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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've gotten a bunch of instagram ads for ballet yesterday and today, and one mentioned "tickets as low as $29" so obviously it IS having a positive effect.[/quote]

Chalamet has brought more attention to ballet and opera than they've had in years. They should be grateful.

Wish some rich people/foundations/organizations would now make a huge push and give out free tickets en masse to schools, etc., to get people by the truckload to see what they've been missing.[/quote]

Instead of yet another zoo field trip why aren't the schools taking kids to these performances?[/quote]

One reason is that schools, pushed by parents, focus less on the arts in general. There has been a push to focus on STEM. A lot of parents would say "what's the point" about a ballet company coming and doing a short performance for the kids, but they'll be thrilled at a science demonstration even if it's hack-y and not particularly informative. Parents don't want their kids going into the arts.[/quote]

I don't see how the goal of watching a performance is to push kids to go into the arts. Band programs take kids to see orchestras and musicals frequently. Almost none of these kids will pursue music in college, but it is not a waste to appreciate a show and gain an appreciation for the arts generally. [/quote]

I agree with you and want more arts in schools. But this is what I've seen over the last decade or so in working with PTAs and admin and planning programming for schools. the most vocal push is for more STEM, and a surprising number of people just view the arts as a waste of time. I'm an advocate for arts programming so I argue against it, but plenty of people don't want to see it.[/quote]

So that what all these arts people on boards/foundations/organizations should be doing. They should be showing people why art is just as if not more important than STEM. They should be regularly lobbying to get arts funding in schools, free tickets and transportation to shows to youth, etc.

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