Very Special Thanks to our Sponsors

New York City Ballet’s programming is made possible in part by generous grants from the Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation, the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation, Lincoln Center Corporate Fund, the Gene and Stanley Lasdon Charitable Trust, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., John L. and Barbara Vogelstein, Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Falcone, The New York Community Trust—Mary P. Oenslager Foundation Fund, Denise Sobel and Norman Keller, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, The Florence Gould Foundation, the Geoffrey C. Hughes Foundation, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, an anonymous gift in memory of Orton and Lucile Simons, Sue and Michael Steinberg, American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support for new work is provided by The Irene Diamond Fund and members of the New Combinations Fund. 

New York City Ballet’s musical leadership is endowed in part by the Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro Fund for Musical Excellence.

New York City Ballet gratefully acknowledges the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund, which provides support for new work and audience development.

The creation and performance of works by Peter Martins is funded in part by an endowment gift from the Solomon family, given in loving memory of Carolyn B. Solomon.

New York City Ballet’s performance of works by George Balanchine are supported in part by the Balanchine Production Fund, an endowment created through The Campaign for New York City Ballet.

The creation of new works through New York City Ballet's Rudolf Nureyev Fund for Emerging Choreographers is made possible in part by a lead endowment gift from the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation, with additional support provided by the Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation.

American Airlines is New York City Ballet’s Official Airline.