VISION GALA Thursday, April 20, 2023 NEW YORK CITY CENTER I ZIEGFELD BALLROOM SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
VISION GALA
The Vision Gala is Dance Theatre of Harlem’s most anticipated event each year. Welcoming more than 2,000 audience members to the gala performance at New York City Center and 350 dinner guests from the philanthropic, business, and social communities to the Ziegfeld Ballroom, the Vision Gala is an evening to celebrate one of the world’s foremost ballet companies, its artists, students, community partners, supporters, and the legacies of DTH Co-founders Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook.
This year, DTH’s spring season performances will be dedicated to our luminary and iconic Artistic Director Virginia Johnson’s coveted career as she takes her final bow.
Photo: Virginia Johnson and DTH Co-founder, Arthur Mitchell
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GALA HONOREES
Honorary Chair, Chelsea Clinton
Virginia Johnson
Artistic Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem
Arthur Mitchell Vision Award
Reginald Van Lee Partner and Chief Transformation Officer, Carlyle Virtuoso Award
2023 VISION
BECOME A VISION GALA SPONSOR!
Dance Theatre of Harlem welcomes your company to help sponsor the 2023 Vision Gala. By partnering with DTH, partners can align their brands with a first-rate cultural institution that embodies what it means to be innovative, creative, culturally relevant, and inclusive.
As a Vision Gala sponsor, your company will enjoy a variety of benefits, which include tickets to the gala performance, invitations to a pre-performance cocktail hour, and a table at the gala dinner. Additionally, the gala is a great way to entertain your VIP clients!
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GALA SPONSOR BENEFITS Diamond Sponsor $100,000 Platinum Sponsor $75,000 Gold Sponsor $50,000 In-Kind Sponsor CLIENT ENTERTAINING/ACTIVATIONS Premier Orchestra Seats 20 10 10 2 Gala Table (10 guests/table) 2 1 1 n/a Invitation to Chairman’s Reception for all guests MARKETING AND RECOGNITION Verbal recognition as a sponsor during Gala Performance Recognition as a sponsor on Gala webpage, event press release, and other gala marketing materials Logo on digital monitors at gala dinner Donor listing in DTH performance Playbills for one year One post on DTH's social media channels for co-branded message to promote the gala Category exculsivity for this sponsorship level Opportunity to provide company branded party favors and/or gift bag for dinner guests (any additional expenses to be covered by the sponsor) Opportunity to host a DTH dancer at your gala table Logo on step-and-repeat OTHER Opportunity to purchase additional Gala performance premier orchestra tickets for client entertaining Right of first refusal to be the Presenting Sponsor at the 2023 Vision Gala
By Nacho Duato
DTH Company Artists Kamala Saara and Kouadio Davis
6 GALA PERFORMANCE NEW YORK CITY CENTER 7:00 PM TRIBUTE BALLET TO REGINALD VAN LEE THREE TRIBUTE BALLETS TO VIRGINIA JOHNSON Featuring the DTH Company, Students from the DTH School, and special guest artists COMING TOGETHER
Program subject to change.
Debbie Allen
2022 Arthur Mitchell Award Honoree
Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair and Max Petersen
Carla Hall, Celebrity Chef Sunny Hostin, Co-Host, The View
ENGAGED AUDIENCES
Dance Theatre of Harlem’s live performances reach more than 60,000 people across the country each year. Since March 2020, DTH’s digital audiences have shown a marked increase with supporters in all 50 states, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy, among other countries, totaling nearly 375,000 followers across the globe and millions of views of DTH’s content.
DTH SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS 215K 17K127K 13.2K 7K
Dance Theater of Harlem
Names a New Artistic Director
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Review: Higher Ground
DTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS
M. Muldrow, III | Chairman Leslie Wims Morris | Vice Chairman Martino R. Moore| Secretary
Nancy Aronson Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III Kevin M. Cofsky Richard E. Constable, III
Molly A. Hall Isabel Kallman Sharon Madison
Erika Munro Tangela Richter Scott Simpson Bonita C. Stewart Peter Sung China White
Ackneil
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CONTACT Ebonie C. Pittman Senior Director of Development Dance Theatre of Harlem epittman@dancetheatreofharlem.org www.dancetheatreofharlem.org 12