Hands and Hearts For Performing Arts, Inc.
Hands & Hearts for Performing Arts, Inc. was founded in 2017 by Bambi Braden Philips and Charlie Stoops with the mission to provide children and youth, who are passionate about the performing arts, the opportunity to train with professionals and to participate in performing arts productions.
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Bambi Braden Philips
Founder
BAMBI
Bambi began her formal training at Dorothy Warren Willard School Of Dancing at the age of 6. She studied Ballet, Tap and Acrobatics and later Jazz, Pointe, Adagio and Pas de Deux. Bambi attended Florida State University and received her Dance Certification in Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Acrobatics from Dance Masters of America, Inc.
In 1978, Bambi established the ‘Bambi Philips School of Dance,’ which operated under her direction for 15 years. She choreographed for The City Youth Ballet and was a Founding Director of the (Jacksonville) Community Nutcracker, Inc. in 1992, which is still performing today. Her students have performed on Broadway and in Las Vegas, toured internationally, as well as becoming successful teachers and choreographers themselves.
In 2014, Bambi choreographed, directed and staged the full length Nutcracker Ballet which benefitted Positive Bounds, Inc. of North Port. Through her Hands & Hearts for Performing Arts organization, she staged a production of the Nutcracker Ballet in December 2017.
Sadly, Bambi passed away in February of 2024, but her love of dance, and her passion for sharing dance with the youth of her community, carries on through Hands & Hearts for Performing Arts.
Board of Directors
Charlie Stoops
Jonathan Philips
Niki Philips
Holly Deckerhoff
Samantha Stokes
Hands & Hearts for the Performing Arts, is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN 82-0614251
Hands & Hearts for the Performing Arts, Inc.
111 Altamahaw Avenue
Black Mountain, NC 28711