WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT BALLET MOBILE
Ballet Mobile's theaters are wherever people may live. No matter how small and non-traditional the space may be, Ballet Mobile will transform it. Our audiences say it best.
July 17, 2019 - Brooke Grove Nursing Center - "Today made me think about my life. I have decided not to feel sorry for myself. This was just what I needed." "I fell in love with ballet years ago when I saw Fonteyn and Nureyev in Swan Lake. Today was so wonderful and made me fall in love with it all over again." "Sinatra's My Way is my favorite song, and to see it danced made me so happy." "I felt a connection with you all. You are real and caring. You see my heart."
July 10, 2019 - Arbor Ridge Riderwood - "This was an unforgettable event. I will remember it for the rest of my life." "You gave me so many hugs just from the show itself." "I couldn't clap for you because I don't have control of my arms anymore, but I was clapping all night long in my heart." "To be this close to a real ballerina was a once-in-a-lifetime gift." "Thank you for giving us something was was truly superb."
July 3, 2019 - Morningside Friendship - "You make us feel so proud to be Americans!" "We enjoy it so much when you come to see us. I love it that the dancers warm up right with us in our living room." "I experienced all the emotions through the dancers today." "It makes us feel so good to have this special Independence Day ballet tradition."
May 25, 2019 - Brightview Severna Park - "You touched my heart and made me so happy." "Thank you for taking me back to such happy times in my life." "I am overjoyed that you are here." "This was the most wonderful afternoon!" "I used to perform at the Hippodrome, and today I got to be there again!" "Bringing this to us is the greatest gift we could ever have."
May 23, 2019 - Buckingham's Choice - "The dancing, the music, the words you gave us - everything spoke to me and touched me deeply. My life has been so difficult lately, and today gave me back some of my soul." "You have no idea how much it meant to have you recognize our military service." "We have never seen anything like this before." "This brought back memories that make me so happy."
May 18, 2019 - Brightview White Marsh - "I felt down when I walked in here. Now I am like a new woman." "Thank you for honoring my service to our country today. You made me feel young." "Look at me - crying all over you with happiness." "You danced like angels." "I felt so many emotions. Sometimes I could see tears in your eyes as you danced. They're like my tears - from joy." "You woke me up from a dark place I have been for quite some time. But I'm back in the light now, and I am so grateful."
April 22, 2019 - Brighton Gardens - "I wish you would start all over again right now." "This was so unexpected! I could listen to that music over and over again." "What's different about all of you is your spirit. We all feel that." "I had such fun watching you all work with one another. I know it's very hard work, but it really looks like you're having fun together. That is so special."
April 20, 2019 - Lighthouse Hopkins Creek - "You were out of this world." "What I felt today was Love. Truly Love. Everything was Love." "I've never been to a ballet before. I am so surprised and delighted. I loved all of it and you. You reminded me of things I've not thought about for too many years." "You are wonderful, wonderful people."
April 18, 2019 - Brightview Towson - "What you all do is a labor of love." "I feel so much better now. We all do." "This felt like you were talking right to us." "You raised us up today. I feel my soul has been transformed." "My wife made me come today. I'm so glad I did. I loved it. I loved you. And now I love ballet."
April 16, 2019 - The Harbor at Ginger Cove - "This brought out so many emotions in me." "This was truly a Spring Awakening." "I loved being able to sing along with you." "You brought me back to life." "Sometimes I forget that I haven't always been in this wheelchair. Today helped me remember that. I'll remember from now on." "We've never seen anything as beautiful as this." "So many years ago I took ballet and loved it. Now I remember why." "I'm 85. I guess it's time I let myself enjoy ballet like yours."
April 13, 2019 - Brightview Annapolis - "You have made me love ballet. I never could understand it before. Now with the dancing, music, and explanations, I follow everything. I cry, I laugh, I feel. I love ballet." "This made me feel sentimental and brought me to happy tears." "I look at your faces, and I feel the emotion." "You have such giving hearts." "I was so sad when I came today without my wife because she's sick. You remembered her and me, and now I can hardly wait to give her her special flower and tell her everything."
April 6, 2019 - Selborne Dorsey Hall - "You bring such joy with you and leave it here for us to feel." "I felt so low when I came down today, but after this, how can I not feel better? You reminded me of how much I need the music." "Every single one of you is darling. I love you." "You have moved me beyond words. My tears are happy ones." "You are so good to us." "Today you have made me forget that I am 90. I feel young and beautiful. You did that."
March 30, 2019 - The Maples of Towson - "This afternoon was one of the best I have had with my father for so long. I will remember it always. He was even singing along as he watched." "You made me so happy today." "I feel very special, thanks to you." "You brought us all energy and love."
March 9, 2019 - Morningside Friendship - "I feel so ready for spring now!" "You have no idea what a lift this was for me. I will see it again and again in my head as I face the next few weeks and months. It has been so hard and I feel so alone. I don't feel as alone now." "You danced to all my favorite songs." "Every time you are here I love you more."
January 5, 2019 - Springwell - "Today brought me joy that I have not felt in a long, long time." "You all are medicine for my soul." "I felt a spirit come through me and I feel so great now." "I will remember this performance for the rest of my days." "It was a true gift from the Heavens that you gave me your pointe shoes to hold." "There is so much ugliness in our world, but you all prove that there is still love and light." "I use a walker now ... but listening and watching ... I was reminded that I am still the same person."
