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Current Supporters

The Bates Dance Festival gratefully acknowledges the following contributors for their generous gifts, received since 11/1/24:

$25,000 +

New England Foundation for the Arts, Jean Wilson and John Roberts in memory of Marcy Plavin

$10,000 +

Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Onion Foundation

$1,000 – $9,999

Anonymous, Baxter Brewing, James G. & Carolyn Birmingham Foundation, Kathryn & Thomas Colby, Central Distributors, Davinci’s Eatery, Steven Edwards, Steven J. Gruverman, Clarissa Krinsky, David Lakari,  National Performance Network, Peregrine Capital Management, Paula Marcus-Platz and Tom Platz, Platz Associates, Christopher Barrett Politan, John C. Robinson, Kirk Read and Camille Parrish, Laquimah VanDunk

$500 – $999

Elaine Seabrook Drugan, Laura Faure, Geri FitzGerald, Charles A. Kennedy in memory of H. Virginia Millard Kennedy, Nat May, David Plavin in memory of Marcy Plavin, Darby Ray and Raymond Clothier, Susie Richardson in memory of Nancy Stark Smith & Kathleen Hermesdorf, Bette J. Swett-Thibeault, Edward Walworth

$250 – $499

Casco Bay Movers Dance Studio, Natalie Gotter, Alice J. Harvey, Lisa Leidy, Nat May, Delaney McDonough, Jim & Lynn Shaffer, Rick Speer and Judy Frost, Craig Tribuno, Edward Walworth, Lida Winfield

$100 – $249

Helen Albee, Anonymous, Butch and Amy Baxter, Doris Bonneau, Michael and Odelle Bowman, Catherine Bradford, Susan Ciampa, David Dorfman and Lisa Race, Michael Foley, Bobbie and Tom Gottschalk, Lindsay Hancock, Richard and Clare Hardy, Leslie Hill, Constance Hitchcock, Sara Juli and Chris Ajemian, Rosamond Kreilkamp, Carl Landa, Jessica Lockhart, Jolene McGowan and Thomas McAdam, Scott McPheeters, Chip and Jane Morrison, Joseph O’Donnell, Cynthia Oliver, Richard Partridge, Babe Paul, Susan Pond, Redgrave Family, Francine Rudoff, Matthew Small, Linda Stimpson and Peter Darvin, Dawn and Holly Trenbath, Kristin Wagner

 Up to $99

Anonymous, Caroline Rocher Barnes, Nancy and Warren Berkowitz, Shari Broder and Eric Bryant, Ali Kenner Brodsky, Molly Brown, Catherine Carey, Rhys Carr, Yanira Castro, Veronica Deans, Marcia J. Emerson, Holly Ewing, Laura Faherty, Katherine Graham, Liz and Alison Hart, Christine Holden, Lynne Hunter, Kelsey Johnson, Laura Juraska and Richard Fochtmann, Alexa K., Tracey and Eben Miller, Peggy Muir, Diane Muskain honor of Sam Lawler, Jorge Piccole, Ariel Pollack, Nancy Salmon and David Webster, Ann Sanders, Gretel and Sylvia Schatz, David and Emily Scribner, Linda Shary,  Michèle Steinwald, Geoffrey Swift, Alissa Hamer Thompson, Gabriella Titolo, Sharon Townshend, June Vail, David White

 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 2025  program:
Anonymous, Kathryn & Thomas Colby, Steven Edwards, Steven J. Gruverman, Clarissa Krinsky, David Lakari,  Paula Marcus-Platz and Tom Platz, Christopher Barrett Politan, John C. Robinson, Kirk Read and Camille Parrish, Jean Wilson and John Roberts in memory of Marcy Plavin, Laquimah VanDunk

Additional thanks to:

Malcolm Hill, Jason Scheideman, Victoria Blaine-Wallace, Brenda Pelletier, Christine Schwartz, Donald Desrosiers, Jason Moreau, Mary Pols, Phyllis Graber Jensen, and the many Bates College employees who provide ongoing support and assistance.

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).

Your gift makes a difference!