Fuel the future of
inclusive  ballet

Every donation empowers radical inclusivity, supports professional dancers, and brings transformative ballet experiences to Pittsburgh and beyond. Join our growing community of donors who believe in the power of dance to heal, include, and inspire.

Choose your impact:

  • A ballet dancer practicing in a dance studio with peeling paint on the wall and a large mirror reflecting her movements.

    Ballet Slippers

    $25

    Provides a new pair of ballet shoes for a company artist to use in class and performance.

  • Group of ballet dancers on stage, with three prominently in front posing gracefully, dressed in costumes, amid a dark background.

    Community Access

    $50

    Help cover the cost of offering discounted or free tickets to students or partner nonprofits. Your gift helps two people experience the magic of ballet who otherwise wouldn’t be able to.

  • Two ballet dancers dressed as angels with gold halos, wings, and fringed costumes, standing on stage in ballet pointe shoes, holding hands and looking upwards, with purple and green lighting background.

    Pointe Shoes

    $100

    Help provide a new pair of pointe shoes for a company dancer. On average, one dancer can go through multiple pairs per season! Your gift = 1 pair of pointe shoes.

  • A young girl in a pink dress and bow headband holds a large toy soldier while standing on her toes in front of a decorated Christmas tree, during a festive performance.

    Costumes

    $200

    Support the design and purchase of inclusive, artistically expressive costumes for our dancers.

  • A group of musicians rehearsing on a stage with a dark backdrop and artistic wall decorations, including a white branch-like structure. The group includes a conductor, a cellist, a pianist, and other musicians with music stands.

    Music

    $250

    Help us purchase music rights for performances and fund live music for rehearsals and shows, making every show an immersive experience.

  • Three women practicing acro yoga in a dance studio with large mirrors and windows, one standing, one on her hands and knees, and one leaning on her back.

    Performance Space

    $350

    Offset the cost of renting performance or rehearsal venues, allowing us to bring ballet into more communities.

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 FAQs

    • We are a professional ballet company born to positively disrupt ballet by rejecting historical barriers and traditional norms of dancer treatment.

    • We are creating, and teaching, dance free from the constraints of racial inequity and stigmas surrounding body type.

    • We produce works of the highest caliber in classical, neoclassical, and contemporary genres while creating a positive environment in which artists can grow, collaborate and thrive.

    • We are committed to transforming communities through our performance art and education.

    • Ballet is facing irrelevance due to exclusion (of audiences and dancers alike) and toxic organizational cultures.

    • Artists and their vital contributions to sustainable communities are not properly valued.

    • Exceptional dancers are marginalized for attributes having nothing to do with dance excellence.

    • Who is telling the stories, who the stories are about, needs to be decentered.

    • A vibrant, engaging arts scene is essential to keeping and attracting talent in the Pittsburgh region.

    • Bold, innovative risk-taking in art enables the creative environment in which technology innovation flourishes.

    • Performing arts are a catalyst for community building, human connection, societal
      transcendence.

  • Yes! We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.