Workshop Performance Benefit

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. 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