| | Posted by Anne Marie Melendez

Exciting things are happening at Ballet Austin right now that we can hardly contain ourselves! The opening of our new building, the Butler Dance Education Center is just around the corner, in fact our moving day is set for next week.

Here’s an artist rendering of what the new building will look like:

This project has been years in the making and has required the support of the entire Austin community and I think for a lot of us the day seemed like it would never come. Up until our move, Ballet Austin has been housed in an old converted Firehouse, a historic building that we’ve simply outgrown.

Here’s a photo of the women’s dressing room, notice there’s only one stall… the men’s dressing room is smaller and also has only one stall. There’s is only one other restroom in the building… these three restrooms have had to accomodate dancers, staff, academy and parents for years. As you can imagine, there’s always a line.

And the sign that graces each restroom (this is when you know it’s time for new plumbing)

Here’s a photo of the new Ballet Austin sign recently taken by Forrest Preece that you can find in his blog about the progress of our new home.

Some other highlights of our new building from Forrest’s blog:

The Joe R and Teresa Lozano Long Grand Foyer taken from the community board room upstairs

The AdlerLand Studio, I love these viewing windows!

And the Armstrong-Connelly Studio as the floor is being laid out.

Check out Forrest’s blog at Ballet Austin’s website to see more!