Current Supporters
The Bates Dance Festival gratefully acknowledges the following contributors for their generous gifts, received between 11/1/23 and 06/27/24:
$25,000 +
National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts
$10,000 +
Elmina B. Sewall Foundation, Onion Foundation
$1,000 – $9,999
Anonymous, Baxter Brewing, Central Distributors, Davinci’s Eatery, Steven Edwards, David Lakari, Maine Humanities Council, National Performance Network, Peregrine Capital Management, Paula Marcus-Platz and Tom Platz, David Plavin in memory of Marcy Plavin, Steve and Lisa Plavin, Platz Associates, Christopher Barrett Politan, Kirk Read and Camille Parrish, Bette J. Swett-Thibeault, Laquimah VanDunk
$500 – $999
Androscoggin Savings Bank, Kathryn and Thomas Colby, Charles A. Kennedy in memory of H. Virginia Millard Kennedy, Paul Marks and Margaret Hor in memory of Elizabeth Conklin Bueschel, David Plavin in memory of Marcy Plavin, Darby Ray and Raymond Clothier, Jim and Lynn Shaffer, Jean Wilson
$250 – $499
Anonymous, Casco Bay Movers Dance Studio, Gregory Catellier and Kristin O’Neal, Laura Faure, Lisa Leidy, Aimée M. Petrin, Susie Richardson in memory of Nancy Stark Smith and Kathleen Hermesdorf, Kala Seidenbery, Rick Speer and Judy Frost
$100 – $249
Butch & Amy Baxter, Melissa Canto Brenner, Shoshona Currier, Peter L. Darvin, Alice J. Harvey, Harriet Juli, Sara Juli, Betsy Kennedy, Rosamond Kreiilkamp, Kendra P. Krowicki, Katherine Kyle, Jessica Lockhart, Kevin Bradley Loveland Jr., Nat May, Delaney McDonough, Karin Loring Mylod in honor of Mary Katherine Mylod, Nancy Salmon, Martha Serman, Tiffany Shubert, Sara Sweet Rabidoux-Kelsey, Dawn & Holly Trenbath, Craig Tribuno, June Vail, Kristin Wagner, Edward Walworth
Up to $99
Anonymous, Afarin Assadian, Bolaños Doucette Family, Margret W. Chamberlin in honor of Mazie Watson Chamberlin, Robert and Joanne Derrah, David Dorman and Lisa Race, Marcia J. Emerson, Lindsay Hancock, Anja Hanson, Judith Head, L I Hill, Laura Juraska, Nyama McCarthy-Brown, Charles Morrison, Peggy Muir, Laura K. Nicoll, Barbara Parish-Scillieri, Michaela D. Pinette, Gretel & Sylvia Schatz, David and Emily Scribner, Linda Shary, Ann Shopbell, Sharon Townshend, Maggie Vail, J. Michael Winward
Leadership Circle
Anonymous, Steven Edwards, Steven Edwards, David Lakari, Paula Marcus-Platz and Tom Platz, David Plavin in memory of Marcy Plavin, Steve and Lisa Plavin, Christopher Barrett Politan, Kirk Read and Camille Parrish, Bette J. Swett-Thibeault, Laquimah VanDunk
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).
