Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Al-Bahira Middle Eastern Dance Theater
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2011
End Date
July 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Project Overview
Ifrita Helwa
Project Details
Funding produce and perform Ifrita Helwa, an original dance-play based on traditional Egyptian and American stories and inspired by the 1947 Egyptian film, Afrita Hanem. The show will premiere at the Ritz Theater in June 2012.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Bart Buch: Puppet artist, Hinterhands Puppet Company; Jeff Hnilicka: Executive Director, Kulture Klub Collaborative; Jason Jaglo: Visual artist and graphic designer for Target Corporation; Janice Johnson: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts staff; Jonna Kosalko: Coldwell Banker Burnet; Elise Marubbio: Associate Professor of Women's Studies, Augsburg College; Libby Tschida: Arts administrator, East Side Arts Council.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Cultural Heritage
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$9,880
Direct expenses
$19,880
Administration costs
$10,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To challenge Al-Bahira dancers to build on their current skills; to offer alternative images of Middle Eastern culture that are positive and emotionally accessible.Audience feedback forms; post-event meetings with production staff, performers, committee members, and volunteers.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Mirah Ammal, Andrea Jabari, Jessica Tkatch-Paquin, Abigail Smith, Laurel Victoria Gray
Project Manager
First Name
Mirah
Last Name
Ammal
Organization Name
Al-Bahira Middle Eastern Dance Theater
Street Address
PO Box 19342
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55419
Phone
(612) 703-7002
Email
mirah@albahira.org
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