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.

DanceHouse Donors

In the House

Platinum Room $25,000+

Robert Carrier

Diamond Room $10,000 – 24,999

Aikenhead Family Community Fund ⌂X
Hawthorne Charitable Foundation
Anndraya T. Luui ⌂X
Sonya Wall

Gold Room $5,000 – 9,999

Lightburn Family Fund, Held At Vancouver Foundation X
Odlum Brown and Zdenka Gomes, Portfolio Manager at Odlum Brown
The McGrane – Pearson Endowment Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation ⌂

Silver Room $2,500 – 4,999

The Hamber Foundation
Teresa Kirschner X
Shawna Quinton
Robert Laing & Ed Wilson ⌂⌂

Bronze Room $1,000 – 2,499

Susan Adams •X
In honour of Mary Auerbach ⌂⌂X
Peter Dickinson & Richard Cavell •X
Jamie Evrard Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation
Dr. Mark Gatha & Kemo Schedlosky
Jack Lutsky & Susan Mendelson •
Dr. Paula Meyler •
Jean Orr ⌂X
Ponto International
Federico Salazar & Jim Smith ⌂∞X
Ilona Scharer
Betty Scheltgen ⌂
Melanie Semlacher
Nancy Stern & Stephen Schachter
Anonymous x1

Neighbourhood of Friends

Townhouse $600 – 999 ($50 monthly)

Conni Bagnall
Deena Chochinov & Eric Posen
Anne Mauch •X
Jada M. Tellier •
Donna Welstein & Bill Ehrcke X
Anonymous x1

Condo $300 – 599 ($25 monthly)

Alexandra Barker
Fran Brafman X
Linda Brand
Beth Carter
John Clark
Judith Coffin
Gisa Cole ⌂X
Richard Dopson ⌂∞
Camrose Ducote
Walter Franci
Sara Getz ⌂•X
Ronald Gibbs
Evelyn J. Harden X
Kathy and Stan Hamilton
Lynn Kagan
John H. Kennedy
Michel A. Maurer
Laura Moore
Murray Paterson Marketing Group
PECHET Studio
Lorraine Portier X
Dr. Thomas Pullano & Mr. Brad Waites X
Judy Reykdal
Stephen Richards & Linda Loo X
Geoffrey Scoates
Jeff Sheremeta
Emily Sutherland
Janet Waterman X
Fei Wong X
Daniel R. Worsley
Anonymous x2

Apartment $120 – 299 ($10 monthly)

Alan Albert
Santa Aloi
Tiffany Antoniuk
Barbra Arnold
Karen Bentley
Borja Brown
Kitty Chadwick •
Janice Chutter • X
Peter Dodek & Hella Lee
Sharleen Dumont ⌂
Janet Ericksen ⌂ • X
Jane Fernyhough • X
Erika Gerson ⌂
Katherine Gerson
Anthony Giacinti
Miriam Gil •
Kirk Gulden
Mark Hammond
Robert Heidbreder
Stan Holman
Hui Family
Liesl Jauk
Janet Joy
In honour of Abigail K.
Leah Kaser
Kenneth Klonsky
Gerry Kowalenko
Nicola Kuchta
Lalit Kumar
Daniel Laidlaw
MacDonnell – Bienvenu Family
Laurel March
W & S Mennell
Leigh-Anne Mercier
Elaine Murray
Troy Nimetz
Karen Nordlinger
Hon. Margot Pratt
In honour of Nik Radosevic
Joanne Rankin & James Burton
Bernard Schulz
Thérèse Soong
Maria Stanborough •
Sharon Street •
Gina Sufrin
Mark Ward
Wen Wang
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 February 2, 2025 – March 3, 2026.

Did we miss you? Let us know! Contact Sara Dunn at sara@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.

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 Jim Smith, Artistic and Executive Director at 604.801.6225 or jim@dancehouse.ca.

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