Whether you want to
help nurture and develop children,
bring diverse members of our community together to create unique experiences,
or help us make inspiring and original performances,
we hope you will support us!
If any of our work aligns with your values, please donate now.
*Please consider becoming a sustaining member. Our sustaining members are especially impactful, as they provide security and stability for our daily operations, staff and artists.
Our sustaining members receive recognition on our website and season programs, complimentary tickets for our annual House Concerts, reserved seats for our main season performances. To become a sustaining member, simply select “reoccurring” when you make your donation!
Or mail a check to:
Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre
1301 Canterbury St.
Austin, TX 78702
Donations are essential to our work and are tax deductible. Thank you for your support!
We believe the arts, creativity, and freedom of expression are vital to everyone.
We Are A Non-Profit 501(c)3 Organization that creates bold, multidisciplinary dance performances, offers free and inclusive community workshops, and teaches vital arts-in-education programs to K-12 students.
Our vision is to contribute to a more beautiful and equitable world by cultivating accessibility to, participation in, and appreciation of the arts bringing together ethnically diverse people of all ages and abilities. We value collaboration, artistic excellence, and creating inspiration for all people through art.
• 500+ students served annually through our ARTSPLUS arts in education program
• 100+ participants annually in our free community workshops
• 1 groundbreaking, collaborative, original performances per season
• 250+ professional, diverse, multidisciplinary artists have collaborated in our work since our founding
• 50+ original new works created since 1990
Here. Now. May 16-18, 2025
Our main season project is a new multidisciplinary work that weaves together a rich and colorful expression of identity, history, and community stories through dance, live music and storytelling. The project is deeply rooted in inclusivity, featuring BIPOC and LGBTQ+ collaborators, to present a narrative that resonates with the diverse spectrum of human experiences.
Community Voices Workshops January-April, 2025
These free workshops foster creativity, storytelling, and connection. Open to all abilities—no experience required.
Let’s Get Creative / Free Community Soundpainting Workshops Spring, 2025
These free workshops introduce innovative improvisational structures for creative expression through voice, music and movement and are open to everyone, regardless of ability.
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education programs – Ongoing!
Our program brings creative learning to 60-100 youths weekly, enhancing education through dance and music. Your support expands our reach to more schools with limited arts resources.
House Concerts December 8, 2024 and April, 2025
Our two annual house concerts bring together live music, dance, food and drinks in a relaxed and intimate setting for an inspiring afternoon of creating community connections supporting the work of AADT.
Alison Diesel
Alton Samples
Anne Fey
Ariel Rivas-Micoud
Beverly Dale
Beverly Lowry
Bill McMillin
Bowen Travis
Brian Malesa
Carla Umlauf
Carol Adams
Cat Heidrick
Catherine Mauzy
Charlotte McCann
Christine Cowden
Cindy Stewart
David Kerr
David Robinson
Ellen Sweets
Elliott Naishtat
Emma Kieninger
George Myatt
Georgia Bramhall
Helene E Christopher
J Bryan Burrough
James & Donna Byerlotzer
James Miller
Jerelyn Thomas
Jim Chappelow
Jonathan Poplack
Karen Olsson
Kathy Holberg
Khani Zulu
Lady Beth Moten
Lisa Poole
MADAS Books LLC
Margaret Tucker
Mary Cook
Mary Ross Taylor
Melody Fullylove
Michael Hirsch and Carol Moczygemba
Monica Miller
Norman Blumensaadt
Pati Griffith
Peggy Perkins
Rebecca Yohe
Sandra Dunn
Sarah Morgan
Sarah Ortiz
Saundra Freeman
Stephanie Martinez
Stephen Canty
Steve Rogers
Virginia Carmichael
Virginia Rothe
Yevgeniy Sharlat