Donations

Your tax-deductible contributions allow Brooks & Company Dance to continue to grow and present quality performances of original, cutting-edge choreography and well-known classics reworked to exist in a modern context. Our donor levels are named after notable modern dance works—enjoy the descriptions below.

WHAT KIND OF MODERN DANCE DO YOU WANT TO BE?

Megawatt ($2500+)

Pilobolus Dance Theatre premiered Megawatt, Full Strength on February 5, 2005 at the Marin Center in San Rafael , CA. Danced to the hard, punk/metal music of Primus, this work shows almost inhuman athleticism fused with stunning stage technology. Megawatt, like most of Pilobolus' repertory, was created in rehearsal through the movement of the dancers.

Golden Section ($1000 - $2499)

As the finale of Twyla Tharp's 1983 dance-theater work The Catherine Wheel, The Golden Section has been danced as a singular work by dozens of dance companies, from The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre to the Louisville Ballet in Kentucky. Set to music by David Byrne (formerly of The Talking Heads), The Golden Section is a dazzling work of pop-art come alive.

Act of Light ($500 - $999)

Martha Graham's neo-classical ballet Acts of Light premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on February 26, 1981 . The three-part work danced to the music of Carl Nielson was a milestone in Graham's career, marking her departure from contemporary composers and external themes. The work was inspired by Graham's muse, poet Emily Dickinson, "Thank you for all the beautiful acts of light which beautified a summer now past to its reward."

Revelation ($100 - $499)

Alvin Ailey's signature work Revelations is still performed by the company over 300 times each year. Ailey began choreographing the work in 1960 to African-American slave spirituals, inspired by his childhood in Rogers, TX. He revisited the work several times in his career, refining the celebrated theme of a spiritual journey from slavery to freedom.

Shaker ($1 - $99)

Modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey choreographed The Shakers in 1931. Named for the strict protestant religion, this early Humphrey work was danced to traditional Shaker music. The Humphrey-Weidman Dance Company, started by ex-Denishawn dancers Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Pauline Lawrence, taught technique classes to pay for their performances. The Shakers used wooden crates to indicate the historical time period because the company did not have any money for sets.

Brooks & Company Dance is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.