Corporate Giving
Partner with Ballet 5:8
Invest in stories that bring beauty, hope, and empathy into our communities.
We need community leaders who believe that truth, wrapped in beauty, is essential to the health of our communities. Ballet 5:8 creates bold, original performances that reframe relevant cultural issues through breathtaking dance, detailed costumes, sweeping scores, and captivating scenic and lighting design.
Why Corporate Giving Matters
Your partnership reaches far beyond one performance.
Corporate sponsors help sustain the full Ballet 5:8 ecosystem: professional artists, original choreography, touring, production design, scholarships, school access performances, community outreach, and meaningful cultural programming.
When your business partners with Ballet 5:8, you are not simply sponsoring an event. You are investing in a women-led, faith-driven arts organization creating work that speaks to life, faith, and human dignity.
Impact
A growing cultural impact
Ballet 5:8 reaches audiences, students, families, and community partners through performance, education, access programming, touring, and digital engagement.
Regularly Featured in Publications & News Outlets
Why Partner with Ballet 5:8?
Visibility for your business. Meaningful impact for the community.
Community Reach
Connect with audiences at theaters, churches, schools, and community events across the South Suburbs, Chicago, and the Midwest.
Major Venues
Be seen alongside performances at venues such as the Harris Theater, Logan Center, Lincoln-Way, Governors State University, and additional Chicagoland partner venues.
National Brand
Ballet 5:8 is recognized as a growing national ballet organization with an expanding touring footprint and a distinctive voice in the classical dance field.
Digital Exposure
Corporate partners may receive visibility across website pages, social media, email campaigns, blog posts, ticketing pages, and donor communications.
Live Event Recognition
Sponsors may receive print and digital playbill placement, logo recognition, verbal thanks, and event-specific acknowledgment.
Mission Alignment
Show your values in action by supporting a women-led, faith-driven company focused on excellence, innovation, inclusion, education, and storytelling through dance.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Choose the partnership level that fits your business.
Every sponsorship level helps make excellent, story-driven dance possible. Recognition packages can be tailored to fit your company’s goals, audience, and community priorities.
Creation Sponsor | $10,000+
For businesses and community leaders who want to underwrite the creation of powerful new work.
Creation Sponsors help sustain Ballet 5:8’s boldest projects, including new choreography, production design, artist salaries, rehearsal time, costumes, scenic elements, lighting, touring preparation, and audience engagement.
- Logo and name recognition on sponsored production materials
- Premium digital and print playbill placement
- Verbal recognition at sponsored events
- Featured acknowledgment in donor and sponsor communications
- Recognition on Ballet 5:8’s website
- Social media acknowledgment
- Complimentary ticket package
- Backstage access or artist meet-and-greet opportunity
City Sponsor | $5,000+
For businesses that want to help bring Ballet 5:8 into a specific community or tour city.
City Sponsors help cover the real costs of touring, venue partnerships, production transport, artist travel, community engagement, and local audience development.
- Recognition connected to a tour city or performance location
- Logo and name placement on relevant event materials
- Digital and print playbill recognition
- Verbal recognition at sponsored events
- Social media acknowledgment
- Complimentary ticket package
- Employee or client ticket options
Education Sponsor | $5,000+
For businesses that believe students should have access to excellent arts experiences.
Education Sponsors help Ballet 5:8 make dance more accessible through school shows, community access tickets, scholarships, virtual field trips, Books and Ballerinas programming, and student-centered performances.
- Recognition connected to education and access programming
- Logo and name placement on relevant school or community materials
- Digital and print playbill recognition
- Recognition in donor communications
- Social media acknowledgment
- Complimentary ticket package
- Opportunity to underwrite student access tickets
Stage Sponsor | $2,000+
For businesses that want to support the visible work audiences experience on stage.
Stage Sponsors help cover essential production costs, including theater rental, technical support, costumes, lighting, sets, rehearsal time, music, and production staff.
- Logo or name recognition in digital and print materials
- Playbill placement
- Recognition on Ballet 5:8’s website
- Complimentary ticket package
- Social media acknowledgment as available
Artist Sponsor | $1,000+
For businesses and individuals who want to directly support the dancers who carry Ballet 5:8’s mission.
Artist Sponsors help sustain professional artist salaries, rehearsal time, touring, wellness resources, and the daily labor required to create excellent, meaningful performance.
- Name recognition in digital and print playbill materials
- Recognition on Ballet 5:8’s website
- Complimentary tickets
- Opportunity to learn more about the artists your gift supports
Program Ads
Put your business in front of Ballet 5:8 audiences through print and digital playbill advertising.
- Full Page: 4.5” wide by 7.5” tall
- Half Page: 4.5” wide by 3.75” tall
- Quarter Page: 4.5” wide by 1.875” tall
Add-On Options
Customize your partnership with additional opportunities designed around your business goals.
- Employee ticket packages
- Client entertainment packages
- Backstage tours
- Artist meet-and-greets
- Opening night or reception sponsorship
- Sponsored school access tickets
- Sponsored community group tickets
- Digital campaign recognition
- Featured blog or email acknowledgment
- Live music underwriting
- Costume, scenic, or lighting support
- Scholarship or residency support
- Touring support
Ballet 5:8 is always open to custom sponsorship arrangements.
Program Advertising
Place your business in the hands of Ballet 5:8 audiences.
Program ads offer clear, direct visibility at performances while supporting the productions your community experiences live.
Featured Branding
Corporate partners may receive recognition through digital campaigns, ticketing pages, donor communications, blog posts, social media, and event materials.
Exclusive Experiences
Partnerships may include backstage access, artist meet-and-greets, employee ticket packages, client entertainment opportunities, or custom event experiences.
Partner Value
Show your values in action.
Your support demonstrates a tangible commitment to culture, community, artistic excellence, education, access, and values-driven storytelling.
Support a women-led, faith-driven company
Ballet 5:8 creates powerful work rooted in storytelling, excellence, innovation, and human dignity.
Advance arts education and outreach
Your partnership supports original works, youth programming, school access, community performances, and performances in under-resourced communities.
Reach engaged audiences
Connect with donors, patrons, families, students, community leaders, churches, and arts audiences across Chicago, the Midwest, and beyond.
Create meaningful cultural impact
Help bring beauty, hope, empathy, and conversation into communities through excellent, story-driven dance.
Partner Voices
What partners and audience members are saying
“Fine arts deserve and need to be supported. Supporting Ballet 5:8 means you’re investing in culture, values, and excellence.”Fawn & James Duncan, Principal Members
“The performance was stunning!”Lana Flowers, Messiah University
“In the arts we find a means to express the inexpressible and to share the stories that shape our hearts, explaining the unexplainable, conveying the inconceivable... [Ballet 5:8] gently impresses them on our souls in a way that leaves us distinctly richer for the experience.”John Barcanic, ED of World Relief Chicago
“Ballet 5:8 is not a typical ballet company. They are faith-based and courageous in addressing topics others avoid, all through breathtaking artistry.”Jennifer Kowach, Creator Member
“It was a blessing to host you and meet you all. You’re an inspiration.”Jeremy Stanbury, Open Window Theatre
Join Us
Help make unforgettable performances possible.
Whether you are an individual moved by the power of live performance or a business committed to community impact, your support helps Ballet 5:8 bring beauty, hope, and empathy into our communities through excellent, story-driven dance.
In addition to these options, Ballet 5:8 is always open to custom sponsorship arrangements.