Organizations Filed Purposes:
BALLET TECH FOUNDATION INC. HAS AS ITS PURPOSE THE FURTHERANCE AND EVOLUTION OF CLASSICAL DANCE, AND WITH THAT, THE INVESTIGATION OF CHOREOGRAPHY AND DANCING AIMED TOWARDS CREATING A RICHER AND EVOLVING AMERICAN BALLET MODE. COMPLEMENTING THIS, BALLET TECH IS COMMITTED TO INTRODUCING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN TO THE BEAUTY AND RIGOR OF CLASSICAL DANCE AND PROVIDING THOSE MOST TALENTED WITH THE DANCE TRAINING NECESSARY TO FULFILL THEIR NATURAL GIFTS, TUITION-FREE. BALLET TECH PLEDGES ITSELF TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS OF CLASSICAL DANCERS, WHOSE DIVERSITY REFLECTS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
BALLET TECH FOUNDATION, INC. OPERATES A TUITION-FREE SCHOOL AND STAGES THE BALLETS OF CHOREOGRAPHER ELIOT FELD. THE SCHOOL IDENTIFIES TALENTED CHILDREN IN THE NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND PROVIDES THEM WITH TUITION-FREE PROFESSIONAL BALLET TRAINING. MR. FELD'S BALLETS ARE PERFORMED BY KIDS DANCE, BALLET TECH'S STUDENT TROUPE.
BALLET TECH FOUNDATION, INC. SUPPORTS THE CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF NEW BALLETS BY CHOREOGRAPHER ELIOT FELD, AND OPERATES THE BALLET TECH SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL IDENTIFIES TALENTED CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND PROVIDES THOSE MOST TALENTED WITH TUITION-FREE PROFESSIONAL BALLET TRAINING. DURING THE YEAR ENDED 6/30/20, THE SCHOOL AUDITIONED 10,448 STUDENTS, WORKED WITH 102 COOPERATING PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY, AND SELECTED A TOTAL OF 384 STUDENTS. 525 BEGINNERS TOOK INTRODUCTORY BALLET CLASSES FOR UP TO 11 WEEKS. 142 STUDENTS IN GRADES 4 THROUGH 8 ATTENDED AN ON-SITE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM CREATED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A CHALLENGING ACADEMIC CURRICULUM ALONGSIDE THEIR INTENSIVE DANCE PROGRAM. THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM - WHICH TAKES PLACE AT 890 BROADWAY - IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. ANOTHER 21 STUDENTS ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT THE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (PPAS) AND RETURNED TO BALLET TECH IN THE AFTERNOONS FOR DANCE CLASSES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Eliot Feld | PRESIDENT | 40 | $183,248 |
| Maggie Christ | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS | 40 | $152,758 |
| Patrice Hemsworth | DIRECTOR OF FACULTY | 40 | $102,778 |
| Joe Gregori | SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $101,395 |
| Ashley Tuttle | DIRECTOR OF FACULTY | 40 | $100,527 |
| Elizabeth A Sciabarra | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Patricia Tuthill Pazner | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Rachel Moreno | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Mimi Lien | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Bill Heinzen | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Jilian Cahan Gersten | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Laurel Durst | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Philip Aarons | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Karen Levinson | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Carol Zerbe Hurford | VICE PRESIDENT | 3 | $0 |
| Jenny Gersten | TREASURER | 3 | $0 |
| Patricia Crown | CHAIRPERSON | 5 | $0 |
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