Tyde-Courtney Edwards, founding director of Ballet After Dark, is a classically trained black ballerina, art model, and survivor of sexual assault who is on a mission to help others heal from their trauma through the art of ballet.

And she has trained with esteemed companies such as the  Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Peabody Conservatory, Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey and other institutions while receiving training from local dance pioneerssuch as Anton Wilson and Stephanie Powell.

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With myriad dance experience, Edwards was inspired to create trauma-informed ballet classes after overcoming an adverse experience of her own.

Ballet After Dark is an organization that provides holistic dance therapy to trauma survivors and other disenfranchised individuals.

Survivors can expect to develop ballet fundamentals such as technique and terminology while being encouraged to heal in an empowering, trauma-informed environment.