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.
Jan 5, 2020 - "The performance was of operatic quality." "I watched with tears and joy." "The music was spectacular." "You all have the most generous hearts and spirits." "I felt like a Queen when I came into this room today. I am so happy." "This made me think of old friends dancing for the USO!" "This was my favorite so far - so uplifting!"
Jan 4, 2020 - "You make us all feel so special." "I am glad I am alive to see this." "I feel ready for 2020. You helped me remember to look ahead, not only back." "My heart is warm again." "When I was in the 3rd grade, I drew a picture of the Sugar Plum Fairy. It was so long ago, but today I saw my drawing come to life!"
Dec 30, 2019 - "You touched my soul." "This was like church." "I cried and cried tears of happiness when I looked at you." "All I felt today was joy." "You made my heart beat with love." "You made a sad day feel bright and sunny."
Dec 29, 2019 - "I am impressed and fascinated by all of you." "We feel so lucky to have had the chance to see this." "This is the best afternoon I have ever had here." "You brought me so much joy that I could die happily right now." "This made me ready to face the new year."
Dec 27, 2019 - "Every single one of you mesmerizes every single one of us." "What an afternoon!" "Not only did you capture my attention; you captured my heart." "I saw your performance last year and it was lovely. I came again this year expecting to see the same thing. It was a completely different show! I loved the new music and themes that went along with it." "I wouldn't miss your dancing for the world."
Dec 22, 2019 - "This meant a great deal to me. I used to be defined by my own dancing. I loved it so. Now I sit in this wheelchair, and I had let myself be defined by that. I felt there was nothing left except this wheelchair. But never again. Never again." "I haven't talked about my opera singing days in a very long time. It was so long ago. But maybe it wasn't that long ago after all." "The life you brought here tonight will sustain us all for a very long time."
Dec 21, 2019 - "This was the greatest gift any of us could have received today." "I feel so lucky being here today. I feel so much better, so much more like myself now." "The joy I felt today from all of you helped me find my own."
Dec 19, 2019 - "I will be dancing with my flower until I see you again." "My husband and I were married 53 years when I lost him. He was here with me today." "I don't know how you all make this happen for us - it is truly magical." "Schubert's Ave Maria played at my wedding. This experience took me back there again and it was glorious." "I wish there was something as wonderful as this more often." "I feel silly with these tears running down my face, but I am proud to be able to feel what we experienced so deeply."
Dec 18, 2019 - "I don't know how you managed to transform this room and bring this magical experience to us tonight, but I'm sure glad that I was here for it." "This brought back so many memories of when I was young and full of joy. I hope to keep those memories forever." "This exceeded all my expectations, and my bar is really high." "Such beauty! I was here in this room, but I was also somewhere else - inside the music and my heart."
Dec 16, 2019 - "I am an old Scot. I have never seen a ballet in my entire life until tonight. You made it possible for me to hear the music and to understand the beauty I was seeing. I found myself getting so emotional. I will never forget tonight." "This entire evening was a spiritual experience." "You brought us so much joy." "I am so happy, and as I look around, all I see is happiness. You made that happen."
Dec 14, 2019 - "You reminded us of the true meaning of The Nutcracker story - that if we love something well enough, it will always be alive. That comforted me so much. I needed this so much." "I am so surprised! I didn't expect something so outstanding as this. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. It just goes to prove the whole theme of the day - that there really is magic right around the corner if we let ourselves see it."
Dec 10, 2019 - "What a wonderfully creative evening - the music, the story, the dancing. I have never enjoyed an experience like this." "You have charmed me forever." "You transformed this room and my life."
Dec 8, 2019 - "You give us the music and the beauty and the time to feel. This is what we need more than anything else." "It was really inspiring to look at the other people in the audience with me and to see the joy on their faces - the same joy that's in my own heart." "We will remember and put this into our hearts." "What a remarkable and memorable experience."
Dec 7, 2019 - "This was a really good day. I laughed. I cried. I loved every minute of being here." "I wasn't feeling very well today and I wasn't going to come down, but I'm so glad that I did. I feel so much better, ready to face Life again." "I've never missed your visits. Each time is better than the time before."
Dec 3, 2019 - "I have never been so moved by ballet. This really touched me. I'll carry it with me." "As a Franciscan nun, I bless you. What a gift you bring these people." "I haven't seen a ballet in 50 years. And to see this special Nutcracker up close like this - all I can say is THANK YOU." "The lecture demonstration beforehand was so interesting. I might have liked that best of all."
Nov 30, 2019 - "I was so proud to have my grand-daughter sit beside me to see this." "One moment was better than the one before. After today, my life will be that way, too." "I usually don't say much, but I feel like shouting to the heavens that I have found the music of my heart - that is how inspired and hopeful I feel." "Life. That is what you brought me." "I have waited and waited for you to be here again. And now I will count the days until you return."
Nov 23, 2019 - "I am so grateful for today that I can hardly get the words out." "This is the most wonderful thing I have seen in a very long time." "You have so much love in your hearts. Thank you for sharing it with us." "This brightened my holiday season." "Spectacular performance. But more than that, a deeply moving and introspective opportunity for all of us." "My heart is as light as a school girl's!"
Nov 18, 2019 - "What a wonderful, wonderful day." "This was the most creative work I have ever seen." "I am inspired by this uplifting afternoon. I am ready to get well." "I have always loved ballet, and I thought that I would never see it again. You gave it back to me today." "The music helped me so much." "I loved dancing with my flower. I was so happy."
Nov 16, 2019 - "You bring us such beauty in such a gentle way. What a rare and treasured gift that is for all of us." "I am leaving here ready to dance and live. I feel inspired, as if God spoke to me through this experience." "When I get to Heaven I know I will be dancing as beautifully as everyone danced today." "The music will play in my heart forever." "Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I am so thankful that you all came here today."
