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 McLennan
Linda and Graham Brown
The Palmer Family Foundation

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

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

$15,000–$24,999

Arnold and Anita Silber
Clifford Ruzssell Cmolik
Della and Stuart McLaughlin
Dr. Kevin B. Leslie
Y.P. Heung Foundation

$10,000–$14,999

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

Dancers' Circle
$5,000–$9,999

Alan and Gwendoline Pyatt
Anndraya Luui
Anisha Virani
Ann S Fehr
Chuck Willms and Thora Sigurdson
Coreen Sol
Deux Mille Foundation
Horsman Family Foundation
John McHale & Renee Levcovitch
Lynette and Fay Son Hing
Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation
Melanie Ferrandi and Doug Leard
Michael Leclair and Greg Whalen
Nancy Farran
R & J Stern Family Foundation
Rachel Davies
Robert Lemon, in memory of Robert Ledingham
Ruth Brodie
Sonja Sanguinetti
Stan and Kathy Hamilton

$2,500–$4,999

Arlene James
Anako Foundation
Anonymous
Barb Harwood
Barbara Klebanoff – Klebanoff Family Giving Fund
Bruce Munro Wright
Catherine Heath
Cheryl Stevens
Chrislana and John Gregory
David Allison and Chris Nicholson
Don Nicholson
Elizabeth Petticrew

Genieve Burley
George & Janice Burke
Janice Cameron
Jean Orr
Jillian Francis
Julian Scott
Kate Parker
Laura Cundari
Margaret Mason and Brian Taylor
Marvin and Irma Lamoureux
Michael and Kathy Gallagher 
Michael Heeney and Hilary Meredith
Risa and Bill Levine
Robert J. Riecken
Sandra Jakab
Stephane Deseau
Susan Mertens and Max Wyman
The McGrane-Pearson Endowment Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation
Timothy Agg and Stuart Alcock
Trudy and Dan Pekarsky

$1,000–$2,499

Alexander Hayne
Allen and Connie Eaves
Andrea Zwack and Michael Vermette
Angelika Hedley
Barb Silverthorn
Barbara Armstrong
Barra O”Briain
Bruno Wall
Cathy Grant
Chris Doray
Claude Ledoux
Colleen Mallett
Denis Walz
Dr. David L. Swanson and Dr. Rhonda Low
Dr. Peter Harnetty
Dr. Peter Holowka
Dr. Philip Sestak
Elaine Pitblado
Elizabeth and Chris Bourassa
Erika Kertesz-Green
Fei Wong
Freybe Foundation
Fraser Norrie and David Clarke
George Seslija and Marla Kiess
Grant Vanston
Greg Bowden & Janice Dillon
Ilona Scharer
Ingrid Leong
Jane and Maurice Wong
Jeannie Wexler
Jennifer Bibby
Jill Gardiner
Jim & Mary Clare Bovard
Johanne Vincent and David Chercover
John A. Davis
John Clark
John Esdaile & Jane Bern
Judi and David Korbin
Karen James
Katherine B. Lawrence
Larry Beasley and William Logan
Lillian and Ross Davidson Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation

Linda Warren
Lisa and Timothy Turner
Liz Haan & Bill Holt
Lori Howard
Lorraine Buckley
LRJ Charitable Foundation
Marcie Flom
Marie-Jeanne and Jacques Becker
Mark Gatha
Marla Guralnick and Joshua Pekarsky
Melanie and Eric Semlacher
Michael and Julie Seelig
Michael F. Morrissey
Michael Macdonald
Michelle Pullan and Rino Pace
Monte Clark
Nada Vuksic
Nelson Lacharity
Noel Golden & Danielle Verbrugge
Pam Cooper
Patricia Tolmie
Paula Meyler
Rob and Sarah McLeod
Robert Daum and Frederick Fajardo
Ruth and William Ross
Samantha Cunliffe
Santa Aloi
Sheila Begg
Sheldon Green
Shiff Family Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation
Shirley Barnett
Susan Adams
Teresa Kirschner
The Hamber Foundation
The John C Kerr Family Foundation
Thomas Weeks
Tina and Tom Blaney
Tom Ferries and Lisa Pankratz
Vera Rosenbluth & Robin Hanvelt
Victoria Graham
Vivian Chan & Olaf Piwowar
Yvette Porte

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
Sonja Sanguinetti
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
Victoria Henderson & John 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
  • ABC Photos
  • Stuart Alcock
  • David Allison
  • Arts Umbrella
  • Dr. Larry Chan
  • David Cohen, Geodis International
  • Garfield Crooks
  • Marcus Eriksson
  • Artemis Gordon
  • Cathy Gordon
  • Marie Khouri
  • David Kyle, Dick’s Lumber
  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • Pia Lo
  • Susan Loewen
  • Dr. Anthony McDougall
  • Jon McRae
  • Brendan Meadows
  • Scotiabank Dance Centre
  • Sylvain Senez
  • Michael Slobodian
  • Janet Smith
  • Dr. Nardia Strydom
  • Terry Whitehead
  • Cindi Wicklund
  • Audrey Zaharichuk
  • Inge Zegel
  • And to ALL of our wonderful volunteers,
    THANK YOU!
  • Lists current as of March 11, 2022
  • For inquiries about errors or omissions,
    please email us at vip@balletbc.com.