The predominantly Mexican-American Northside and the African-American Eastside low-income neighborhoods of Fort Worth are home to two of the city's flourishing and culturally rich arts programs. The Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County's multidisciplinary Ballet Folklorico Azteca and Jubilee Theatre are 2 of 14 hands-on Neighborhood Arts programs occurring daily around the city to "maintain a two-way street between the Anglo mainstream arts institutions and neighborhood arts institutions, schools and audiences," according to President Kenneth Kahn. Ballet Folklorico Azteca stages Mexican folk dance performances based on weekly year-round classes. Jubilee Theatre participants, meeting once a week after school, create original musicals and adaptations of classics. Other dance classes and the Mondo Drum Ensemble also are offered. Class and performance spaces are shared with other arts groups, making the space a community focal point. "The programs instill a sense of self-worth that comes with recognition from the community," says Kahn. "We have a high level of retention and repeat enrollment. There's a demand for expansion into other neighborhoods."