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VISIONS Contemporary Ballet presents for love’s sake

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet
On-Demand!
Help us celebrate and raise funds

In recognition of MOMs, Brain tumor Awareness and Ranardo-DOMEICO GRAYS’ birthday!

Dear Friend,

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet presents For Love's Sake On-Demand Fundraiser 2025 in recognition of Mother’s Day, Brain Tumor Awareness Month and in celebration of the birthday of our founder/artistic director Ranardo-Domeico Grays, now a 10-year brain cancer survivor. We also recognize Cinco de Mayo and Memorial Day this celebratory month of May.

Your contribution will help raise funds to support our New York 2025 season. VISIONS Contemporary Ballet presents Grace and Dignity, a program of uplifting, thought-provoking ballets that express the theme of honor and respect, choreographed by Ranardo-Domeico Grays, will feature the premiere of Freedom, which explores ideas of peace, unity and joy.  It will be presented November 14 -16, 2025 at The Riverside Theater in New York City.

Your donation will support our mission to continue to bring to the community uplifting dance rooted in the Black Experience, telling stories about humanity.

Please participate in our fundraiser by giving what you can $10, $25, $100 or more, in lieu of ticket sale purchases. Please make your donation here at For Love’s Sake On-Demand Fundraiser 2025. Then enjoy watching our performance.

Watch For LOVE’S SAKE; your donation supports our mission!

For Love’s Sake presented by VISIONS Contemporary Ballet Choreography by Ranardo-Domeico Grays
Video Recording by Jamison Fletcher
Lighting by Temishia Johnson

Please participate in our fundraiser by giving what you can $10, $25, $100 or more, in lieu of ticket sale purchases. Please make your donation here at For Love’s Sake On-Demand Fundraiser 2025. Then enjoy watching our performance.

For Love’s Sake, a captivating performance OF FOUR HEARTFELT WORKS EMBRACING THE POWER OF LOVE!

Watch captivating performances by VISIONS Contemporary Ballet, a diverse Harlem based dance company in For Love's Sake, four heartfelt works embracing the power of love.

Join us on-demand from Thursday, May 1st through Saturday, May 31st at 11:59pm.

For Love's Sake, filmed live at The Riverside Theater on November 17, 2024, shows the company at its best performing four heartfelt works embracing the power of love choreographed by Grays.  Exile, an excerpt from Through the Valley, Graciousness, an excerpt from Roots, Backbone and Heart is Home.  The most recent work, Heart is Home is an inspirational piece that expresses the idea of making way for joy and love despite heartbreak, dedicated to all mothers who have instilled a sense of home in their children despite any barriers of time or distance.

Please participate in our fundraiser by giving what you can - $10, $25, $100 or more, in lieu of ticket sale purchases. Please make your donation here at For Love’s Sake On-Demand Fundraiser 2025. Then enjoy watching our performance.

Thank you for sharing and engaging with us!

For Love’s Sake is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement and UMEZ Arts Engagement regrant programs supported by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Howard Gilman Foundation, and Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation (UMEZ) and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC).

For Love’s Sake is funded in part by West Harlem Development Corporation (WHDC) 2024 CBG (Community Benefits Grants).

visions contemporary BALLET

is inspirational, uplifting and captivating
Enjoyed by audiences of all ages and diverse communities

COMPANY

Founder: Ranardo-Domeico Grays

Dancers: Katarina Smith, Mollie Petrizzo,
Kaylan Bradford, Leon Cobb, Valentina Fory Olaya, Gregory Bantugan, Hannah Franzen

Artistic Director/Choreographer: Ranardo-Domeico Grays

Marketing Director: Connie Corwin

Production/Stage Manager: Vanessa Corwin

Lighting Designer/Sound Supervisor: Vir-Amicus

Videographer: Studio Green Penguin

Photographer: Andrew Williams

Community Partnerships Associate: Karen Lew Biney-Amissah

Social Media Manager: Kayla Slater

Production Assistant: Roberto Ventura

Volunteer: Gina Vargas

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet is an ethnically diverse company committed to presenting artistically excellent contemporary ballets in concert dance performances, rooted in African American heritage with multicultural influences, to a wide range of communities. It seeks to uplift, celebrate diversity, promote healing, provoke thought and educate by creating and performing inspirational works which explore the human experience.
VISIONS Contemporary Ballet established in 2007, is a New York State registered professional dance company and a sponsored artist of The Field 501C3. 

Cultural Diversity and Inclusion

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet has a core value of embracing all cultures, strengthening the organization by working together for a common purpose to bring transformative experiences to all.

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet offers services to the entire population, with no exclusions, regardless of gender, race, age, or circumstance. Established in 2007 under the direction of Ranardo-Domeico Grays, the company is an ethnically diverse contemporary ballet company. Rooted in African American heritage with multicultural influences, it relays universal messages of the human experience and can be enjoyed by audiences of all genders, ages, abilities, communities and backgrounds.

To Donate

VISIONS welcomes your financial support in any amount. One time or monthly donations are accepted and appreciated.

Ranardo-Domeico Grays / VISIONS Contemporary Ballet is a sponsored artist with The Field, a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the performing arts community. Contributions to The Field earmarked for Ranardo-Domeico Grays / VISIONS Contemporary Ballet are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Tax Deductible Donations

ONLINE:

Go To: The Field/Ranardo-Domeico Grays VISIONS Contemporary Ballet

NON-Tax Deductible Donations

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By Mail:

Write a check or money order payable to Ranardo-Domeico Grays with “VISIONS Contemporary Ballet donation” in the memo line.

Ranardo-Domeico Grays
P.O. Box 1118
JAF Station
New York, NY 10116