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Friends of Dance at Stanford

Friends of Dance at Stanford is a volunteer organization comprised of individuals who have found that dance plays an important part in their lives. Some members are students and some are members of the community with a special interest in the vitality of dance at Stanford.

The Executive Committee of Friends of Dance meets once a month to brainstorm and strategize support programs for dance at Stanford. Projects might include Ragtime Ball, summer study scholarships, lectures, and specific public relations for positive imagery of dance at Stanford.

The Friends of Dance mission:

  • To encourage and maintain a lively interest in, and support of, the Stanford Dance Division, both on campus and in the surrounding community. This includes the support of all disciplines of dance taught at Stanford.
  • To create and promote projects that foster the growth and success of dance events and programs.
  • To reinforce the belief that dance is an important component of Stanford's commitment to education.
  • To raise funds through membership and other projects to assist student scholarships and other Dance Division activities.
  • To provide a two-way bridge of involvement between the community and dance at Stanford.

Recent Friends of Dance activities:

  • Funded live music for ballet and modern dance classes
  • Funded audio and lighting equipment for Roble Dance Studio
  • Provided summer scholarships for students
  • Sponsored annual summer dance weeks at Stanford
  • Sponsored annual Ragtime Ball fundraiser
  • Funded Raymond Hipbert's choreography, "Song for a Friend"
  • Funded two choreographies by Lindy Hop legend Norma Miller
  • Supported costs for Carl Flink's modern dance production, "This Bleeding Heart"


If you would like to support dance at Stanford by becoming a member, you may join by sending a check to Friends of Dance at Stanford. All gifts to Stanford are tax-deductible in the United States.

Annual Membership Dues:
Student $10
Contributing $25 to $49
Sustaining $50 to $99
Donor $100 to $199
Patron $200 or more

Please make checks payable to Friends of Dance at Stanford and send to the following address:

Friends of Dance
Roble Dance Studio
375 Santa Teresa
Stanford, CA 94305

Membership Information: (650) 723-1234


Executive Committee

Angela Amarillas
Deb Henigson
Stan Isaacs
Susan Cann, Treasurer
Monica Shen Knotts, Chair
Ryan Knotts, Secretary
Richard Powers, Faculty Representative
Elizabeth McGee
Suzanne Rocca-Butler
Noelle Thomas
Joyce Lissant Uggla, Vice-Chair

Last updated on April 5, 2006. Please email comments and suggestions to .
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