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Swan Lake

19 Apr – 4 May 2024
A Streetcar Named Desire

16 – 19 May 2024
The Nutcracker

6 Dec 2024 – 8 Feb 2025
Dancers in black and one dancer in red facing a brick wall with hands raised to the wall.

The Close

The Close project provides a first time ballet experience for young adults delivered in partnership with The Kibble Care and Education Centre and Gorgie Mills Special School.

This vital education project provides young people with a new and enriching cultural experience.

Through artistic projects inspired by contemporary themes based on Scottish Ballet’s productions, individuals are supported to explore their creativity and develop teamwork skills.

To find out how you can support The Close, contact Antonia Brownlee, Director of Philanthropy, on antonia.brownlee@scottishballet.co.uk.

The Close aims to empower participants by welcoming their creative ideas and building their confidence, communication, self-expression and creative skills, as well as providing a cultural and social education, and enriching new experiences, including attending professional performances, watching rehearsals, and listening to talks from Scottish Ballet dancers.

I love all of it so so good!

The Close participant, March 2023

Person with a fox mask standing on forest floor.
Yellow wrapped sweets hanging on the tree.
Yellow and white wrapped sweets laying on the ground. The ground looks like mulch.
Pair of legs. Looks like a person is hanging off a wall or trying to climb it.
Person in a grey track suit wearing a fox geometric mask.
A tree with leaving starting a new branch.
Dancers in grey tracksuits walking through the forest.
Mask attached to a tree.
Mask attached to a tree.
Mask attached to a tree.
Mask attached to a tree.
Mask attached to a tree.
Mask attached to a tree.
Dancers in black and one in red facing a brick wall with palms on the wall.

The power of the arts; seeing young people achieving – makes our job worthwhile.

The Kibble Care and Education Centre staff member, March 2023

The Close has received funding from; The Gannochy Trust, The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust, The Barcapel Foundation and Hugh Fraser Foundation – a huge thank you to all of our supporters.