Arts Activities Support
Arts Activities Support
Jawaahir Studio Theater Show (working title).
Julie Andersen: Eagan Art House Executive Director; Bethany Brunsell: Music teacher, performer; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Marisol Chiclana-Ayla: Artist, Board Chair at El Arco Iris; Jamil Jude: Theatre artist; Tricia Khutoretsky: Public Functionary Curator and Co-Director; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Coleen McLaughlin: Arts Midwest Director of External Relations; Tom Moffatt: Silverwood Park Supervisor; Osman Mohamed Ali: Somali Museum of Minnesota Founder and Executive Director; Kathy Mouacheupao: Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support, Corporation Cultural Corridor Coordinator; Adam Napoli-Rangel: Artist; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Djenane Saint Juste: Afoutayi Dance Company Founder; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Public Schools Youth Programs Coordinator; Dameun Strange: Composer, Performer; Melissa Wright: Twin Cities Public Television.
Maren Ward: Artistic, community service, development, organizational development; Angela Bernhardt: Fundraising, general management, fundraising, community service, development; Carolyn Van Nelson: Finance, audit, fundraising, general management, administration; Julia Brown: General administration, artistic, education; Maggie Thompson: Artistic, education, audience development, marketing; Conie Borchardt: Artistic, community service, development, general administration; Mai Yang: Artistic, community education, education; Emily Lamberty: Fundraising, finance, organizational development; Tina Burnside: Community education, community service, development, volunteerism.
ACHF Arts Access
Over 300 audience will have attended the Jawaahir Theater Studio Show (title TBD), and 95% will express satisfaction at experiencing Arab dance and music in this more intimate setting. Jawaahir Dance Company will present new choreography based in traditional Arab dance; 65% of our audience will have new understanding of how traditional forms grow and evolve in contemporary settings. We will count attendance through ticket sales to evaluate success of staging our major season concert in this intimate setting. We will use short written surveys, along with information conversations, to assess audience satisfaction with the setting and increased understanding of traditional and contemporary Arab dance and music.
Of approx. 100 audience responders, 97% expressed satisfaction at experiencing Arab dance and music in this more intimate setting, telling us that they believed they had a deeper appreciation of how exciting dance events could be in a traditional Arabic setting. All of our 20 company dancers were eager to experiment again with this densely- staged, artistically rich performance approach.
Other, local or private