Haskell & White LLP

$50, 000+

Tom and Mayumi Adams 

Paul and Bonnie Lubock   

Worah Family Foundation  

$20, 000-$49, 999

Clifford and Jennifer Cheng  

Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation  

The Hiland Foundation 

Harason Horowitz 

Mark Chapin Johnson Foundation  

Thomas Rogers and Sally Anderson  

Joel and Judy Slutzky in Honor of Ellie Gordon  

Al Spector and Tatjana Soli  

The Richard and Elizabeth Steele Fund  

Judy and Wes Whitmore  

$10, 000 -$19,999

Eugene and Carol Choi  

Alison Moore Cotter  

David and Trudi Gartley  

Haskell & White LLP  

Terry and Judy Jones  

Robert Kazer and Jill Richter  

Bill and Carolyn Klein  

Liza Krassner  

Karen Kuo-Limb and Jong C. Limb  

Jerry and Whitney Mandel  

Christy and Lou Marlin  

Goran Matijasevic  

Dot and Rick Nelson   

William and Janice Parker Family Fund  

Robert E. Romney  

Richard and Cheryll Ruszat – Montessori Schools of Irvine  

Greg Zaret  

Charlie and Ling Zhang  

$5, 000 - $9, 999

Robert and Lillyan Cendejas  

Rohit Deshpande and Anita Watumull  

Paul and Anne Devore  

Gary Fabian and Deb Solon   

Chuck and Janet Henze  

Jack and Joy Kayajanian  

Lewis Family Charitable Gift Fund  

Josh Martin, Emerald Real Estate Partners, and Tom Politowski   

James McGaugh  

Pan American Chinese Dance Alliance  

James and Lynn Payne  

Christopher and Lynne Ramsey  

Ron and Margaret Redmond  

Salwa Rizkalla  

Sondra Samuels  

Craig and Kirsten Springer  

Alexander and Sachiyo Stimpson  

$2,500 - $4, 999

Stephen and Mary Auerbach  

Terri Beber and Terry McDonald   

Ellen Breitman and Brien Amspoker  

Judy Bloomingdale  

Karen and Bruce Clark  

Albert Encinias  

Don Fike  

Douglas and Kathleen Forde  

Loren Hansen and Lorraine Caukin  

Natalie Miles  

Tom and Debbie Newmeyer  

Mark J. Nielsen  

Marcia Novegrod  

Arthur Ong and Ginger Sun  

Bill and Joyce Perrone  

Joel B. Rothman  

Bob and Jo Anne Simon  

Diane Stovall  

Eric and Donna Stovner  

Mary Watson-Bruce  

Brian and Beth West  

Kurt and Ellen Youngs  

Robert Zasa and Judy Amiano  

$1,000 -$2,499

Beth and Michael Adler  

Richard Alexander  

Karen Hohman Almeida and Edgilson Almeida  

Scott and Katherine Arbuckle  

Dr. & Mrs. Dana Aswad  

Diane and Dennis Baker  

Bayside Restaurant   

Trudi Bonnet  

James Carter  

Alice and Dennis Creighton  

Bob and Burnetta Denham  

Gail Doe  

Joan Donahue  

Arlene and Steven Fienberg  

Julie Garn 

Roger and Patt Grable   

Mary Graham  

Geeta and Sanjiv Grover  

Greg and Sumie Haase  

Ramya Harishankar and Harish Murthy  

Jean Hendrickson  

Jennifer Klein  

Rachel Levin  

Nikki Meyers  

James Pick and Rosalyn Laudati  

Edward and Diana Putz  

Debbie and Frank Rugani  

Phil Ruggiero  

Sally Anne and Don Sheridan  

Nancy Smith  

Vicky Smith  

Robert and Veronica Start  

Michele and Irwin Walot  

Ms. Renee Walter  

Lynn Weiser and Mike Tompkins  

$500 -$999

John Ballantyne 

Scott Brinkerhoff 

Nancy and Wayne Broadhag 

Denise B. Chilcote  

Brad Crosley 

Joan M. Donahue 

Nancy Eisenberg  

Christine Fluor and Walter Scacchi 

Francis and Ruby Foo 

Lynn and Doug Freeman 

Margaret Gates, with gratitude for your education commitment 

S. Glass Family 

Gary Good and Jackie Charnley 

Dr. Robert Gorab

Ms. Susanna Hugelshofer 

Kathleen Koch

Holly Larsen 

Vicki and Richard Lee 

Hilary Lemansky 

John Maitino  

Patricia McIntyre 

Carol and Tim McMahon 

Dr. & Mrs. John Middlebrooks 

Lutz Moeckel 

Janis and Dave Murray 

Ms. Maryellen Musgrave 

Tom and Barbara Peckenpaugh 

Mr. Boyd Philpot 

Otto Reyer 

Karen Rook 

Tracie Rotter 

Kent Sentinella  

Ron Simon   

Dorothy J. Solinger 

Emily Crean Vogler 

Renee V. Walter

Charles and Marilyn Wright 

$250 - $499

The Aber Group Inc  

Oscar R. Aguirre  

Bruce Beckman  

Sally Bender  

Michelle Bentcliff and Ann Litke  

William and Annette Blaney  

Darci Linkey Bodin  

William Bowermaster  

Mrs. Lisa Butler  

Luisa Cano  

Esther Cervantes and Steve Rivero  

Dr. Shigeru Chino  

Donna Cox  

Anahid Crecelius  

Bronny Daniels  

Mike Davis  

Mary Susan Denley  

David Dijkstra  

Ann Donat  

Jeannine Ford  

Jacqueline Fox  

David and Judy Fukuda  

Lynn Gardner and Paul Multari  

Ilone and Darin Gibson 

Arielle Giordano  

Caroline Harkins  

Edwin Henderson  

Holmes Family  

Haylee Homs  

Jessica Kaltman and Robert Reznik  

Judy Kaufman  

Kyle and Cherrill Kawakami  

Michael and Elaine Kleinman  

Mr. Richard Krey  

Kerry Krisher  

Bruce Larson  

Michael Lawler  

Han Dinh and Martin Le  

Vicki and Richard Lee  

Edward Luedke  

Michael and Charisse Lyseight  

Capt. Kevin M. Mac Donnell  

Susan M. Mason  

Greg McCaffery 

Dr. Frank and Mrs. Linda Meyskens  

William D. Miller and Florence E. Miller 

Mr. Ramon Munoz  

Peter and Alexandra Neptune  

Susan O'Brien  

Lauren and Richard Packard  

Cyrus Parker-Jeannette  

Omkar Patne  

Dr. Dolly Platt  

Dorcas Preston  

Josh and Carolyn Roberts 

Dr. Stephen Rochford  

June Rose  

Jeff and Linda Schulein  

Jack and Katharine Schoellerman   

George Searcy  

Gary and Melanie Singer Charitable Fund  

Tina Sommers-Bernhardt  

Adreana Souleles  

Daniel and Jeanne Stokols  

Karen and Gary Thorne  

Fred and Patricia Viele  

Beth Waterman  

Mark and Lou-Ann Weltman  

Hemantha and Sophie Wickramasinghe  

Jim and Sandra Williams  

$100-$249

Brian and Gloria Abrams  

Mark Achong  

Susan Adleman  

Hoku and Kalani Aichele  

Gregory Bates and Joann Leatherby 

Theresa Battel  

Ms. Suzanne M. Becker  

Chris Blank and Josie Badeaux  

Paul Blank  

Richard Blindt  

Mr. Gene Bohlmann  

Vivien Bonicelli  

Carol Boot-Storie  

Suzanne Boras  

Kerry and Paul Boulian  

Mr. and Mrs. J. Boyer 

Richard Brannin  

Mr. Steven Brenneis  

Gary and Wendy Bryan  

Michael Capaldi  

Joe and Barbara Chamberlain  

Patrick J. Chambers  

Grace Chen  

Kathryn and Jacob Clark  

Jeff Corp  

Charles Davison  

Susan Lindquist de la Parra 

Vivian Daniel  

Matthew and Jane Delorenzo  

Mark & Kathi Denny  

Rhea Dorn  

Ron and May Duff  

Mr. Jack Elitzak  

John Elwood  

Eduardo and Elise Espinosa  

Kimo Evans  

Jim and Diane Ewing  

Joanne Fernbach  

Mr. Kevin Finn  

Everly and Harriet Fleischer  

Ellen Fujikawa  

Stanford Gertler  

Darrylin Girvin  

Shelley Gitomer  

Ben and Sandie Goelman  

Kevin and Candice Gomez  

Anna Gonosova  

Jeff & Patty Guell  

Gayle and Phil Harp  

Richard and Jacqueline Heyendal  

Robert and Virginia Hilton  

Peter Holden and Angela Howley-Holden  

Dan and Nicole Honigman  

Andrew and Pamela Horowitz  

Ernest Humphreys  

Ronald Ito and Glenda Obado-Ito  

Mrs. Collette Jackson  

Arlene and Mike Kato  

Lynne Koffler  

Jeanne LaMar  

Robert and Karen Lechich  

Cheryl and James Lewis  

Dave and Jennifer Link  

Anne Llewellyn  

Willard and Bettina Loomis  

Christian and Sharon Maas  

Lorena Mague  

William and Marcia Manker  

Hannah Manning  

Ms. Amira Mansour  

Milena Marsico  

Christine A. Marx 

Robert Mashihara  

Duane and Kathleen Mauzey  

Mrs. Ann Marie Miller  

Deborah Mitzman  

Dr. and Mrs. John Mull  

Mike and Wendy Mulvihill  

Elaine and Cameron Mummery  

Tasha and Owen Naccarato  

Linda Norton  

Judy Oswald  

Hon. Julie Owen  

Karin S. Paul  

Barbara and Wallace Paulson  

Jorge Perez Valdes  

Jill M. Prentice  

Brian Paegel and Jeremy Pyle  

Lois Rake 

Elaine Ramsay  

Brad Rawlins  

Lynn Reck  

Shabana Rehman  

Dennis and Marie Richman  

In Memory of Irene DeNoia  

Barry Saywitz  

Jonathan Schiesel  

Kristen and Paul Schmidt  

Randee Seiger  

Jill Sekiguchi, DDS  

Arkady and Ella Serebryannik  

Leonard Simon  

John L. Smith and Mary Anne Anthony-Smith  

Jack and Molly Spiegel  

Michael and Marilyn Staffieri 

Hugh Stevenson and Jan Burns  

Ingrid Strayer  

Cindy Thomas  

Martha Topik  

Kay Torell  

Margaret Vaneck  

Joanne Vargas  

Linda Venezia  

Kathy Vickers  

Ms. Anne Walthall  

Bruce and Susie White  

Richard and Barbara Wilkes  

Theresa Mai Wright  

Adelle Yeaton  

Susan Yee  

Andy and Wendy Yurcho  

Mr. John Ziegwied  

$150+

Mark Achong

Hoku and Mark Aichele

Gregory Bates and Joann Leatherby

Paul Blank

Christopher Blank and Josie Badeaux

Jerry and Vivien Bonicelli

Laura Brandlin

Nancy and Wayne Broadhag

Jacob and Kay Clark

Charles and Maureen Davison

Susan Lindquist de la Parra

Mark and Kathi Denny

Jack and Melissa Elitzak

John Elwood

Eduardo and Elsie Espinosa

James Evans

Kevin and Stephanie Finn

Kari Gibson

Kevin and Candice Gomez

Roger and Patt Grable

Gayle and Phil Harp

Arlene and Mike Kato

Kyle and Cherrill Kawakami

Kathleen Koch

Duane and Kathie Mauzey

Brian and Ann Marie Miller

Janis and Dave Murray

Hon. Julie A. C. Owen

Christopher and Lynne Ramsey

Brad and Susie Rawlins

Jill Sekiguchi

T. Sommers-Bernhardt

Cindy Thomas

Fred and Patricia Viele

Bruce and Susie White

Andrew and Wendy Yurcho

$10 monthly

Mr. and Mrs. J. Boyer

Vivian Daniel

$75 monthly

As a partner in the annual National Choreographers Initiative, Irvine Barclay Theatre is also pleased to acknowledge all those who support this important contribution to American dance.

National Choreographers Initiative 2025
Molly Lynch, Artistic Director

The National Choreographers Initiative would like to thank the following individuals for their support of the 2025 project:

Honorary Producer 

Bobbi Cox

Michelle Rohé

Richard and Elizabeth Steele

Endowment Fund

Choreographer Sponsor

Terry Causey

Sophie and Larry Cripe

Judi Gorski

Joanne and Dennis Keith

Barbara Roberts

Diane Silber

Dancer Sponsor

James Carter

Janet and Henry Eggers

Artistic Sponsor

Alan Andrews and Molly Lynch

Betsy Andrews and Alex Moad

Ellen Breitman and Brien Amspoker

Laurie and Bart Brown

Diane Diefenderfer and David Hanlon

Gale Edelberg and Bob Butnik

Mary and Andrew Franklin

Janice Hobbs

Nancy and Ned Kriz

Kathryn Lynch and Robert McDonnell

Rachelle Menaker and Eddie Schuller

Marica Pendjer and John Miller

Andrew Rose

Sally Anne and Don Sheridan

Jenny Szabo

Paula Tomei and David Emmes

Lynn Weiser and Mike Tompkins

Patron Sponsor

Dr. Michael Bear

Stacie Brandt

Beverly and David Carmichael

Gillian Finley and Robert Labaree

Chuck Johnston

Dr. Burton Karson

Rosalyn Laudati and James Pick

Sharon McNalley

Margi and John Murray

Diana Putz

Kim Smith

Karen and Gary Thorne

Dance Shoe Sponsor

Diane and Dennis Baker

Victoria Barrett

Darci Bodin

Bronny Daniels

Ivar Roth, Concierge Podiatry & Spa

Katy and Jack Schoellerman

Joseph Sheridan

Ann and Richard Sim

Linda and Steve Weitz

Dance Partner

William Bardens

Joy Dittberner

Roberta L. Fox

Mrs. Denis Gray

Carol Hamilton

Mike Kerr and Jenny Backhaus

Maurice and Alexandra Mandel

Edward McPherson

Rita Mitchell

Mitsuhiko and Reiko Nakano

Dr. Janice Gudde Plastino

Robbie Prepas

Paula Reiter

Robert Strang

Barbara Tingley

Mary Vensel White

Update as of 7/14/25

DONATE TODAY

Please consider making a donation to support the work of the National Choreographers Initiative. We need your contributions to support the dancers and choreographers involved in the project. Be an angel to the arts-dance! Thank you!

Send your donation to: NCI 3334 E. Coast Hwy #276, Corona del Mar CA 92625