Rental Requests, Payments, and Bookings:

1. Email [email protected] with your rental request
2. Our Rental Coordinator will reply via email to confirm your rental request
3. Create a profile on Sawyer, our registration platform: www.hisawyer.com/brooklyn-ballet/schedules, and input your credit card information.
4. Renters must complete and return the Brooklyn Ballet Renter Agreement prior to booking
5. Rentals must be paid in full to guarantee the booking

Brooklyn Ballet Renter Agreement

Brooklyn Ballet’s rental rules and guidelines are non-negotiable. Renters and their participants must abide by all of Brooklyn Ballet’s rules and guidelines. Failure to abide by Brooklyn Ballet’s rental rules and guidelines will jeopardize the renter’s relationship with Brooklyn Ballet.

RENTAL REQUESTS & RATES

Brooklyn Ballet studio is available to rent upon request. Please, email [email protected] for more information.

Rental rates differ for rehearsals, classes, auditions, photoshoots, video shoots, showings, performances, and special events. 

Rental rates will be confirmed by the Rental Coordinator prior to booking. 

Renter agrees to use the space for the purpose indicated and paid for upon booking.

Renters who use the space for a purpose other than the one indicated upon booking will be charged the additional rental rate per hour.

Renters who don’t abide by this policy, won’t be permitted to rent at Brooklyn Ballet. 

BOOKING GUIDELINES

The signer of the Brooklyn Ballet Renter Agreement must be present at all bookings. 

Renters must create a profile on Sawyer, our registration platform: www.hisawyer.com/brooklyn-ballet/schedules, and input their credit card information.

After completing their Sawyer profile and confirming the date and time of their booking, Brooklyn Ballet will process the full payment to the credit card on file. 

Rentals must be paid in full to guarantee the booking. Incomplete or partial payments are not accepted. 

CANCELLATIONS

Renter cancellations must be made more than 72 hours in advance to receive a full refund.

Renter cancellations made less than 72 hours in advance are non-refundable. 

Brooklyn Ballet reserves the right to cancel a renter’s bookings. 

Brooklyn Ballet cancellations made more than 72 hours in advance will be refunded at no additional charge.

Brooklyn Ballet cancellations made less than 72 hours in advance will be refunded at no additional charge.

RENTER GUIDELINES

Rental includes the use of Brooklyn Ballet’s studio, lobby, changing room, and single-stall bathroom.

Brooklyn Ballet staff may be present in the lobby for the duration of your rental. 

Rentals must begin and end on time.

Brooklyn Ballet can not accommodate additional time for warming up or cooling down in the studio before or after the scheduled booking. 

Renters are permitted to enter the space no more than 15 minutes prior to their scheduled booking.

Renters must vacate the space no more than 10 minutes after their scheduled booking. 

Renters are permitted to use the in-studio speakers and boom box.

Renters are not permitted to use the in-studio laptop or big-screen TV without the consent of Brooklyn Ballet staff. 

Access to Brooklyn Ballet’s Wi-fi network is available upon request.

Brooklyn Ballet reserves the right to show the studio and lobby to prospective
clients during operating hours.

Smoking of any kind is not permitted at Brooklyn Ballet or 160 Schermerhorn.

STUDIO & LOBBY GUIDELINES

The lobby is a shared space that must be quiet, accessible, and comfortable for Brooklyn Ballet students, faculty, and staff at all times.

Renters are responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the Brooklyn ballet studio, lobby, and bathroom. 

The studio, lobby, and bathroom must be left in the same condition that they are found. Prior to vacating the space, renters must return all equipment or furniture, such as ballet barres, chairs, stools, or tables to their original position prior to the renter vacating the space.

Brooklyn Ballet reserves the right to charge an additional $150 cleaning fee if the studio, lobby, or bathroom are not in their original condition prior to the renter vacating the space.

Brooklyn Ballet is not responsible or liable for lost or stolen property.

Brooklyn Ballet is not responsible or liable for the personal injury of the renter or participants.

The following actions are not permitted at any time:

• Unnecessarily loud or disruptive sounds or music
• Dragging the ballet barres
• Moving or touching the mirrors without the consent of Brooklyn Ballet staff
• Moving the stereo system, standing speakers, laptop, or big screen TV
• Using in-studio props without the consent of Brooklyn Ballet staff
• Placing personal items or props on the radiators or windows
• Vocalizing, rehearsing, or warming up in the Brooklyn Ballet lobby or 160 Schermerhorn
• Using substances on the marley dance floor, such as rosin, spray, or powder that leaves a residue or can’t be removed prior to vacating the space
• Using tape on the marley dance floor that leaves a residue or can’t be removed prior to vacating the space
• Using heavy or sharp objects that damage, puncture, scuff, or mark the marley dance floor
• Wearing street shoes, dark-soled footwear, hard-soled footwear, or percussive footwear that damage, puncture, scuff, or mark the marley dance floor
• Dance heels, such as character or ballroom heels are permitted
• Spiked heels, stiletto heels, and tap shoes are not permitted

We look forward to sharing our space with you!