Artist Initiative
Artist Initiative
Deborah Jinza Thayer will choreograph `All Hail the Queen,` using somatic explorations to unearth experiences of the female voice and vagina. The piece will be presented as an evening-length dance installation in Minneapolis.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Member of the Smithsonian National Board. Former chair of the board, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Officer at -Large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Rebecca Davis-Lee: Touring pianist, piano and music theory teacher. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse, Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.
Ramona Jacobs: Owner and director of Fergus Falls School of Dance; Heather Klopchin: Associate professor and chair of St Olaf College dance department; Sachiko Nishiuchi: Flamenco dancer and instructor; Arts Board grantee; Akiko Ostlund: Dancer, performing artist, poet, puppeteer, and activist; Naimah Petigny: Dancer; PhD candidate in feminist studies at the U of M; Michele Rusinko: Professor and chair of department of theater and dance, Gustavus Adolphus College; April Sellers: Dancer, choreographer; artistic director of The April Sellers Dance Collective; Linda Shapiro: Founder and former artistic codirector of New Dance Ensemble, director of New Dance Laboratory, and faculty member, department of theatre and dance, University of Minnesota; freelance writer; Chitra Vairavan: Dancer and choreographer; founding member of Ananya Dance Theatre
ACHF Arts Access
I (and my collaborators) will deepen artistic processes by creating an interdisciplinary work. Video documentation of performance; self-evaluation, discussions throughout rehearsal and a wrap-up process will track changes in collaborators processes. 2: Methods for engaging and expanding audiences will be increased. Open rehearsals, workshops, a performance installation, surveys, and post-performance discussions and talkbacks will be documented and evaluated.
Deborah and collaborators deepened their artistic processes by creating an interdisciplinary work. Video documentation of performance, discussions throughout rehearsal and discussions at the community showing were used to assess the artists choices, process, and changes they were considering making to their contributions as time went on. 2: Methods for engaging and expanding audiences were increased. Methods of engaging and expanding audiences included: open rehearsals, a community showing, a new talkback format, premiere performance installation, post-show discussions, e-blasts and an increased Facebook presence.
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