CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OF THE VIENNA STATE BALLET
The Vienna State Ballet is one of the most renowned dance companies in the world. On the stages of the Vienna State Opera and the Volksoper Wien, but also on tours abroad or at the Vienna New Year's Concert, it inspires Austrian and international audiences alike. Since 2020/21, under the artistic direction of Martin Schläpfer it has skilfully built a bridge between classical and modern ballet with a broad repertoire and numerous world premieres.
Friends of the Vienna State Ballet help us to carry this success into the future and support young dancers, young choreographers and students of the Ballet Academy. With the possibility of preferential ticket orders and numerous offers to its sponsors, the Circle of Friends also offers the unique opportunity to experience world-class dance at close range.
We cordially invite you to become a part of the exciting future of the Vienna State Ballet. In cooperation with the ballet direction, the Circle of Friends offers you exclusive artist talks, training and rehearsal visits, trips to guest performances by the company and other special events. As a Patron → Silver → Gold → Platinum and as a → Donor, you also enter into direct dialogue with ballet director Martin Schläpfer at exclusive events and support him in his vision for the company to a particularly high degree.
Join the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet and help us to continue doing what we do best: creating moments that move – in the truest sense of the word! We look forward to you!
Contact
Adrian Cunescu → Head of the Circle of Friends
Vienna State Ballet
Opernring 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria
freundeskreis@wiener-staatsballett.at
Your Benefits
€ 100,-
As → Patron of the Vienna State Ballet you will reveice the following benefits per season:
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets per performance of productions of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera (excluding premieres and galas)
- Participation in selected events organized by the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet – see program, registration required
- Upon request, mentioning on the website of the Vienna State Opera/Vienna State Ballet in the section of the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet
- Free delivery of the season brochure
€ 150,-
As → Partner Patron of the Vienna State Ballet you will receive the following benefits per season:
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets per performance of productions of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera (excluding premieres and galas)
- Participation for 2 persons in selected events organized by the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet – see program, registration required
- Upon request, mentioning on the website of the Vienna State Opera/Vienna State Ballet in the section of the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet
- Free delivery of the season brochure
€ 30,-
As → Young Patron of the Vienna State Ballet you will receive the following benefits per season:
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets per performance of productions of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera (excluding premieres and galas)
- Participation in selected events organized by the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet – see program, registration required
- Upon request, mentioning on the website of the Vienna State Opera/Vienna State Ballet in the section of the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet
- Free delivery of the season brochure
As a Patron → Silver → Gold and → Platinum and as a → Donor, we offer you, in addition to other additional benefits, exclusive events with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer that go beyond the basic event program.
€ 500,-
As → Patron Silver of the Vienna State Ballet you will receive the following benefits per season:
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets per performance of productions of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera (excluding premieres)
- Preferential ordering of up to 2 tickets for each premiere of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera
- Participation in selected events organized by the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet – see program, registration required
- Participation in an exclusive event with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer, about which you will be informed seperately, registration required
- Upon request, mentioning on the website of the Vienna State Opera/Vienna State Ballet in the section of the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet
- Free delivery of the season brochure
- Free delivery of the monthly magazine of the Vienna State Opera Opernring Zwei
€ 1.500,-
As → Patron Gold of the Vienna State Ballet you will receive the following benefits per season :
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets per performance of productions of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera (excluding premieres)
- Preferential ordering of up to 2 tickets for each premiere of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera
- Participation in selected events organized by the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet – see program, registration required
- Participation in two exclusive event with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer, about which you will be informed seperately, registration required
- Upon request, mentioning on the website of the Vienna State Opera/Vienna State Ballet in the section of the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet
- Free delivery of the season brochure
- Free delivery of the monthly magazine of the Vienna State Opera Opernring Zwei
€ 3.000,-
As → Patron Platinum of the Vienna State Ballet you will receive the following benefits per season:
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets per performance of productions of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera (including premieres)
- Priority order for 2 tickets for the Vienna Oper Ball
- Participation in all events organized by the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet – see program, registration required
- Participation in three exclusive event with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer, about which you will be informed seperately, registration required
- Upon request, mentioning on the website of the Vienna State Opera/Vienna State Ballet in the section of the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet
- Free delivery of the season brochure
- Free delivery of the monthly magazine of the Vienna State Opera Opernring Zwei
Amount by agreement, more than € 3.000,-
As → Donor of the Vienna State Ballet you will receive the following benefits per season:
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets per person per performance of productions of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera (including premieres)
- Preferential ordering of 2 tickets for the Vienna Oper Ball
- Participation in all events organized by the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet – see program, registration required
- Participation in three exclusive event with ballet director and chief choreographer Martin Schläpfer, about which you will be informed seperately, registration required
- Upon request, mentioning on the website of the Vienna State Opera/Vienna State Ballet in the section of the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet
- Free delivery of the season brochure
- Free delivery of the monthly magazine of the Vienna State Opera Opernring Zwei
- Further individual benefits by arrangement
THANK YOU
We would like to thank these friends of the Vienna State Ballet for their valuable support in the 2022/23 season. And we also thank all those who do not wish to be named.
DONORS
Oliver Fichta
PATRON PLATINUM
Mag. Sonja Wimmer
Carl Suchy & Söhne
PATRONS SILVER
Anneliese Ehn-Escher
Mag. Elisabeth Feix
Mag. Gabriela Heiss
AR Monika Knötig
Regina Ploner
Anna Maren Proksch Langner
Helmfried Spies
S.E. Dr. Gregor Woschnagg
Mag. Alois Wurm
HONORARY MEMBER
Ingeborg Tichy-Luger
PATRONS BASIS
Erich Adamec
Gabriele Albeseder
Dr. Nina Andrzejak-Nolten
Gabriele
Dr. Franz Diboky
Monika Enenkel
Getrude Frank
Christiane Freundenthaler
Mag. Patrizia Fusco
Dagmar Gabriel
Friederike Grabner
Anna Hahn
Mag. Anja Hasenlechner
Edmund H. Hauser, MBA
Regina Hauer
Mark Hebell
Erika Hiranek
Dr. Walter Höfle
Mag. Kata Jako
Isolde Kunte
Dr. Rudolf Krilyszyn
Anneliese Langner Dimicare Stiftung
Andreas Lingua
Davide Lingua
Wilhelmine Moser
Sylvia Moser
Fritz Novopacky
Susanne Paar
Dr. Hubert Partl
Irene Partl
Dr. Kathrin Pascher
Andrea Poropat
Michaela Pressel
Brigitte Propst
A. Claudia Pürkher
Mag. Dagmar Rand
Monika Skutl
Zora Stöhr
Sabine Stooff
Dr. Elfrieda Strigl
Mag. Constanze Werner
Tina Wiedemann
Patrick Werkner
Karl-Egon zu Fürstenberg
PARTNER PATRONS
Margit Bauchinger
Daniela Graf
Elisabeth Gruber
Mag. Marie-Luise Karger, MAS
Irene Karpischek
DDI Peter und Dr. Renate Kielhauser
Anneliese Langner Dimicare Stiftung
Markus M.
Mag. Elisabeth Ohandjanians
Ädir.i.R. Prof. Dr. Hartmut Pelinka
Mag. Regina Riepl
Reinhardt Steininger
YOUNG PATRONS
Nina Czock
Christina Schimetta
Jorge Balmaseda Hernández
Sergiy Golovin
Ballet Club Program
PROGRAMME CIRCLE OF FRIENDS VIENNA STATE BALLET 2022/23
Please note that registration for the individual events is required.
Friends of the Circle of Friends Vienna State Ballet will be informed in good time about the respective dates and registration options.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Artist Talk
Meet the new members of the Vienna State Ballet in the 2022/23 season
Saturday, 17 September 2022, 3 pm
Vienna State Opera, Gustav Mahler-Saal
OCTOBER 2022
Visit to the
Orchestra rehearsel of Jolanthe and the Nutcracker
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 9.30 am
Volksoper Wien
*** exclusively for patrons ***
Visit to a
Studio rehearsal for the premiere of Sleeping Beauty
in which Martin Schläpfer works on his new choreography with the dancers of the Vienna State Ballet
in planning
Visit to a
Orchestra rehearsal of The Sleeping Beauty
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 10 am
Vienna State Opera
*** exclusively for silver, gold and platinum levels
as well as for patrons ***
Invitation to
the premiere reception of Sleeping Beauty
Monday, 24 October 2022
Vienna State Opera
NOVEMBER 2022
Aritist Talk
with Lotte de Beer, new director of the Volksoper Wien
Saturday, 5 November 202, 4 pm
Volksoper Wien, Rehearsal Stage 4 (Stadtbahnbogen)
Movement Class to Sleeping Beauty
With Louisa Rachedi
Sunday, 27 November 2022, 11 am
Nurejew-Ballet Studio in the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera
No ballet knowledge required - just the joy of dancing.
Please bring loose clothing/workout clothes and socks/slippers.
Due to illness, this date has to be postponed at short notice. New date: Sunday, 15 January 2023, 11 am
DECEMBER 2022
Before the premiere Plattform Choreographie
Visit to rehearsals followed by a talk with the choreographers of the production
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 4.30 pm
Volksoper Wien, Ballet Studio
Maximum of 20 participants
*** exclusively for gold and platinum levels
as well as for patrons ***
The daily trining
Visit to a class led by Martin Schläpfer with dancers from the Vienna State Ballet
Saturday, 17 December 2022, 10 am
Vienna State Opera, Ballet Studio 1
JANUARY 2023
*** exclusively for platinum levels
as well as for patrons ***
New Year's-Get-Together
with the direction of the Vienna State Ballet
in planning
FEBRUARY 2023
Visit to
Orchestra rehearsal of Promethean Fire
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 9.30 am
Volksoper Wien
MARCH 2023
Visit of the Ballet Academy
in planning
APRIL 2023
Visit to
piano rehearsal from Goldberg-Variationen
Samstag, 22 April 2023, 9.30 am
Vienna State Opera
*** exclusively for silver, gold and platinum levels
as well as for patrons ***
Invitation to
Premiere reception of Goldberg- VARIATIONS
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Vienna State Opera
MAY 2023
For the revival of The Seasons:
Visit to the Haydn House with special guided tour
Plus admission and guide fee
in planning
More exciting events that allow you to experience world-class dance art up close are being planned and will be updated on an ongoing basis.
Subject to change
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.
For you as a patron or donor of the Vienna State Ballet this means: The following percentage of your contribution is tax-deductible as a donation in Austria:
- Sponsor: Donation percentage 75%
- Partner supporter: 75% donation share
- Young patron: 75% of the donation
- Silver patron: 75%
- Platinum patron: 75%
- Gold patron: 75%
- Donor: 75%
The percentage of the donation was determined by the Wiener Staatsoper GmbH.
You will receive an invoice for the total contribution (sponsorship contribution including statutory VAT as well as donation share).
Payments received by the end of the year (or by 3 January of the following year) will be registered as a donation for that year.
The donation share will be notified to the Austrian tax office by the Wiener Staatsoper GmbH by the end of February of the following year for your tax settlement. There is no further need for action on your part.
The prerequisite for proper notification to the tax office is that we have your complete personal data (name and date of birth) and that these match the entry in the Central Register of Residents.
We are happy to receive additional donations, which we will of course include in full in the notification to the tax office.