OUR IMPACT & COMMUNITY
Paid work for artists. An open invitation to ballet.
Since April 2023, Pointeworks has brought artists and audiences together through off-season work, new ballet and community programs. Our patrons and partners make it possible.
Impact for Artists
Professional compensation, time to create, and a platform for new voices. Pointeworks invests in artists’ working lives between company seasons.
Dancers employed for a combined total of
83 weeks of work in 2026
Dancer Employment
Between company seasons, we give dancers paid time to keep creating. Since our founding, 33 dancers have worked with Pointeworks, including 19 in 2026.
We value every artist equally, with the same base weekly rate across artistic roles, regardless of gender. Our standard weekly rate is $1,500 at every rank. Shorter engagements use a daily rate; additional responsibilities may be paid separately.
Weeks of work for dancers
Making New Work
Our patrons have helped commission 13 original ballets. Across original and reworked repertoire, 12 choreographers have collaborated with Pointeworks. Residencies give artists time to create together.
Championing Women Choreographers
All four original works commissioned for 2026 were choreographed by women. Your support provides paid collaborators, rehearsal time and resources for their ideas.
Across the largest 150 U.S. ballet and classically based companies, Dance Data Project® reports women choreographed 32.9% of works and 49.5% of world premieres in 2025–26. Those season figures differ from our commissions, which include works awaiting premiere.
Impact for Our Community
Your generosity opens the studio and the theater to more people. Through community partnerships, sponsored seats, and free learning programs, we invite audiences to experience ballet up close.
Arts experiences & tickets shared
Since our founding in 2023
Free arts experiences
From our founding through August 20, 2026
Opening Doors to Ballet
Free events, sponsored seats and local partnerships bring people closer to ballet and the artists who make it.
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A First Invitation
For COMPOSITIONS at Balboa Theatre on October 18, 2026, we shared at least 647 community tickets, surpassing our goal of 500. These were part of 1,023 tickets distributed overall, not a count of attendance.
First-time ballet was selected on 363 of 595 answered community-ticket registrations (61%). Group answers can repeat across tickets, so this is not a count of individual people.
$40 sponsors a seat and helps more people experience professional ballet and live music.
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Earlier in June, NOCTURNES issued 199 complimentary tickets across all complimentary categories, including community access.
Learning Together
Free Company Rep Weeks at Ballet Arte and Westside Ballet welcomed 41 enrollments. With our 2026 mentorship program, they offered 1,105 participant-hours of free classes, repertoire and rehearsals.
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“The piano and viola section was the most moving music while the end with all 5 dancers was an excellent climax for the event.”
— First-time ballet attendee, COMPOSITIONS audience survey, October 19, 2026
The free arts experiences above include performances, classes, open rehearsals, and community events.
Made Possible by You
To our patrons, donors, volunteers and community partners: thank you for making paid work, new ballet and wider access possible. Founder and Artistic Director Sophie Williams volunteers her leadership.
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Figures updated October 22, 2026. Commissions include works awaiting premiere. Participant-hours count time spent learning, separately from attendance.