Ballet
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Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theater; NY
Cost: $75,000
Term: One year
Quid pro quo: Patrons can ask to be seated next to their dancers at the annual gala, “but there’s no arm twisting,” says an A.B.T. spokesperson.
Example: Principal star Ethan Stiefel is sponsored by board member Anka Palitz.
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Theater
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Playwright, Cherry Lane Theatre; New York
Cost: $5,000
Term: Run of sponsored play
Quid pro quo: Opening- and closing-night tickets plus an unspecified number of “tickets for your friends” are available throughout the run.
Example: Three groups teamed up to sponsor Bhutan, by Daisy Foote, daughter of Horton Foote.
Opera
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Opera singer, the Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Cost: $25,000
Term: One year
Quid pro quo: Singers are encouraged to break bread with their benefactors in the opera’s private dining room.
Example: Soprano Kathleen Kim and philanthropists Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred McDougal.
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Symphony
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Conductor, Tacoma Symphony Orchestra; Tacoma, Washington
Cost: $75,000
Term: One year
Quid pro quo: Nothing formal. Sponsors can make requests through the orchestra; they’ll see what they can do.
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Musicians
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Fellow, Tanglewood Music Center; Lenox, Massachusetts
Cost: $15,000
Term: One summer
Quid pro quo: Fellows—young musicians studying at Tanglewood—are asked to attend a luncheon with their sponsors.
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