Founders' Council Members

Founders’ Council members provide major funding for our performance season and we are grateful for their support, dedication and encouragement. We extend our most sincere thanks to these individuals for their outstanding generosity:

Artistic Director's Circle
$50,000+

Anonymous (3)
Jane Baker
Linda and Graham Brown
Jane McLennan
The Palmer Family Foundation

Choreographers' Circle
$25,000–$49,999

Arlene Gladstone & Hamish Cameron
Melina Buckley & J.J. Camp Elise & Eric Girardin
Dario Meli
The Edwina & Paul Heller Memorial Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation
The Riley Foundation

$15,000–$24,999

Dr. Kevin B. Leslie
Della and Stuart McLaughlin
Y.P. Heung Foundation

$10,000–$14,999

Joanie Anderson
Bob & Elizabeth-Anne Armstrong
Mary & Roger Clark
Diamond Foundation
Carol & Byran Gibson
Gerald & Sheahan McGavin
Donna Molby
Michael and Inna O’Brian
Don & Jane Shumka
The Christopher Foundation
The Lutsky Families
Elizabeth Yoon

Dancers' Circle
$5,000–$9,999

David Allison & Chris Nicholson
Marie-Jeanne & Jacques Becker
Ruth Brodie
Vivian Chan & Olaf Piwowar
Laura Cundari
Deux Mille Foundation
Nancy Farran
Ann S Fehr
Melanie Ferrandi & Doug Leard
Stephen Fitterman
Kenneth Gracie & Phillip Waddell
Stan & Kathy Hamilton
Michael Leclair & Greg Whalen
Anndraya Luui
Lynette & Fay Son Hing
Horsman Family Foundation
Robert Lemon
Fraidie Martz
John McHale & Renee Levcovitch
Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth Petticrew
Alan & Gwendoline Pyatt
R & J Stern Family Foundation
Corina Reynolds
Sonja Sanguinetti
Coreen Sol
Linda Siegel
The McGrane-Pearson Endowment Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation
Anisha Virani
Chuck Willms & Thora Sigurdson

$2,500–$4,999

Timothy Agg & Stuart Alcock Anako Foundation
George & Janice Burke
Rachel Davies
Jillian Francis
Michael & Kathy Gallagher
Chrislana & John Gregory
Barb Harwood
Catherine Heath
Michael Heeney & Hilary Meredith
Barbara Klebanoff — Klebanoff Family Giving Fund
Risa & Bill Levine
Don Nicholson
Kate Parker
Trudy & Dan Pekarsky
Julian Scott

$1,000–$2,499

Susan Adams
David Allison & Chris Nicholson
Santa Aloi
Barbara Armstrong
Larry Beasley & William Logan
Jennifer Bibby
Leslie Blake
Tina & Tom Blaney
Elizabeth & Chris Bourassa
Jim & Mary Clare Bovard
Greg Bowden & Janice Dillon
Janice Cameron
Monte Clark
David Cousins
Conam Charitable Foundation
Samantha Cunliffe
Robert Daum & Frederick Fajardo
John A. Davis
Stephane Deseau
Christopher Doray
John Esdaile & Jane Bern
Tom Ferries & Lisa Pankratz
Thalia Field
Marcie Flom
Brigitte & Henning Freybe
Jill Gardiner
Victoria Graham
Sheldon Green
Marla Guralnick & Joshua Pekarsky
Liz Haan and Bill Holt
Dr. Peter Harnetty
Dr. Peter Holowka
Sandra Jakab
Karen James
Jeffrey Jung
Leah Kaser
Erika Kertesz-Green
Judi & David Korbin
Nelson Lacharity

Marvin & Irma Lamoureux
Katherine B. Lawrence
Lillian & Ross Davidson Fund,
held at Vancouver Foundation
Leslie Lee and John Murphy Charitable Foundation
Michael Macdonald
Colleen Mallett
Rob & Sarah McLeod
Susan Mertens & Max Wyman
Michael Morrissey
Fraser Norrie & David Clarke
Barra O’Brian
Jean Orr
Rino Pace
Elaine Pitblado
Yvette Porte
Michelle Pullan & Rino Pace
Vera Rosenbluth & Robin Hanvelt
Ruth & William Ross
Ilona Scharer
David Scott
Michael & Julie Seelig
Melanie & Eric Semlacher
George Seslija & Marla Kiess
Dr. Philip Sestak
Shiff Family Fund,
held at Vancouver Foundation
Lynn Smith
Dr. David L Swanson & Dr. Rhonda Low
Diane Switzer
The Hamber Foundation
The John C Kerr Family Foundation
Patricial Tolmie
Lisa & Timothy Turner
Michael Vermette

Legacy Circle

Our future looks bright, many thanks to the following for planned gifts to Ballet BC:

Anonymous (3)
The Estate of Donald Allen
The Estate of Helen Elizabeth Armstrong
The Estate of Harry Locke
The Estate of John Cabeldu
Jillian Francis
The late Julie Poskitt
The Liz Haan & Bill Holt Fund
The Estate of Jean Hyatt
The Estate of Joanie King
Madelaine Koenigsberg
Irma & Marvin Lamoureux
The Estate of Kenneth Long
Don & Carol Lyster
Paula Meyler
The Estate of Ronald D. Pearson
The Estate of Lois Smith

Ballet BC Friends

Ticket sales cover less than half the cost of what you see on stage and every dollar contributed helps to support our season. Many, many thanks to our Ballet BC Friends:

$500–$999

Amanda Collinge
Andrew and Kerry Block
Brian Fearncombe
Brian Peterman
Carol Carr
Catherine M Collver
Chris Main
Darren Kopetsky
David Cousins
Desirée Ellis
Diane Switzer
Doug and Nicole Lambert
Dr. Thalia Field and Mr. Glenn Daigle
Ethan Gaudry-Gardner
Fiona Cameron
Gary & Jesse Glans
Gillian Beattie
Greg Leach
Gregory D. Deans
Gregory Sivucha
Jan Whitford and Michael Stevenson
Janet and Derwyn Lea
Jeffrey Jung
Jim and Monika Sullivan
John Hallett and Lindsay Stewart
Karen A Gelmon
Karen Okada

Kenton McBurney
Krystin Marie Clarke
Leigh-Anne Mercier
Leslie Brocanelli
Linda Adshead
Lucas Beatch
Lynn Smith
Manrico and Liz Scremin
Margaret Kerr
Marnie Jarvis
Marvin Lamoureux
Michael Bushnell
Michel Bilodeau
Patricia Harrold
Patricia Janzen
Peter and Alexis Gorgopa
Peter Dickinson and Richard Cavell
Peter E. Thaler
Raymond Monteith
Riitta Wrede
Robert and Ellen Silverman
Ron Gibbs
Roslyn Grey
Sharon Kahn
Stephanie Coleridge
The Inspector – Home Inspection Services Inc.
Tiran Behrouz
Tobin Robbins and Sandra Broudy
In memory of Nik Radosevic
Ward and Catherine Branch

 

$250–$499

Anonymous (2)
Andrew Serrant
Angela Dudek & Ben Fitch
Anthony J Giacinti in memory of Lola MacLaughlin
Ardis Nelson
Arlene Howard
Barbara and Robin Kuritzky
Barbara Nygaard
Barbara Reed, in memory of Margaret Reed
Callen Clarke
Cara Sinclair
Carol and Alan Pettigrew
Carol Schneider
Catherine Ann Cameron
Chad Clark
Cheryl Kathler
Chuck and Diana Jung
Claudia Sjoberg
Deborah and William Gibson
Denise Anne Dobson
Derek Shepherd
Diane Styles
Don Wilson
Dr. Chris Harvie
Dr. Evelyn J. Harden
Elaine Murray
Elee Gardiner
Elizabeth Lloyd
Elizabeth Mickelson
Erik Graff
Erika Mayall
Florence Mui
Four Eyes Portraits
G Douglas Fenton
Garry Zlotnik
George Laverock and Jane Coop
Helen and John O’Brian
Henry Rapaport
Ian P Beacock
Inge Zegel
Ingrid Ochodek
Jan Tennant
Jane Flick and Robert Heidbreder
Janet Ericksen
Jas Lally
Jill Davidson
Karin Hartner
Ken Alexander

Joachim and Zohreh Waibel
John Geddes
John Macdonald
Karen Gilmore
Karen Hamersley
Kirsteen Pirie
Kristina Berman
Laurel March
Laurence Bayzand
Leslie Chesick
Linda King
Lisa Sundstrom
Lynn Kagan
Marie Schneider and Richard Dettman
Mark Ward and Adriana Santamaria
Merle Kamin
Mike Spendlove
Nancy Lehman
Patricia Bond
Paul Geddes
Penny Stratas
Peter Cheng
Raphael Titsworth-Morin
Rebecca Tunnacliffe
Robert H Sturtevant
Russ & Lucille Pacey
Samantha Gill
Sarah Groves
Sarah Lumsden
Sebastian Prange
Selma Savage
Shannon Tennant
Shirley Sterlinger
Sophie Bourque
Stephen Jamieson
Susan Boyd & Claire Young
Susan Howard
Susan Jackson
Susin Nielsen
Suzanne & Dina Ferera
Traci Shuster Umberger
Tracy Good
Trevor McLain & Darrell Mahoney
Tricia Pepper
Vincent Wheeler
Wayne Tam
Weatie Rosenlehner
Yolaine Mottet

$100-$249

Anonymous (4)
Adrienne Edmunds
Alain Boisset
Alison Grouhel
Amanda Harris
Anna As Schneiderman
Annabel Vaughan
Anne Carson
Anona Thorne
Anthony McDougall
Anton Haberl
Ariel Bastian
Audrey Zaharichuk
Barbara Arnold
Barbara McBride
Barbara Pennyway
Belena Novak-Janousek
Beverley Taylor
Brian Jonker
Brock Nicholson
Carlyle Killam
Catherine Aikenhead
Chantalle Wigley
Charles Walsh
Cheryl Yaremko
Christian Franke
Christine Dahlberg and Kim Moller
Christine O’Shea
Christopher Murray
Christopher Vollan
Corinne Caulfield
Cynthia Fisher
Dale Leibert
Daniel Benjamin Gropper
Daniel Steiner
Darrin & Angela Preece
David E Lemon
David Lach
Debbie Musil
Deborah Anne Thomas
Derek von Essen
Diana Gehriger
Diana Tchakalian
Dione McConnachie
Dr. & Mrs. Woolnough
Dr. Carolyn Montgomery
Dr. E Moser Inc.
Emily Coates
Erika Gerson
Erin Olovson-Cleveland
Evann Siebens
Evelyn Kansy
Frances Sprout
Francis Zih
Freya Jane Tomren
Garth and Lynette Thurber
Gary Cohen
Genevieve Breau
George Eugene Plawski
Glenna Geddes
Gordon & Virginia Love
Greg Gehlen
Greg Kirkham
Greg Sivucha & Grace Pastine
Helen Ribeiro
Helen Wong & Richard Moore
Henry and Leanne Karpus
Ian and Jane Strang
Ingrid Bjerklund
J. Harrison
Jana Jordan
Jane Lee Fernyhough
Janelle Dwyer
Janine Love
Joan Michel
Juliet Zhu
Justin Elliott Ramsey
Justin Keith Isaacs
Karen Matthews
Karen Moola
Katherine Gerson
Kathryn and Jim Woodward

Ken Klonsky
Kerry Grant Macdonald
Ketty and Alexander Magil
Kevin Sanders
Kirsten Haywood-Farmer
Kyle Chalifoux
Laura Cojocaru
Laura Harper
Laura Moore
Lauren Sudworth
Laurence Beauvais
Laurie Grant
Lawrence Ward
Linda Gail Parker
Linda K. Porter
Lita Roskell
Lorna and Bob Clare
Lowell MacGregor
Lucia Lundin
Luke Shwart, In memory of Emily Bilinsky Klym
Madelaine Koenigsberg
Madeleine Tranter
Maggi Trebble
Mahmoud Virani
Marcia Stephenson
Margaret Drewlo
Margaret Robinson
Maria Chessa
Martin Lambert
Mary-Louise Albert
Maureen Allen
Michelle Blackwell
Monica M Berdin
Muriel Perry
Nancy Chew
Nancy Draper
Nancy Kato
Nancy MacDonald
Nayha Mody
Nicholas Molnar
Nick Bennenbroek
Nordica Hansen-Nettleton
Pamela M Johnson
Patricia A. Starkie
Patti Wall, in remembrance of Merle Sarbit
Paul Larocque
Paul Waller
Peter Gorniak
Rebecca Kun
Robert Campbell
Robert Capar
Robert Carvalho
Sally-Ann Ambrosio
Sarah Nathanson
Sarah Watson
Vern Sawatzky
Sean Bickerton
Sharon Lynn Greeno
Shaun Cronin
Shawne MacIntyre
Sherry and Fred Cavallin
Shirley Jackson
Simone Longpre
Stefan Mulder
Stephanie J. Robb
Stephen Derry
Sue Abzinger
Sunita March
Susan and Alexander Kirkpatrick
Susan Bridgman
Susan C Beechey
Susan Hughes
Susan Klein
Susan Montgomery
Susan Stefanshyn
Susin Nielsen
Suzann Zimmering
Suzanne Sigurdson
Teresa Milden
Theodore Benson
Tirza Madrigal Gavira
Tom Champ
Tory Ross
Vanessa Wellington
Vladimir Chpiganovitch
William Longstaff
Zachary Plavsic

Special Thanks

Stuart Alcock
Arts Umbrella
Noah Asanias
Leila Bani
David Cohen
Marcus Eriksson
Event Freight Logistics
Melanie Ferrandi
Artemis Gordon
Alden E. Habacon
Inform Interiors
Marie Khouri
David Kyle, Dick’s Lumber
Pia Lo
Susan Loewen
Brendan Meadows
Jeremy Orsted
Geneva Perkins
Donovan Plomp
Michael Slobodian
Janet Smith
Alex Stoje
Derek von Essen
Inge Zegel

And to ALL of our wonderful volunteers,
THANK YOU!

  • Lists current as of March 11, 2022
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