The New American Youth Ballet, which has been performing and offering ballet classes in Lower Manhattan for 15 years under the direction of Elizabeth Flores will be presenting the Nutcracker Holiday Show at the Barnes & Noble Tribeca location at 97 Warren St, on Saturday December 10th at 4pm.
Founder Elizabeth Flores recalled that “We began as volunteers trying to bring some happiness to the children of the neighborhood, after 9/11” and have grown to include students from all five boroughs.
In addition to their annual performance at the Battery Park City Block Party each fall, the group has also presented at Carnegie Hall, Fordham University, the Tribeca Film Festival, BMCC and Stuyvesant High School.
New American Youth Ballet has been rated #1 Dance Conservatory in USA by Dance Teacher Magazine. They will be part of a book fair at Barnes & Nobles and if you use the voucher code seen above on any day between December 8 and 17, a percentage of the net sale will benefit the New American Youth Ballet.