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Play a pivotal role in the success of each ballet season, and come closer to the dance you’ve helped stage.

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With your sustaining support to our Annual Fund, you stand with us in our mission to:

Inspire Audiences: Whether it moves audiences to tears or elation, we believe in ballet’s power to speak to the human spirit. Our supporters make it possible for us to showcase ballet’s best and brightest right here in Pittsburgh.

Position Students for Success: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School scholarship programs keep the dream of dancing within reach for all aspiring students. We teach ballet, and ballet teaches invaluable life skills.

Enrich our City: The arts enliven our lives – and our community. With more than 50,000 tickets sold annually, PBT is proud to be part of the cultural fabric of one of America’s most livable cities.

Move More People in Our Community: From STEAM curriculum to adaptive dance for people with special needs, PBT education programs bring ballet into schools and neighborhoods to help people of all ages reap the mind-body benefits of dance.


Donor Benefits

With your sustaining support of PBT, you can enjoy exclusive access to signature benefits including:

APPRENTICE | $100-$249 or $9/month

  • Recognition in all performance programs that season
  • Autographed souvenir program*
  • 50% off one Community Division 10-class card

CORPS DE BALLET | $250-$499 or $21/month

  • Invitations to theater rehearsals
  • Invitations to special events
  • Exclusive merchandise offers
  • All benefits included in APPRENTICE

SOLOIST | $500-$999 or $42/month

  • Invitation to studio rehearsals and behind-the-scenes tours
  • Early access to single tickets
  • 10% single ticket discount
  • All benefits included in CORPS DE BALLET

PRINCIPAL | $1,000-$2,499 or $84/month

  • Invitation to annual Lunch & Learn studio rehearsal
  • All benefits included in SOLOIST

PATRON’S CIRCLE | $2,500-$4,999 or $209/month

  • Complimentary parking passes for subscribed performances
  • Exclusive access to private donor lounge during Benedum Center performances
  • Invitations to private studio rehearsals
  • Backstage tour of the Benedum Center*
  • Concierge ticketing services
  • All benefits included in PRINCIPAL

DIRECTOR | $5,000-$9,999 or $417/month

  • Access to onstage pre-performance company class and rehearsals
  • Invitations to post-performance opening night toasts
  • Photo opportunity with company artists and artistic staff*
  • All benefits included in PATRONS’ CIRCLE

CHOREOGRAPHER | $10,000+ or $834/month

  • Dinner with the Artistic Director*
  • Priority enrollment in specially planned trips and tours with Artistic and/or Executive Director
  • Opportunity to watch select performances from backstage*
  • Six tickets to The Nutcracker donated to a charity of your choice*
  • All benefits included in DIRECTOR

* Available upon request. Subject to availability. 
Benefits are good for 12 months.
Upgrade your membership by visiting pbt.org/donate or calling 412-454-9127.

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Additional Details: If you have any questions about PBT’s donor programs, please contact the Development office

at 412-454-9127.