Please join me in support of Ananya Dance Theatre!

GOALS

THRIVE: Greater pay equity and Cost of Living Adjustments for Ananya Dance Theatre's dance artists.
Total costs = $81,000
Funding gap = $50,000

-$800 supports fair wage increase and compensation for 1 dancer for one month
-$200 supports supports fair wage increase and compensation for 1 dancer for a week

SUSTAIN: Free access to primary health care services for all employees of Ananya Dance Theatre.
Funding gap = $5,000

-$432 sponsors one dancer’s health care access for a year
-$216 sponsors one dancer’s health care access for six months
-$36 sponson’s one dancer’s health care for one month

Dear Friends,

This company's vital commitment to artistic excellence in the pursuit of social justice engages my passions and feeds my soul! 

My work with Ananya Dance Theatre's dynamic artists and collaborators for 14 years has served as the capstone of my 40+ year love affair with the performing art of dance. 

While retired from day-to-day management, I continue to serve on the board of directors to support the work of this necessary partner in our cultural ecosystem. 

Artists and their organizations exist as works-in-progress, building thriving infrastructures of people and process that nurture and inspire both their audiences and employees. 

My successor as managing director has set ambitious goals for that process of becoming that lead us toward sustainable pay equity and – for the first time! – access to primary health care services for our employees.

I have learned that ambitious goals are realized when people who care stand together to share the journey, one footstep and one dollar at a time. 

Will you please join me?

– Gary Peterson