Donate to Ballet Spartanburg
Ballet Spartanburg’s mission is to promote dance and dance appreciation in Spartanburg County and surrounding areas by providing the highest quality dance training, education, performance and outreach. As a member in 2019-2020, you contributed to all programming in the Spartanburg community and the Upstate. Every donation matters. Every dime is important. You make the difference in our community.
We are always happy to visit you, your corporation or business, family, etc, to tell you how exciting our programming is and how you can get involved or possibly give you a tour of our facility, or maybe to observe a dance class for you or your special dancer. We are here for you. Please contact us by calling 864-583-0339 or email Though@spartanarts.org to set up an appointment.
Your Valued Dollars Make a Difference in Your Community.
In 2019-2020, we invested your dollars to impact lives and communities through dance.outreach. Join us today as a donor and support our Growing efforts for the next 50 years.
In 2019-2020, 26,310 students were able to see the highest of quality of ballet performances in Spartanburg: 9,546 of those were reached through Muse Machine on site programs for Spartanburg County Schools, 10,578 received outreach dance education through in and after school dance classes and 6,186 dancers, ages 2-72, attended classes, rehearsals and performances at Chapman Cultural Center, Twichell Auditorium, and Ballet Spartanburg Studios.- 1,500 4k-4th grade students attended a free performance of Peter and the Wolf sponsored by Phifer Johnson Foundation.
- 3,200 audience members attended The Nutcracker visiting from 13 states and 72 cities.
- 5,372 attended our productions in 2019-2020.
- The Company, the only resident professional company in the Upstate and one of only four in South Carolina, is now entering its 6th season.
- Collaborations with SPO, Girl Scouts of the Carolinas - Mountains to Midlands, SAM, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Upstate, City of Spartanburg, Parkinson’s Association, Spartanburg School Districts 1, 6 and 7, Spartanburg County Libraries, International Festival, and The SC School for the Deaf and Blind
- Through our Parkinson’s Dance and Movement outreach program, 200 individuals have received free classes at Ballet Spartanburg in the last 12 years
- Project D.A.N.C.E (Diversity supports Accepting and Nurturing Community Equality), is in its fifth year increasing diversity and inclusiveness in our dance training at the Center for Dance Education.
- A College Dance Class Collaboration was created to engage Spartanburg colleges to take dance lessons and attend performances for a more friendly cost per ticket.
Education. Outreach. Performance.
The joyful picture above of children from Sidewalk Hope, an inner city ministry in Spartanburg, captures the essence and innocence of joy, hope, and the connections that are created when we dance. Sidewalk Hope participated in the 2018 So You Think You Can Dance, Spartanburg! community event, a fundraiser in partnership with 10 local organizations. The picture above reflects opportunity, joy, happiness, dance and above all, who we are as an organization: education, outreach and performance.
This year is Ballet Spartanburg's 55th season in your community. Throughout this pandemic, we have remained committed to offering to our community the services of our mission, education, outreach and performance, to the best of our ability in keeping with the guidelines of the CDC and DHEC. We have all seen a dramatic change in our world, how we live, and how we are able to experience the arts. We are resilient and prepared to face a tough and challenging season. Your support is needed now more than ever.
Our community's words of encouragement, notes, letters, emails, donations and gifts continue to inspire us each day. Contributions allow us to continue creating new choreography, engage in new outreach programs such as our new partnership with the Leap of Dance Academy in Nigeria, Africa, and our commitment to offering the highest quality dance education in our Center for Dance Education.
We look forward to 2021 when our dancers can return safely to the stage and share the beauty of dance. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and please, stay connected. Stay safe and take care of others.
With immense gratitude-Ballet Spartanburg