Sponsorships and Support for Ballet Spartanburg
2019/2020 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
BALLET Season ♦ Special Events ♦ Community ♦ Educational Programs
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SPONSOR THE SEASON OR PRODUCTION
Date: 2019/2020
Location: Chapman Cultural Center/Twichell Auditorium
Sponsoring the season or a production supports continued presence of high quality live professional ballet productions for Spartanburg and beyond. Our productions impact over 10,000 children and adults annually. Sponsorships are critical to support increasing costs of the resident professional Company, sets, costumes, national/ international choreographers, guest artists, and production costs.
LAND OF SWEETS, A NUTCRACKER PARTY
Date: November 24, 2019
Location: Chapman Cultural Center
Ballet Spartanburg’s annual kick off to The Nutcracker season is an afternoon of 200 children with parents eating sweets, creating Nutcracker crafts, face-painting, storytelling by Clara and watching beautiful dancers from The Nutcracker. Fun for adults as well, sponsors often gift tickets/tables to allow Childrens Cancer Partners of the Carolina’s children/ Hope Center families to attend the event.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, SPARTANBURG!
Date: February 28, 2020
Location: Chapman Cultural Center
Our bi-annual community dance event is the hottest community dance ticket for the year. Ten local, community non-profit organizations or community groups dance off on the Chapman Cultural Center stage. Groups from the Charles Lea Center, Parkinson’s Dance, SC School for the Deaf and the Blind, City of Spartanburg Police, Spartanburg School Districts’ musical theatre students, The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Upstate, Sidewalk Hope and Hope Foundation (Autistic students) dance to raise awareness and funds for their organization. Impacting and supporting organizations in a fun, healthy, educational environment, reaching 548 students/adults/families of all ages and challenges. Raising $48,000 last year, this is the dance event of the year for Spartanburg.
COMMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Date: 2019/2020
Location: Ballet Spartanburg Studios
Our community outreach has been embedded in this community for over 28 years. The Parkinson’s Dance Class meets weekly with 14-20 individuals engaged in movement and dance. Mindful Movement Class for early Alzheimer’s meets twice a month with the last week of the month devoted to the Charles Lea Center adults. Project D.A.N.C.E. provides scholarships to students of color and diverse ethnic backgrounds who desire the opportunity to take weekly lessons in the studio. African Dance, a community dance class, meets weekly with diverse community participants, ages 2-72. These outreach programs impact over 200 individuals annually.
EDUCATIONAL ARTS OUTREACH PROGAMS
Date: October –April 2020
Our educational arts outreach programs, impacting 17,000 annually, seeks to educate and engage all students to professional dance. Examples are programs for Title One Schools, partnerships with The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Upstate, Spartanburg School Districts and the City of Spartanburg. The sensory sensitive program is in its sixth year. This program exposes multi-sensory challenged students to the beauty of The Nutcracker. Accommodations are made for up to 1,000 challenged students of all ages, their teachers, assistants and caregivers. This gift of professional ballet is the most cherished annual field trip for these precious students.
Carlos Agudelo, 2023 SC Governor's Award for an Individual
Ballet Spartanburg's Artistic Director, Carlos Agudelo, was awarded the South Carolina Governor's Award from the South Carolina Arts Commission on May 23, 2023, at the Chapman Cultural Center. The award was presented by Mr. David Platt, Executive Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission. "We recognize the unparalleled energy, enthusiasm, devotion and love for dance that Carlos has gifted to our community out of his passion for all to experience the arts for the past 32 years. We are overjoyed that Carlos has been recognized by the South Carolina Arts Commission, " Teresa S. Berline, Executive Director. "The South Carolina Arts Commission is an extraordinary organization in our state which promotes and advocates opportunities in the arts which values equality, access, diversity and inclusion. Ballet Spartanburg is honored by the support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the recognition of Carlos Agudelo."