“Dance is my life. Educating is my life. Movement is my life. With out it, I am less than normal...not who I was meant to be. I like to joke, and for awhile, I wanted to retire because I am old. This career is hard physically, emotionally, and most of all mentally. There are days when I want to stop because I am over worked, tired, and exhausted. But I keep being drawn back creatively. Dance allows my spirit to soar, my body to grow, and my mind to soak it all up and send it back out into the universe. Your support helps keep me functioning and growing and helping other generations of dancers become their best selves as well.”

“Leverage has given me a creative outlet and has significantly helped me with transitioning from college dance to the professional dance world. Donating to Leverage would help insure that me and other dancers my age could continue to grow and learn from the more experienced dancers in the company.”

“Dance, and this company, provides me an escape from things that most people don’t understand. It gives me a place to open up and express what I’m feeling or dealing with and not have to utter a single word. I can come into class or rehearsal weighed down but the moment the music starts, I’m relieved from those things, even for just a few hours. Having the support of donations helps continue the safe haven Leverage is.”

“Leverage allows artists of all types and all ages to create, engage, participate. It takes itself seriously but knows when to laugh, it pushes to the edge but never falls off, it takes harsh criticism and learns, grows, it has high highs and low lows. But ultimately it is a community and one that I am proud to be a part of, especially during times of crisis. ”