Meet the 2022 BGDB Tiny Dancer Scholarship Winners
We are proud to announce that as of this year, The Tutu School has become the official sponsor of Brown Girls Do Ballet’s Tiny Dancer Scholarship! This new scholarship provides full-year ballet tuition to very young dancers to help spark or fuel their dance dreams.
Keep reading to meet 2022’s Tiny Dancer Scholarship winners, Gianna S. and Rebekah B.!
Gianna S.
Photo: Gianna S.; shot by Katie Wilcox
Age: 7
Location: Dallas, TX
Dance Background: Ballet, Lyrical, Jazz, Tap
Dance Goal: Gianna wants to dance en pointe and to be the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker one day!
Favorite Quote: "Failure to plan is planning to fail." -Benjamin Franklin
Rebekah B.
Photo: Rebekah B.; shot by Antoinette Burns, Leaping Portraits Photography
Age: 9
Location: Dayton, TX
Dance Background: Ballet
Dance Goal: Rebekah wants to become a traveling ballerina and teacher!
Favorite Quote: "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." -Philippians 4:13
At Brown Girls Do Ballet, everything we do is inspired by the desire to support dancers of color by providing resources, opportunities, and a loving community to help them thrive. Our partnership with The Tutu School is just one of our many initiatives. Explore our website to learn more about us!
The Tutu School was founded by Genevieve Custer Weeks, who “envisioned a quaint boutique of a ballet school that would provide a creative dance education experience for children, and a place where students would be urged to fully exercise their imaginations as well as their bodies.”
“At Tutu School, we believe that early exposure to movement and music can play a foundational role in the life of a child, and that all children deserve access to that kind of life-changing magic. We’re honored BGDB has chosen to partner with us, and we promise we’re just getting started.”
Learn more about The Tutu School here.