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Become A Donor

As a charitable cultural organization, DanceHouse relies on generous gifts from people like you who are passionate about dance in our city.

Move into the neighbourhood with one of Vancouver’s most exciting and inspiring arts organizations by making a donation to DanceHouse today. Your donation, be it big, small, monthly or just once, will directly help to ensure that international contemporary dance has a permanent and prominent place in the culture of our city.

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DanceHouse Donors

In the House

Platinum Room $25,000+

Anndraya T. Luui X

Diamond Room $10,000 – 24,999

Hawthorne Charitable Foundation
MJ & J Becker
The McGrane – Pearson Endowment Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation
The Simons Foundation Canada
Sonya Wall
Y.P. Heung Foundation

Gold Room $5,000 – 9,999

Deux Mille Foundation X

Silver Room $2,500 – 4,999

Aikenhead Family Community Fund X
Teresa Kirschner
Lightburn Family Fund, Held At Vancouver Foundation X
Odlum Brown and Zdenka Gomes, Portfolio Manager X
Stephen Richards & Linda Loo
Nardia Strydom
Robert Laing & Ed Wilson

Bronze Room $1,000 – 2,499

Susan Adams •X
Mary & Herb Auerbach X
Chung Cheong
Julie Drzymala
Stephen M. Fitterman
Mark Gatha & Kemo Schedlosky
The Hamber Foundation

Sarah Isaacs
Jack Lutsky •
Paula Meyler •
Jean Orr X
Dr. Thomas Pullano & Mr. Brad Waites
Sue & David Roppel
Sabine Rouques •∞X
Brian Rowland & Steve Atkinson

Federico Salazar & Jim Smith ∞X
Betty Scheltgen ⌂
Melanie Semlacher
Don & Jane Shumka
Nancy Stern & Stephen Schachter
Anonymous x4

Neighborhood of Friends

Townhouse $600 – 999 ($50 monthly)

Carol Carr
John Clark
Peter Dickinson & Richard Cavell •X
Bill Ehrcke & Donna Welstein X
Ronald Gibbs
Zdenka Gomes

Robert Lange Architect
Laurel March X
Anne Mauch •X
Joan & Michel Maurer
Laura Moore X
Dr. Barra O’Briain X

Lorraine Portier X
Joanne Rankin & James Burton ⌂•
Joachim & Zohreh Waibel
Fei Wong X
Anonymous

Condo $300 – 599 ($25 monthly)

Ingrid Alderson X
Santa Aloi X
Alexandra Barker
Ilze Bebris & Bruce Curry X
Fran Brafman X
Earle Briggs
Beth Carter
Deena Chochinov & Eric Posen
Gisa Cole X
Jane Turner & Sheila Craigie ⌂X
Richard Dopson
Camrose Ducote
Jamie Evrard
Jane Fernyhough X

Kirsten & Daniel Fiss
Sonia Fraser •
Sara Getz •X
Anthony J. Giacinti in memory of Lola MacLaughlin X
Kathy & Stan Hamilton
Mark Hammond
Evelyn J. Harden X
In memory of Nik Radosevic
Hui Family
Liesl Jauk •X
Beverley Johnston
Nan Legate & Eric Fiss
Erica Levy & Alan Kingstone
MacDonell-Bienvenu Family

Caroline Manders •X
W & S Mennell
Meridian Pilates Studio
Karen Nordlinger
The Berry-Common Dance Collective
Straits Fishing Ltd
Brian D. Sullivan
Titsworth-Morin Family
Janet Waterman X
Inge Zegel
Anonymous

Apartment $120 – 299 ($10 monthly)

Jane Baker
Terry Booth
Linda Brandt
Borja Brown
Michael Bushnell
Kitty Chadwick •
Kirk Chantraine
Janice Chutter •X
Lindsay Clague
Garry Clarke
Judith Coffin
Peter Dodek & Hella Lee X
Jason Dubois & Clayton Baraniuk
Sharleen Dumont ⌂
Janet Ericksen ⌂•X
Michelle Footz
Heather Fraser
Erika Gerson ⌂
Kate Gerson
Leila Getz
Maia Gibb

Miriam Gil
Cathy Grant X
Laurie Guy-Sharp
Heather Hyde
Rita Irwin
Patricia Janzen
Jennifer Elisabeth Johnson
Kelly Johnson
Lynn Kagan X
Leah Kaser
Roger Kayo •
John H. Kennedy
Darren Kopetsky
Claudia Lansdorp
Mary & Michael MacEntee
Caitlin MacRae & Panayiotis Pappas
Chris Main
Heather McPherson & Arnoud Stryd X

Maureen Milledge
Martha Miller •
Murray Paterson Marketing Group
Emily O’Neill •
Sandra Polinsky
Judy Reykdal
Donna Riback
Lisa Rodger
Bernard Schulz X
Charles Scott
Jeff Sheremeta
Luke Shwart
Robert Silverman •
Maria Stanborough •
Larry D. Stonesifer
Sharon Street •
Gina Sufrin •
Zach Wasserman
Anonymous x4

X : donors for 10+ years
⌂ : three-year pledge donors | : three-year pledge donors x2
• : monthly donors
∞ : Legacy donors

Includes donations above $120 received between March 1, 2023 – April 3, 2024.

Did we miss you? Let us know! Contact Sabine Rouques at sabine@dancehouse.ca or 604.801.6225 to join our community of supporters.

DanceHouse is a program of Seismic Shift Arts Society
Registered charitable number: 86128 4255 RR0001 | GST number: 86128 4255 RT0001
We are pleased to provide a charitable receipt for all donations over $20.

Round Up

A special thank you to the more than 372 donors who rounded up their ticket orders! Together, these small contributions can make a big difference.

Legacy Giving at DanceHouse

What will your legacy be? By making DanceHouse a beneficiary of a planned gift, you are ensuring a legacy in dance in Vancouver which benefits local, national, and international choreographers and performers, and audience members from all walks of life.

Find out more about making a legacy gift at Dedicated to Dance – Legacy, or contact Sabine Rouques, Director of Patron Relations at 604.801.6225 or sabine@dancehouse.ca.

Donor BenefitsGuest Room Apartment Condo TownhouseBronze RoomSilver RoomGold RoomDiamond RoomPlatinum Room
$50+$120 – 299
($10 monthly)
$300 – 599
($25 monthly)
$600 – 999
($50 monthly)
$1,000 – 2,499$2,500 – 4,999$5,000 – 9,999$10,000 – 24,999$25,000+
Official tax receipt and thank you letter
Post show reception
(Friday Performance Only)
Recognition on the DanceHouse website
Recognition in the DanceHouse program
Access to DanceHouse donor lounge once per seasonN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Private Season Announcement in Donor lounge 7pm
Access to DanceHouse donor lounge
Recognition on Annual Impact report
Invitation to annual backstage tour
Advanced single ticket sales
Digital Photo Album of the Season
Reserved seating at the Pre-Show Talks
Attend a Rehearsal/masterclass/community partner workshop *
Sold out show wait list
Invitiation to Artistic Director Lunch

Top image: Agustina Videla, Social Tango Project © Paola Evelina.