2025 Annual APPEAL
With you, we can.
West Australian Ballet is a charity that moves, striving to uplift hearts with the power of dance. Now, donations provide 14% of our income – a vital and growing number upon which we are relying more and more.
Today, we are facing financial challenges like never before. Core government funding has increased by just 1%, while costs have surged far beyond that. This growing gap puts increasing pressure on our resources, even as we work hard to keep tickets as affordable as possible for audiences facing their own financial hardships.
This end of financial year, consider a tax-deductible donation to your State Ballet Company so we can continue to create experiences that inspire, nurture, and bring joy.
With you, we can.
Read the 2025 Annual Giving Brochure
Artistic Vision & Performances
Last year, we performed for almost 50,000 people. We are passionate about authentic experiences, bringing our community together to unify them in something which is beautiful and joyful. Your donation will enable us to create more magical memories of art in its finest form.
$150 Employ a pianist to play for a studio rehearsal of ALICE (in wonderland)
$600 Provide one week of makeup for ALICE (in wonderland) season
$1,250 Provide boots for the boys in Cinderella
$2,000 Help restore the glittering coach within Cinderella
$6,000 Contribute toward the costs of engaging the Choreographer for Cinderella
Pointe Shoes
Every year, our dancers use 900 pairs of pointe shoes and 800 pairs of flats which represent countless hours of hard work, perseverance, and commitment that go into perfecting their dance for you. When you donate a pair shoes, you are providing a necessary tool essential in the performance of ballet.
$79 A pair of pointe shoes for your favourite ballerina
$150 A pair of pointe shoes and a pointe shoe kit for your favourite ballerina
$250 A month’s supply of ballet flats for your favourite ballerino
$500 A rehearsal tutu and a pair of pointe shoes for your favourite ballerina
$1,000 A Principal Artist's pointe shoes for a season of performances
Performance Health
To be at our best, our dancers are supported by our in-house Performance Health Team’s expertise. To continue providing medical support to the dancers, make a donation to support the artists who provide so much joy to you and Western Australia.
$100 First aid, skin care and medical supplies
$1,000 Provide two biannual mental health and wellbeing workshops for the dancers
$2,500 Underwrite the cost of Specialist consultation fees
$5,000 Assist the cost of medical imaging for the artists
Education & Community Engagement
Access to dance should be for everyone, regardless of background, socio-economic status, geographic location or gender. By meeting Western Australians wherever they might be, we are proud to deliver best-practice and tailor-made programs to those who need it most.
Break down barriers and deliver life changing moments with us by supporting our community engagement programs today.
$85 Gift a child’s School Matinee ticket
$500 Provide education resources to help teachers implement dance in their classroom
$1,500 Enable specialised training for a new West Australian Ballet Teaching Artist
$2,500 Gift 20 performance tickets to a community service organisation
$5,500 Assist in the delivery of a Regional Dance Engagement program
Butterfly Campione
Inspired by chaos theory, the original John Luther Long troubled tale of Madame Butterfly and the iconic Puccini melodies, our new ballet Butterfly Effect is an evolution placed six generations on in contemporary WA.
Living the effect of decisions made long before her time, the lead character of Charlie, our butterfly, has historical conflict in her DNA as she contends with her own and literal global conflict – a story truly for our time.
Contemporary work is a key part of the evolution of our artform as new movement is developed to inspire audiences old and new. Make a donation to support the creation of a new ballet for Western Australia.
The West Australian Ballet Endowment Fund
As we head toward our 75th year, we celebrate our history as we embrace the future of our art form.
Donations to the Endowment are invested by an appointed Committee to support the Company’s long-term financial sustainability and resilience, providing an ever-increasing stream of income where earnings are utilised to support a range of operational activities and ambitions. Invest in the future of ballet and dance in WA by making a contribution to the Endowment.