Heart Of America Youth Ballet

Est. 1989

The History of HAYB . . . HAYB has maintained its goal of receiving a 501(c) (3) non-profit status through years of community service characterized by dance education, free seminars, and charitable donations to other organizations such as The Christy Henrich Foundation and Joint Adventures, a local organization supporting children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Company has made a commitment to provide affordable, quality, local ballet to the community. Additionally, the youth ballet has become a regular attraction at the historic Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City. They have produced traditional ballets such as, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, along with their original ballets, Alice In Wonderland, Little Mermaid and The Wizard of Oz,

Annually, the HADC studio is magically transformed into a Dinner Theatre Playhouse. The community is invited to a Mother/Daughter Tea Party where the performers can be seen up-close-and-personal as they perform excerpts from the ballet. The performers are in full costume (indicative of the upcoming performance . . . Wizard of Oz, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Little Mermaid, etc.). Following the tea party where attendees are served tea, finger foods, and sweets, performers are available for autographs and photographs. The tea party is the one HAYB fundraiser held on a yearly basis.

HADC offers classes from pre-ballet through pre-professional.

HAYB to perform at FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL

**Sunday, June 9, 2024**
HAYB has been invited to perform at the Kauffman Center Performing Arts Future Stages Festival. HAYB will be performing selected pieces from their Spring 2024 repertoire. More information coming soon regarding performance times. Performances are free to the public.

**Heart of America Youth Ballet**
**is proud to present,**
**‘THE SNOW QUEEN’**

**November 8th & 9th**
**Historic Folly Theater**
An original ballet choreographed by HAYB Founder, Cindy Monaco and Artistic Director, Lisa Anderson.This re imagined ballet and prequel to the beloved Disney's version of Frozen and Hans Christian Anderson's story The Snow Queen, that Disney loosely based its story of Frozen from, will be brought to life with another HAYB original ballet.
The ballet will include everyone's favorites, Elsa, Anna, Sven, Olaf, but who is the SNOW QUEEN and how does she play the pivotal role in the Kingdom of Arendelle and especially in Elsa's life? You won't want to miss the ballet for all ages!

~HAYB PATRON~

Becoming a patron of HAYB allows you the opportunity of pre sale complimentary performance and tea party tickets depending on the club level of your donation. We are a non-profit 501c3, so all donations are tax deductible. Patron contributions open each Fall.

We thank you for your contribution.