Entries by Addyson Fonte

Why Support Thomas Armour Youth Ballet On Give Miami Day?

Give Miami Day is Miami’s biggest city-wide fundraising 24-hour event with over 600 participating organizations. It is an incredible opportunity to support the causes you most believe in! Here are a couple of reasons to consider supporting Thomas Armour Youth Ballet on Give Miami Day. Scholarship Programs Thomas Armour Youth Ballet (TAYB) believes all children […]

Proud To Announce Funding From The Miami Foundation & Coral Gables Community Foundation

Thomas Armour Youth Ballet (TAYB) is proud to announce funding from The Miami Foundation and The Coral Gables Community Foundation to support the Next Steps Program and Stomp Style music classes at our West Coconut Grove site. The Next Steps Program was created to give students that no longer attend TAYB’s after-school program the opportunity to take more advanced classes […]

Miss our Spring Concert? We have you covered!

If you clicked this post you probably missed our 25th  Spring Concert. Don’t worry we have you covered! Here’s a quick little recap and the full performance video. GUEST ARTISTS Our guest artists were incredible! Artists included Francesca Martoccio from Colorado Ballet, Paunika Jones former dancer at Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ayla Weisz Cyr Wheel […]

5 Things You Need To Know About South Miami’s Ballet Summer Intensive

Deciding on a summer intensive for your young dancer can be a daunting task! Some intensives can provide very little information regarding their class offering and class size, and these are important factors when deciding where your child will invest their time this summer.  After all, you want them to receive REAL dance training. If you […]

What will you see at our Spring Concert?

Every year Thomas Armour Youth Ballet (TAYB) presents a Spring Concert at New World School of the Arts. The tradition dates back 25 years and we are excited for this year’s lineup! While our name might make you think otherwise, the concert is not just ballet, but rather a combination of different dance genres and styles! […]

5 Facts You Didn’t Know About Going On Pointe

Ever wonder what it’s like for ballerina’s to go on pointe? Here are five facts about getting those beautiful satin shoes and what it takes to glide across the stage in them! #1 Pointe shoes are not like street shoes, you can’t just go in and ask for a size 7! Point shoes come in […]

Have you been backstage at the Nutcracker? Check this out.

To get everyone through post Nutcracker blues, we decided to give you a peek into the backstage magic of our favorite annual tradition and share few facts that you may not know about! TAYB’s Nutcracker is the longest-running and most diverse production of the Nutcracker in Miami. TAYB welcomes over 10,000 school children every year […]