The Tulsa Ballet breaks ground on a new satellite dance school. The new facility will be actually located in Broken Arrow. The new center will be at 101st South and 145th East Avenue in Broken Arrow.
The Hardesty Center for Dance Education will be possible as the result of a gift of 13.72 acres from the Hardesty Family Foundation and its founders, Roger and Donna Hardesty. The gift, valued at $4.185 million, is one of the largest gifts ever awarded by the Foundation. The facility has been designed by Selser Schaefer Architects, and the structural and civil engineering has been provided by Kinslow, Keith and Todd.
The 21,000?square?foot facility will house the Ann and Jack Graves Studios. Each studio will feature a professional basket?woven sprung floor with Marley covering, ten?foot mirrors and a state of the art sound system. Administrative office space, separate dressing areas for boys and girls, and a spacious lobby to accommodate waiting parents are all part of the floor plan .