A Time to Give: An afternoon at the Ballet
“The ballet was really stunning and a new experience. I really enjoyed Romeo and Juliet – that was my favorite part. We also loved the pizza at Cafe Fiorelli and meeting Charlotte. “
- Emanual, Matrobi, Yasaairy and Lavona
after the New York City Ballet
Setting the stage….
Back in April of last year, Charlotte got to meet Ms. Emery’s Eighth Grade Class in East New York, Brooklyn, through Teach for America. As teacher for the day, her topic was “The Future Authors of America: I wrote a book – you can, too.” Each student was given a journal to jump start their writing process!
Charlotte kept in touch with Ms. Emery and learned that she started an after school ballet class – and the response from the students was overwhelming! Far more students showed up than Ms. Emery had expected.
As patrons of the New York City Ballet, Charlotte and her husband Barry wanted to host the students for a matinee performance, complete with pizza lunch after the show. The class seemed to really enjoy the performance -all but one of the students had never seen a ballet before today. Charlotte loved being able to bring that opportunity to the students – and with one of the best ballet companies in the world, no less. And what a meaningful experience, getting to see the benefit of that contribution – and the resulting smiles & shrieks!
The musical conductor of the ballet, Fayçal Karoui, joined us for lunch…we caught him red-handed during dessert!
After the performance...and everyone had worked up an appetite!
