Help us create a thriving dance scene for artists and audiences alike.
Santa Cruz Dance Theater exists to create meaningful performance experiences, support artists, and expand opportunities for dance within our community.
From full-scale productions and emerging works to artist residencies and educational programming, your support helps make ambitious creative work possible.
Your support directly contributes to:
As a growing nonprofit arts organization, community support plays an essential role in helping us continue to create, collaborate, and produce new work.
Support current productions, artist programs, and future creative initiatives.
We deeply appreciate the businesses, organizations, and individuals who support Santa Cruz Dance Theater through sponsorships and in-kind donations.
Tell our patrons that you support ballet in Santa Cruz County. We will tell them to support your business!
Support current productions, artist programs, and future creative initiatives.
Provide substantial support to Santa Cruz Dance Theater and receive visibility for your business on our website and in our marketing materials.
Email us at partners@santacruzdancetheater.org if you would like to donate an item for the silent auction at our upcoming Allegro fundraising gala or for our upcoming production’s raffle basket.
Tell our patrons that you support ballet in Santa Cruz County. We will tell them to support your business!
Your partnership helps sustain our productions, support artists, and expand access to dance in our community:
| Benefactor$3,000/year | Visionary$5,000/year | Impresario$10,000/year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season tickets | 2 tickets | 2 tickets | 4 tickets |
| Invitations to open rehearsals | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Opportunities to give feedback | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Meet the artists before each show | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Acknowledgment in printed programs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Acknowledgment in marketing emails | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Website recognition | Event pages (includes archival) |
Event pages (includes archival) |
Homepage + event pages (includes archival) |
| Event banners | — | ✓* | ✓* |
| Place of honor at Allegro | 2 seats | 4 seats | Full table — 8 seats |
*Includes logo placement on event banners when sponsorship is secured at least 90 days prior to the event.
Note: First-time sponsorships purchased after July 1 last through the following calendar year
Email us at partners@
We are incredibly grateful to the donors, sponsors, and community members who help sustain and grow Santa Cruz Dance Theater.
View our current supporters:
Santa Cruz Dance Theater is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions are tax deductible under IRS Code Section 170.
TAX ID: 33-1457377
Santa Cruz Dance Theater is becoming the place for both classical performance and new artistic exploration — creating opportunities for artists, audiences, and the broader creative community to connect through movement and performance.
Your support helps make that vision possible.
