VBT_NJ - Key Persons
Artistic Director Suzanne C. Steinbach started The Voorhees Ballet Theatre in 1986 as The Little Theatre Dance Troupe. The company started with eight dancers and eleven board members. They performed throughout the South Jersey area at various banquets and community events, eventually broadening their performing areas to North Jersey and throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area. This young group dazzled audiences in the Invitational Dance Festival hosted by the National Ballet of New Jersey, under the direction of the late, great Lorraine McAdams. As the dancers matured and grew in style and grace, the board decided to mature the naming of the company as well, naming the group the Voorhees Danse Ensemble.