The art of ballet is considered to be an important part of our heritage, but it sets fascinating impulses for our present too. People of all ages and all nations are touched directly by ballet.

For more than two decades, the Ballet Club has been supporting the Wiener Staatsballett through non-material and financial sponsorship of young dancers, young choreographers and students of the Ballet Academy. With numerous offers to its patrons, the Ballet Club is also an important initiative in the field of cultural exchange and networking.

The appointment of the new management – Dr. Bogdan Roščić as Director of the Wiener Staatsoper and Martin Schläpfer as Director and Chief Choreographer of the Wiener Staatsballett – also signifies a further development for the Ballet Club: While previously it was run as a private cultural initiative, starting the 2020/21 season the new management will bring the Ballet Club with its projects and goals under the umbrella of the Wiener Staatsballett.

As a patron of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett, you will have the opportunity to experience world-class dance at close quarters. In cooperation with the Ballet Direction, the Ballet Club offers you exclusive artist talks, training and rehearsal visits, trips to guest performances of the company and other special events. You will enter into a personal dialogue with Martin Schläpfer and his team and be informed more quickly and comprehensively about the activities of the Wiener Staatsballett. You will get to know the members of the company, become part of a strong network and, as multipliers, support the recognition and importance of the Wiener Staatsballett beyond the borders of Vienna and Austria with your understanding and interest in dance.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we cordially invite you to accompany the activities of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett as a patron!

We are looking forward to your registration! Please use the membership form.

Ingeborg Tichy-Luger
→ Ambassador to the Ballet Club
ballettclub(at)wiener-staatsballett.at

Ballet Club Membership Form

Your Advantages

Patron Basis

€ 100,-

As → Patron Basis of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett you reveice the following benefits per season:

Priority ordering of up to 4 tickets for productions of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper (premieres and Ballet Gala not included)
Participation in all Ballet Club events - see Program 2021/22, registration required
Person mention on the website of the Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Staatsballett in the Ballet Club feed on request
Season program delivered free of charge

Family/Partner Patrons (two people)

€ 150,-

As → Family/Partner Patron of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett you receive the following benefits per season:

Priority ordering of up to 4 tickets (per person per performance) for productions of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper
Participation in all Ballet Club events for both partners - see Program 2021/22, registration required
Person mention on the website of the Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Staatsballett in the Ballet Club feed on request
Season program delivered free of charge

Young Patron (up to the age of 27)

€ 30,-

As → Young Patron of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett you receive the following benefits per season:

Priority ordering of up to 4 tickets (per person per performance) for productions of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper
Participation in all Ballet Club events - see Program 2021/22, registration required
Person mention on the website of the Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Staatsballett in the Ballet Club feed on request
Season program delivered free of charge

As our Patron → Silver → Gold and → Platinum and as a → Donor we offer you on top of our basic event program some more exclusive events with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer – please browse our Program 2021/2022.

Patron Silver

€ 500,-

As → Patron Silver of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett you receive the following benefits per season:

Priority ordering of up to 4 tickets (per performance) for productions of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper and up to 2 tickets for premieres of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper
Participation in all Ballet Club events plus one exclusive event with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer - see Program 2021/22, registration required
Person mention on the website of the Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Staatsballett in the Ballet Club feed on request
Season program delivered free of charge
Monthly magazine of the Wiener Staatsoper delivered free of charge upon request

Patron Gold

€ 1.500,-

As → Patron Gold of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett you receive the following benefits per season :

Priority ordering of up to 4 tickets (per performance) for productions of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper, up to 2 tickets for premieres of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper and up to 2 tickets for the Ballet Gala
Participation in all Ballet Club events plus two exclusive events with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer - see Program 2021/22, registration required
Person mention on the website of the Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Staatsballett in the Ballet Club feed on request
Season program delivered free of charge
Monthly magazine of the Wiener Staatsoper delivered free of charge upon request

Patron Platinum

€ 3.000,-

As → Patron Platinum of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett you receive the following benefits per season:

Priority ordering of up to 4 tickets (per performance) for productions of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper, up to 4 tickets for premieres of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper and up to 4 tickets for the Ballet Gala
Participation in all Ballet Club events plus three exclusive events with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer - see Program 2021/22, registration required
Person mention on the website of the Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Staatsballett in the Ballet Club feed on request
Season program delivered free of charge
Monthly magazine of the Wiener Staatsoper delivered free of charge upon request

Donor

Amount to be defined

As → Donor of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett you receive the following benefits per season, you receive the same advantages as the Platinum members with additional individually tailored benefits to be agreed upon:

Priority ordering of up to 4 tickets (per performance) for productions of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper, up to 4 tickets for premieres of the Wiener Staatsballett at the Wiener Staatsoper and up to 4 tickets for the Ballet Gala
Participation in all Ballet Club events plus three exclusive events with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer - see Program 2021/22, registration required
Person mention on the website of the Wiener Staatsoper/Wiener Staatsballett in the Ballet Club feed on request
Season program delivered free of charge
Monthly magazine of the Wiener Staatsoper delivered free of charge upon request

Patrons

DONOR

Harlequin Deutschland GmbH – Prok. Dirk Rüter

Dipl.-Kff. Heike Zimmermann

PATRON PLATINUM

The Harmonie Vienna - Mag. Sonja Wimmer

PATRONS GOLD

Mag. Alois Wurm

PATRONS SILVER

Waltraute Eisler, AR Monika Knötig, Regina Ploner, Daniela Ringelberg, Helmfried Spies

PATRONS BASIS

Gabriele Albeseder, Dr. Nina Andrzejak-Nolten, Elisabeth Bauer, Dr. Johanna Beisteiner, DI Gudrun Bickel,

Dr. Gerda Bodenseher, Mag. Iris Dembsher, Dr. Franz Diboky, Silvia Dick,

Gerda Ederndorfer, Mag. Elisabeth Feix, Dr. Lilian Fischer, Gertrude Frank, Mag. Patrizia Fusco,

Dagmar Gabriel, Katharina Jing An Gebauer, Mag. Denise Gelny-Gspan, DI (FH) Bernhard Gnant,

Christine Goschenhofer, Friederike Grabner, Daniela Graf, Mag. Susanne Hansal, Regina Hauer,

Mark Hebell, Mag. Gabriela Heiss, Christa Heller, Erika Hiranek, Dr. Walter Höfle,

Dr. Christine Hönigsmann, Mag. Karena Hosticky, Melitta Hrabak, Mag. Katalin Jako,

Mag. Marie-Luise Karger MAS, Irene Karpischek, Anna-Maria Kaukal, Meinhardt Keller, Liane Kment,

Liselotte Koliander-Lerner, Dr. Rudolf Krilyszyn, Mag. Antigoni Kritikos-Pirck, Mag. Markus Kuhn,

Isolde Kunte, Dr. Robert Langer-Hansel, Ingeborg Johanna Lassnig-Gep, Carla Lefebvre, Andreas Lingua,

Davide Giovanni Lingua, Gerlinde Lorenz, Ing. Bärbel Mariner, Christine Markl, Sylvia Moser,

Wilhelmine Moser, Dr. Danny Müller, Dr. Isabella Neidhart, Dr. Elena Nicolakis, Christine Nittel,

Fritz Novopacky, Dr. Eva Beatrix Ottillinger, Petra Ovcaric, Susanne Paar, Dr. Hubert Partl, Irene Partl,

Cinzia Pellegrini, Andrea Poropat, Michaela Pressel, Mag. Claudia Prieler, Brigitte Probst,

A. Claudia Pürkher, Magdalena Rajtora-Leeb, Mag. Dagmar Rand, Karin Rummel, Renate Schober,

Mag. Christa-Esther Schwaiger, Susanne Sedlaczek, Albert Spausta, Dr. Birgit Roessler-Thaler,

Monika Skutl, Jenny Steiner, Zora Stöhr, Sabine Stooff, Leo Stopfer,

Prof. Mag. Magdalena Strasser, Dr. Elfrieda Strigl, Dr. Manfred Tesar,

Karin Thiel, Dr. Heribert Tilgner, Dr. Hans Trinko, Gabriele Vomela, Rosy Vondrlik,

Mag. Michael Manfred Weiss, Tina Wiedemann, Yoko Yamada,

Sabine Ziefer, Dr. Gerlinde Zoder

FAMILY/PARTNER PATRONS

DI Sandra Denk, Franz Gruber, DDI Peter Kielhauser, Mag. Alec Kinnear,

Susanne Kirnbauer-Bundy, Dipl.Päd. Anneliese Langner, Prof. Ali Meyer,

Laurenz Motzet, Mag. Elisabeth Ohandjanians, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Pascher,

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Pelinka, Botschafter a.D Dr. Konstantin Prevedourakis, Jean Michel Quinot,

Gerda Riedler, Mag. Regina Riepl, Dr. Stefan Schenk, Hans Schmid, DI Reinhardt Steininger,

Christian Stöttner, Dr. Siegfried Streit, Lilija Wald, Botschafter a.D. Dr. Gregor Woschnagg

YOUNG PATRONS

Gülsah Arslanoglu, David Paul Baczyk, Paul Christoph Gehler, Anna-Maria Ovcaric, Kseniia Padalka,

Christina Schimetta, Marlene Voss

Ballet Club Program

Program 2021/22

BALLET CLUB EVENT PREVIEW 2021/22

Please be aware of the current Covid safety regulations*) for all events.

SEPTEMBER 2021

Visit to a stage rehearsal of Ein Deutsches Requiem

Saturday, 25 September 2021, 10 a.m.

Meetig point: 9.15 a.m. in front of the Volksoper

Volksoper Wien

OCTOBER 2021

Ballet Club Salon - Members Get Together

Saturday, 2 October 2021, 4 p.m.

Gerstner Salons Privés

Kärntnerstraße 51 / Palais Todesco, 1010 Vienna,

Access through the shop / 2nd floor

Ballet meets Opera - Onegin vs. Onegin

Artist talk with Andrè Schuen (baritone),

Prof. Daniel Froschauer (Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

and soloists of the Wiener Staatsballett

Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 3 p.m.

Wiener Staatsoper, Gustav Mahler Hall

Artist talk Maestro Robert Reimer

Friday, 29 October 2021, 3 p.m.

Wiener Staatsoper, Gustav Mahler Hall

NOVEMBER 2021

Visit to a stage rehearsal of Im siebten Himmel

Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 11 a.m.

Wiener Staatsoper

Artist talk Martin Schläpfer

Saturday, 20 November 2021, 3 p.m.

Wiener Staatsoper, Gustav Mahler Hall

DECEMBER 2021

Artist talk Reid Anderson

Saturday, 18 December 2021, 1.30 p.m.

Wiener Staatsoper, Gustav Mahler Hall

JANUARY 2022

Visit to a stage rehearsal of Liebeslieder

Saturday, 8 January 2022, 10 a.m.

Wiener Staatsoper

Visit to a stage rehearsal of Begegnungen

followed by an artist talk with Andrey Kaydanovskiy

Saturday, 29 January 2022, 10 a.m.

Volksoper Wien

Ballet Club Extra

Post celebration of the 2020 Up and Coming Talent Award Ceremony for Keisuke Nejime

following the Matinée performance of Peter Pan at the Volksoper Wien.

Donated by Sonja Wimmer (Hotel Harmonie) & awarded by Ingeborg Tichy-Luger

Hotel Harmonie, Harmoniegasse 5-7, 1090 Vienna

Sunday, 30 January 2022, 4.30 p.m.

FEBRUARY 2022

Visit to the dress rehearsal of the Vienna Opera Ball 2022

with regular tickets

more information from 15 June 2021

Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 8 p.m.

Wiener Staatsoper

MARCH 2022

Ballet Club Salon

with Information about Plattform Choreographie & eventual Club Trip to Amsterdam

to the Gala Hans van Manen on the occasion of his 90th birthday (28 June)

Saturday, 26 March 2022, 4 p.m.

Gerstner Salons Privés

Kärntnerstraße 51 / Palais Todesco, 1010 Vienna,

access through the shop / 2nd floor

Movement Class with Louisa Rachedi

Excerpts from Ein Deutsches Requiem

No ballet skills required - just enjoy dancing.

Please bring with you comfortable clothing/workout clothes and socks/slippers.

Location & date to be announced.

APRIL 2022

Visit to a stage rehearsal of Die Jahreszeiten

Saturday, 23 April 2022, 10 a.m.

Wiener Staatsoper

Visit to the costume department Art for Art

on the occasion of the premiere of Die Jahreszeiten

To be confirmed.

MAY 2022

Ballet Club Salon

with artist talk/videos Balázs Delbó

& preview of the 2022/23 season

Saturday, 21 May 2022, 4 p.m.

Gerstner Salons Privés

Kärntnerstraße 51 / Palais Todesco, 1010 Vienna,

Access through the shop / 2nd floor

Visit to a stage rehearsal of Kontrapunkte

Saturday, 28 May 2022, 10 a.m.

Volksoper Wien

JUNE 2022

Visit to a stage rehearsal of Nureyev Gala

Saturday, 25 June 2022, 10 a.m.

Wiener Staatsoper

Club Trip to Amsterdam

On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Hans van Manen

Departure: 27 June / Gala 28 June 2022

To be confirmed.

Exclusive events for Silver – Gold – Platinum supporters & patrons

with Martin Schläpfer

To be confirmed.

*)In order to offer as much security as possible to all those involved, we have prepared a Corona guide

that will lead you through your visit which you find here.

Please cover your nose & mouth with a FFP2 mask when entering the building and during the events.

DONATION BENEFICIARY STATUS

On 19 July 2021, the Vienna State Opera was granted the status of Donation Beneficiary by the Austrian Tax Office. For further information, please visit the website of the Ministry of Finance.

Your benefit as a supporter of the Ballet Club Wiener Staatsballett:

Your contribution or donation is tax-deductible.

The amount that can be credited as a donation, i.e. minus benefits in kind such as the season book, is determined by the Wiener Staatsoper; you will receive a corresponding confirmation.

Your contribution or donation will be disclosed to the Austrian Tax Office by the Wiener Staatsoper by February of the following year.

The precondition for this is that your name and address are indicated as listed in the Central Register of Residence in Austria (CRR) - you will receive separate information on this in time.

The payment information for Ballet Club’s membership fee 2021/22 will be sent by e-mail in October 2021.