Annex Dance Company is seeking full-season and performance/project sponsorships. As one of the only professional dance companies in Charleston, our mission is to:
- Provide accessibility to professional modern dance in Charleston, SC.
- Keep performance, collaboration, and education at the forefront of every season.
- Push the boundaries of movement invention through relationships and intention while staying rooted in modern dance tradition.
- Support the arts through collaborative projects with artists of different mediums.
2023-24 Full Season Sponsor: $10,000
Sponsorship of the company helps with operational costs, provides low to no-cost educational programming, elevates production value, increases collaborator and company stipends, and supports continued engagement with our community as a thriving arts organization. Under the artistic direction of Kristin Alexander and associate artistic director Julie Clark, Annex Dance Company strives to impact the creative landscape across the state and the Southeast and become internationally recognized.
Sponsorship Benefits
- Name/Brand recognition on website
- Name/Brand recognition on all performance announcement emails/press releases
- Name/Brand recognition on sponsored social media posts promoting events and company
- Name/Brand recognition on all digital projects/digital advertising
- Name/Brand recognition on all performance programs
- Invitation to open rehearsals
- 5 tickets to February concert in Charleston
- 4 tickets to Piccolo Spoleto Performance
Travel Initiative: $5,000 – $7,500
The board and artistic directors set a 2023-24 goal to travel to at least three cities for performance or residency opportunities. In February 2023, the company successfully presented a two-city tour in South Carolina, generating excitement and increased audience engagement. The company then created and premiered a dance film with Texas-based film director Maggie Bailey, which will be submitted to national and international film festivals during the 2023-24 season for exposure to a large virtual audience. In July 2023, the company was selected to present at the Dance in the Desert Festival helping the company meet the 2023 travel goal and further opening the door to national recognition for the company.
Travel to festivals and performances across the nation will lead to future collaborations, residencies, and performance opportunities. The company would like to apply to at least five festivals in the 2023-24 season, with the hope for acceptance to at least two festivals in different regions of the country.
- Name/Brand recognition on website
- Name/Brand recognition on all performance announcement emails/press releases
- Name/Brand recognition on sponsored social media posts promoting events and company
- Name/Brand recognition on all digital projects/digital advertising
- Invitation to open rehearsals
- 4 tickets to February concert in Charleston
February Concert Series Sponsor: $2,500 – $5,000
The company will present a concert at the Sottile Theatre on February 10, 2024.
Work that directly connects to the people, history, and environmental issues of the Lowcountry is important to the company. For this concert, the company will revisit Salt in the Soil, a modern dance piece created in response to sea level rising and saltwater intrusion causing ghost forests. Originally created for the stage in 2017, the piece was re-imagined as a dance film in 2020, allowing the choreography to be captured amongst the trees at Botany Bay. Salt in the Soil addresses the ecological impact of rising seas that many people may not quite understand, therefore the company will create an opportunity for dialogue with the artists and collaborator Clare Fieseler, the climate and environment reporter at The Post and Courier.
Additional work for this concert will include both new and existing pieces of company repertory. The modern dance pieces chosen for this concert will highlight the range of our work featuring company members ages 22–48 years old, collaborators of different artistic mediums, and selected Charleston youth performers as part of our education commitment.
Sponsorship of this concert will support rehearsal costs, collaborator and company stipends, production costs including costumes, music rights, lighting design, and marketing.
Sponsorship Benefits
- Name/Brand recognition on performance page of website
- Name/Brand recognition on performance announcement emails/press releases
- Name/Brand recognition on sponsored social media posts promoting performances
- Name/Brand recognition on all digital projects/digital advertising for performances
- Name/Brand recognition on performance programs
- Invitation to observe a rehearsal
- 4 Tickets to February concert in Charleston
February Concert Education Sponsor: $500
As part of our education commitment for young dancers to share the stage with the professional dancers each season, the company will invite select Charleston youth dancers to perform in one piece with the company in the February 2024 concert. Support of this initiative will help cover costs of rehearsals and costuming for student performers.
Sponsorship Benefits
- Name/Brand recognition on performance announcement emails/press releases
- Name/Brand recognition on performance programs
- 2 Tickets to February concert in Charleston
Piccolo Spoleto Collaboration: $1,500 – $3,000
The company is collaborating with artist Susan Klein on a new work to be premiered in the 2024 Piccolo Spoleto Festival’s Stelle di Domani Series. Susan Klein is a colleague of Kristin Alexander at the College of Charleston, so the artistic directors feel the creation and premiere of this work would be most beneficial as part of the company’s annual residency with the College of Charleston Department of Theatre and Dance.
Sponsorship of this concert will support company stipends and production costs including costumes, music rights, lighting design, and marketing design. Support from the College of Charleston Department of Theatre and Dance will include rehearsal and performance space, costume alterations, and marketing. Additional grants will be sought to support Klein’s materials and creative work.
Sponsorship Benefits
- Name/Brand recognition on performance page of company website
- Name/Brand recognition on company performance announcement emails/press releases
- Name/Brand recognition on company sponsored social media posts promoting performances
- Invitation to observe a rehearsal
- 2 Tickets to Piccolo Spoleto Performance
