Fort Wayne Ballet Inc

“Jim sparrow karen gibbons-brown exec dir artistic dir family relationship amanda kinneman morrie sanderson officer officer family relationship”

“A complete copy of the form 990 is provided to the board of trustees for review and approval prior to filing.”

“Trustees are required to fill out conflict of interest forms at the beginning of each fiscal year. All potential conflicts are to be listed and noted. The executive committee reviews and any issues are discussed and resolved as needed.”

“The executive director and executive artistic director are given negotiated contracts for a three year period which is reveiwed by the executive committee. All salaries are set and approved through the budgeting process.”

“Staff and faculty are given performance reviews by the executive committee. All salaries are set and approved through the budgeting process.”

“The organization's form 990 for the prior three years is available at guidestar.org and irs.gov.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Fort wayne ballet is the longest continually running professional dance organization in the state of indiana. We serve the region through professional performances, dance training and community engagement. Our professional company is composed of 34 professional contracted dancers from all over the u.s and world over a 36 week performing season. Our training academy provides dance education to students of all ages, encompassing entry level movement through adult classes. It is one of the premiere professional training programs in indiana. In the fall of 2020, the academy became certified in the american ballet theatre (abt) curriculum and is one of eight fully-certified academies in the world to be aligned with abt. Our professional trainee program attracts students from across the midwest and the summer intensive program attracts students aged 13-20 from across the country.”

“Fort wayne ballet's professional company consists of twenty four dancers representing the united states, japan, mexico and uzbekistan and is supplemented by six trainee dancers. The season includes three main stage performances from classic masterworks to contemporary premiers, three contemporary repertoire performances, and an intimate in studio series where patrons are immersed into the programming. The organization is committed to being actively involved in collaborative programming with other arts organizations. Community engagement and service is a significant part of the ballet's mission and includes sensory friendly productions of its main stage performances, training residencies in the region's school systems, performances in community festivals and performances outside the region. The ballet has performed its nutcracker outside of the region and has represented the fort wayne community internationally.”

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