Our mission:

To teach the art of dance to all, inspiring creativity, curiosity, and confidence.

The Dance Foundation is dedicated to a welcoming, creative approach to teaching dance to everyone. We have been a gathering place to learn to dance and learn through dance for almost 50 years.

Our programs include:

studioCLASSES inspire dancers of all ages and abilities, meeting each one where they are and encouraging lifelong exploration and study of dance. dancePARTNERS takes dance into schools and community organizations to engage and impact students who are very young, have disabilities or learning differences, or need academic support. spaceRENTAL makes space available for artists to teach, rehearse, and perform, reaching their own constituents with the benefits of dance.

Through DanceStudio, DanceConnect, and DanceSpace, we widen the circle, expanding ideas about what dance is and who is a dancer so students and audiences can explore and belong. At The Dance Foundation, we believe that dance unites us in our joy and humanity.

“Dance is a celebration of life,
a widening of horizons, an exercise in communication,
an exploration into self-awareness.

Through this discipline all the arts come into focus.
Let us journey together.”

– Jennie Robertson, Founder

Jennie Robertson

Mary Conyers Cooper

Virginia Samford Donovon

Board of Directors 2024-2025

Cheryl Lloyd

President

Kim Danks

Secretary

Wesley Parker

Vice-President

Maria Goldschmidt

Treasurer
Brian Collins Mary Virginia Colvert
John T. Ennis Shawnta Ford
Kendall Hagood Mary Katzman
Sharon Lanzi Pitts Peggy Powell
Amelia Ricks Lisa Schuck
Whitney Williams Shannon Young

Supporters

The Dance Foundation is a Four Star Charity as rated by Charity Navigator, the highest rating possible for financial accountability.

Along with generous individuals, these are our supporters:

Alabama Power Foundation Alabama State Council on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts
Alabama State Department of Education Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama/The Caring Foundation
Boulo Solutions Buffalo Rock
Children’s Arts Guild CMP/Shannon Waltchack
Daniel Foundation of Alabama Dominion Energy
Dorothy Gillespie Foundation Dunn Foundation
EBSCO Industries Inc Focus on Kids Photography
Honda USA Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart
IPC Beeson Foundation Jones Family Fund
Joseph Bruno Charitable Foundation J.R. Prewitt & Associates Inc.
Medical Properties Trust Mike and Gillian Goodrich Charitable Foundation
Pleiad Foundation PNC Bank
Publix Super Markets Charities Pure Barre
Ratliff Charitable Foundation (Better Place Foundation) Vulcan Materials