Ballet Arts Foundation

“Nancy causbie and susan causbie-cowgill are mother and daughter. James h allen and frances allen are married.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the treasurer and board president prior to filing. A copy is provided to the entire board after filing.”

“The artistic director's compensation is approved annually by the board of directors as part of the annual budget.”

“Corporate information is available on the arizona corporation commission website. Upon request for financial information, a copy of the most recently filed form 990 will be provided. Form 990 is also available on www.guidestar.org and www.irs.gov.”

“Esprit de corps is ballet tucson's volunteer group consisting of parents, board members and interested community members. Volunteer opportunities include assisting with performances, fund raising events and working backstage with the children's performing group. Volunteers give anywhere between 1 hour to many per year.”

“Professional ballet performances: ballet tucson provides 5-6 different programs a year in tucson (18-20 total performances) at major performing arts venues, including centennial hall, the tucson music hall, the temple of music and art and the stevie eller dance theatre. Attendance at the various performances is an estimated 10,000. The professional company is composed of 18 dancers, supplemented by apprentices and trainees. In large productions, such as the nutcracker, the company uses dancers from area ballet schools, including its official school, ballet arts. The company has also participated in the tucson desert song festival, which brings outstanding vocal talent to tucson in a 16-day period of performances with the major performing arts organizations in tucson. Dance workshop: approximately 300 participants (both students and adults) attend this workshop. The workshop is directed by ballet tucson's founding artistic director, mary beth cabana, who has been recognized as one of the "foremost teachers in the united states", during national teachers' weekend in 2009. Workshop teachers are drawn from the artistic staff and professional dancers of ballet tucson and from renowned companies throughout the united states, including new york city ballet, american ballet theatre, the san francisco ballet, and the pacific northwest ballet. The 4-week workshop concludes with a performance of the participants. Community outreach: ballet tucson's community outreach has two principal dimensions: 1) we provide 1,000 to 1,500 free tickets (through other local nonprofit organizations and davis monthan airforce base) to youth and families who would otherwise not be able to attend a live ballet performance; and 2) we provide a free educational program "putting your best foot forward with ballet tucson" to the tucson unified school district, working with principals in title i schools. The free tickets are distributed through nonprofits directly serving the disadvantaged population in our community, including women's shelters, school districts, youth organizations, big brothers big sisters, and the boys and girls clubs. "putting your best foot forward with ballet tucson" is the company's signature community outreach to tusd title i schools. This program, which generally runs for a semester, exposes young people to the art form of dance who otherwise would not have the opportunity to learn about the beauty and athleticism of classical ballet. This program encourages and develops self-esteem, confidence, teamwork, leadership and body awareness. Surveys have provided evidence that the discipline of ballet influences student success in other areas of learning.”