— Kanji Segawa, New York-based Dancer / Teacher / Choreographer
Metropolitan Ballet Company is the nonprofit pre-professional dance company affiliated with Metropolitan Ballet Academy. In 2001, MBC was founded with the mission of providing scholarships for dance training, performance training for pre-professional dancers, and outreach programs designed to promote a love and appreciation of dance in our community. Our programs are thriving. MBC has been recognized as the pre-eminent regional classical dance company in our community. We are proud to share these accomplishments with you.
MBC currently provides more than 50 children ages 7-18 with tuition-free dance training
MBC provides performance opportunities for 35 classically trained dancers, both boys and girls, who are working towards or considering a career in the performing arts
MBC provides approximately 1,000 children and seniors with free access to a live cultural performance each year through outreach performances at local elementary schools and retirement communities
MBC is a full performing member of Regional Dance America (RDA), a national association of ballet companies. Alumni of this prestigious organization include Philadanco, Boston Ballet and Princeton Ballet.
MBC has won corporate, state, and foundation support for the Company and its programs.
In addition to our core programs of performance training, scholarship, and outreach, we often have the opportunity to link with the wider cultural institutions of the area. Last season, MBC dancers participated in two productions with Pennsylvania Ballet, danced in Temple Opera Theater’s Falstaff, and performed at the Regional Dance America /NE festival in Ashland, Ohio.
This year, 51 students danced in Pennsylvania Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker, including many students from our renowned Boys’ Scholarship Program. In 2007, we will attend the National RDA Festival in Pittsburgh, PA for a five-day celebration of dance involving more than 2000 dancers from 92 companies from across the nation.