The lecture-demonstration is one way that Alamo Arts Ballet Theatre fulfills its mission -- to bring the art form to underserved children and adults who may have never had the opportunity to see ballet. Schools (especially Title 1) or community centers request or are offered a free lecture - demonstration. Lecture-demos have been done for kinder through college-aged students, adults and seniors. Groups have ranged in size from 10 to 500.

The lecture-demonstration consists of two parts: a shortened 14-minute version of a typical 90-minute ballet class, including explanations of the exercises, followed by a performance segment. In the second part, dancers present variations or short solos from some of the great ballets throughout history.

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These include, but are not limited to: 

• Peasant Pas de Deux from “Giselle”

• The Lilac Fairy and Aurora from “The Sleeping Beauty”

• Swanhilda’s variation from “Coppelia”

• The Gypsy variation from “La Esmeralda”

• Original ballets choreographed by AABT artistic staff

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The full presentation is approximately 50 minutes to 1 hour in length.