Indiana Ballet Theater Northwest

Indiana Ballet Theatre, NW Inc. (IBT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with its main studio at 8888 Louisiana in Merrillville, Indiana, combining a resident company with a dance school and community outreach. It has worked in northwest Indiana for more than four decades under founder and ballet artistic director Gloria Tuohy, staging over nine full-length classical ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Coppelia, Cinderella, Firebird, Gaite Parisienne, Thumbelina and Peter Pan using locally sourced talent. Modern and contemporary work, along with hip hop and tap repertoire, is directed by Amanda Tuohy. The IBT School teaches ballet and pointe, tap, hip-hop, modern and Irish dance, plus specialty classes, with guest master teachers and online registration. The organization is also renovating a 20,000 sq ft former nurses' home in Crown Point into a Classical Arts Center, and receives support from South Shore Arts, the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.