Operating Support
Operating Support
General operating support
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Wendy Dayton: Arts and community leader and philanthopist.; Sean Dowse: Executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Music Coalition, Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, and Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.; David Glenn, Executive director of the Minnesota Project, ceramic artist; Benjamin Klipfel: Board member, Minnesota State Arts Board. Executive Director, Alexandria Area Arts Association, Inc. Director and arts educator.; Ellen McInnis: Director of Twin Cities government relations, Wells Fargo. Member of Bottineau Boulevard Partnership. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies; Janice Sivertson: Gallery owner and visual artist; Anton Treuer: Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University.
ACHF Arts Access
Minnesota Dance Theatre will provide professional dancers the opportunity to perform compelling work from the Minnesota Dance Theatre repertoire, from emerging artists, and by renowned master choreographers for Minnesota audiences. This outcome will be evaluated by the company's ability to perform works in each of these three categories within its season, by the response of audiences to these performances, and by the quality of the performances as evaluated by the Minnesota Dance Theatre board and artistic staff. 2: Minnesota Dance Theatre will offer a renowned dance school to Minnesota students, providing superlative classical and contemporary training, where versatility is the goal and an expanded curriculum is in place. This outcome will be evaluated by the organization's ability to offer an intensive, rigorous school of dance, grounded in its trademark blend of classic and contemporary training, which attracts committed young artists by providing the highest caliber of dance training in the region. Quantitative measurements for success of the school include school enrollment. Qualitative measurements for success of the school include parental involvement and the accomplishments of the students.
Minnesota Dance Theatre presented eleven ballets by nine choreographers through two repertory programs at the Cowles Center for Performing Arts, a winter program at the Lab, and Loyce Houlton’s Nutcracker Fantasy at the State Theater. Minnesota Dance Theatre and School offered superlative classical and contemporary dance training to students from its Young Children's and Performing Arts Divisions to Adult/Teen Open Division.
Other, local or private