Current Supporters

The Bates Dance Festival gratefully acknowledges the following contributors for their generous gifts, received between 11/1/22 and 10/30/23:

$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, Mary Anne Bodner, Baxter Brewing, Bodnar Family Fund, Kathryn Haas Colby & Thomas B. Colby, Steven Edwards, Vallejo Gantner, David Lakari, Paula Marcus-Platz & Tom Platz, Peregrine Capital Management, Inc., Platz Associates, Christopher Barrett Politan, Kirk Read & Camille Parrish, Stephen Plavin, Bette J. Swett-Thibeault, John Vail, Laquimah VanDunk, Jean Wilson & John Roberts

$500 – $999

Androscoggin Bank, Anonymous, April & Malcolm Hill, Sara Juli & Chris Ajemian, Stanley A. Pelli, David Plavin in memory of Marcy Plavin

$250 – $499

Anonymous, Elise Ring Boyan, Gregory Catellier & Kristin O’Neal, Philip Campbell, Nicola Chin, Laura Faure, Michael Foley, Richard & Clare Hardy, Tristan Koepke, Lisa Leidy, Dr. Linda Milosky & Dr. Shiu-Kai Chin, Charles Nero and Baltasar Fra-Molinero, Page Oberlin, Aimée Petrin, Susan Pond, Darby Ray & Raymond Clothier, Susie Richardson in memory of Nancy Stark Smith & Kathleen Hermesdorf, Jim & Lynn Shaffer, Rick Speer & Judy Frost, Carol A. Wilson

$100 – $249

John Andress, Ann Barksdale, Butch & Amy Baxter, Carolyn Branson, Shari Broder and Eric Bryant, Matt Bullard, Casco Bay Movers, Shosana Currier, Virginia Dearani and Justin Moriarty, Jan Dewitt Touslee in honor of Tristan Koepke, Joel A. Feingold, 1977, Diane M. Georgeson, M.D., Bobbie & Tom Gottschalk, Lizette Greaves, Alice J. Harvey, Deb Irons, James Jones, Rosamond Kreilkamp, Jeffrey Librett & Dawn Marl, Jessica Lockhart, Deborah Luhrs, Kate Marchessault, Nat May, Meghan Metzger, Shonach Mirk-Robles, Charles Morrison, Laura K. Nicoll, David Parker, Richard Partridge, Mayor Carl Sheline, Matthew Small, Linda Stimpson, Dawn & Holly Trenbath, Doug Varone, Kristen Wagner, Edward Walworth, Leigh A. Weisenburger, Susan & Robert Weiss, Calvin Coolidge Wilson, Carol Wishcamper

Up to $99

Anonymous, Phoebe Ballard, Nancy & Warren Berkowitz, Basia C. Braboy, Shari Broder & Eric Bryant, Tamara Carrington, Barbara Chenoweth, Susan Ciampa, David Currier, Laura R. Detwiler, David Dorfman & Lisa Race, Elliot Emadian, Twanda Emenhiser, Marcia J. Emerson, Geri FitzGerald, Mary Griffin, Sandra L. Groleau, Lindsay Hancock, Anja Hanson and Derek Pierce, Liz & Alison Hart, Christine Holden, Mark Jeffery, Kelsey Johnson, Gweneth Jones, Laura Juraska, Jakub Kazecki, Cathy Kidman, Elaine & Katherine Knox, Brigitte Koepke, Rosamond Kreilkamp, Abbe Levin, Deborah Luhrs, Laura Luraska, Elisabeth A. Miller, Tracey and Eben Miller, William B. Morse, Barbara Parish-Scillieri, Babe Paul, Mauren Pearson, Sharyn Peavey, Sasha Peterson, Ariel Phillips, Jorge Piccole, Geoffrey L. Pyke, Kelly Rayl, Brian Rogers, Lisa Rosen & Andy Day, Mark G. Roy, Estelle Rubinstein, Francine Rudoff, Nancy Salmon, Ann Sanders, Erica Schair-Cardona & Ivan Cardona, Gretal & Sylvia Schatz, Linda Shary, Ann Shopbell, Bonnie Shulman, Alissa Hamer Thompson, Sharon Townshend, June Vail, Danielle Whitehouse, Daniel V. Woodruff, Abigail L. Zbikowski

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, Mary Anne Bodnar, Kathryn Haas Colby & Thomas B. Colby, Steven Edwards, Vallejo Gantner, David Lakari, Paula Marcus-Platz & Tom Platz, Christopher Barrett Politan, Kirk Read & Camille Parrish, Bette J. Swett-Thibeault, John Vail, Laquimah Van Dunk, Jean Wilson & John Roberts

Additional thanks to:

Malcolm Hill, Jason Scheideman, Victoria Blaine-Wallace, Michael Reidy, Justin Moriarty, Brenda Pelletier, Christine Schwartz, Donald Desrosiers, Cheryl Lacey, Jason Moreau, Mary Pols, Phyllis Graber Jensen, David Evans, Christine Holden, 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).