Annual Impact Report
Table of Contents
Letter from Founder & Artistic Director
Keshet Dance Company
Ideas & Innovation
Arts & Justice Initiatives
Education & Engagement
Keshet Center for the Arts
Volunteers
Financials
Funding Partner Highlights
ABQ Wine Classic
Thank you to Contributors
Full FY24-25 Donor List
Keshet Staff, Board, & Committees
Annual Impact Report
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 Fiscal Year
Keshet’s Annual Impact Reports highlight the impact that YOU, our community, make through supporting Keshet; from our work at the intersection of arts and justice to supporting artists from across the world to accessible and affordable dance education in Albuquerque. Thank you!
Letter from the Director
Dear friends of Keshet,
Thanks to your support, Keshet Dance Company & Center for the Arts expanded its impact locally and strengthened connections nationally this fiscal year (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025). Through creative partnerships, national and local funding, and community support, we saw growth in our programming this year, as we approached our 30th anniversary.
Whether you made a financial contribution or donated your time as a volunteer, joined us for a performance, or danced with us in class, you are a part of Keshet’s creative community and your support means the world to us. You not only invested in our vision to continue offering a welcoming home for the intersection of the arts, artists, and audiences here in Albuquerque, but also supported visiting artists from around the world seeking opportunities to collaborate and develop their own unique works through the Keshet Ideas & Innovation Community (KIIC). The impact of your investment was also felt behind the walls of New Mexico juvenile prisons where dancers taking part in M3 (Movement + Mentorship = Metamorphosis) continued connecting with opportunities for personal growth through dance education, and post-release dance and volunteer opportunities at Keshet Center for the Arts. Additionally, your investment this year was life-changing for our professional company of dancers, representing only a handful of full-time paid professional contemporary dance companies in the United States, and two dozen young dancers taking part in Keshet’s Pre-Professional Program (KP3) who received inclusive training and mentorship giving them the physical and emotional tools to excel in their pursuit of a career in dance.
Our successes within the arts and mentorship space in New Mexico and the dance economy nationally is a direct reflection of the power of community investment. We are so proud to present the stories of growth, impact, celebrations, and reflections on everything you made possible this year and showcased within this Impact Report. We hope you enjoy looking back on this amazing year through this Report as much as we did preparing it and that you feel inspired to continue dancing with us next year, as we celebrate our 30th anniversary, and beyond.
Thank you for being a part of Keshet’s creative community!
With gratitude,
Shira Greenberg
Keshet Founder and Artistic Director
Keshet Dance Company
This year celebrated the 29th performance season of Keshet Dance Company and the premiere of a new mixed repertory work entitled A More Beautiful Question. Inspired by and exploring the theme of inquiry, eight artists were invited to consider their own unique perspectives and life experiences to design, choreograph, and perform original pieces exploring the theme. These works explored how the more beautiful questions guide us to investigate more genuine problems and allow us to activate the most creative, meaningful solutions in life.
“…the dancers seem to remind us that, no matter how hard the questions might be, we don’t have to grapple with them alone. The evening ends on a note of reveling in the human condition and curiosity.”
Keshet Dance Company in performance and rehearsal for "A More Beautiful Question"
Ideas & Innovation Community
Each year, Keshet Company Dancers and our local creative community connect with visiting artists and arts institutions around the world to share best practices, exchange ideas, and collaborate through the Keshet Ideas and Innovations Community (KIIC).
In FY24-25, Keshet saw 22 visiting artists from 12 cities, 7 states, and two countries (including the USA)!
Makers Space Experience
One of the core aspects of KIIC’s work to contribute to and support the global arts economy is the Makers Space Experience (MSE) hosted at Keshet Center for the Arts annually.
This year, Keshet received more than fifty applications from artists in eight different countries and selected twelve to visit New Mexico and take part in the ten-day cohort-based residency. Two cohorts of Makers were welcomed in January and February and engaged with Keshet Company Dancers, faculty, and community members as they developed their unique projects and had the opportunity to present finished and in-progress works during the Choreographers’ Showcases held at the end of each cohort period.
Makers from the Makers Space Experience in class, performance, and out in the New Mexico landscape!
Throughout their time at Keshet, Makers had access to performance and practice spaces and took part in several workshops designed to support arts entrepreneurship and business training. Movement classes led by Makers sharing their unique styles were offered during the Experience and Keshet opened all Makers Space arts business workshops and movement classes to the public. This year’s cohorts of Makers appreciated having the opportunity to connect with our community and each other, sharing aspects of their culture and practice while exchanging ideas and learning together. The Choreographers’ Showcase even included one impromptu collaboration between several cohort members who plan to continue their collaboration beyond the Makers Space Experience!
Hear Here Festival
This February, Keshet hosted the 4th annual Hear Here Festival, celebrating the ways in which collaboration fuels innovation in the arts. Hear Here pairs a composer/scoremaker with a choreographer to design and rehearse a new original piece over the course of two weeks and perform it as part of the festival showcase. Collaborators, working together for the first time, were given access to Keshet studios and performance spaces as well as a working stipend to make their artistic visions a reality.
Performers in the 2025 Hear Here Festival
Excerpts from the 2025 Hear Here Festival:
The works created during the 2025 Hear Here Festival celebrate and honor the collaborative spirit of our arts community and led to the creation of a new full-length piece choreographed by Keshet Company Dancer Ana Lopes Aréchiga and scored by local composer Zachariah Julian, which will see its formal development and premiere as part of Keshet’s upcoming 2025-2026 performance season.
Presenting Voices Series
In continued partnership with the National Center for Choreography Akron (NCCAkron), Keshet’s Presenting Voices Series brought our first-ever tech residency welcoming Body Watani Dance to support the development of their project After the Last Red Sky. Over the week-long residency facilitated by Keshet staff, artists got 60+ hours of hands-on experience in Keshet’s performance spaces working with sound and lighting, stage design, and other technical elements of stage production to help bring their vision to life. Body Watani developed immersive soundscapes, mocked up several set special effects including a disappearing mirror wall and a falling moon, and identified the lighting techniques that best fit their needs as they prepared to take After the Last Red Sky to its premiering venue.
After the tech residency, members of Keshet Dance Company traveled to Nashville for NCCAkron’s Creative Administration Research conference (CAR). The CAR program supports U.S. dance artists and challenges the field to think beyond the boundaries of known, traditional models and “best practices.” Shira Greenberg and Ana Lopes Aréchiga presented “The Choreography of Community and Resources,” sharing insights on Keshet’s approach to meet the needs of our community while offering the impactful dance education and mentorship that has established Keshet as an asset to our creative economy.
KIIC Funding
Keshet is grateful to the many funders who have invested in this important programming, championing the value of the arts, the artists, and the arts economy, and the intersection of arts practice and difficult conversations about critical contemporary issues.
We acknowledge the City of Albuquerque, the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, New Mexico Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
“Generally surprised about the amount of interest and connectivity there is at Keshet. A lot of community members and students pass through there.”
“This was more than what I hoped for in the Keshet residency. In addition the business classes generated a lot of momentum, knowledge and context for future creative endeavors.”
Arts & Justice Initiatives
This fiscal year, Keshet’s Arts and Justice Initiatives continued its vital mission of bringing the transformative power of dance to incarcerated and paroling youth across New Mexico. Through movement, creativity, and connection, the program provided a critical platform for self-expression and personal growth.
“[Class is like] being at the top of a mountain and looking at all the beautiful things.”
Movement + Mentorship = Metamorphosis (M3)
Keshet partnered with the New Mexico Children, Youth, & Families Department (CYFD) and Bernalillo County to offer comprehensive dance programming in three juvenile justice facilities—reaching both pre- and post-adjudicated youth through Keshet’s M3 (Movement + Mentorship = Metamorphosis) Program.
Participants explored a range of dance genres, including Contemporary, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop & Breakdancing, Improvisation, and Choreography—each designed not only to build technical skills but also to nurture confidence, discipline, and collaborative spirit. Each class became a space of empowerment—where youth amplified their voices, their stories, and their opportunities through dance.
This year, Keshet reignited programming offering participants opportunities for post release, supervised release, and individuals on probation the ability to work within the community and continue their Keshet dance education and mentorship relationships.
Keshet’s Arts and Justice team remains deeply committed to the belief that access to the arts is a transformative experience, and that the creative process can be a powerful agent for personal and social transformation.
Movement for Mercy
In the summer of 2024, Keshet welcomed Dr. Amir Whitaker and Mya Edwards of Project Knucklehead for an intensive weekend of connection, discovery, play, and learning. Project Knucklehead is collaborating with Keshet Dance Company for the 2025 iteration of Movement for Mercy and performing as part of the Movement for Mercy cast. After several full days of work in the studio, the intensive rehearsal period culminated with two public events, including a sneak peek at one of the pieces from Movement for Mercy (pictured). Those who were able to attend were privy to deep conversations about the nature of the work, opportunities to talk to the dancers directly about their process, and a deeply moving and profound special performance.
Keshet Dance Company and Arts and Justice collaborating artists also premiered two new Movement for Mercy pieces to audiences at our Albuquerque Wine Classic interim event on March 1. The two pieces featured works by student collaborators at the John Paul Taylor Center in Las Cruces. Keshet’s Arts and Justice teaching faculty members worked with students on developing their choreographic concepts into fully realized pieces.
Movement for Mercy will preview for Albuquerque audiences in Fall 2025 before premiering in Los Angeles November 15 at the Odyssey Theater!
Arts Education, Health & Resiliency Research Convening
In November 2024, Keshet brought together fantastic core arts partners (Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Carnegie Hall, Arts for Healing and Justice Network), research partners (University of Florida Arts in Medicine, World Health Organization, White House Arts & Health), and funding partners (Wallace Foundation, David Rockefeller Fund, New England Foundation for the Arts) for three jam packed days filled with beautiful discussions and possibilities in the Arts Education, Health & Resiliency Research Convening!
Participants of the Convening
Designed as a collaborative exploration, this convening brought together these key arts and health researchers, practitioners, funders, and stakeholders invested in the lasting impacts of arts- and education-based programming, inviting them to observe and contribute as essential thought partners. Focusing on three core elements—cultivating authentic relationships, strengthening organizational culture, and centering arts practices—the participants aimed to define and articulate these qualities, creating targeted resources to support best practices across the field.
Keshet is excited to continue exploring these partnerships and conversations.
AJI Funding
Keshet is grateful to the many funders who have invested in this important programming, supporting the impact of the arts on the juvenile justice system and the value of community conversation and connection.
We acknowledge the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation, the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc, United Way of North Central New Mexico, Aerie Real Foundation, Sandia Foundation, the Hancock Family Foundation, and the Sheila Fortune Foundation.
Education & Engagement
This year, Keshet’s community dance classes continued to grow, with a 14% increase in enrollment from last year. It was so much fun to see all of the new faces in our studios! Our new and returning dancers welcomed family and friends to see them perform in two community concerts held in the winter and spring. Our community concert series featured dancers of all ages and abilities performing in a range of styles and techniques such as Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, and more. Our 4-8 year old dancers known as “Kiwis” drew big crowds, and for many of these dancers it was their first time performing on the Keshet stage. Bringing together professional, pre-professional, and community dancers for the 2025 Community Spring Concert, Keshet Dance Company joined in on the fun with the world premiere of Protect the Dolls, choreographed by Keshet Company Dancer Elysia Pope.
Photo by Pat Berrett
KP3
Keshet’s pre-professional program (KP3) embarked on deep work in dance technique, dance history, and mentorship this year. Including opportunities for performance with community and Company members, as well as research, dance viewing, and dance classes with visiting artists, KP3 students expanded their knowledge and personal connections with the broader field of dance while also deepening their connection with the Keshet community.
KP3 students expanded their knowledge of the broader field of dance through research projects, dance viewing, and dance classes with visiting artists, while also deepening their connection with the Keshet community through performance opportunities with Company and community members.
Ailey II
In Spring 2025, the KP3 class attended the school showing of Ailey II at Popejoy Hall where they experienced the stirring Revelations for the first time. Seeing Revelations, a world-famous piece often considered Alvin Ailey’s best work, was especially impactful for the dancers as they had been learning about Alvin Ailey prior to the performance. The KP3 class had recently reviewed some of his rehearsal notes, watched clips from a documentary about his life, and watched some of his choreography as part of a study on his life and work. 
After the performance, KP3’s most advanced students were selected to take a Master Class with Ailey II’s rehearsal director, Shay Bland. This was incredibly inspiring to our students, particularly to two students who went on to attend Alvin Ailey’s Professional Division Summer Program and Alvin Ailey’s Junior Division Summer Program this year. Many students were moved to tears by the performance, and everyone raved about how good the experience was.
Pictured: KP3 dancers in class with Ailey II
Dance Island Workshop Project
This year, the KP3 students also took part in a multi-day workshop exploring the history of dance education and reimagining their own dance world. Keshet Faculty Members Sarah Gonzales, Lara Segura, and Laura Orozco Garrett hosted a series of presentations about the historical context of being a dance student (who had access to dance, who did not, where students learn dance, etc.) and the reality of being a dance student today (who still does and does not have access to dance). Student dancers concluded the workshop with a group project creating their own “Dance Islands.” The groups were asked to include in their designs a list of core values, the styles taught, and determine a dance “climate” of their island. It was incredible to see all the information the students added beyond what was asked. Each group included accessibility as a core value including affordable training, free transportation, free dance equipment, and other accommodations to ensure that everyone on their islands would be able to dance together.
KP3 students show off their Dance Islands!
XVIII Echoes
Keshet’s Pre-Professional Program had a fantastic year of learning and performances. KP3 held their annual Spring Concert, titled XVIII Echoes, performing in 16 different pieces in the styles of Ballet, Contemporary, and Jazz, as well as presenting their work from Improv/Comp classes and Variations from Ballet Variations classes.
Two of the pieces presented were choreographed by our graduating seniors. It was their first time choreographing on their peers for both students. We are so proud to welcome one of our graduating dancers as Keshet faculty and Company Dancer Apprentice, and send our fondest farewell to the other graduating student as they go on to study as a trainee at Kansas City Ballet. Some stand out performances during the concert were a gorgeous Contemporary piece, Rising Tides, choreographed by Company Dancer Sonia Bologa on the KP3 student upper levels, and an upbeat jazz piece about coffee, Coffee To Go, choreographed by Laura Orozco Garrett featuring our younger dancers!
KP3 students performing in XVIII Echoes!
Little Dancer Big Dancer Mentorship Breakfast
Each spring, KP3 students lead a fun-filled day of dance mentorship and discovery known as the Little Dancer Big Dancer Mentorship Breakfast. Held in March this year, Keshet welcomed dozens of new dancers aged two and up and their families to take fun-filled classes assisted by KP3 students giving them a taste of the Keshet experience. Dancers and their families were treated to breakfast and refreshments throughout the day very generously donated by community partners Rudy’s BBQ and Country Store, Whole Foods, Costco, and Red Rock Roasters. Classes offered during Little Dancer Big Dancer were completely free to join and all donations raised during the event supported Keshet’s non-competitive dance scholarship fund allowing Keshet to offer all class fees and performance tickets on a zero dollar sliding scale year round.
KP3 dancers act as class mentors during the Little Dancer Big Dancer Mentorship Breakfast
Education Funding
Keshet is grateful to the many funders who have invested in dance education and performance, helping Keshet to continue broadening community accessibility to experience the transformative art of dance.
We acknowledge New Mexico Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division, Albuquerque Community Foundation, PNM Resources Foundation, Aerie Real Foundation, and the City of Albuquerque and CABQ Department of Art and Culture.
KP3 classes have taught me to be more responsible and helped me be more aware of my body. The core value “Inclusion” really speaks to me. I love how Keshet gives everyone a chance no matter where they come from.
Keshet has opened up so many opportunities in dance and even outside of dance. Keshet has shown me and my peers what dance is like in the real world and how to manage our dance lives, real lives, and our health without getting overloaded.
Keshet Center for the Arts
Keshet’s exciting, multi-phase renovation project moved forward this fiscal year, with continued design and development work, as well as continued fundraising to support this large-scale project. Supported by lead funding of $1.2 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, funding from the State of New Mexico was added to the project, along with several other private individual donors and foundations, including contributors to our Renovation Campaign, showing community support for the project! The incredible design team of Dreskin Architecture and Innovation, led by the amazing Jeremy Dreskin, was joined by the fantastic design-build firm Energy Systems Group to help move our project forward into the coming fiscal year!
Volunteers
Keshet’s incredible volunteer community has shown up this year in a variety of ways to engage with Keshet — from landscaping and front desk support to cleaning, reorganizing, painting, and in-kind donations—we couldn’t be more grateful for all you do for Keshet! As we look forward to renovations to our space, your help and support not only make it possible for us to continue our work, but to also build community and cultivate some truly beautiful friendships. To all of our community volunteers, KP3 families, and volunteer groups – THANK YOU!
Keshet Staff and Volunteers
“I’ve been volunteering with Keshet for years now: some in official capacity as a board member, others as a parent, and more simply as a member of the community. Keshet is family (both literally and figuratively). I believe in the work they do; I support the communities they build; and I am inspired by the lives they touch. Meeting other like minded individuals and working towards a common good always keeps me coming back. When you support others, then discover that others will be there to support you, coming back means making an impact, no matter how small the task.”
“Volunteering for Keshet is always an uplifting experience. I am aware of being in a community of people showing [up] to be part of something good and important. The teamwork and collaborative leadership makes it easy to join in.
In these uncertain and changing times, involvement at Keshet keeps me hopeful, and motivated to keep showing up in the world, and grow as a human being.”
Financials
Funding Partner Highlights
This year, the US Small Business Administration awarded funding to Keshet through a congressionally directed appropriation to support the Keshet Ideas & Innovation Community (KIIC) which champions the value of the artist and the arts economy through a range of residency programs, makerspace resources, and professional development training. With support from the SBA , KIIC offered technical assistance in funding strategies, marketing, and industry best practices for small businesses and arts entrepreneurs working in the creative industries. In coordination with the Makers Space Experience, these workshops brought together local and visiting artists with industry experts to learn and grow their businesses together with much needed technical support in the arts. KIIC programming continues to support the expansion of small businesses in the arts, job creation, and small business growth and sustainability through the US Small Business Administration’s investment.
The Coalition for Juvenile Justice supported Movement for Mercy (MfM) with an impactful grant to support artists from both sides of prison walls collaborating to develop and perform original works examining, questioning, and re-imagining the US juvenile justice system. This grant was particularly meaningful as it supported a new MfM work, as part of the Youth Justice Action Month in America, honoring the 50th anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) and the creation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Keshet welcomed esteemed partners from Project Knucklehead to begin the creative process then worked with students in Keshet’s M3 program to support the development of new choreography. One original section from MfM was performed in 2024 during a sneak peak event and a preview of the full production is planned for Fall 2025 followed by a touring premiere in Los Angeles, supported by a National Dance Project grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts.
The State of New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) recognized the importance of Keshet’s arts education and mentorship in reducing violence in our community with an impactful contract through its Violence Intervention Program. This funding supported our work with longtime collaborator, Maggie Bergeron, to evaluate ways Keshet programming creates spaces of belonging and community connectivity, including evaluation tools and professional development to support Keshet faculty to continue developing curriculum and practices that support young dancers’ feelings of safety, connection, and belonging within the artistic space. Keshet is very honored to have been selected to be a partner in this important project serving our youth and community.
ABQ Wine Classic
Wine aficionados from New Mexico and beyond gathered this summer for Keshet’s major fundraising event, the fourth annual ABQ Wine Classic. Wine and arts lovers came together over four days to enjoy a stellar selection of wines provided by this year’s honorary wine chair, Robert Sinskey Vineyards & Wilding Farm and selections curated by the visionaries of the Wine Classic Wine Committee. The annual event raises money for Keshet’s Youth Arts Initiatives.
ABQ Wine Classic partner and sponsor Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm hosted the opening night dinner and the Sinskey Vineyards afternoon Wine Seminar in the exquisite La Quinta Ball Room and Grand Portal. Event sponsors Alberto Gutierrez and Pia and Jesus Salazar opened their breathtaking homes to host the Champagne BYOB Gala Dinner and the Backyard Poolside Afterparty where KP3 students had the honor of performing new and in-progress pieces exclusively for Wine Classic guests.
2025 ABQ Wine Classic Attendees at the Opening Night Dinner at Los Poblanos, Photo by Greg O'Byrne
Ex Novo Brewing’s newest location in the heart of downtown Albuquerque provided the perfect backdrop for the exciting and spirited live auction gala dinner at the heart of the Wine Classic weekend.
New venues, new event partners, and a creative community energized to help more Albuquerque kids access the arts and helped Keshet host the most successful ABQ Wine Classic since its launch in 2021, netting approximately $150,000!
Thank you to everyone who raised a glass with us this year–we look forward to going even bigger for number five next year!
From left clockwise: Event Director Greg O’Byrne, Chef Marc Quiñones, Robert Sinskey, ABQ Wine Classic Auction Book, Attendees at Los Poblanos Opening Night dinner, Margaret Branch and Keshet Company Dancer Elysia Pope at Friday’s festivities, attendees at Los Poblanos, Robert Sinskey wines.
Sponsorship & Engagement Committee
Samantha Adams
James Anderson
Evening Star Barron
Dovya Friedman
Shira Greenberg
Joanie Griffin
Greg O’Byrne, ABQ Wine Classic Event Director
Elysia Pope
Dezaree Vega-Garcia
Todd White
Wine Committee
John Emerson
Kate Garner
Karen Lynch
Greg O’Byrne, ABQ Wine Classic Event Director
Steve Padilla
Ben Rose
Byron Rudolph
Cate Stetson
Dylan Storment
Peter Tannen
Byron Wall
Todd White
Tom Wolinski, ABQ Wine Classic Chair
Thank You to Contributors
The generous support of Keshet’s creative community celebrated the spirit of collaboration, expanded access to dance education, mentorship and performance for our community, and provided a safe space to nurture the growth of artists from all over the world this 2024-2025 fiscal year. Thank you for donating your money, your time, your services, your expertise, for seeing our performances, and giving so much of your love to ensure our community has unlimited possibilities through dance and the arts.
We are so excited to share that next year will mark 30 years of dance, community, and joy here at Keshet! We will be celebrating all year long, looking back at the incredible legacy our creative community has helped us establish here in Albuquerque while premiering and touring new works and renovating and updating our facilities so the next 30 years can be bigger and better than the first. Please be sure to follow our calendar of events so you don’t miss out on the excitement and come dance with us to celebrate 30 years of Keshet Dance Company and Center for the Arts!
“Few organizations make the performative arts a part of transforming so many lives from so many different walks of life. I am inspired by organizations that are authentically engaged with community and with creativity and craft. Keshet and its people always do just that and that is why I remain a supporter of their work. Thank you for all you do, Keshet.”
“Keshet is wonderful because it is community based and open to all. It is esp. welcoming to marginalized folks. Keshet is a “home” setting for me because its interpersonal, diverse, and comfortable. I really miss relaxing on that big brown couch! Keshet welcomed me with open arms and is a no judgement zone!”
Program and Organizational Funders
We would like to heartily thank the following organizations that have supported Keshet programs with major contributions in FY24-25, deepening Keshet’s work in the community.
Corporate Fans
These terrific local businesses supported Keshet’s 29th Season of performances and events. Corporate Fans connected with Keshet’s community through performances, social media, and Keshet’s e-newsletter as champions of the arts and supporters of Keshet’s community-driven mission. Thank you!
*denotes Corporate Fan status for the full production year
Hall of Fame
Hampton Inn & Suites Albuquerque – University/Midtown
With The Band
Dance Medicine NM*
95.5 KHFM Classical Public Radio
Singleton Schreiber*
Roadies
Adams + Crow Law
Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Café
Lone Sun Builders*
Red Rock Roasters*
Ruthie’s Bagels / Rhubarb & Elliott*
Sutin, Thayer, and Browne, APC*
Groupies
Adams + Crow Law
Carroll Strategies
Green Jeans Food Hall*
Kidpower Therapy Associates*
Lindsay Shettlesworth/ Q Realty*
Peacock Law*
PTI Electrical Contractors
Solstar Space Company
Stone Age Climbing Gym*
Sunny505*
Thrive Consulting*
US Eagle*
ABQ Wine Classic Sponsors
These incredible businesses sponsored Keshet’s 4th annual ABQ Wine Classic in June 2025, benefitting Keshet’s Youth Arts Initiatives! By supporting the ABQ Wine Classic, these sponsors connected with Albuquerque’s diverse community as champions of the arts! Thank you so much!
Featured Honorary Winery
Jeroboam
Magnum
Dr. Byron and Cindy Wall
Bottle
Media
Venue
Alberto Gutierrez
Jesus & Pia Salazar
Sustainers Club
Thank you to our Sustainers Club members, monthly donors to Keshet build and create dependable funding that helps us forecast needs, budget wisely, and respond throughout the year when new opportunities arise. Sustainers Club members receive special communications and behind-the-scenes opportunities. Thank you for your meaningful support of Keshet!
Anonymous
Sarah Bennett
Maria and Mike Castellano
Julie DelMarcelle
Marie Gorence and Kip Koech
Shira Greenberg and Richard Letscher
Matthew Hess and Psy Sielinger
Bob Hume
C.K. Jones
Julia Maccini
Manuel Montoya and Ronda Brulotte
Adrian Moore Trask and Nathaniel Trask
Theresa Palmer
Rebecca and Jeff Smith
Delores and Sean Stroud
Carolyn and Matthew Tobias
Sharon Travis
Thomas Wolinski
Become a Sustainers Club member by selecting the “monthly” frequency when making a gift to Keshet online. Click here to set up your recurring gift.
Full FY24-25 Donor List
*In Kind (indicates some or all of gift tangible donations of goods or services)
~ Sustainers Club Member
+ denotes Corporate Fan
^ ABQ Wine Classic Sponsor
Producers ($10,000 +)
Albuquerque Community Foundation
Albuquerque The Magazine*^
Anonymous
City of Albuquerque Department of Arts and Culture
Edward Jones^
Frontier Restaurant^
Hampton Inn*
Jennifer and James Pontzer
Kris and Stephen Wade
Lara Groff and Neal Ambrose-Smith*
National Endowment for the Arts
New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division
Office of Juvenile Justice and Detention Prevention
PNM/TNMP Foundation
Sandia Foundation
Sheila Fortune Foundation
Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation
NM Economic Development Creative Industries Division
Thomas Wolinski*~
United Way of North Central New Mexico
US Small Business Administration
Zimmer Community Fund
Choreographers ($5,000 - $9,999)
Adams + Crow Law Firm+^
Aerie Real Foundation
Albuquerque Business First*^
Albuquerque Journal
Cate Stetson*
City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund
Cumulus Media*^
Dr. Byron Wall and Cindy Hernandez Wall*^
Drs. David and Sandra Davis^
Erik Harrigan*
FBT Architects^
JMS & Company, LLC*
Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm*
Mark Hartman
Nusenda Credit Union^
Real Estate Advisors^
Robert Sinskey Vineyards & Wilding Farm*
Sam Adams and Arlyn Crow
New Mexico Arts
Greg O’Byrne*
Divas ($2,500 - $4,999)
3 Advertising^
95.5 KHFM, Classical Public Radio*
Alberto Gutierrez*
Aniko Vass and Brady Lovelady^
Anonymous^
Bradley Peterson
Chappellet Winery*
Charles and Eugenia Eberle*
City Different Investments^
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Davis Ladybug Foundation
Dr. R. Steven Padilla*
Dance Medicine of New Mexico*+
Fidel Consulting Group^
It Takes A Village Consulting~^
Janet McHard and Beth Mohr
Jayne and Chris Buttner*^
Jaynes Corporation^
Karen Lynch*
Maria Montoya Chavez and Leland Chavez
Martha and Danny Jarrett
Mickey Greenberg and Shelley Kornblum
Mike and Cathy Boice*
Peter and Mary Tannen*
River Terrace Inn^
Shannon Rainosek
Starline Printing LLLP*^
Sunny505+^
Sunstate Solar^
Terracon Foundation
Tesuque Stucco^
The Compound Restaurant*
VARA Winery & Distillery*
W. Vinson Walden*
Starlets ($1,000 - $2,499)
Alyssa Girard
Beth Hale
Bill Bradley*
Bob Hume~
Brian and Aleli Colon
Brian and Amy Stangel
Chaoming and David Martinez
Cricket Bouajila*
Delores and Sean Stroud~
Dovya Friedman and George Hausner*
Emily and Arand Harmon-Pierce
Hancock Family Foundation
James Danneskiold and Mary Anne Newhall
Jennifer Moore Plane
Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico
John Sparks
Jonathan Priest and Claudia Valles
Joseph Novak*
Linda Zipp and Michael Amato
Lone Sun Builders+
Maria and Mike Castellano*~
Mark and Stephanie Bieniarz*
Mark Rainosek
Marla Wood
Mary Ellen and Ron Shettlesworth
Merrie Courtright
Pat Berrett*
Randy Cooper*
Red Rock Roasters*+
Sal Cerami*
Singleton Schreiber LLP+
Stellar Fundraising Auctions*
Stephen Rehnberg and Susan Burgener
Sutin, Thayer & Browne, APC+
Principals ($500 - $999)
ABQ Center for Plastic Surgery*
Alana and James Sanchez
Alexander and Kimberly Motola
Anonymous
Beth Waldrip
Brad Raisher and Melissa Freeman
Carolyn and Matthew Tobias*~
Chello Grill*
Coyote Café*
Cynthia Wagner*
Dan Friedman
Elizabeth Polinko*
Fiasco Fine Wine, LLC*
Floating World
Green Jeans Food Hall+
Horno Restaurant*
Joseph’s Culinary Pub*
Justina Grant
Ken and Carolyn Thompson
KidPower Therapy Associates PC+
Lani and James Casady
Lindsay Shettlesworth/ Q Realty+
Lumpkin Family Foundation
Marie Gorence and Kip Koech~
Marta and Michael Ragsdale
Muse Fine Wine*
Pat Laws
Paul Griego*
Peacock Law P.C.+
Rebecca Voris
Robert Rosenberg and Jane Wishner
Ruthie’s Bagels / Rhubarb & Elliott+
Stephanie and Anthony Williams
Stephen Tannen
Stone Age Climbing Gym*+
US Eagle+
Wally Book – In Memory of Sheri Book
Yolanda Jones King
Ensemble ($100 - $499)
Adrian Moore Trask and Nathaniel Trask~
Albuquerque Little Theater*
Amy Jarjusey
Annie and Doug Diefenthaler*
Anonymous
Ari and Sean Herring
Atlixco Productions, LLC*
Barb Greenberg – In Honor of Randy and Susan Cooper’s 60th wedding anniversary
Ben Rose*
Bookworks*
C.K. Jones – In Honor of Park Jimin
Cal & Mo Taylor Wright
Carroll Strategies+
Charlotte and Stuart Schoenmann*
Cheryl Puterbaugh and Brendan Bonham*
Costco*
Cristian and Elvine Bologa
Cynthia Allison and Cari Kerkhoff
Dana and Justin Ball
Dark Mark Arts*
David Bernstein and Erika Rimson
David Daniell
Deborah Peacock and Nate Korn
Debra Yoshimura
Diane and Jeff Berry
Dion’s Pizza*
Donna and Roger Baar
Dory Rolston Love
Douglas Madison
Dr. James and Joanne Smith
Elisa Paster
Elizabeth Downes
Ellen and Harley Greenberg
Elysia Pope and AJ Hedrich*
Emily Williams and Frank Volpe
Evolv Strong*
Felicia and Todd White*^
Harold and Carole Albert
James Anderson, Amanda Barkley-Levenson, and Audrey Anderson-Levenson
James Walton
Janice and Stuart Paster
Jennie Negin and Harold Folley
Jennifer James
Jesse Jackson
Jim and Ann Gosack
Jim and Hilma Chynoweth
John and Liz Groth
John Anderson
John Cook*
Joseph Muhlberger
Judith Chazin-Bennahum and David Bennahum
Julia Maccini~
Julie DelMarcelle~
Karen and John Chimarusti
Karen Pound
Kathryn Hansen
Kathy McClendon
KHFM^
Kristina Dougharty
Laura Nitsos and Tracy Peterson
Lee and Kenneth Moore
Leean Kravitz
Lensic Performing Arts Center*
Lillian Montoya
Linda King
Lindsay and Alan Shettlesworth
Liz Earls
Manuel Montoya and Ronda Brulotte~
Mary and Ronald Moya
Max Wagner
Megan Daily
Mike and Alisa Hart
Mr. Glenn Felty and Kim Lovedahl
Musical Theater of the Southwest*
Nanette Founds
National Institute of Flamenco*
Nelia Dunbar
New Mexico United*
Norty and Summers Kalishman
Old Barrel Tea Company*
Opera Southwest
Patty Komko and Tim Van Valen
Paul and Charlotte Ortiz
Penina Ballen
Peter and Ann Torrez
Psy Sielinger and Matthew Hess~
PTI Electrical Contractors+
Rachel Chiado
Rachel Wexler and Stephen Wray*
Rebecca and Jeff Smith~
Rebecca and Steven Maher
Rick Letscher and Shira Greenberg~
River of Hope Civitan
Rob and Beth O’Leary*
Roger and Maggie Tannen
Rudy’s Country Store & BBQ*
Sandra Begay
Santa Fe Pro Musica*
Sarah Bennett~
Sarah Resnik
Sen. Roberto & Mrs. Charlene Gonzales – In Honor of Sarah Gonzales
Shep and Leslie Weinstein
Solstar Space Co+
Southwest Mail Center*
St. James Tea Room*
Steven and Linda Wedeen*
Suzie Rzecznik
Thea Guerin
Theresa Palmer~
Thrive Consulting+
Tim Reynolds
Token Ibis
Tom and Annie Smidt
Trista and Kara Jackson
V and Roy Goforth – In Loving Memory of Stanley Bechtol – 2/4/42 – 9/5/24
Valeria Mondragon
Vanessa Shackleford
Wayne Weigelt
William Falk
Stagehands ($1 - $99)
Alissa and Mathew Trujillo
Alissa Cardone and Jeff Cleary
Amy Ely-McKane and John McKane
Anastacia De W Romero
Annapurna World Vegetarian Café+
Anonymous
Anonymous*
Arianna Coriz*
Ashish Khatri
Beth Pachak
Betty Logan – In Honor of Randy and Susan Cooper’s 60th Wedding Anniversary
Betty’s Bath & Day Spa*
Bjorn Fredrickson and Amy Jankowski
Brian Miller and Jennifer Chavez-Miller
Burt and Shirley Politz
Cheryl Gibson*
Claire Merritt and Noah Gelb
Dallas and Steven Schmitt
Dan and Karen Gelb
David Foushee
Dawn Berry
Desire Findlay – In Honor of Johnele Apodaca
Devi Piper
Donald Cole
Donna Barra
Dorothy King
Elaine and Nicholas Heine
Elisha and Kashia Allen
Elizabeth E King
Emily McRae and Surya Pierce
Emily Schwarz
Emily Vaultonburg and Rumi Muenala
Emunah Herzog – In Honor of Shira Greenberg
Eric Mazzie
Eric Michaelsen
Eric Pope
Essie and Eric Koenig-Reinke – In Honor of Lucy Koenig-Reinke
Ethel Smith – In Memory of Alice Weitzman
Evening Star Barron and Gerome Olona
Francine and John Binnert
Guild Cinema*
Heather DeLair
Hilary Noskin
Howard Tomar and Judith Smith
Ilan and Keren Wolf – In Honor of Mickey Greenberg’s Birthday from Shirley, Burt, Keren, Danya, Roni, and Families
Ivonne Acosta Molina
James Jenner
Jamie Book
Jane and Russell Resnik
Jane Betterton
Jason Jenkins
Jennifer and Albert Valdez
Jennifer Fay
Jennifer Wheeler
Jessi Campbell
Joan Gibson
Joanna Prukop
Joel Lorimer
Karen Abraham
Karissa and Jesse Funnell
Kate Rogers
Katherine and Nick Page
Kattya Rojas
Kei & Molly Textiles*
Kelly Badilla
Kelly Williams
Kim Karpanty and Paul Zupko
Kristi Bemis-Standoli and Francesco Standoli
Kristin O’Neal
Kroger
Krys and Phil Custer
Kurt Christopher
Lara Segura
Larry Sklar and Alison Franks
Laurel Wyckoff
Leah Cordiano-Siemens
Lillie’s Soaps and Lotions*
Lisa Chaney
Lorna Brau
Margaret Roberts
Marianne Bjelke – In Honor of the Delightful and Marvelous Dana Ball
Mark and Cynthia Koenig
Marta Lichlyter
Martha Hughes
Mary Fitzgerald
Mary Mackie – In Honor of Susan and Randy Cooper on their 60th Wedding Anniversary
Michael Hyde
Michael Nair
Michelle Merlet
Miguel Bautista
Nadja and Doug Falk
Nancy Smith
Nancy Traylor
Nataley Quintana
New Mexico BioPark Society & ABQ BioPark*
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science*
Ooh! Aah! Jewelry*
Pam Colton
Penny Edwards
Rabbi Abraham and Mrs. Linda Ettedgui
Rachel Wiseman
Raquel Esser
Ruth Frazier
Sandia Peak Tramway*
Santa Fe Brewing – Green Jeans Taproom*
Sarah and Marcos Gonzales
Selina Sarmiento
Shannon Soliz
Sharon Travis~ – In Honor of the family of Maggy Heckman and In Gratitude for the Blessing Keshet is to the Daughter of my Dear Friends Susan Fule and Robby Heckman
Shiv and Sharina Desai
Sofia Hren
Sonia Bologa and Ryan Grady
Spring Beavers
Sukhmani Jewelry and Furnishings*
Susan Matteucci
Susan Selbin
Susan Spaven – In Honor of the Fine Wine Dancers
Tamar Warner
Tami Trask
The Dinner Detective*
Thu Doan and Nathaniel Jackson
Topgolf*
Two Fools Tavern*
Whole Foods Market*
William Dunn
Winona Poole
York Maksik
Zoe Mattioli
Valentina Garcia Snow Queen Scholarship Fund Donors
This fund was created by Valentina’s family in 2023, to remember and honor her joy of dancing and the love, support, and creative nurturing she found at Keshet.
Anonymous
Shannon Soliz
Yvette Cohn Stoor
Keshet Staff, Board, and Committees
Keshet FY 24-25 Staff
In alphabetical order
Leadership Team
Adrian Moore Trask, Director of Strategic Development
Ana Lopes Aréchiga, Company Dancer, Director of Programming & Engagement, Teaching Faculty
Shira Greenberg, Founder & Artistic Director
Staff
Alana Tobias, Teaching Faculty
Alissa Trujillo, Education & Engagement Coordinator
Alyssa Lopez, Keshet Pre-Apprentice
Anastasia Knodle, Teaching Faculty, Keshet Arts Apprentice
Angel Kopacka, Teaching Faculty
Dena Reynolds, Teaching Faculty
Diana MacNeil, Teaching Faculty, Costumer
Edward Carrion, KCA Theater & Facilities Director
Elysia Pope, Company Dancer, Arts & Justice Initiatives Director, Teaching Faculty
Evelyn Mendoza, Teaching Faculty
Evening Star Barron, Communications Manager
Gerome Olona, Data Systems Manager
Greg O’Byrne, ABQ Wine Classic Event Director
Hailey Himelright, Teaching Faculty, Concierge
James Anderson, Advancement Manager
John Reiser, Teaching Faculty
Julian Jimenez, Keshet Arts Apprentice
Juliana Gorena, Company Dancer, Teaching Faculty
Kaia Allen, Partnerships Coordinator, Teaching Faculty
Kamila Rojas, Company Dancer Apprentice, Teaching Faculty
Kelly Williams, Grant Writer
Kim DiLibero, Teaching Faculty
Lara Segura, Teaching Faculty
Laura Orozco Garrett, Company Dancer, Community Education & KP3 Program Manager, Teaching Faculty
Lindsay Shettlesworth, Teaching Faculty
Maria Chimarusti, Teaching Faculty
Marissa Reynolds, HR Coordinator, Teaching Faculty
Mark Koenig, Teaching Faculty
Maureen Gorman, Teaching Faculty
Nicole Voris, Teaching Faculty
Paul Cuffee, Teaching Faculty
Sarah Gonzales, Teaching Faculty
Sebrena Figueroa, Concierge
Selina Sarmiento, Concierge
Sonia Bologa, Company Dancer, IT Coordinator, Teaching Faculty
Keshet Board
PRESIDENT:
Marla Wood, Community Volunteer
VICE PRESIDENT:
Tom Wolinski, JD, Co-Owner, Flask, Inc.
TREASURER:
Janet McHard, CPA, CFA, MAFF, CFF, GCMA, Founding Partner, The McHard Firm
MEMBERS AT LARGE:
Samantha Adams, JD, Founding Partner, Adams & Crow Law Offices
Dovya Friedman, Owner/CEO, The Utility Agency
Shira Greenberg, Founder & Artistic Director, Keshet Dance Company and Center for the Arts
Benjamin Rose, GM/CEO Fiasco Fine Wines
Vanessa Shackleford, Program Analyst, Dept of Energy, Sandia National Labs