Polaris Dance Theatre

Help us keep our doors open!

Our GoFundMe Campaign launches with a $2,000 matching pledge from a Polaris family!

Polaris Dance Theatre is a Portland-based non-profit dance organization that is a vital part of our community and right now we need your help! Our current challenges are directly related to the pandemic. 

Since 2002, Polaris Dance Theatre has presented audiences with thought provoking professional dance performances, offered year round programming to ages 3-103, built bridges in our community with artistic collaborations, offered free annual community festivals, introduced groundbreaking programming changing the lives of our All Access participants with disabilities, scholarshipped students with financial hardships, and inclusively served marginalized communities and participants of all ages, races, genders, socioeconomic status, and abilities.

We’ve budgeted responsibly and have never operated in a deficit. In 2020, pre-pandemic revenue strides in ticket sales and enrollments projected us to have our best year yet!

During our 18 month closure, with the help of COVID relief funding, PPP, and the generosity of our donors we paid 100% of our rent, utilities, and overhead.

Today, we are open! However, our usual 50 classes per week have been abbreviated to 31 classes with limited enrollment. Our annual 46 ticketed performances have dropped to 6 performances with only 50% audience capacity in 2021. We estimate that as we recover, we are presently operating at 30% revenue.

We know that with your support, we can get through this tough time! 

Here are ways you can help keep Polaris Dance Theatre's important programming alive to continue to benefit individuals and families in our community:

A donation of $7,000: Pays our rent for 1 month
A donation of $5,000: Underwrites our All Access Program
A donation of $1,000: Supports a Polaris Company dancer
A donation of $500: Helps pay an instructor 
A donation of $250: Sponsors a student 
A donation of $0-50: Goes a long way!

Thank you for being a part of a better future by investing in our mission:

Through dance, We awaken the heart and enhance our humanity. 

For more information view our website here: https://polarisdance.org/