Current Supporters
The Bates Dance Festival gratefully acknowledges the following contributors for their generous gifts, received between 11/1/22 and 5/31/23:
$25,000 +
National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, Onion Foundation
$10,000 +
Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, National Performance Network, SQA Foundation
$1,000 – $9,999
Anonymous, Kathryn Haas Colby & Thomas B. Colby, Steven Edwards, Vallejo Gantner, David Lakari, Paula Marcus-Platz & Tom Platz, Peregrine Capital Management, Inc., Christopher Barrett Politan, John Vail, LaQuimah VanDunk
$500 – $999
Anonymous, Bette J. Swett-Thibeault, Jean Wilson & John Roberts
$250 – $499
Anonymous, Elise Ring Boyan, Philip Champbell, Laura Faure, Michael Foley, Richard & Clare Hardy, Lisa Leidy, Aimee Petrin, David Plavin in memory of Marcy Plavin, Susie Richardson in memory of Nancy Stark Smith & Kathleen Hermesdorf, Jim & Lynn Shaffer, Rick Speer & Judy Frost
$100 – $249
Ann Barksdale, Butch & Amy Baxter, Carolyn Branson, Casco Bay Movers, Gregory Catellier, Virginia Dearani, Jan Dewitt Touslee in honor of Tristan Koepke, Bobbie & Tom Gottschalk, Lizette Greaves, April & Malcolm Hill, Sara Juli, Jeffrey Librett & Dawn Marl, Jessica Lockhart, Nat May, Shonach Mirk-Robles, Charles Morrison, David Parker, Linda Stimpson, Dawn & Holly Trenbath, Doug Varone, Kristen Wagner, Edward Walworth, Susan & Robert Weiss
Up to $99
Anonymous, Nancy & Warren Berkowitz, Shari Broder & Eric Bryant, Barbara Chenoweth, Susan Ciampa, Shoshana Currier, David Dorfman & Lisa Race, Marcia J. Emerson, Geri FitzGerald, Lindsay Hancock, Anja Hanson, Liz & Alison Hart, Christine Holden, Kelsey Johnson, Gweneth Jones, Jakub Kazecki, Elaine & Katherine Knox, Brigitte Koepke, Rosamond Kreilkamp, Abbe Levin, Deborah Luhrs, Laura Luraska, Barbara Parish-Scillieri, Babe Paul, Jorge Piccole, Brian Rogers, Lisa Rosen & Andy Day, Francine Rudoff, Ann Sanders, Erica Schair-Cardona & Ivan Cardona, Gretal & Sylvia Schatz, Linda Shary, Bonnie Shulman, Alissa Hamer Thompson, Sharon Townshend, June Vail
Leadership Circle
The Leadership Circle ($1,000 and up) is a fundraising initiative aimed at bringing advocates of the festival to a level of recognition, while also using their leadership gifts to help raise critical funds towards Festival operations. The generous support from The Leadership Circle makes BDF’s programs possible.
Being a Leadership Circle donor allows you to deepen your relationship to dance. Please consider joining our Leadership Circle. Contact dancefest@bates.edu for more information.
Thank you to the following donors who are part of our 2023 program:
Anonymous, Kathryn Haas Colby & Thomas B. Colby, Steven Edwards, Vallejo Gantner, Quanita Haynes, David Lakari, Maine Humanities Council, Paula Marcus-Platz & Tom Platz, Christopher Barrett Politan, John Vail
Additional thanks to:
Victoria Blaine-Wallace, Rachel Boggia, Phyllis Graber Jensen, Lindsay Hancock, Doug Hubley, Tracey Miller, Jason Moreau, Darby Ray, Michael Reidy, Allison Webster, and the many Bates College employees who provide ongoing support and assistance.
Residencies and performances are supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works program.
Significant support has been provided by the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts; and the New England States Touring Program made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
The Bates Dance Festival is a member of the National Performance Network which supports artist’s residencies and performances with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency).
