Arts Access
Arts Access
Ananya Dance Theatre will create a workshop series that connects 40 refugee and immigrant women and girls with the experience of dancing, dance-making, self-expression through movement, creating access to professional concert dance, and building cultural leadership.
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.
Maya Beecham: Executive assistant and creativity director, Youthprise; visual and spoken word artist; freelance writer; Laurel Bradley: Director and curator, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, Northfield; Gregory Bullard: Independent Management Consultant, Bullseye Services Corp.; Melissa Cuff: Director of grants and foundation relations for YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities.; Joanna Kohler: Filmmaker and Media producer, community storytelling; Sherri Pugh: Retired community economic developer and philanthropy administrator; Minnesota African American Museum volunteer; Paul Robinson: Director, James P. Shannon Leadership Institute, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, Saint Paul; Jessica Roeder: Writer, poet and teacher
ACHF Arts Access
Ananya Dance Theatre will build on our relationship with community partner Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment to organize workshops for women and girls they serve. Ananya Dance Theatre will track attendance and engagement throughout the workshops and request feedback from participants at several points in the project. Ananya Dance Theatre will discuss survey outcomes and assess impact in a post-project reflection session with Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment leadership. 2: Ananya Dance Theatre will diminish barriers, understanding abstract narratives of concert dance and financial restrictions that restrict access for our target community. Ananya Dance Theatre will track responses from program attendees through anecdotal reflections, dialogues, post-showing discussions, and an anonymous survey. We will track the number of complimentary tickets used by workshop participants.
Ananya Dance Theatre built a stronger relationship with Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment. Planning for 2015 has reviewed what worked previously and incorporated lessons of experience. 2: Real and perceived barriers to participation were diminished by providing transportation funds to participants and creating a safe, supportive, and professional performing environment.
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