The
Workshop Performance Benefit is
The School of American Ballet’s most
anticipated event of the year. The annual
Workshop Performances are the School’s only
public performances and a rare opportunity
to get a sneak preview of the ballet world’s
up and coming young stars. An
all-Balanchine program in celebration of the
School's 75th anniversary year will feature
Serenade,
the first ballet George Balanchine
choreographed in America using students from SAB in
1934.
Serenade, also celebrating its
75th anniversary, endures as a classic work
that is performed today by ballet companies
around the world.
A benefit dinner follows the Monday evening
performance, and attracts more than 550 arts
patrons, corporate VIPs and
New York’s social
elite for a seated dinner and dancing in the
SAB studios, which are transformed into
elegant dining rooms for the evening.
Proceeds from the
Workshop
Performance Benefit support all
aspects of the students’ training, including
an extensive $1.3 million scholarship
program ensuring that all children who are
accepted to the School – including those
from disadvantaged backgrounds – are able to
attend.
Workshop Performance Benefit Overview
Date:
Monday, June 1, 2009
Time: 7
pm performance, 9:30 pm dinner and dancing
Location: Peter
Jay Sharp Theater at Lincoln Center
The
School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center
Honorary Chairman: Howard
Solomon
Chairmen:
Stuart Coleman, Amy Mazzola Flynn and
Carolyn Wright-Lewis & Edward Lewis
Tables:
$25,000; $15,000 and $10,000 (Tables of ten)
Tickets:
$2,500; $1,500; $1,000 and $750
Young Patron’s: $300
THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET is
the preeminent academy for classical dance
in the
United States.
Faculty, students and alumni all share an
ethos of rigor, passion and professionalism.
The School is shaped by the artistic
principles of founder George Balanchine, who
developed a uniquely American way of dancing
emphasizing speed, musicality and
expansiveness. Led by Artistic Director
Peter Martins, SAB is the official school of New York City Ballet. In addition, no
other American school has placed as many
students with professional companies
domestically and abroad.