About

established in 2013

Since 2013, Arts En Avant has supported varied artistic and health community organizations. These organizations include the ALS Association, The Dream Factory, Moving Arts (formerly Kansas City Dance Festival), the Kansas City Jazz Dance Intensive, and the Tristian Griffin Dance Company.

Arts En Avant will continue to bring vital energy of the performing arts to diverse groups throughout the greater Kansas City area.

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mission

Arts En Avant supports artistic diversity to benefit a multitude of causes in the local artistic community; promoting and advancing artistic collaborative processes; introducing and educating new audiences to wellness through the arts.

Arts En Avant?

In French ballet vocabulary, ‘en avant’ refers to the execution of a step in a forward motion or to the front. Arts En Avant uses art to move forward.  

Individuals move forward with the arts. Our community moves forward with the arts.