Donate to Providence Ballet Theatre in Rhode Island

This GivingTuesday, Providence Ballet Theatre invites you to help us bring the joy of live performance to 1,500 Providence schoolchildren, completely free of charge.

For many of these students, this will be their first experience seeing a live performance. Our school-day performances of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” introduce children to the art of dance in a way that sparks imagination, creativity, and curiosity.

Through dance, students experience storytelling with their whole bodies, expressing characters, emotions, and ideas through movement. Seeing a familiar story come to life in this way helps them look at the world differently, think creatively, and find meaning that goes beyond words.
Movement is a uniquely accessible art form. It allows children of all comprehension and communication abilities to engage meaningfully with content. For students who may struggle with verbal expression, dance provides an alternative pathway to process and convey ideas. For others, it offers a multisensory, embodied way to connect with literature, music, and storytelling.

Providence Ballet Theatre is the third branch of an organization stemming from the original Providence Ballet School. The school was founded in 1995 by Eva Marie Pacheco. In 2003 she created the Providence Youth Ballet to provide performing opportunities for local students. In 2008, the not-for-profit professional Providence Ballet Theatre made its debut. Since then, performances by the Providence Ballet Theatre have included an original production of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” a Spring Concert in May 2011 and participation in the Pawtucket Arts Festival in September 2011. In the Spring of 2012 we added an ALL NEW production of Hansel and Gretel with Choreography by Artistic director Eva Marie Pacheco, Original Score by Tony Lustig. In the Spring of 2018 we presented our Original Ballet "Snow White and the Seven Dwarf" a collaboration between Composer Tony Lustig and Artistic Director Eva Marie Pacheco with the talents of Costume Designers Maxine Wheelock and Christine Britton, set design by Christopher Abernathy, Projection design by Chris Griffin and lighting design by Robert M. Ferland Jr.  We continue to bring new, exciting and entertaining dance to our community.