Supporting Darvin Dances
Darvin Dances acknowledges that not everyone can support via monetary donations so we provide multiple avenues of aid. You can help by providing rehearsal space, sharing our posts on Instagram, volunteering as an usher for performances or buying a performance ticket. If you’re interested in other avenues of supporting Darvin Dances that aren’t monetary, please email us!
Ways to Support Darvin Dances
Caffeinated Arts and Culture Supporter
You love caffeine as much as our artists do! Help those creative juices to flow & buy the choreographer and dancers some coffee while they push artistic boundaries, create fun relatable work for audiences and help build the Chicago arts community.
Donors in this category will receive a thank you email and shout out in our program for performances
Donation Amount: $20
Rehearsal and Educational Patron
The next most important thing after our dancers and choreographers? The space they will be rehearsing in. Help us book 3 hours in our rehearsal space (currently in residence at Dovetail Studios in Studio 3 at $20/hr) to be able to practice for our educational performances such as Halloween Creepy Crawlies!
Donors in this category will receive a thank you email, a shout out in our performance programs and early access to Darvin Dances Blog posts coming in October!
Donation Amount: $63
Dancer Advocate
You want us to succeed in our mission to pay dancers hourly in 2026!
This tier supports a dancer for two months by covering their rehearsal paycheck and helps us save to be able to transition our dancers to hourly pay in 2026 – 27. Our goal is to start with $15/hr and be able to reach $20/hr by 2030.
Darvin Dances is also trying to launch a paid 6-month apprenticeship program with rehearsal and performance stipends. The aim of the apprenticeship program is to give early career artists an opportunity to be paid for their work instead of paying to work like trainee programs, mentorship, the opportunity to be promoted to a full-time company member and building their performance resume.
Donors in this category will receive a thank you email, a shout out in our performance programs, early access to Darvin Dances Blog posts starting in October and an opportunity to visit us in rehearsal
Donation Amount: $187
Community Sponsor
The dancers have been caffeinated, they have practiced, and they have been paid. Help us book a performance venue and be able to offer low-cost tickets to lower the financial barrier to dance performances. One of the goals of Darvin Dances is to lower the financial barriers for dance curious audience members to access performances.
Donors in this category will receive a thank you email, a shout out in our performance programs, early access to Darvin Dances Blog posts starting in October, an opportunity to visit us in rehearsal and a chance to be interviewed for the Darvin Dances Blog! This could be an interview about your dance journey as an audience member, what your hopes are for the future of arts, etc.
Donation Amount: $800
Or be an In Kind Supporter (donating services, space, etc)
One of our In Kind Supporters is Lawyers for the Creative Arts! Their organization is linked below
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