2015 Performance Garage
Gala Celebration
Honoring Victor F. Keen
March 26, 2015
6pm–9pm
Gala Co-Chairs Floss Barber & Robert Angevine
Performances by Ballet X, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Alchemy Dance Company, and the PG Youth Outreach Program
The 2015 Gala was a great success! Thank you to all of the sponsors, donors, performers,
guests, staff, and volunteers who helped to make the evening so special.
Victor F. Keen
transition to a dance house following the company’s final season. Victor is passionate about furthering the mission of the Performance Garage -serving the diverse group of dancers, artists, and students who call the Performance Garage home.
Victor was born in Pueblo, Colorado, and is a graduate of Trinity College and Harvard Law School. From 1994 to 2008, Victor headed the tax practice group at Duane Morris LLP, and is now “of counsel” to that firm. Outside of his law practice, Victor is the CEO of 3DIcon Corporation and co-owner of a New York-based real estate company.
In addition to his support of the Performance Garage, Victor is an active and enthusiastic supporter of the arts in Philadelphia, serving on the Boards of the Philadelphia Theatre Company, the Kimmel Center, and PlayPenn. Victor and Jeanne also own the Bethany Mission Gallery, a repurposed Quaker church adjacent to the Performance Garage. The gallery houses Victor’s extensive collection of “outsider/self-taught” art, vintage radios, toasters, and toys.
Victor has touched the lives of countless artists with his generosity and passion for the arts.
Victor Keen is the Co-Founder & Board President of the Performance Garage, and an avid supporter of the arts. He and his wife, choreographer Jeanne Ruddy, purchased the Performance Garage in 2000, and oversaw its transformation from an abandoned auto-body shop into the vibrant center for dance that it is today. As a founding member of the Board of Jeanne Ruddy Dance, Victor supported the Company during its 12 year run, and was instrumental in the organization’s
Honorary Committee
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown
Councilman William Greenlee
Anne C. Ewers
Sara Garonzik
Carol Lawrence
Paul Meshejian
Susan Rock
Roy Steinberg
Committee
Barbara Adams
Millie Lane Berg
Amy Branch & Jeff Benoliel
Anthony Canata
Michael & Ellen Singer Coleman
Margery & Frank Cooper
Martha Culvahouse & Jack Waggett
Susan & Carlo DiGiovanni
Janet Goldwater & Branch Coslett
Leonard & Mary Lee Haas
Carol Jones & Judson Robert
Kathryn Keeler & Grant Greapentrog
Raymond Lawrence
Susan Lewis & Josesph Kluger
Michael Lillys
Marlena Lustik
Leslie Miller & Richard Worley
Barbara & David Prescott
Margaret & Scott Reynolds
Lisa Roberts & David Seltzer
Jeanne Ruddy
Carol Saline & Paul Rathblott
Bryna & Andrew Scott
Ashley Searles & Jeb Brookman
Tanya & Pierce Shields
Barbara & Robert Tiffany
Zibby & James Tozer
Kathleen Vick & Steve Stack
Joan& Albert Wachlin
Dr. Robert Wallner
Richard Witt
2015 Gala Sponsors
Jill & Sheldon Bonovitz
Losenge & Osagie Imasogie
