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
Anndraya T. Luui ⌂X
Diamond Room $10,000 – 24,999
Hawthorne Charitable Foundation
Sonya Wall
Gold Room $5,000 – 9,999
Aikenhead Family Community Fund ⌂X
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
Susan Adams •X
Sarah Isaacs
The Hamber Foundation
Teresa Kirschner X
Shawna Quinton
Robert Laing & Ed Wilson ⌂⌂
Bronze Room $1,000 – 2,499
In honour of Mary Auerbach ⌂⌂X
Jamie Evrard
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 x2
Neighbourhood of Friends
Townhouse $600 – 999 ($50 monthly)
Deena Chochinov & Eric Posen
Peter Dickinson & Richard Cavell •X
Anthony Giacinti
Ronald Gibbs
Anne Mauch •X
Donna Welstein & Bill Ehrcke X
Condo $300 – 599 ($25 monthly)
Tiffany Antoniuk
Conni Bagnall
Alexandra Barker
Fran Brafman X
Linda Brandt
Beth Carter
John Clark
Judith Coffin
Gisa Cole ⌂X
Richard Dopson ⌂∞
Camrose Ducote
Walter Franci
Sara Getz ⌂•X
Evelyn J. Harden X
Kathy and Stan Hamilton
Stan Holman
Hui Family
Lynn Kagan
John H. Kennedy
Erica Levy & Alan Kingstone
Julie Martz
Michel A. Maurer
Barry McKinnon
Laura Moore
Meridian Pilates Studio
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
Brian D. Sullivan
Emily Sutherland
Jada M. Tellier •
Janet Waterman X
Fei Wong X
Daniel R. Worsley
Apartment $120 – 299 ($10 monthly)
Alan Albert
Santa Aloi
Barbra Arnold
Karen Bentley
Borja Brown
Kitty Chadwick •
Janice Chutter • X
Sharleen Dumont ⌂
Janet Ericksen ⌂ • X
Jane Fernyhough • X
Erika Gerson ⌂
Katherine Gerson
Miriam Gil •
Kirk Gulden
Laurie Guy-Sharp X
John Hallett
Mark Hammond
Robert Heidbreder
In honour of Nik Radosevic
Heather Hyde
Patricia Janzen
Janet Joy
In honour of Abigail K.
Leah Kaser
Kenneth Klonsky
Gerry Kowalenko
Nicola Kuchta
Lalit Kumar
Daniel Laidlaw
MacDonnell – Bienvenu Family
M&M MacEntee
Laurel March
W & S Mennell
Troy Nimetz
Karen Nordlinger
Pirie/Bernardi Family
Hon. Margot Pratt
Joanne Rankin & James Burton
Thérèse Soong
Maria Stanborough •
Sharon Street •
Holman Wang
Wen Wang
Anonymous x6
X : donors for 10+ years
⌂ : three-year pledge donors | ⌂ : three-year pledge donors x2
• : monthly donors
∞ : Legacy donors
Includes donations above $120 received between October 13, 2024 – November 12, 2025.
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.
Round Up
A special thank you to the more than 121 donors who rounded up their ticket orders! Together, these small contributions can make a big difference.
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.
Top image: Recirquel, Paradisum © Bálint Hirling
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Donor Benefits | Guest Room | Apartment | Condo | Townhouse | Bronze Room | Silver Room | Gold Room | Diamond Room | Platinum Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | $50.00 | $120 – 299 ($10 monthly) | $300 – 599 ($25 monthly) | $600 – 999($50 monthly) | $1,000 – 2,499 | $2,500 – 4,999 | $5,000 – 9,999 | $10,000 – 24,999 | $25,000.00 | |
| 2 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | Official tax receipt and thank you letter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | Post show reception (Friday Performance Only) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | Recognition on the DanceHouse website | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 5 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | Recognition in the DanceHouse program | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 6 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | claytonwinterbotham | 10/09/2025 01:07 PM | Access to DanceHouse guest lounge once per season | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| 7 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | claytonwinterbotham | 12/09/2025 11:45 AM | Access to DanceHouse guest lounge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 8 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | claytonwinterbotham | 12/09/2025 11:46 AM | Private Season Announcement in guest lounge 7pm | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| 11 | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | rootWave_82 | 29/08/2025 07:06 PM | Advanced single ticket sales | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
