Great Performance Underwriting

The Sandler Center Foundation supports and manages several Impact Projects that help to bring top performers into the Sandler Center:

IMPACT PROJECT:

Great Performance Grants

THE NEED: The Sandler Center has limited ability to cover the costs of attracting a world-class performance through ticket revenue.

THE IMPACT: Funding for an annual world-class performance and associated community outreach projects.

MEASURING IMPACT: Award grant on an annual basis through world-class performance partner, the Virginia Arts Festival. Grant program launched in 2017.

2017: Itzhak Perlman

2018: Brooke Shields & Disney’s Frozen

2019: Renee Fleming

2020 & 2021: Paused due to COVID-19 Restrictions

2022: Wynton Marsalis

2023: Mark Morris “The Look of Love” featuring music from Burt Bacharach. (Collaboration with Kennedy Center)

2024: 100th Anniversary of Martha Graham Dance Company and the 80th Anniversary of Appalachian Spring

2024:

Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Martha Graham Dance Company and the 80th Anniversary of Appalachian Spring in a performance that reveals the genius in every move!

GRAHAM 100 - 100th Anniversary of the Martha Graham Dance Company

Recognized as a primal artistic force of the 20th century alongside Picasso, James Joyce, Stravinsky, and Frank Lloyd Wright, Martha Graham transformed the art of dance. Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and National Medal of Arts, she created 181 ballets and inspired choreographers who would go on to shape the next century of dance. TIME magazine named Martha Graham “Dancer of the Century,” and People magazine named her among the female “Icons of the Century.” Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Martha Graham Dance Company and the 80th Anniversary of Appalachian Spring in a performance that reveals the genius in every move!

In celebration of clearing skies and in anticipation of an even brighter future, the Sandler Center Foundation (SCF) is raising funds to advance children's education through the performing arts and help fund community arts organizations, including great performances at the Sandler Center.

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