Darvin Dances is officially a non profit and we're celebrating on our director's 31st birthday! Learn more about Halloween Creepy Crawlies and our Giving Levels at Darvin Dances!

You're a Caffeinated Arts and Culture Supporter!

You love caffeine as much as our artists do! Help those creative juices to flow & buy the choreographer and dancers some coffee while they push artistic boundaries, create fun relatable work for audiences and help build the Chicago arts community.

Donors in this category will receive a thank you email and shout out in our program for performances

One Time Donation Amount: $20

Monthly Donation Amount: $5

You're a Rehearsal and Educational Patron!

The next most important thing after our dancers and choreographers? The space they will be rehearsing in. Help us book 3 hours in our rehearsal space (currently in residence at Dovetail Studios in Studio 3 at $20/hr) to be able to practice for our educational performances such as Halloween Creepy Crawlies!

Donors in this category will receive a thank you email, a shout out in our performance programs and early access to Darvin Dances Blog posts coming in October!

One Time Donation Amount: $63

Monthly Donation Amount: $10

You're a Dancer Advocate!

You want us to succeed in our mission to pay dancers hourly in 2026! This tier supports a dancer for two months by covering their rehearsal paycheck and helps us save to be able to transition our dancers to hourly pay in 2026 – 27. Our goal is to start with $15/hr and be able to reach $20/hr by 2030. Darvin Dances is also trying to launch a paid 6-month apprenticeship program with rehearsal and performance stipends. The aim of the apprenticeship program is to give early career artists an opportunity to be paid for their work instead of paying to work like trainee programs, mentorship, the opportunity to be promoted to a full-time company member and building their performance resume.

Donors in this category will receive a thank you email, a shout out in our performance programs, early access to Darvin Dances Blog posts starting in October and an opportunity to visit us in rehearsal

One Time Donation Amount: $187

Monthly Donation Amount: Monthly Donation Amount: $25

You're a Community Sponsor!

The dancers have been caffeinated, they have practiced, and they have been paid. Help us book a performance venue and be able to offer low-cost tickets to lower the financial barrier to dance performances. One of the goals of Darvin Dances is to lower the financial barriers for dance curious audience members to access performances.

Donors in this category will receive a thank you email, a shout out in our performance programs, early access to Darvin Dances Blog posts starting in October, an opportunity to visit us in rehearsal and a chance to be interviewed for the Darvin Dances Blog! This could be an interview about your dance journey as an audience member, what your hopes are for the future of arts, etc.

One Time Donation Amount: $800

Monthly Donation Amount: $66

ABOUT HALLOWEEN CREEPY CRAWLIES

Halloween Creepy Crawlies is a family friendly dance production that explores the mysteries of Halloween through a lost ghost’s search for her haunted home. On her way, she is helped by Ballerina Witches, Jazzy Vampires, Modern-Dancing Mummies, a Tap Dancing Skeleton and even a Jack O’ Lantern named Jake! Join us on October 25th at 2pm for this Halloween adventure!

During it's creation, this project was partially supported by an Individual Artists Program 2024 grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. This performance has been generously subsidized through Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s artist's support and residency program.

This production was created by Mariah Eastman, artistic director of Darvin Dances, a Chicago based modern/contemporary dance company. Along with six professional dancers, there are two young dancers from the Chicago community participating in this production (dancers are based at Dovetail Studios and Dance on Broadway). The choreography was created by Mariah Eastman with Alicia Wilson choreographing for the young dancers. Illustrations were created by Nat Thomas (https://natthomas.work/work) with lighting design by Ruby Lowe.