VISIONS Contemporary Ballet
On-Demand!
Help us celebrate and raise funds
In recognition of MOMs, Brain tumor Awareness and Ranardo-DOMEICO GRAYS’ birthday!
Ranardo-Domeico Grays, Founder/Artistic Director
Andrew Williams, Photographer
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!
VISIONS Contemporary Ballet in Heart is Home - Andrew Williams, Photographer
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!
(Center) Ranardo-Domeico Grays, Founder/Artistic Director
(Left to right) Leon Cobb, Kaylan Bradford, Hannah Franzen, Valentina Fory Olaya, Mollie Petrizzo, Katarina Smith, Gregory Bantugan, Company Dancers
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).