SVB dance productions are predominantly break-even ventures with ticket sales and donations covering 95% of total combined costs, which are approximately $85,000 for the full-length spring and fall productions. Over the last sixteen years, many volunteers have donated their time to conduct business operations anf fundraising events. Our greatest financial need is fundamental operating costs such as instructor salaries, studio rental fees, marketing, stage props and costumes. Once operating expenses are met, additional funds will be used to provide dance scholarships or lower ticket prices to the daytime performances for local school children and nursing home residents.

• Providing professional quality dance instruction, free of charge to the youth of southwest Virginia.
• Promote cultural enrichment and awareness of the art of dance by producing affordable productions in a variety of dance styles.
• Make the performance arts experience available to all ages, from all walks of life.

• Local children the opportunity to perform on stage
• Free Professional dance instruction, costumes, and rehearsal studio
• School children and nursing home residents a discounted performance of the spring and fall productions
• Make the performance arts experience available to all ages, from all walks of life.

• $100 will buy new hats for children in the soldier scene of Nutcracker.
• $200 will pay for studio rent for one month.
• $300 will provide a scholarship to summer intensive dance camp.
• $1,500 buys one pair of ballet or point shoes for each dancer.


• $3,000 sponsors guest artist, choreography, or an instructor.


• $4,000 for lighting and technical crews.


• $12,000 will provide free production attendance for 2,000 school children or buy a new backdrop for the candy scene in the Nutcracker.


• $18,000 will underwrite an entire spring production such as Firebird or Coppelia.


• $66,000 will pay costs for the production of Nutcracker this year.

Sponsors are eligible to receive production tickets and recognition in our programs and advertisements.

Our students spend many hours practicing each week, building strength, sequencing steps with the music, perfecting a performance for others to behold and applaud. You can share in their experience through financial giving and production attendance. Thanks for your time in consideration of this request and please come and enjoy the Nutcracker with us in the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre on December 16th & 17th.