FORTITUDE Gala 2020

Celebrate with us Friday, October 2nd at 6:30pm!

Join us for an evening of free virtual dance performances and community connections to celebrate Dance Place’s 40th Anniversary, FORTITUDE!

Look forward to performances by Culture Shock DC, Project ChArma, Tzveta Kassabova, Bill Shannon, and the Dance Place Youth Company as we toast our 40th year and dance the night away while raising funds to support Dance Place, now and in the future.

*Starting at 6:00pm, the live stream countdown will begin! We recommend using Google Chrome or Firefox for the best live stream quality viewing. If you have any issues with the stream, try refreshing the page.

Thank you for tuning into this year's FORTITUDE Gala virtual event!

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Thank you to this year's Gala sponsors!

(As of 10/1/2020)

Fortitude Sponsors

Louisa Buatti

Nancy Garruba & Chris Hornig

Jannes Waples Gibson

Kyle Lang & Christopher Morgan

Janice Marks & Damien Agostinelli

Irfana Jetha Noorani & Arif Noorani

Daniel Hirotsu Woofter & Robert Woofter

Visionary Sponsors

Carol & Willis Bradwell

Julia Brennan & Phil Kline

Jim Epstein

Joseph Gangloff

Maura Keefe & Mark Witteveen

Jill & Paul Levine

Supporter Sponsors

Gretchen Dunn

Makila James

Murray Jolivette & Bill Skinner

Dorothy Levy

Kathleen Lapinski

The Barbara G and Steven E LIPPAI Charitable Gift Fund

Carolyn Grave

Stacy Notaras Murphy

Carla Perlo & Richard Pilkinton

Denise Rollins

Amanda Sweet

Jill Weiler

Kathryn Zyla

Partner Sponsors

Elizabeth & Michael Burgess

Amy and Micah Killion

Sarah Beth Oppenheim & Oliver Mertz

Wendy Shapiro

Friends of the 40th

Claire Alrich

Peter Bishop

Karen Bradley

Claude Elliott

Rima Faber

Arlene Fleming

Robin Gilmore

Carolyn & Anthony Jackson

Colleen Kelley

Linda Lewett

Bridget Miskell

Jennifer & Mark Moffatt

Teel Oliver

Annie Peterson

Victoria Stanley

Meg Revelle & David Chapin

Deborah Riley

Katie Sopoci Drake

Janel Wyatt

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Thank you to our FORTITUDE Season supporters!

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation

Thanks to our partner, TRJ Bridges, for providing ASL Interpreting Services and Accessibility Consulting to Dance Place.

For more information visit trjbridges.com

SHARE Fund

Header photo by Jonathan Hsu