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Our mission is to champion Oklahoma as a world-class center for the arts by bringing monumental cultural experiences to America’s heartland. Performing Arts Series Armstrong Auditorium is home to the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation Performing Arts Series. Since 1998 the series has featured a veritable who’s who of today’s brightest stars in classical, jazz and folk music, as well as theater, classical ballet, folk dance and more. Performers include Broadway legends Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kelli O’Hara, vocalists Nathan Gunn and Frederica von Stade, pianist André Watts and piano quintet The 5 Browns, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Romero Guitar Quartet, the Canadian Brass, the Vienna Boys Choir, the Russian National Ballet, NEA Jazz Masters honoree Branford Marsalis and trumpeter Doc Severinsen, among many others.

Aspiring Attitudes

Classes / Workshops ; Dance

Aspiring Attitudes’ goal is to provide the truest dance experience possible to both typical and special needs students, including those with severe physical and developmental limitations. We are an integrated dance studio that encourages every student to achieve his or her fullest potential. We strive to achieve this goal by adapting dance instruction to meet the needs of each individual student through group classes or private lessons and by including all students in recitals and local, community performances. Among our most fundamental objectives is to realize the dance and coordination goals of all students regardless of physical, intellectual and/or financial limitations. Aspiring Attitudes Dance Studio was born out of the happiest of coincidences when the mother of a young girl with cerebral palsy found that no dance studios in this area could accommodate children with special needs and was introduced to Shannon Wrights. At the time Shannon was a recent graduate of Oklahoma City University with a degree in dance management and the dream of starting a dance studio where special needs and typical dancers alike could share the stage. Visually impaired herself, Shannon Wrights knows from personal experience that dance is a vital means of developing strength and confidence, both physical and emotional. Further, she appreciates the profound importance of inclusion and the momentous impact it can have on the lives of individuals with special needs as well as their neurotypical peers. Today, Aspiring Attitudes has grown to more than 80 students with a wide array of abilities. Approximately half of the dancers have some degree of special needs, including some with severe physical and/or intellectual limitations due to cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, and/or muscular dystrophy. The studio features several “combo” classes that integrate those students with the “typical” dancers. There is also a wheelchair ballet program and private lessons for those students unable to thrive in a group setting. Many of the students begin in private lessons but progress to join a group. Our goal is to help each dancer be the best that they can be!

Kismet Arts Studio & Theatre

Classes / Workshops ; Dance ; Educational ; Kids / Family ; Music ; Nonprofit ; Theatre

Kismet Arts Studio & Theatre provides top-tier performance education for youth and adults in a variety of fields including acting, voice, piano, dance and more. Mission To inspire, engage, entertain and challenge audiences with theatrical productions that range from the classics to new works; to train and support theatre artists; to provide an arts education program that promotes multifaceted, life-long learning to a diverse community. Vision To create an atmosphere that encourages discipline and attention to detail as well as individual creativity and expression. Goal To celebrate the essential power of the theatre that develops and illuminates our common humanity.

Metropolitan School of Dance

Dance ; Nonprofit

Metropolitan School of Dance, Inc. (MSDI), trains students in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, African, Pointe’, drumming and hip-hop. The ages of individuals training at MSDI are ages 3 to senior adult.The process of training at MSDI opens the mind to creative approaches in thinking and learning. Students who may have difficulty learning in a traditional classroom settings, now learn innovative ways in critical thinking and problem solving. For all participants the exploration of movement through dance inspires academic achievements by expanding possibilities, advancing their abilities in counting, mathematic equation, science, articulation, strengthening vocabulary and problem solving. Our artist are a passionate group of professionals who desire and strive to make a difference. Our organization is culturally diverse and in fact many families contact us because of that well balanced attribute.

Oklahoma City Ballet

Classes / Workshops ; Dance ; Educational ; Nonprofit

Oklahoma City Ballet has been the city’s professional ballet company since 1972, when it was founded by Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov. As the resident dance company of the Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City Ballet currently boasts talented dancers from around the world. The company produces four main-stage productions per season in Oklahoma City, in addition to touring across Oklahoma and surrounding states. In addition to main-stage productions and touring, Oklahoma City Ballet offers classes for youth and adults through The Oklahoma City Ballet Yvonne Chouteau School, as well as multiple outreach programs to provide arts experience and education to students across the state. Oklahoma City Ballet inspires its audience through classical and contemporary dance performances, a strong educational program, and community engagement.

Oklahoma Contemporary

Arts Alliance / Arts Council ; Classes / Workshops ; Dance ; Educational ; Food / Drink ; Gallery ; Kids / Family ; Media ; Nonprofit ; Visual Art

Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center’s stunning new building is located at NW 11th and Broadway and was designed by Rand Elliott Architects to reflect the unique quality of light and sky in the region. This home for exhibitions, education and performance will be free and open to the public and will anchor the organization’s new, central location in downtown Oklahoma City. The new center will dramatically increase Oklahoma Contemporary’s capacity for free, internationally relevant exhibitions and programming and increase art access and education for citizens of Oklahoma, students and visitors alike. Learn more: okcontemp.org.

OU University Theatre

Dance ; Nonprofit ; Theatre

OU University Theatre has more to celebrate than ever in the 2022-2023 season as we welcome you to our performance halls and invite you to discover with us the Stories on our Stage. We are eager to share glorious and intriguing performances of opera, drama, musical theatre, and dance. We encourage you to join us in rediscovering the ever-evolving ways we can be touched by storytelling at its theatrical best. The artistry of our talented cadre of directors, designers, technicians, actors, singers and dancers will touch your heart and spirit with the intensity of their performances.

RACE Dance Collective

Classes / Workshops ; Dance ; Educational ; Nonprofit

RACE Dance Collective is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in the heart of Film Row in OKC. The acronym RACE stands for Radical Application of Creative Energy, which serves as a guiding principle for all of our artistic endeavors. Our Mission is to ignite social awareness and change through dance performance, education, and community engagement. We believe in being deliberate in our artistic choices as a collective as we provide multi-genre performance opportunities, mentoring and training to our community. We strive to cultivate a culture of intrinsic growth, professionalism, and collaboration through dance and movement.

St. Luke's

Classes / Workshops ; Dance ; Educational ; Faith-Based / Religious ; Kids / Family ; Music ; Nonprofit ; Theatre ; Visual Art

St. Luke’s presents events which support, strengthen, challenge and celebrate the creative spirit of the church. Dramas and musicals are produced in the Poteet Theatre. The Arts Education Program offers classes, lessons, workshops and summer arts programs. St. Luke’s also presents concerts throughout the year at both the Downtown and Edmond Campuses.

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