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Help us Get Matching Dollars from the City of Atlanta by June 2: Every Dollar Counts!

Click here to make a denotation to support our Community Division that will have a double impact with the City of Atlanta matching each dollar you give! Time is running out though - the campaign ends June 2nd!

Your gift will help Atlanta Ballet to continue providing all of its scholarship dancers with the numerous pointe shoes needed throughout the year! Did you know that Atlanta Ballet dancers go through more than 35 pairs of pointe shoes each season? Each pair costs an average of $75, and a dancer can pirouette through one pair of shoes in a single performance.

Click on the image below to learn about how much work goes into creating a pair of pointe shoes, an essential part of a ballerina's performance.


"How Ballet Pointe Shoes are made." Video posted by ChrisIIIcube.