American Repertory Ballet Receives Sponsorship from Locally-Based Church & Dwight and Covance

American Repertory Ballet recently received support for its Access & Enrichment initiatives, including its acclaimed DANCE POWER residency program in the New Brunswick School District and its popular On Pointe and its acclaimed DANCE POWER residency program in the New Brunswick School District, from the locally-based corporation Church & Dwight. ARB has also received funding for its 50th Annual Nutcracker Season productions from the Princeton-based Covance Charitable Foundation of the Covance pharmaceutical company.

Church & Dwight's grant reflects the company's support of local arts and education, and the positive effect American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School's programs have had on the community. Church & Dwight is a leader in the Household Consumer Products and Personal Care industry, with such brands as ARM & HAMMER, First Response, Nair, Spinbrush, Oxi Clean, Orajel, and more. The company's main headquarters was on the same block as ARB's and Princeton Ballet School's - North Harrison in Princeton - until it expanded to Ewing, NJ in 2011. The Church & Dwight Princeton location remains open as a research and development center.

Covance, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive drug development services companies, has been sponsoring ARB's Nutcracker productions since 2010. This year, the funding will go towards the company's milestone 50th season of The Nutcracker. For the past two years, Joseph Herring, CEO and Chairman of the Covance Board, has joined ARB's dancers on stage at McCarter Theatre as a party guest in Act I.

For more information regarding American Repertory Ballet's upcoming performances, events, or Access & Enrichment programs, please visit www.arballet.org.