Raleigh Dance Theatre, Inc

The Raleigh Dance Theatre (RDT) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) pre-professional ballet company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 1984 to serve the Triangle region. It is the affiliate performance company of the Raleigh School of Ballet and is made up of dancers aged 12 to 18 selected through open auditions; children's roles are cast in separate auditions each September and January. RDT is an honor company of Regional Dance America / Southeastern Regional Ballet Association, and from 1994 to 1997 performed as the pre-professional 'Carolina Ballet', the precursor to the present professional company of that name. It presents two public performances a year, in autumn and spring, and appears two or three times annually at regional dance festivals, with repertoire ranging from story ballets such as Alice in Wonderland to works by Martha Graham. Community outreach includes free school performances, library lecture-demonstrations and Girl Scout badge workshops.