Our partners make our programs possible.

Programs at the Dance Center are supported, in part, by the Walder Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C. Farley Jr. Family Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is 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.

The Presenting Series is also supported by the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Special thanks to the Friends of the Dance Center for their generous contributions to the Dance Center’s work.

The Dance Center appreciates and acknowledges the faculty, students, staff and audience members who contributed to the curation of the 50th Anniversary Season including: Bevara Anderson, Celeste Brace, Ellen Chenoweth, Daniel DiLuciano, Jyl Fehrenkamp, Raynner Garcia, Caity Gee, Lisa Gonzales, Joy Holder, Mary Hopkins, Susan Imus, Jane Jerardi, Ambér Johnson, Darrell Jones, Mary McGinley-Gallivan, Pamela McNeil, Kevin Rechner, Kelsa Rieger-Haywood, Roell Schmidt, Meredith Sutton, SJ Swilley, and Gabriella Titolo.

Special thanks to the Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events and the Walder Foundation, whose support of the Dance Center’s Strategic Planning made this first step towards an inclusive curatorial process possible.

Athletico is the exclusive provider of physical therapy for the Dance Center.

Partners

Friends of the Dance Center

The Dance Center gratefully acknowledges these donors for their generous support.

This list reflects gifts made between September 1, 2020 – January 28, 2022. If there are any mistakes or omissions, please email echenoweth@colum.edu and we will address!

$1,000 AND ABOVE

Anonymous (1)
Carrie O. and Taylor Adams
Pamela Crutchfield
Susan A. Manning and Douglas A. Doetsch
Scot T. O'Hara MA '95 and Dale Boyer
D. Elizabeth Price and Louis J. Yecies

$250-999

Ellen Chenoweth
Kurt M. Christoffel
Margi A. Cole '90
Rupa Datta and Ravi Nemana
Peter and Susan Gray
Marcia E. Lazar MFA '03
Philip Martini
K McGriff
Leah Robinson
Susan F. Rossen
Stephen D. Roy and Lloyd Kohler
Susan J. Stall

$100-249

Anonymous (3)
Jan Bartoszek and Jeffrey A. Usow
Pamela Berk
April J. Butcher
Nancy Church and Charles Jett
Gina Hoch-Stall
Paul J. Houcek
Maggie Kast
Melynda K. Lopin
Jamey Lundblad and Bill Melamed
Dardi McGinley and Patrick D. Gallivan
Daniel L. Nichols
Kelsa Robinson and Daniel Haywood
Judy Sagan
Mitsu Salmon
Sara Slawnik
Emily Claire Stein
Elisa and Ophir Trigalo
Jessica L. Young MA '01 and William A. Young