Co-Chair
Donald Borror (He/Him) is the Director of Pasculano Contemporary Dance Programming at Lincoln Center. Prior to this, he most recently served as Managing Director of Chelsea Factory, a pop-up venue providing post-pandemic relief for the artists of New York City. Founded at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Donald helped build the entire administrative, facilities, production, and programming infrastructure to launch Chelsea Factory in just six months. In the following four years, he directed and oversaw business operations while executive producing over 100 performances serving over 5,000 artists and 50,000 audience members. Previously he served as Executive Director of Dorrance Dance where over a five-year tenure he produced dozens of new commissions, managed an international tour route of large-scale performance engagements, and oversaw unprecedented budget growth and fundraising stability. Prior to this, he worked with Dunch Arts consulting firm where he executed strategic fundraising projects with The Apollo Theater, American Composers Orchestra, Mark Morris Dance Group, among others. Earlier in his career, Donald was a company dancer for Ballet Hispanico, a producer for Lincoln Center Education, and chair of the Dance/NYC Junior Committee. Currently he works with Buglisi Dance Theater as a producer for the Table of Silence Project 9/11 and serves on the GALLIM Associate Board of Directors. He holds a B.F.A. in dance from The Juilliard School, receiving the Martha Hill Prize for Artistic Achievement and Leadership, and a M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University Teacher’s College. Donald has guest lectured on arts management at both his alma maters, Arts and Business Council of New York, Fast Company Innovation Festival, University of Southern California, among others. He has also served on grant panels for Dance/NYC, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. An avid skier and weightlifter, he lives in Manhattan with his fiancé George.

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