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
Hawthorne Charitable Foundation
Sonya Wall

Diamond Room $10,000 – 24,999

Anndraya T. Luui ⌂X
The McGrane – Pearson Endowment Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation ⌂

Gold Room $5,000 – 9,999

Aikenhead Family Community Fund ⌂X
Allison MacDonald & Rudy Bootsma
Odlum Brown and Zdenka Gomes, Portfolio Manager and Investment Advisor at Odlum Brown

Silver Room $2,500 – 4,999

Jane Macdonald
Eric Semlacher
Melanie Semlacher
Robert Laing & Ed Wilson ⌂⌂
Lightburn Family Fund, Held At Vancouver Foundation X

Bronze Room $1,000 – 2,499

Susan Adams •X
In honour of Mary Auerbach ⌂⌂X
Conni Bagnall
MacDonell-Bienvenu Family
Jamie Evrard Fund, held at the Vancouver Foundation
Dr. Mark Gatha and Kemo Schedlosky via Footbridge Foundation
Teresa Kirschner X
Stephen Richards & Linda Loo X
Jack Lutsky & Susan Mendelson •
Anne Mauch •X
Dr. Paula Meyler •
Laura Moore ⌂•X
Shawna Quinton
Betty Scheltgen ⌂
Federico Salazar & Jim Smith ⌂∞X
Nancy Stern & Stephen Schachter
Jada M. Tellier •
The Hamber Foundation
Shawn & Betty
Daniel R. Worsley
Anonymous x1

Neighbourhood of Friends

Townhouse $600 – 999 ($50 monthly)

Santa Aloi ⌂⌂•X
Alexandra Barker
Deena Chochinov & Eric Posen
Peter Dickinson & Richard Cavell •X
Jean Orr ⌂⌂X
Lorraine Portier X
Anonymous x1

Condo $300 – 599 ($25 monthly)

Fran Brafman X
Linda Brandt
Beth Carter
Gisa Cole ⌂⌂X
Peter Dodek & Hella Lee
Richard Dopson
Camrose Ducote
Donna Welstein & Bill Ehrcke X
Walter Franci
Susie Gareau
Sara Getz ⌂⌂•X
Ronald Gibbs
Cathy Grant
Kathy and Stan Hamilton
Liesl Jauk
Lynn Kagan
John H. Kennedy
George Laverock
Caitlin MacRae & Panayiotis Pappas
Michel A. Maurer
W & S Mennell
PECHET Studio
Bernard Schulz
Geoffrey Scoates
R & M
Jeff Sheremeta
Emily Sutherland
Janet Waterman X
Fei Wong X
Anonymous x3

Apartment $120 – 299 ($10 monthly)

Alan Albert
Tiffany Antoniuk
Barbra Arnold
Karen Bentley
Borja Brown
Janice Chutter • X
In honour of Abigail K.
June
Janet Ericksen ⌂ • X
Jane Fernyhough • X
Sonia Fraser
Erika Gerson ⌂
Katherine Gerson
Anthony Giacinti
Miriam Gil •
Robert Heidbreder
In honour of Nik Radosevic
Stan Holman
Hui Family
Janet Joy
Kathleen Ker
Nicola Kuchta
Lalit Kumar
Danielle Laidlaw
Laurel March
Sarah McLennan
Leigh-Anne Mercier
Dr. Florence Mui
Elaine Murray
C J Newson
Troy Nimetz
Jo-Anne Parneta
Sarah Pearse
Judy Reykdal
Kevin Soo-Locsin
Thérèse Soong
Maria Stanborough •
Sharon Street •
Gina Sufrin
Wen Wei Wang
Mark Ward
Anonymous x2

X : donors for 10+ years
⌂ : three-year pledge donors | ⌂ : three-year pledge donors x2

• : monthly donors
∞ : Legacy donors

Includes donations above $120 received between September 12, 2025 – October 13, 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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