CHALLENGE
Our client, the Foundation for Ballet Students of the Hungarian State Opera, commissioned our agency to support the communication of the Hungarian Ballet Grand Prix. The goal was not only to assist with participant recruitment but also to contribute to the broader popularization of ballet.
SOLUTION
We launched the communication campaign for the Hungarian Ballet Grand Prix with a press conference, timed to coincide with the Christmas Nutcracker season. In the first phase of the campaign, our aim was to reach domestic and international ballet students and schools and build trust in the competition. Later, the focus shifted to raising awareness of ballet and the competition itself.
Designing the visual identity of the Hungarian Ballet Grand Prix was also a key task. In developing the visual concept, we had to take into account both the prestige of the art form and its visual expectations, as well as the tastes of 7–18-year-old ballet students. We systematically developed the competition’s Facebook and Instagram pages and YouTube channel, tailoring our tools to each communication objective and strongly leveraging the ballet’s striking and unique visual world.
RESULT
More than 150 ballet students from several dozen countries—including Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Portugal, and Ukraine—applied to participate in the competition. The event was also covered by national public affairs and cultural media outlets, while our social media content reached several hundred thousand users.