Our Sponsors
The 2026/27 Supporters
This is just the beginning… join us by making a donation today!
Individuals and foundations
2027 Season Patron: Beth Marks
2027 Director’s Circle Foundation: Dan Lucas Memorial Fund
Dancer Sponsors:
Anonymous
Toby Gordon & Terry Schupbach-Gordon
Director’s Circle:
Kenneth Caneva
Stuart and Cece Kirsner
Supporters:
David & Libby Lubin
The Mountains to Sea Fund of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Members: Linda Wofford Hawkins, Robert Kaufman, Beth Stickle Schoenheit, Ann Kimbro & Mark Smith, Deborah Wilkinson
Friends: Kim DeCoste, Deanna Moss, Jack Parsons, Barry Pate, Elizabeth Pou, Sandra Ratcliffe, Lois Roewade, Frieder & Lizz Schulz, Angela Stinson
photo by Tanja Kuic
The 2025/26 supporters
Grant Support
Nonprofit Arts Recovery grant
Individuals and foundations
2026 Season Sponsor: Wells Fargo
2026 Season Patron: Deborah Bohan - in memory of Joel Berkowitz
2026 City Patrons: Winston-Salem: Mary Lynn & John Wigodsky / Kenneth Caneva
2026 City Sponsor: Winston-Salem: The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County
2026 City Foundation: Asheville: Kathryn Conway Preyer Trust
2026 Presenting Patron for HUNGER: Kevin Meek
2026 Presenting Patrons for Clowns & Others: Ford & Jeanene Perry
Dancer Patrons & Sponsors
Clement Law (sponsoring Lelo Gonzalez)
Charlotte City Ballet Company (sponsoring Jacy Contreras & Juan Rafael Castellanos)
EarthStage (sponsoring Phoebe Magna)
Olga Lucia (sponsoring Andres Castillo)
Judith Maloy (sponsoring Cayce Cavett)
Keith McIntyre & Richard Skaggs (sponsoring Emma Guertin)
Richard & Jean Palamar (sponsoring Jeff Ewing)
Hank Young (sponsoring Azusa Okamoto)
Director’s Circle:
Donna Feldman & Karl Krausman
Michael Ryden & Arthur Easter
Traci Sampson
Susan Turner
Supporters:
Martha Albertson
The Dandelion Fund of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Bill and Betty Gray Davis
Nancy Houha
David & Kitty Hughes
Hatcher & Linda Kincheloe
The Mountains to Sea Fund of the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Elizabeth Pou
Paul & Paula Rovinsky
Dabney & Walker Sanders
Susan Turner
Debbie Ward - in memory of Mark Ward
Lee & Robin Woodard
Members:
Stephanie Biziewski, Mary Blackwell-Chapman, Bill Carpenter, Jane & Jack Dougherty, Phyllis Dunning, Nancy Gwyn, Linda Wofford Hawkins, Alice Ireland, Sharon Johe, Bob & Maud Kehrer, Joseph Race, Paul & Paula Rovinsky, Beth Schoenheit, Katherine Soderquist, Mary Stanley, Lucy Barker & Tom Swain, Deborah Wilkinson
Friends:
Gretchen Batra, Robert Beseda, Laura Chadwick, Reeta Dean, Sarah Emery, Linda & Jeffrey Fromson, Linda Gilpin, Judith Deutsch & Norman Graham, Rod Douglas, Alix Hitchcock, Sandra Holden, Jean & Joseph Karpen, Robert Kaufman, Georgi Kostov & Elizabeth Kostova, Anne Lambert, Monty & Cynthia Leonard, Anna Martin, Jerry McAninch, Molly McGlamery-Pickens, Jan Moreb, Michael Cleveland & Maria-Grazia Nunzi, Dr. Barry Pate Jr, Roger Renegar, Robert & Ronna Resnick, Dr. Robert Riehle and Byah McGee, Stephen & Kathleen Roby, Lois Roewade, Marilyn Rosenberg, Nancy Russo, Frieder & Lizz Schulz, Andrew Smiler, Jane Stikeleather, Meredith Tuttle, Ellen & Eric Vontillius, Debra Cooper & Laurence Weiss, Sherrill Zoller