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 Basis 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)
- Participation in all 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 → Family Patron of the Vienna State Ballet you will receive the following benefits per season:
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets per performance per person of productions of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera (excluding premieres)
- Participation for 2 persons in all 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)
- Participation in all 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 all 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 all 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 (excluding premieres)
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets for each premiere of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera
- 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
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
- Preferential ordering of up to 4 tickets for each premiere of the Vienna State Ballet in the Vienna State Opera
- 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 2021/22 season. And we also thank all those who do not wish to be named.
DONORS
Oliver Fichta
Harlequin Deutschland GmbH
PATRON PLATINUM
Mag. Sonja Wimmer
PATRON GOLD
Mag. Alois Wurm
PATRONS SILVER
AR Monika Knötig
Regina Ploner
Daniela Ringelberg
Helmfried Spies
S.E. Dr. Gregor Woschnagg
HONORARY MEMBER
Ingeborg Tichy-Luger
PATRONS BASIS
Gabriele Albeseder
Dr. Nina Andrzejak-Nolten
DI Gudrun Bickel
Dr. Gerda Bodenseher
Mag. Iris Dembsher
Dr. Franz Diboky
Silvia Dick
Gerda Ederndorfer
Mag. Elisabeth Feix
Mag. Patrizia Fusco
Dagmar Gabriel
Katharina Jing An Gebauer
Christine Goschenhofer
Friederike Grabner
Regina Hauer
Daniela Graf
Anna Hahn
Mag. Anja Hasenlechner
Mark Hebell
Mag. Gabriela Heiss
Erika Hiranek
Dr. Walter Höfle
Mag. Karena Hosticky
Mag. Kata Jako
Mag. Marie-Luise Karger, MAS
Irene Karpischek
Helga Kauf
Meinhardt Keller
Liane Kment
Liselotte Koliander-Lerner
Dr. Rudolf Krilyszyn
Mag. Antigoni Kritikos-Pirck
Mag. Markus Kuhn
Isolde Kunte
Dr. Robert Langer-Hansel
Christine Markl
Wilhelmine Moser
Sylvia Moser
Dr. Isabella Neidhart
Dr. Elena Nicolakis
Christine Nittel
Susanne Paar
Dr. Hubert Partl
Irene Partl
Andrea Poropat
Michaela Pressel
Brigitte Propst
A. Claudia Pürkher
Jean-Michel Quinot
Magdalena Rajtora
Mag. Dagmar Rand
Karin Rummel
Monika Skutl
Zora Stöhr
Sabine Stooff
Dr. Elfrieda Strigl
Dr. Karin Thiel
Dr. Manfred Tesar
Rosy Vondrlik
Mag. Michael Manfred Weiss
Tina Wiedemann
Yoko Yamada
Sabine Ziefer
FAMILY PATRONS
Erna Eminenz
Getrude Frank
Franz Gruber
DDI Peter Kielhauser
Susanne Kirnbauer-Bundy
Anneliese Langner Dimicare Stiftung
Andreas Lingua
Prof. Ali Meyer
Laurenz Motzet
Mag. Elisabeth Ohandjanians
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Pascher
Ädir.i.R. Prof. Dr. Hartmut Pelinka
Gerda Riedler
Mag. Regina Riepl
Dr. Stefan Schenk
Reinhardt Steininger
Christian Stöttner
Lilija Wald
YOUNG PATRONS
Gülsah Arslanoglu
Kseniia Padalka
Christina Schimetta
Ballet Club Program
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
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
MARCH 2022
Ballet Club Salon
Get together with the new head of the Ballet Club Adrian Cunescu
Saturday, 26 March 2022, 4 p.m.
Gerstner Salons Privés
Kärntnerstraße 51 / Palais Todesco, 1010 Vienna,
Access through the shop / 2nd floor
APRIL 2022
Movement Class with Louisa Rachedi
with excerpts from Ein Deutsches Requiem
Sunday, 3 April 2022, 11 a.m.
Nurejew-Saal, Ballettakademie
No ballet skills required - just enjoy dancing.
Please bring with you comfortable clothing/workout clothes and socks/slippers.
Visit to a stage rehearsal of Die Jahreszeiten
Saturday, 23 April 2022, 10.30 a.m.
Wiener Staatsoper
MAY 2022
Ballet Club Salon
with artist talk Balázs Delbó
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, 9.30 a.m.
Volksoper Wien
Visit to the costume department Art for Art
on the occasion of the season opening premiere 2022/23
To be confirmed.
JUNE 2022
Visit to a stage rehearsal of Nureyev Gala
Saturday, 25 June 2022, 10 a.m.
Wiener Staatsoper
Exclusive events for Silver – Gold – Platinum supporters & patrons
with Martin Schläpfer
To be confirmed.
*) Access regulations (3G, 2G proof, etc.) no longer apply for attending the events.
There is also no longer a mask requirement throughout the building. This also applies during the performances. However, in accordance with the current regulation and for your own safety, we recommend wearing an FFP2 mask.
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS EVENT PREVIEW 2022/23
The program for the season 2022/23 is soon to be announced.
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: Your contribution (minus non-cash benefits) is tax-deductible as a donation. Unless you wish otherwise we will disclose this donation to the Austrian Tax Office by February of the following year. The precondition or this is that the first and last name as well as the date of birth are given in the same way as they listed in the Central Register of Residence in Austria (CRR)