HAI’s vast experience and expertise in performing arts production benefits both nonprofit and private sector audiences. HAI’s track record as successful producers of entertainment and cultural events is evidenced by over 40 years of providing this service to many different types of audiences. Live performance perfectly matched to your event can set a mood, reflect a particular image, and promote connections – outcomes that can be invaluable when planning an event. HAI would like to share its commitment to the arts with your organization, thereby giving you twice as much value for your purchase by coordinating and scheduling your performance needs and redirecting profits to support live performing arts experiences to individuals who have been shut out of the cultural mainstream.

For more than 41 years, HAI has been booking over 200 events per month (over 98,000 events!!) – live performances in many different types of alternative venues including prisons, health related facilities, and schools as well as in corporate settings. Since HAI’s audiences represent a cross section of communities we book a variety of performances. To get an idea of the diversity, recent events include Chinese dance, African American dance and drums, a Klezmer ensemble, steel pan player and a classical string trio. Among the many events HAI schedules, notable artists have appeared including Whoopi at Rikers Island, Chaka Khan at Manhattan Psychiatric Center and Anna Moffo at the Isabella Geriatric Center.

By using HAI as your performance presenter, you will have the unique opportunity to get the very best in arts and entertainments, while reaping the benefit of giving back to your community and our city’s underserved.

Reasons to Consider HAI as Your Performing Arts and Entertainment Booking Specialist:

• HAI is a nonprofit arts organization with a 42-year track record
• Promotes access to the arts for all New Yorkers
• Highly regarded organization and city, state and national levels
• Represents positive images in all types of media
• Recipient of many civic awards
• Highly visible programs and services
• Benefits a large, diverse cross section of New Yorkers
• Offices conveniently located in Soho
• Extensive and diverse artist roster
• Regularly scheduled auditions
• Artist audits at cultural venues to evaluate new artists
• Ongoing artist outreach to identify new artists
• Culturally and ethnically diverse artist roster
• Vast assortment of music and dance performing groups
• Access to top talent for special events
• Professional, talented and reliable artist roster
• Only professional, full time artists used
• Through repeated bookings, reliability assessed
• Artists are responsive to a wide variety of audience types
• Artists are adaptable to all types of performance spaces
• Full time staff and support services
• 4 full time performance coordinators
• 4 part time performance site coordinators
• 20 additional staff to assist in production when needed
• Vehicles to transport artists and equipment
• Sound equipment
• Benefits to your company
• Reliable, knowledgeable booking agents
• Access to audience tested artists
• Opportunities to support a highly regarded NY nonprofit
• Promote positive corporate image through support of HAI
• Competitive booking fees
• All profits redirected to support HAI’s mission
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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