Become a Donor
Your love of dance and your community have brought you here. Engage more deeply with both by becoming a donor. Your gift allows us to:
- Produce high quality work, including world premieres
- Support local production artists and dancers
- Share the joy of dance with the Greater Austin community, even if community members lack the financial capacity to join us otherwise
- Provide in-school dance and dance-based instruction.
Plus, as a donor, you will receive exclusive benefits designed to enhance your experience.
YOUR GIFT AT WORK
Ticket sales cover only a portion of the production and program costs each season. Your gift allows us to share the joy of dance with our community, including many who may lack the financial capacity to join us otherwise.
Watch the videos below and hear from the individuals who benefit from your generosity!
Getting to the Stage
Ticket sales cover only a portion of the cost to bring a production to the stage. Your gift makes the difference.
School Shows
Over 16,000 elementary students join us for school performances of The Nutcracker and other productions at a minimal cost per child.
Night of Community
We extend 6,000 complimentary performance tickets to clients of local social service nonprofit organizations.
Scholarships
Our scholarship program provides over $400,000 in need and merit-based aid to Academy students and brings classical ballet training into a Title I school.
In-School Programs
In-school programs bring kinesthetic learning tools through dance and classical ballet training to over 500 low-income elementary students in Central Texas.
Pink Pilates
Ballet Austin’s Pink Pilates is free a post-operative exercise and rehabilitative program helping more almost 200 women recovering from breast cancer each year.