Ballet Etudes was created by Sharon Seder Meko in 1986 tofulfill the artistic needs of serious young dancers whodesire performing opportunities of the highest caliber.Company members, ages 9 - 18, are selected through openauditions by a panel of adjudicators each August, and ifselected, the dancers strive to meet the same high artisticstandards of a professional company in their dancetraining, rehearsals and performances.
The performance schedule of Ballet Etudes includes itspopular production of The Nutcracker and springperformance which has included the full-length productionsof Peter Pan and Cinderella. Additionally,the company has performed with the Phoenix SymphonyOrchestra for their Christmas POPS, Spring POPS, and NewYear’s Eve Gala performances, the Phoenix Boys Choir, ThePhoenix Girls Choir, the Arizona Renaissance Festival andthe Metropolitan Youth Symphony. In addition to itsregular performing schedule, Ballet Etudes strives to bringdance to the Phoenix community through itslecture/demonstration series in Valley schools.
