Creative Aging. Climate Action. Community Connection—
Moving together for a more embodied, just, and life-giving future.
Dear Friends,
Dance Exchange has always been a community in motion, shaped by people who gather, create, and learn together. Every generation that has moved with us has helped develop a culture of curiosityand care built on the foundation of a renewed connection to the natural world.
As we prepare to celebrate our 50th anniversary season, we are reflecting not only on where we have been, but on the future we are called to create together.
At a time when isolation, division, and uncertainty shape so much of our lives, the next 50 years will depend on communities that know how to listen, imagine, move, and grow together. This is the work Dance Exchange has been cultivating for nearly five decades—and, with your support, this is the future we will continue to build together.
Your gift helps sustain intergenerational programs that reduce isolation and foster belonging. It supports artists creating work that responds to the challenges of our time. It keeps our Community & Creative Hub open as a welcoming home where creativity, collaboration, and community continue to flourish.
Please make your gift today and invest in a future where creativity remains a vital force for connection, belonging, and creative action for generations to come.
Together, we can keep this work—and this movement—in motion.
Where your support can have a meaningful impact…
Your generosity fuels projects like climate friendly upgrades to our Community and Creative Hub, the OAC Climate Institute, the OAC Climate Cohort, and Future Fields, which empower artists, scientists, and communities to address climate change through dancemaking and creative engagement. By contributing, to Dance Exchange’s Climate Initiative, you help sustain a vital vision that fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration, community resilience, and action toward a more just and life-giving future.
With a gift to the Judith Bauer Infinity Fund for Creative Aging, you are investing in transformative programs that challenge perceptions of aging and broaden participation in the arts. This fund honors Judith Bauer’s legacy by supporting her impact in creative aging, intergenerational engagement, and movement-based storytelling. Your generosity enables older adults to explore new possibilities, build community, and share their voices through dance, ensuring that movement remains a source of expression, connection, and joy at every stage of life.
Your gift to Dance Exchange’s General Fund ensures that we can continue creating groundbreaking programs that connect communities through dance, dialogue, and creative engagement. By contributing to our scholarship fund, you help remove financial barriers, making our workshops, intensives, and learning opportunities more accessible to a diverse range of artists, movers, and change-makers. Your generosity fuels innovation, inclusion, and the next generation of creative leaders.
Give a gift today!
To donate by check or cash, make payable to Dance Exchange and mail to:
Dance Exchange
C/O Silvia Roberts
7117 Maple Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
To process a gift another way, contact Silvia Roberts at 301-270-6700 ext. 20 or silviar@danceexchange.org. Dance Exchange is a 501(c)3 organization and your donation is 100% tax deductible.
Photos on this page by Vinny Mwano, Ben Carver, and others.