Place to see: BalletMet Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, United States

About this place:

"Ballet Metropolitan was founded in September of 1974 by a group of dancers' parents interested in providing training and performance opportunities for talented area dancers. A student company comprised of 26 10-to-13-year-olds and 25 students over the age of 14 presented two performances of The Nutcracker at the Ohio Theatre in December 1974 to about 4,000 people. Numerous appearances in schools and shopping centers helped bring audiences to the theater. Following The Nutcracker, Ballet Metropolitan continued the well-received appearances in area schools, for a total of about 10 lecture demonstrations the first season. The budget for this first season was $11,000.

GUEST ARTISTS: Susan McKee and Eric McCullough of the Harkness Ballet. Susan McKee was a Columbus native who had appeared with the Columbus Civic Ballet. Other guest artists were Patrick Bissel (then a student at North Carolina School of the Arts) and Joseph Duell (then a student at School of American Ballet)."