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1) Paradosi Ballet Company • Worship & Christian Evangelism through Dance

Paradosi Christian Ballet Company is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit faith-based religious organization. Paradosi is a touring Christian ballet company that utilizes dance for leading worship and Christian evangelism.  Paradosi was founded in 2007 as one of the first professional Christian ballet companies in the US and is the first to be located in the Pacific Northwest. As with other Christian Dance Companies, our goal is to share the love of Jesus through the gifts that God has given us in dance and through our personal witness.  Paradosi tours throughout the United States and internationally leading worship at churches, schools, universities, conferences, fairs, festivals, retirement communities, shelters, and at other venues.  

In addition to sharing at outreach and worship events, Paradosi also teaches dance workshops and master classes at Christian dance studios and universities throughout the United States helping dancers to grow as artists and in their relationship with God  

Each year the ministry hosts an annual Christian Summer Dance Intensive in Tacoma, Washington that draws dancers from around the world who want to continue growing as ballet dancers and in their faith.  Classes are taught in our Christian summer ballet intensive by Paradosi Christian Ballet Company's Artistic Director, current and former company dancers, and dancers from other Christian dance company's during this fun intense week of ballet training and discipleship!

2) Ballet Trainee Program • Christian Ballet Ministry Apprentice Program

Since 2011 Paradosi has operated a fully immersive ballet ministry discipleship program.  The 2-year vocational Christian ballet trainee program is for dancers who want to continue growing as artists while being equipped to use dance in ministry.  

Paradosi's Christian ballet trainee programs are designed to equip Apprentice dancers with advanced ballet and ministry training taught by the ministries Directors, faculty, and through our partnership with Western Seminary.  The knowledge and skills that dancers learn are put into practice as they participate in outreach events and performances throughout their time with the ministry along side the company. 

Dancers in the apprentice program are also equipped to teach dance classes in a Christ-centered environment through our assistant dance teacher trainee program with our dance school, Surrendered School of Dance.

Dancers who complete the ballet apprenticeship program are equipped to serve in full-time ministry with Paradosi as a Senior Apprentice, Company Artist, teach ballet, serve with other Christian ballet companies and Christian dance companies, and to serve in other areas of Christian ministry. 

Paradosi Christian ballet auditions are held each spring at our studio in Tacoma, Washington for the our unique Christian dance trainee program.

3) Christian Ballet School • Surrendered School of Dance

In 2009 we saw a need for God honoring dance education in the Pacific Northwest and as such we launched our dance school, Surrendered School of Dance. The Christian dance school is an integral part of fulfilling the mission of our organization helping us to reach the next generation for Jesus through the arts. 

Our vision for our Christian ballet studio is to provide quality dance instruction for every student while encouraging love, kindness, and joy in the world as a catalyst for positive change, developing a deeper appreciation for dance, while encouraging worship, movements, and motivations that glorify our Creator.  When we teach students how to dance, it is to teach them to not only grow in the arts but to see how they can use their dancing to worship God. 

While we are a religious organization, the school is open to all in the community regardless of their beliefs.  We do not hide our faith and express it freely through prayer, the reading of Bible scriptures, and worshipping God through dance. 

Surrendered School of Dance, teaches in Tacoma, Gig Harbor, and Orting in Washington.  As a Christian dance school, our primary focus is on teaching Ballet but it does offer contemporary ballet classes, pointe, Progressing Ballet Technique PBT, and other dance classes throughout the year.  Our Christian dance studio offers classes for students from the age of 3 through adult.   While Paradosi is a faith-based organization, SSD is open to all in the community regardless of their beliefs.