Arts Activities Support
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Contempo Physical Dance
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2013
End Date
February 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Arts Activities Support
Project Details
Funding for Senzalmas, a new full-length Afro-Brazilian dance work to be performed at the Goodale Theater at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts in February 2014.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Julie Andersen: Executive Director of Eagan Art House; Jill Anfang: Program Director at Roseville Parks and Recreation; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Libraries Director; Bethany Brunsell: music teacher and performer; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board Member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Operations Director; Paul Creager: Saint Paul Public Schools Administrator, Square Lake Film Festival Director; Erika Eklund: HGA Architects; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Executive Director; Mary Erickson: Independent School District 112 Community Education; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake Savage Community Education; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy Executive Director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation; Margaret Rog: consultant, grant writer; Heather Rutledge: ArtReach Saint Croix Executive Director; Rachel Smoka: Children's Theatre Company Development Officer; Beth Starbuck: vocal performer; Dameun Strange: composer, performer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
LaDonna Morrison: finance, administration, organizational development; Carrie Vecchione: administration, artistic, youth programming; Jeff Hnilicka: youth programming, administration, artistic; Christina Ham: artistic, administration; Anthony Galloway: education, administration; Jessica Huang: artistic, fundraising, community education; Don Mabley-Allen: artistic, administration, disabilities specialist; Scott Spinks: artistic, organizational development, marketing; Brenna Brelie: marketing, organizational development, fundraising.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Project Details: 2013 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language
ACHF Arts Access
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$30,687
Direct expenses
$40,687
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
To create visual imagery and explore gestures and body expression within the capoeira movement style; for dancers to become more fluent in capoeira; to make innovative design choices of the highest quality and for all the elements to work together.One-on-one meetings with all artists and the artistic director; review proposed budget and actual income and expenses; post-performance surveys.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Fifteen dancers incorporated many acrobatic elements of capoeira; the dancers' abilities were increased; an estimate 1206 audience members attended performances; the performance received positive reviews.
Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds
Other, local or private
Recipient Board Members
Shih-Yu Kuo, Nancy Rosenbaum, David Hoffman-Dachelet, Jenny Pennaz, Mara Wennerstrum
Project Manager
First Name
Marciano
Last Name
Silva dos Santos
Organization Name
Contempo Physical Dance
Street Address
3162 Park Overlook Dr
City
Shoreview
State
MN
Zip Code
55126
Phone
(612) 619-4116
Email
contempophysicaldance@gmail.com
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