“Beyond the Ballet Barre (BTBB) creates and empowers communities of ballet artists – teachers, students, administrators and institutions by curating opportunities for growth, education and exposure. Our goal is to advance the evolution, relevance, and sustainability of ballet for all.
BTBB ensures inclusion of all communities and selects like-minded partners willing to cooperate in work that challenges and transforms limiting aspects of the historical ballet paradigm.”
— Lauri J. Fitz-Pegado
Lauri Fitz-Pegado ・
Sandra Fortune-Green ・
Kahina Haynes ・
Adrian Vincent James ・
Tammy Hurt ・
Royce Zackery ・
Laveen Naidu ・
Dot Walker ・
Lauri Fitz-Pegado ・ Sandra Fortune-Green ・ Kahina Haynes ・ Adrian Vincent James ・ Tammy Hurt ・ Royce Zackery ・ Laveen Naidu ・ Dot Walker ・
Beyond the Ballet Barre Inc, (previously The Collective) was incorporated in 2023. Co-founded by Lauri Fitz-Pegado and Sandra Fortune-Green, BTBB’s core group comprises of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) ballet instructors and managers of dance institutions dedicated to transforming ballet to be inclusive of all.
Why Beyond the Ballet Barre
BTBB’s officers and advisory board have decades of dance experience navigating and excelling in a world historically challenged by issues of access to opportunity, equity, and inclusion of underrepresented artists, managers, and administrators.
Officers & Advisory Board teach at the following schools:
Jones-Haywood Dance School ・
Dance Institute of Washington ・
The Washington Ballet ・
The St. James ・
Howard University ・
St Mark's Dance Studio ・
Divine Dance Institute・
Jones-Haywood Dance School ・ Dance Institute of Washington ・ The Washington Ballet ・ The St. James ・ Howard University ・ St Mark's Dance Studio ・ Divine Dance Institute・