IV. Principal - $4,000 - $5,999

Includes: All of the above, plus: Observation of an in-studio rehearsal and 6 free tickets to our winter and spring shows.

To become a financial sponsor for the upcoming 2023/2024 season, please make your check out to:

Akhmedova Ballet Academy,

9511 Saint Andrews Way,

Silver Spring, MD 20901.

For more information about ABA, please email me at contact@akhmedovaballet.org or visit our website at www.akhmedovaballet.org. 

Feel free to call me, 301-602-8222.

ABA Professional Training Program (PTP) students and Studio Company earned awards at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) ballet competition and other international well-known ballet competitions in all categories. Information about additional awards earned by ABA students this year can be found on our website.

All ABA graduates received job offers with professional ballet companies or entered dance programs at major universities.

ABA believes that students need to share their gifts with the community so it looks for opportunities to perform free shows to underserved populations that may not have the opportunity to attend live arts unless it is brought to them.

Akhmedova Ballet Foundation, Inc. dba ABA is a 501(c)(3) charitable tax-exempt non-profit organization. Your donations to ABF are deductible to the extent permitted by the IRS regulations.  Your support helps to promote the very best in Ballet education.

The Akhmedova Ballet Academy is dedicated to providing the finest quality ballet training utilizing the Vaganova Method with personal and artistic mentoring to prepare young talented dancers to become strong and fully developed artists ready to take their place in major dance companies around the world.

To provide greater opportunities to many more gifted students in the greater Washington DC area, ABA moved to a new state-of-the-art facility with professional sprung floors in three large studios in an ideal downtown Silver Spring location above Whole Foods. This major improvement is the next step in expanding ABA’s capacity and continuing our exceptional training program.

Your support will be known to over 3000 ABA supporters. ABA plans to perform for at least 1000 county residents this upcoming year, distribute its online magazine to several hundred more, and has over 3000 likes on social media.

• Build our scholarship fund with any amount. To cover a student’s partial or full year tuition ($12,000). Summer programs ($4,800).

• Buy advertisements in Pointe Magazine or Dance Magazine ($1,700 to $6,000).

• Help purchase professional stage costumes for our performances (E.g. one tutu cost $700) or professional stage backdrop ($8,000).

• Cover travel expenses such as renting of vans and other modes of transportation when the Academy travels to competitions and shows.

• Fund exceptional guest teachers for PTP Master classes and professional guest artists to perform with ABA students in productions ($1,500 to $3,000).

• Pay for the rental of performance space so that more audiences can be reached by the ABA dancers and ABA dancers can be supported by more audience ($3,000 to $7,000).

• Donate to the general operating budget, which includes rent, insurances, teachers, accountant, auditor, advertising, videographers, photographers, office supplies, etc.

• For a $10,000 contribution, the sponsor’s name will be displayed prominently on a plaque in the Academy.

• Help retire debt from build out of new studios assuring ABA’s future growth and continued success.