Annual Campaign
This year marks the launch of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's 25th Anniversary. From new work creation to touring and educational initiatives, our diverse programs are critical to fulfilling our mission. No matter what level you can give at, or which program you are interested in, now is the time to join us.
New Work Creation - Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray
Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray - the most ambitious project in the Company's history - is commissioned by the prestigious Ravinia Festival in Illinois to mark the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Premiering at a time when the country once again seeks transformational leadership, Jones will reexamine the legacy of this iconic American by exploring the essential and powerful issues his presidency raised about the moral, social and political future of our vulnerable young nation and the continuing resonance of these issues today. Whether you'd like to Adopt-A-Dancer ($250) or Commission-A-Composer ($2,500) you can personally help us create a new work.
Educational Initiatives
In an effort to take Jones' method of collaboration and exploration into the class room we have partnered with P.S. 83 in Harlem and Randall's Island Sports Complex to implement our Kids in Motion program which allows us to bring our qualified teaching artists to the students classrooms in order to get them moving, writing, and thinking creatively. For professional dancers we offer master classes and workshops in New York City and on the road as a means of transmitting Jones' methods of creation and movement to upcoming artists. We also believe that arts education helps bring our community together to engage in important social discourse, and Bill T. Jones creates art that gets us talking. For just $50 you can help us Get-Kids-Writing by helping us purchase the supplies for Kids In Motion and $450 allows you to Keep-Teachers-Teaching by sponsoring the cost of our teaching artists' weekly salary.
Touring Support
We love to perform in New York City but the lifeblood of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company is touring, which brings the magic of Bill T. Jones to you. As the costs of travel continue to rise, the fees we receive for these performances have stayed the same. I am asking for your help to ensure that we are able to continue performing in cities around the country and the world. Just like the average traveler, we are hit with excessive baggage fees (our many props, costumes, and musical instruments are checked to ensure safe arrival) and skyrocketing travel costs. For $50-$100 you can underwrite the costs of our checked baggage, $250 helps us drive our freight 50 miles down the road, and $2,000 underwrites the costs of visa applications for our upcoming international performances.
Or Please contact Development Associate for Individual Giving, Michelle Preston, (212) 426-6655 ×113 or email her using our contact page for major donor opportunities ($10,000 & above), Corporate Partnership Programs, and to arrange for gifts of stock.
