Husband and wife, Vilma Machin and Guillermo Leyva share a passion for dance and a desire to see it honor both its history and its potential. They have put together a group of people with similar goals who want to start a dance performance company that will inspire and educate both the dancers and the audience. Using the Spanish term for “soul, spirit, and heart," they have formed the Alma Dance Theater, NFP (the “organization”) to express the soul of ballet by presenting classical ballet danced to non-traditional music, such as Latin, blues, gospel, and jazz, in addition to classical. The Alma Dance Theater will seek to (1) broaden the public and community interest in classically danced ballet, (2) create unique dance pieces with the highest standards, and (3) allow the organization to create an outreach program to educate and inspire people of all ages to both experience and appreciate the beauty of true classical ballet.