You don’t have to sprout Wings, or a Tutu ~ just a Great Big Heart to become a Budding Ballerina Sponsor, Angel or Friend of the Arts !  As you know ~ even standing on their Tiptoes, the Tutu, the Tights, the Slippers, the Instruction will only remain a Dream without your support. Sponsor:  $500.00-up,Angel: $150.00-499.00,Friend of the Arts: $25.00-149.00.  Your contribution makes the difference ! Founded in 2004,  Budding Ballerinas  provides young girls in our community regardless of ability or income, the opportunity to experience Art and Ballet in a risk-free after-school environment !  We’ve proudly taught over 200 girls for the past 4 years in the Scottsdale Unified School District  ~ life-long foundations of  Self Respect, Respect for Others and Self Accomplishment … Something we call Graceful Confidence !  Now girls who could never dream of going to ballet class can do so right at home ! Your important financial contribution will support these  ballerinas and assure the success of Budding Ballerinas Ballet-Art-Music non-profit programming to many other  girls in our community,  far into the future! Your commitment  to sponsor a Ballerina, for the Holiday season must be in by December  10th, 2008. Please accept our appreciation of your invaluable support ahead of time, and know all contributions are tax deductible !   ~We promise, You will see a Dream...                                                 Dance before your eyes !   Your Donation can be made right here !  All contributions are tax-deductible. What makes Budding Ballerinas Uniquely Different ? Nowhere else is Ballet taught through the Arts ! Each lesson students are introduced to new Ballet movements. To truely own the movements they  sketch and paint themselves as Budding Ballerinas in their own Art Portfolio, performing these ballet movements, while listening to Musical Composers they will recognize and appreciate the rest of their lives ! All together, these girls are developing Self respect, their own sense of Accomplishment and Respect for others,

Something  disappearing in our society, something we like to call ~ Graceful Confidence ! So why Budding Ballerinas, Painters and Composers... In Leonardo DaVinci's own words Curiosity, Experience, Senses, Open Mind - to the unknown, Developing the balance between Science and Art Cultivation of Grace, Fitness and Poise, and the Recognition of the Interconnectedness of all things are the seven principles to genius everyday, they are also the essence of Budding Ballerinas.  our Mission ... is to increase self-empowerment and community cultural development for girls regardless or ability or income.  In a safe environment,  sometimes right in their own homes, we present unique opportunities of creative thought and physical expression through Art, Ballet Liturature and Music.  Budding Ballerinas commits itself to each students' success by empowering them to envision and achieve their potential through these various Art forms.  Moreover, Budding Ballerinas believes that ART is an integral catalyst of a healthy community and it presence creates opportunities of community.   Graceful Confidence comes with each step of ballet, musical note, each page turned, and each stroke of the paint brush ! our Premise ... … to remain conscious of Dance as an Art even when teaching the simplest beginning fundamentals. Art is experience, and nowhere does one experience Art so greatly as in Dance and Music. Budding Ballerinas' embraces the process of Learning as infinitely more valuable than the end product. Our goal is to awaken an Appreciation in all of our Budding Ballerina's ... for Movement, Grace, and Ballet within an environment sparked with wonder for all of the Arts! our Format ...   (click to see powerpoint presentation) our Goals ... 1. To ensure all students a safe and positive environment conducive to a diverse method of instruction while remaining stimulating (fun) and disciplined. 2. To increase the development of self respect, strengthen the respect for others while cultivating the value of self achievement. 3. To explore cultural awareness that is cultivated by physical, intellectual and aesthetic values, which in doing so will strengthen the student’s capacity for learning. 4. To continually be aware of the ever changing methods, skills, resources to better meet the need of our student’s artistic and intellectual growth. our Results ... learning the joy and esteem of Self Achievement in anything a Budding Ballerina chooses to do !