COMMUNITY
BALLET OPENS DOORS
See a performance. Step inside a rehearsal. Learn alongside our artists. Pointeworks connects communities with ballet—onstage, in the studio and beyond.
WAYS WE OPEN DOORS
Free community tickets through local organizations.
Open rehearsals and conversations with artists.
Free Company Repertory Weeks and student mentorship.
Open classes, creative career experiences and collaborations beyond the theater.
LEARN WITH OUR ARTISTS
Two free 2026 Company Repertory Weeks in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Ballet class, conditioning, company repertoire and career conversations.
Free mentorship: join class, observe rehearsals and explore professional dance.
Together, these programs provided 1,105 participant-hours of free learning in 2026.
Community Ticket Access
Our invitations welcome students, military families, foster and kinship families, caregivers, people with disabilities and neighbors discovering ballet for the first time.
SUPPORTING CREATIVE CAREERS
Free and donation-supported classes help dancers train and connect between company seasons.
Through Options For All, emerging creatives gained rehearsal photography experience and built their portfolios.
INSIDE THE CREATIVE PROCESS
Watch a ballet take shape, meet its creators and ask questions at open rehearsals.
Experience ballet beyond the theater: Movement in Bloom with Ethan Blu Gallery offered a free early showing of Hélène Simoneau’s Where No Storms Come.
Community Connections
COMPOSITIONS brought audiences together through invitations and connections with 23 organizations and groups:
A Bridge for Kids
Aequora Ballet Company at UC San Diego
ArtReach
The Bishop’s School — Dance
Dance Start / Samuel Lawrence Foundation
UC San Diego community groups
Armed Services YMCA Camp Pendleton
Armed Services YMCA San Diego
Foundation for Women Warriors
Challenged Athletes Foundation
Christie’s Place
Hula House / River Tree Recovery
Just in Time for Foster Youth
Let Them Learn
Options For All
Promises2Kids
Ronald McDonald House San Diego
San Diego 20s and 30s
Sister League of San Diego
Sparkles Foundation
The Miraclecatcher Foundation
Voices of Our City Choir
YMCA of San Diego County — Kinship Support Services
CREATING CONNECTIONS
Learning: Steps on Broadway, Westside School of Ballet and Ballet Arte.
Arts and community: San Diego Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Second Act NYC, Ethan Blu Gallery, Vanguard Culture and Julez Bryant.
Shared audiences: promotional collaborations with La Jolla Symphony & Chorus.
From a community partner
“We appreciate Pointeworks’ generosity and its role in helping us provide comfort, support, and meaningful experiences for the families we serve.”
Kaylee Lecasse
Corporate and Community Philanthropy Officer
Ronald McDonald House San Diego
Learning together: Company Repertory Weeks connect students with professional artists and repertoire.
LET’S OPEN DOORS TOGETHER
Interested in a community partnership? We can organize an invited rehearsal for your group, create first ballet experiences, open doors to performances or collaborate in meaningful ways.
Reach out to AvaRose Dillon
adillon@pointeworks.org
