Since 2005, ShaLeigh Dance Works has been creating original performances and community-centered programs that invite people to connect through creativity, curiosity, and shared experience.
Today, our disability-led artistic initiatives are helping to reimagine what is possible in performance—advancing accessibility not as accommodation, but as a source of artistic innovation. Through original works, artist development, community partnerships, and inclusive creative practices, we are expanding who participates in, contributes to, and shapes the arts.
Your support helps employ artists, commission new work, invest in accessibility, and create meaningful opportunities for people of all backgrounds and abilities to engage with the arts.
Together, we are building a more creative, connected, and inclusive future.
Support Our Work
Prefer to Give Through Fractured Atlas?
Supporters may also choose to donate through Fractured Atlas, our longtime fiscal sponsor. Fractured Atlas offers an alternative giving platform as well as the option to make recurring monthly contributions.
Become a Sustainer
Sustainers are a special community of supporters who make recurring monthly gifts that help power our work year-round.
Monthly giving provides reliable support that allows us to plan ahead, invest in artists, deepen community partnerships, and build ambitious new projects with confidence.
Whether you give $5, $25, or $100 per month, your ongoing support helps sustain a future where accessibility, creativity, and artistic excellence thrive together.
Give Through Fractured Atlas
Make a one-time gift or become a Sustainer through Fractured Atlas by selecting the button below.
Matching Gifts
Many employers offer matching gift programs that can double—or even triple—the impact of your contribution.
Contact your Human Resources department to learn whether your employer participates in a matching gift program. If additional information is needed, please contact us at shaleigh@shaleighdanceworks.com.
Donate by Check
Checks may be made payable to:
ShaLeigh Dance Works, Inc.
89 Mountain Ridge Road
Rougemont, NC 27572
ShaLeigh Dance Works is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes. ShaLeigh Dance Works is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Please retain your donation receipt for tax purposes.
How are donors recognized?
We are grateful to recognize our supporters through select publications, programs, and communications. Donors may also choose to remain anonymous.
What does my gift support?
Your contribution helps make disability-led artistic innovation possible by supporting:
- Artists, collaborators, and access providers
- Inclusive performances and community experiences
- Accessibility as artistic practice
- New artistic works and original music commissions
- Leadership development and artist training
- Partnerships that expand access, belonging, and participation
Flexible support allows us to respond to emerging opportunities, support artists, and invest where resources can create the greatest impact.
Why It Matters
Every person experiences the world differently.
At ShaLeigh Dance Works, we create performances that invite people to encounter the world through perspectives beyond their own.
Through disability-led collaboration and artistic innovation, audiences are invited to see, hear, move, and connect in new ways. In these moments, barriers begin to dissolve. Strangers become collaborators. Differences become sources of creativity. Communities grow stronger through understanding.
Your support helps make these experiences possible.
Thank you for helping us build a world where everyone belongs.