Known to aspiring dancers and ballet enthusiasts worldwide, Saratoga Springs is much more than the home of the National Museum of Dance. The arts have always been nurtured in the Spa City, and in 1964, the world-famous founder of the New York City Ballet, George Balanchine, decided to make the new Saratoga Performing Arts Center his company's summer home. The company has brought some of the world's most famous dancers and choreographers to Saratoga ever since. Skidmore College offered one of the best dance programs in the nation, and several prestigious academies and summer programs have made Saratoga their home, helping young people from Lake Avenue and around the world achieve that illustrious dream of dancing professionally. Skidmore dance professor Denise Warner Limoli narrates this beautiful history, from turn-of-the-century floral fetes" to today's vibrant dance community." Denise Limoli danced with the Hartford Ballet & American Ballet Theatre. She was Ballet Master at Minnesota Dance Theatre and Nevada Ballet Theatre, is Senior Ballet Master for Nutmeg Ballet and teacher for American Ballet Theatre's summer intensive. She joined the dance department at Skidmore College in 1992, is on the Saratoga County Arts Council and National Museum of Dance board of directors.