Student Sponsorship

Sponsorship

Since its inception in 2015, a cornerstone of Dance Centre Kenya’s mission to create opportunities for dance in East Africa has been to include young dancers who come from underprivileged backgrounds. Scholarship students come to us from arts programmes in the slums, local government schools and auditions through our sister organization Artists for Africa.

Many of our early sponsored students have gone on to achieve great success. George Okoth and Shamick Otieno are now studying dance at the University of East Carolina, and just this year, Pamela Atieno moved to Ethiopia to teach at Beyond Dance Studio, inspiring future generations with her passion.

We invite you to join us and become a sponsor of a deserving young artist. Sponsorship is offered at several levels, and is available to individuals, families, and companies. Additionally you may choose to co-sponsor a student with another party.

LEVELS OF SPONSORSHIP

From Sponsor to Student:

GOLD SPONSORSHIP

 INCLUDES
UNLIMITED DANCE CLASSES PER WEEK
THREE PIECE DANCE UNIFORM 2X PER YEAR
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE EXAM FEES
FOUR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES
RECITAL COSTUME RENTAL
ALL WORKSHOPS HELD BY DCK
BALLET COMPANY MEMBER STATUS
PER TERM: KSH 43,000
ANNUALLY: KSH 126,000

SILVER SPONSORSHIP

 INCLUDES
THREE DANCE CLASSES PER WEEK
THREE PIECE DANCE UNIFORM
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE EXAM FEES
ONE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY
RECITAL COSTUME RENTAL
ALL WORKSHOPS HELD BY DCK
PER TERM: KSH 17,000
ANNUALLY: KSH 51,000

BRONZE SPONSORSHIP

 INCLUDES
ONE DANCE CLASS PER WEEK
THREE PIECE DANCE UNIFORM
ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE EXAM FEES
ONE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY
RECITAL COSTUME RENTAL
ONE WORKSHOP WEEK ANNUALLY
PER TERM: KSH 11,000
ANNUALLY: KSH 33,000

From Dance Centre Kenya to Student:

DCK caters for 50% of the tuition fees for each sponsorship student, regardless of the level of sponsorship. We also give a reduction on the RAD exam fees and waive costume and workshop fees for sponsored students. Join us in supporting the development of talent!

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Artists for Africa & Dance Centre Kenya Partnership

Artists for Africa, a US registered charity, has joined DCK in our goal to enhance the educational opportunities for underprivileged children in Kenya. Through the Gold level sponsorship program, children from underpriveledged backgrounds are able to dance five or six days a week, providing them with opportunity to train at an international standard .

DCK sponsorship is paired with a grant from Artists for Africa to provide housing, nutrition, academic tuition, and transportation for each young artist.

We at DCK are extremely proud of our partnership with Artists for Africa and of the young people who have earned this life changing opportunity. Their lives are forever changed by their exposure to the arts and the education, discipline, confidence, and creativity they will gain. We hope that you will join us in this endeavor.

Thank you!

We would like to thank the following individuals and their families for providing sponsorships for the 2019 school year to our talented students who would otherwise not have had the chance to dance:

  • Gold Sponsorship

    $ 100 monthly
    • Bettina And Bilu Vadera
    • Tonya and Nigel Shaw
    • Christiane and Steven Plumbe
    • Anail Moon
    • Raj and Leena Shah
    • Chetal Patel
    • Dolly Kelepecz
    • Mims and Ron Rust
    • Monika Bernhart, Miriam Carraro, Marjan Verhaegen
    • Alfredo Ortega
    • Naila Das Gupta
    • Maureen Syowai

  • Silver Sponsorship

    $ 100 monthly
    • Anne-Marie Schryer
    •  Sushyana Mangat
    •  Ranee Nanji
    •  Arlet Carvalho
    •  Akiko Kishue
    •  Aphrodite Smagadi
    •  Maria Groeneveld
    •  Naveeta Brar
    •  Julienne Lansdown
    •  Akiko Chiba
    •  Richard and Viviana Blane

  • Bronze Sponsorship

    $ 100 monthly
    • Mariana Garza
    •  Boldewjin and Joy Sloet
    •  Nadia Landolt
    •  Isis Nyongo