Funders
Foundations
Community Partners
Media Sponsors
Individual Donors
Many thanks to the following generous donors who help make our 2025-26 programs possible.
Add your name here, our donor drive is in full swing!
Stretching Far and Wide ($1000 +)
Rachel Fleming, Ryan and Stacey Pollard, Sally Wismer
Leaps and Bounds ($500-999)
Paul Blake, Julie Horrocks, Heather Finn, Dorothy Fisher
High Kicking ($250-499)
David Crespo, Daniel Poulin, INAC Services Limited
Jumping Up ($100-249)
Kate and John Ariss, Kim Bolton, Jillian Cockburn, Bruce Finn, Richard Gorrie, Ajay Heble Gareth Lind, Iryna L, Megan Prieur, Jennifer Storey, Robin Sanders, Tannis Slimmon, Kelly Steadman
Moving Ahead ($50-99)
Valerie Anderson, Barbara Dametto, Deborah Hart Elder, Lynda Lehman, Barb McQuarrie, Lynette Stradeski, Nichika Ramadoo
Small Steps Forward ($1-49)
Joanna Blackwell, Vivien Boyd, Victoria Cox, Sarah Cressman, Rita Cupitt, Jondavid de Jong, Ulrika Englund, Katie Gad, Glenn Hibbard, Judaline Hodgson, Shannon Macey, Cheryl McGowan, Emily Pitt, Denise Redmond, Claire Reid, Emily Shepard, Preetam Sengupta, Emily Ward
Thank you to our staff, volunteers and supporters for making the 2026 Guelph Dance Festival possible!
Board of Directors
Carey West, President
Hayley Moss, Secretary
Members at large: Prathyusha Dwibhashi, Anushree Harjul, Oghenemine Jarikre, Andrea Johnston, Mark Reinhart
Staff & Crew
Co-Founders: Janet Johnson and Catrina von Radecki
Managing Director: Adriana Rosselli Londoño
Director of Programming and Community Engagement: Leslie Fisher
Associate Festival Curator: Aria Evans
2026 Festival Curators: Leslie Fisher and Aria Evans
Communications and Development Coordinator: Teagan Ariss
Festival Assistant: Ruby Keegan
Stage Managers: Marcela Echeverri, Jake McIvor, Richard Gorrie, Mars Russell
Sound Technician: Mike Moss (Park)
In the Park Masters of Ceremonies: Aria Evans and Daniel Poulin
In the Studio Masters of Ceremonies & Talk-back Moderator: Aria Evans
On the Stage Masters of Ceremonies & Talk-back Moderator: Carey West
Videographer: Dan Charlebois, Bloom Media
Graphic Designer: Gareth Lind, Lind Design
Bookkeeper: Michelle Lorion
Accountant: RLB Guelph
Volunteers
Egypt-Marie Adad, Alayna Smith Bisson, Sienna Carere, Prathyusha Dwibhashi, Skye Ferlatte, Heather Finn, Andrea Fitzgerald, Ananya Gopinath, SophiaLynne Gould, Anushree Harjul, Marco Jobin, Andrea Johnston, Regan Katterloher, Emerson Keegan, Nashmia Khan, Harnoor Khehra, Bella Lasak, Jaiden Lontok, Chelsea Masse, Julie McCann, Donald McCarthy, Hayley Moss, Kemi Olagunju, Alec Purves, Mark Reinhart, Ishwarya Ponpathirkoodam Sridhar, Quinn Stewart, Abby Terrell, Kate Thompson, Kira Thompson, Carey West
Camp Volunteers: Tharsan Ageesa, Alejandro Lopez, Alejandro Rodriguez Garcia, Laninya Oksman, Jing Jing Liang, Kiera Terpstra, Blake Friesen, Reese Patterson, David Macabio, Laila Cockburn, Ally Kish, Ellery Sherwood, Penelope Sherin-Singh, Ada Ekblad, Arabella Regts, Kinsley Briggs, Egypt-Marie Adad, Claire Lukens, Laninya Oksman, Tharsan Ageesa, Roslyn Williams, Avery Cooper, Caileigh Phoenix, Stephanie Ekechukwu, Karma Elgherissy, Guneet Dhiman, Jasmine Kaur Chatha
Special Thanks
Tammy Adkin, Conor Brogan, Mario Boucher, Emma Bortolon-Vettor, Jackie Rose Brown, Julia Busatto, Caitlin Carte, Dan Charlebois, Alex Churchill, Barbara Dametto, Jennifer Duggan, Joey Eddy, Eric Fillion, Victoria Filippelli, Dorothy and Ken Fisher, GAAA crew, Jackie Hannah, Alec Harmer, Evan Bonnah-Hawkes, Rena Hooey, Odesia Howlett, Amy Hwang, Shannon Kingsbury, Kween, Gareth Lind, Brianne McCrossan, Janet Morton, Elise Nelson, Dwayne Orth, GP Panse, Josh Prior, Soraya Peerbaye, Stacey and Ryan Pollard, Janet Ragan, Justine Richardson, Rene Sachs, Fountain Santos, Brenda Scott-Thomas, Samantha Selihar, Preetam Sengupta, Karina Soars, Joe Sorbara, Kelly Steadman, Catrina Von Radecki, Beth and Ryan Waller, Kimberly Wattam, Dawn Ann Webster, WITL collective, Marie Zimmerman.