Missouri Ballet Theatre’s Pointe Shoe Fund

CHIP IN 10 TO KEEP US ON OUR TOES

Thanks to all who contributed to our 2011 Pointe Shoe Fund. Your generous donations enabled us to provide the MBT dancers with pointe shoes for the Nutcracker performances. We are starting up our Pointe Shoe Fund for 2012 and hoping enough funds will be raised to provide the dancers with pointe shoes for our March Concepts II performances.

Like paintbrushes to an artist, pointe shoes play an integral part in a professional ballet dancer’s ability to realize their artistic vision. A ragged and uneven brush can impede the flow of paint to canvas, and the condition of a dancer’s shoes can influence the quality of a performance.

Pointe shoes are expensive at $75 or more a pair, and wear out quickly.

It is not uncommon for a professional dancer to go through one or more pairs in a week, 4 or more pairs in a month, and at least 40 pairs in a year.

That adds up to  $300 a month or $3000 a year-for one dancer! 

YOU can make a difference.

YOU can provide the tools that will support Missouri Ballet Theatre’s dancers so that they can continue to enrich our community  through  innovative and collaborative dance.

Be a part of our vision. Chip in, and when you attend a Missouri Ballet Theatre performance, you’ll know that an integral part of keeping each dancer on her toes is you! 

Thanks to all who have generously donated to the MBT Pointe Shoe Fund including Timothy & Amy Pogue, Winnie Tulhill, Kelly R. Taylor, Mitchell& Erica Lefkowitz, Beverly Howland, Addison Lynch, Cindy Jefferies, Dawn Schulte, Catherine Sansone, Angie Stimson, Alyssa Dickenson, Elizabeth Dickenson, Faith Marquardt, Bailey Womble, Abby Hedrick, Jessica Overschmidt, Addison Lynch, Kelly Tesserau, Tom Voss, Cathy Alwell, Liz Riedemain, Charlie Davis, Bob Ahrent, Krisstin DeSantis, Karri Johns, Sarai Cerda, Brenda Weber, Lia Lorenz, Maureen Meyers, Katie Beasley, Winnie Tuthill, Stephanie Power, William Harge, Laurie Bhagat, Richard Taylor, Cindy Watts, Carla Wilder, Melissa Mace, Ashley Hardebeck, Megan Rinder, Sharon McMakin, Goldie Forrester, Katie Listerman, Michelle Yungling, Kelly Taylor, Doug & Denise Clark, Paul Kopsky Family, Kelly Rice, Donna Hamann, Alexander Forck, Alice Quaintance, Justin Siers, Irene Hoyt, Beverly Howland, Robyn Igoe, Jennifer Madiar, Ed & Susan Rohde, Joshua Larson, Roy Hoyt, Henry Helton, John Hoyt, Janet Worthy, Doreen Fraser, Annette McDermott, Sally Koltun, Matthew Scherer, Shirley Anderson, Elaine Rohde Photography, Dorothy Rohde, Melissa Waterhouse, Michelle Beasley, Jennifer McCarthy, Sandra Fernandez Sheehy, Mitzi Coty, Hannah Forck, Allyssa Letourneau, Charles Brightwell, Kristin Staffiere, Lynn Fairbanks, Amanda Turner, Donna Scherer, Patricia Linck, Melissa Forck, Gina Kopacki, Gregory Forck, and Rena Hasse.

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