Our Founder

My name is Belle Viciedo, I am High School student at St Andrews School and have been enrolled in Creative Heart Dance Studio for the last 12 years in Boca Raton, Florida. For as long as I can remember, I have had one great passion, and that has been dance.

After more than a decade of experience with a dance studio and a competitive dance team, I asked my parents, friends and instructors what happens to our incredible costumes that we wear for only a few minutes for the recitals and competitions after our performances. And everyone seemed to answer the same, “we must get rid of them” or “throw them out.” This bothered me, because I found this so wasteful, especially when I knew there were dancers that did not have the means to wear these costumes for their performances. In that moment I thought, wouldn’t it be great if someone organized getting these gently worn costumes to other youths that really needed them but may not be able to afford them? That’s how “Belle of the Ball” got started. I wanted every dancer to feel like the “Belle of the Ball” when they put on a beautiful costume for their recitals and performances.