with blue text and stars.
  • The words "TAX C" written in bold, stylized font with red and purple colors.
  • Start Each Day with a Positive Mindset
  • Logo of Communities Foundation of Texas with multicolored abstract shapes.
  • Texas Commission on the Arts logo with a blue star and text
  • Logo for the National Endowment for the Arts featuring a black background, white text, and a red, white, and blue horizontal line, with the URL arts.gov.
  • Natural Market H-E-B logo in green cursive text on a white background.
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  • Red background with white text reading 'DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT FOUNDATION' in bold uppercase letters.
  • Logo of The Dance Shop featuring a ballet dancer's feet and the shop's name

Avant Chamber Ballet is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture.

Thank you to these individual donors from the past year:

Eric & Michele Bartlett, Ben Guthrie, Victoria Hartman, Ford Lacy & Cece Smith, Alan & Paula Mann, Sid & Judy Puder, Jacob Read, Caitlin Rhodes & Akers Moore, The Santiago Family, Richard & Enika Schulze, Linda V. Smith, Stefan & Katie Smith, Christy Trang, Karen & Ken Travis

Nancy Adams, Anonymous, Nancy & Alan Atwell, Madyson Bauer, Julianne & Trent Bauer, Stephanie Butler, Ellen Cleary, Wayne & Loree Conrad, Dale & Kathie Feldpausch, Marcie Guidry, Ivelise Guillen, Ben Guthrie, Amanda L. Hazel, J & J Heid, Lisa & Forrest Hibbard, Andy Ho, Mark E. Jacobs, Melinda & Jim Johnson, Alina Khoo, Misti Landley, Cynthia Langlands, Jennifer Mabus, Alan & Paula Mann, Mary Ann May, Heidi McGall, Weiyi Meng, Leah Moore, Emily & Keith Quillen, Gail & Patrick Schultz, Melissa & Paul Stewart, Sandy Stump, Jordyn Stump, Patricia Yakesch