We are very grateful for the generous donations we received. The money raised enables us to offer our programs, which is essential to our success. It also lets us know that you value what we do, which inspires us beyond words. SpectorDance’s mission is “To Create and Present Dance that Makes a Difference!”, while our vision is “A world where everyone is connected, informed, and inspired through the beauty and power of dance.” We see dance as a as a vehicle to heighten awareness, as a catalyst for conversation, and as a way to inspire positive action.

Thank You To Our Major Donors
California Arts Council 
California For The Arts
Monterey County Gives 
Harden Foundation
Roger Stewart 
Richard MacDonald
Arts Council for Monterey County 
Diana Huang and Ron Chen  
Brown Family Fund
Yellow Brick Road

Jacqui Atkinson & the Arts Council for Monterey County, Theresa Arteaga, James Atkins, Kathleen Baer, Sheri Benham, Big Sur Salts, Teri Breschini, Amy Byington, Lisa Ciani, Michael Clark, Laura Collins, Karen & Jay Cook, Lucia Coppola, Mary & Pierre Cousineau, Shany Dagan, Michelle Djokic, Bonnie & Daniel Fernandez, Alisa Fineman & Kimball Hurd, Jane Franch, Jeanne & Edward Gavrin, Amanda Geurts & Han Thomas, Alexis Han-Holdren & Daniel Qatson, Deborah Howitt, Connie & Sam Katz, Pamela & Doug Keindl, Heather & David Kirk, Helen Kosik-Westly, Jonathan Lipow, Joan & Matthew Little, Wendy Loew-Mari & Rob Mari, Esther & Gary Lucas, Richard MacDonald, Gary Masters & Fred Mathews, Teresa Merry, Jill Miller, Valerie Moule, Susan & Steven Murphy, Constance Murray & David Buckingham, Mimi & George Niesen, Diana Ontiveros, Claire & Steve Peffer, May Pommerich, Thomas Rebold, Susan Rosen, Kyra & Brian Schlining, SawTeen See, Kirkland Smidt, Roger Stewart, Kyle Stewart, Linda & Roger Thompson, Jan Wagstaff, Paul Warnow, Emily & Matthew Zefferman, Bradley Zeve

This year, your donation will enable us to:
* Offer Ocean Trilogy performances and educational programs at Hartnell College (January 23 to March 20, 2023)
* Present our 3rd Ocean Arts Festival- Monterey in partnership with the Monterey Museum of Art (May 20, 2023)
* Find a new home for our Choreographers Showcase Re-Imaged! so that we can continue sharing new and innovative choreography in 2023! 
* Premier Wildfires, a multi-disciplinary work that weaves together science, indigenous sustainability practices and storytelling to facilitate more understanding and conversation around the increasing prevalence and severity of wildfires (Fall 2023)

SpectorDance Board of Directors
Fran Spector Atkins, Founder & Executive Director, Dr. Roger D. Stewart, Board Chair, Amy Byington, Lucia Coppola, Shany Dagan, Connie Denault, Alexis Han-Holdren, and Dr. Jonathan Lipow

Testimonials

Fran Spector Atkins is a tour de force in our community and throughout the country. She is an amazing teacher, dancer and choreographer who masterfully weaves her art making with dialogue about the toughest and most complex issues we face. We have all benefited tremendously from the incredible growth of her school, her choreographic works and her leadership during the past fifteen years that I have been the Executive Director of the Arts Council for Monterey County. She is a great asset to our region and an inspiration for everyone who meets her. Whenever I say that "the arts are the answer", I think often of Fran's gorgeous, daring, innovative and powerful work.
- Paulette Lynch - former Executive Director of the Arts Council for Monterey County

“The California Arts Council believes in the potential of the arts to enrich the lives of all our state’s residents, especially our young people,” said Nashormeh Lindo, California Arts Council Chair. “That belief does not change with our system-engaged youth; it grows stronger. The world we create for our young people today determines our world tomorrow. We are proud to support the work of SpectorDance.”

I deeply admire SD's forward-looking vision. I applaud the many dance-education programs in the area, but none of them makes so clear the connection between dance and the social issues with which we all confront on a daily basis. SD's embrace of gang violence and oceanic degradation, both of which profoundly afflict life in Monterey County, has revealed essential current truths that other area arts have as of yet to take notice. I cheer SpectorDance more for making those issues a much bigger part of daily life in our community, for representing the urgency these issues demand, not only to artists but to the rest of us who have no end of ways to look the other way. SD makes its educational vision a matter of immediacy--hence action--that all other local arts institutions should embrace. I can think of no other arts program that is more deserving of widespread community support.
- Scott MacClelland - editor, Performing Arts Monterey Bay

Thank you to our Major Donors!