Anderson Young Ballet Theatre, Inc.

Anderson Young Ballet Theatre is pre-professional dance company under the artistic direction of Jennifer Thiemet. Founded in 1974 by Lou Ann Young, AYBT has utilized Anderson’s dancing youth to produce such full length ballets as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Romeo & Juliet, Cinderella, Giselle, Red Shoes, Swan Lake, Alice in Wonderland, Little Mermaid, and several ballet excerpts. AY

BT is also one of the forerunners in dance for modern and musical theater. Each season, in addition to the Nutcracker, AYBT performs two additional full-length productions at the beautiful Anderson Paramount Theater. Our dancers are trained first in the Cecchetti Syllabus and then Vaganova forms of ballet. AYBT dancers have won such awards as Butler University's Margaret Sear Rosenblith Award, Arts & Letters & the Carey Rose Winski Memorial Scholarship. They have been accepted to the National Ballet School, School of American Ballet, Interlochen Arts Academy, and The Joffrey Ballet School. Professionally, our dancers have danced with Indianapolis Ballet Theater, Nashville Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Lexington Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Walt Disney Productions, Dance Kaleidoscope, Kings Productions, and Beef & Boards. AYBT, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose Board of Directors are dedicated to bringing the arts and education to the youth and population of Indiana.