LAD Youth Ballet Company
Founded in 2023, the LAD Youth Ballet company was created to give students an opportunity to explore the world of classical ballet. Each year, a dedicated group of students is chosen to perform storybook ballets for community events, march in parades, learn historical dances for the Shakespearian Festival and compete classical ballet dances.
Our Director
Sara Radka
Sara Radka attended Lusher Charter Highschool’s Certificate of Artistry in Dance Program where she trained in both modern and ballet. Ms Sara began her pre-professional ballet training at Live Oak Dance. She attended prestigious summer programs at American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Ballet Chicago, and Kansas City Ballet. In 2018, she was invited to attend the Kansas City Ballet’s Daytime Pre-Professional Training Program under the direction of Grace Holmes and Rachel Nye. At Kansas City Ballet she intensely studied not only the art of ballet but also, jazz, contemporary, character, and modern. Ms Sara graduated from the Kansas City Ballet’s School and joined the Marigny Opera Ballet as an Apprentice. Later that year she was promoted to Company Dancer. Ms. Sara is an ABT Certified Teacher, who successfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 5 of the ABT National Training Curriculum. She is also a certified Progressing Ballet Technique teacher. Ms Sara is also the proud owner of R6 Dancewear, a company that specializes in making custom costumes for dance and theatre productions.