Passionate Pursuit of Ballet for Talented Santa Barbara Dancer
Family Seeking Community Support to Send Daughter to Elite Dance School
Years of hard work and help from many generous teachers have resulted in Evelyn Mills’s acceptance to the High School Ballet Concentration at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), where she hopes to enter into her junior year of high school from 2023 to 2024. UNCSA is a state school in Winston-Salem, NC, and in order to help make their daughter’s ballet dreams come true, the family is faced with paying out-of-state tuition as well as housing costs. They are fully committed to Evelyn’s education and training and invite anyone who is interested in her story to help. Evelyn’s mother and father (Dena Anderson and Eric Mills) have created a GoFundMe page with more information and information about how to help.
At the age of four and inspired by ballerinas in television shows and movies, Mills started taking dance classes at Santa Barbara Festival Ballet, where she found her passion for ballet. Now at age 16, Mills has been accepted into UNCSA, a competitive program where she will be able to dance alongside high school peers as well as college-level dancers looking for professional careers.
UNCSA has a studio intense environment along with a well-rounded academic program, which is a priority for both Mills and her family.
