5:00 pm | Mix and Mingle & enjoy beverages from Second Helpings Cafe

5:30 pm | Performance Begins

Ballet Memphis - Youth Ballet Performance

Youth Ballet Memphis (YBM) is the pre-professional performing ensemble of Ballet Memphis School, offering dedicated upper-level students the opportunity to bring their training to life onstage. While strong technique is built in the studio, YBM gives dancers the chance to develop artistry, musicality, and confidence through meaningful performance experiences. In addition to appearing in Ballet Memphis’ annual production of The Nutcracker, YBM members perform in both fall and spring productions, as well as at events throughout the Memphis community.

YBM dancers commit several hours each week to rehearsals alongside their regular classes, working closely with Artistic Staff and school faculty. Through this process, they refine their technique, strengthen unison work, and grow as expressive artists, all while experiencing the collaborative, theatrical elements of performance.

At The Front Porch, YBM will present excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty, highlighting the elegance and rich classical tradition of this beloved ballet.

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A Special Performance by Maxx Reed

Maxx Reed is a multi-genre movement artist & educator, choreographer & director, as well as a multi-medium filmmaker. Trained in styles spanning from classical ballet to hip hop, Maxx’s performance credits include: Broadway debut Spiderman: Turn off the Dark & BeetleJuice the Musical; music videos: Michael Jackson’s “Hold My Hand” & Beyonce’s “Who Run The World (Girls)”; television: ABC’s Dance War: Bruno vs Carrie Ann, “The Tony Awards”,& “American Music Awards” with Usher; and, film: Michael Jackson’s This Is It.  Choreography clients include: Mariah Carey; musicals: Claudio Quest, “Nikola Drops the Beat”, “Reefer Madness” the LA premier & “Its all your Fault Tyler Price”; and music videos for SEE. When off stage, he’s behind the camera as filmmaker & founder of Esotericam Productions, for which director & producer credits include: TV series Live at Gramercy Park, series documentary Broadway Dreams, and short films “Pas de Carole” & “The Sonnet Project”. With the art of movement, theater  & filmmaking, Maxx aims to show compassion through choreography & creative collaboration–– emphasizing his role as a dance educator and multi-platform storyteller. 

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