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Individual Giving

Have you ever sat in the audience of an Eisenhower Dance Ensemble production and wondered how it all comes together?

  • Robyn Varner Aug 08 164Artistic Director Laurie Eisenhower creates much of the inspiring choreography
  • Works not created by Eisenhower have been set upon the Company by visiting choreographers with national and international reputations
  • Our impressive professional dancers come from across the country
  • Guests such as The Contours and Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings have shared world-class, mixed-media performances with our dancers
  • Striking costumes are meticulously designed for each dance
  • Then there are the technical and logistical details: the lighting, the sets, the production team. And theĀ  list goes on and on.

Did you know that ticket sales cover less than 1/3 of the costs required to present EDE?

Your contribution will help us bring great dance and dance education to the community. Please read below for additional benefits.

Individual Sponsors $1,000 +

  • Invitation to the “Donor Reception,” a special thank you event for our supporters
  • Invitation to a special dress rehearsal with visiting choreographers and a private lunch with the EDE dancers
  • Two complimentary tickets to a Troy performance
  • 25% off four tickets to a selected EDE performance in a season (bring your friends!)
  • Name listed in the EDE Souvenir Program Book and on the website (please let us know if you wish to remain anonymous)

Benefactors $500 – $999

  • Invitation to a special dress rehearsal with visiting choreographers
  • Invitation to the “Donor Reception,” a special thank you event for our supporters
  • Two complimentary tickets to the Troy performance
  • 25% off four tickets to a selected EDE performance in a season (bring your friends!)
  • Name listed in the EDE Souvenir Program Book and website (please let us know if you wish to remain anonymous)

Angels $250 – $499

  • Invitation to the “Donor Reception,” a special thank you event for our supporters
  • Two complimentary tickets to the Troy performance
  • 10% off two tickets to a selected EDE performance in a season (bring your friends!)
  • Name listed in the EDE Souvenir Program Book and website (please let us know if you wish to remain anonymous)

Patron $100 – $249

  • Invitation to the “Donor Reception,” a special thank you event for our supporters
  • 10% off two tickets to a selected EDE performance in a season (bring your friends!)
  • Name listed in the EDE Souvenir Program Book and website (please let us know if you wish to remain anonymous)

Friend $25 – $99

  • Name listed in the EDE Souvenir Program Book and website (please let us know if you wish to remain anonymous)

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Become a patron of new choreography

EDE invites you to help bring a new dance into the world. When we reach a goal of $3,000 or more, EDE will invite a nationally renowned choreographer to set a new work on the Company. At the premiere of the new dance, you will be listed in the program as a patron of the commission and invited to a post-performance reception with the dancers.

The more gifts (and the larger the gifts) we receive, the sooner a new dance will come to life. Your generous donation will keep dance alive.