Since she was a little girl, Meredith Mast has found bliss in the lore and traditions of ballet.
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Mast focuses on teaching 3- to 9-year-olds classical ballet fundamentals and technique, with the added bonus of combining new stories, costumes and choreography.
"I always consider ballet a visual form of music, so you’re really making music come to life," says Storybook Ballet founder Meredith Mast.
"I always consider ballet a visual form of music, so you’re really making music come to life," says Storybook Ballet founder Meredith Mast.
Photos: Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival
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Members of DanzTrad, including Yuriza Leonperalta, at right, perform traditional Mexican dance. Isthmus Dance Collective, the nonprofit that organized the festival, hopes to make Shifting Gears an annual tradition.
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Melanie Joyce, with Swing State Aerial, performs with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival at Olin Park.
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Members of Breckenridge School of Highland Dance, including Beatrice Berson, 10, left, and Annette Tansey, 9, perform at McPike Park. The festival included performances in Wirth Court Park, McPike Park and Olin Vantage Park.
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Members of Trinity Irish Dance perform during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival at McPike Park in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Eugenia Highland Granados, left, with her daughter, Naydalyna Highland Marino, 7, watches a performance by Swing State Aerial during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival at Olin Park in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Members of the group Kalaanjali, from left, Saanvi Kondoju, 12, Yogitha Rajkumar, 14, and Dhrithi Putti, 12, perform classical Indian dance during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival at McPike Park in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Members of the group M.A.T.H., including Guisella Medrano Tristan and her sister-in-law, Natalia Hildner Armacanqui, at left, perform during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival at Wirth Court Park in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Cyclists stop to watch performances at McPike Park during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Members of Madison Ballet perform a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," from left, Juan Carlos Diaz Velez as Lysander, Kristen Hammer as Hermia and Jacob Ashley as Demetrius, during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival at Wirth Court Park in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Members of the group Red Herrings perform during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival at Wirth Court Park in Madison, Wis., Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
