Arts Learning Grant
Arts Learning Grant
Reflections Dance Company Workshop Series Spring 2019 will bring guest dance instructors to Ely.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Amy Varsek: education director, Duluth Art Institute; Kendra Carlson: writing and theater instructor, University of Minnesota Duluth; David Marty: former director of the Reif Performing Arts Center, Grand Rapids.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goals of the Reflections Dance Company Workshop Series are as follows: 1. To expose the dancers in Ely to movement they may not have the opportunity to experience. 2. To develop skills in the dancers that can be used in Reflections Dance Company performances and beyond. 3. To inspire dancers and choreographers in new ways through connections to people from other places and backgrounds. 4. To host a unique workshop that will attract members of Reflections Dance Company as well as new dancers. The evaluation methods will include the following: 1. Post-workshop surveys conducted with participants, instructors, and staff of Reflections Dance Company. 2. Reporting of number of participants in the workshops. 3. Narrative of new work created as a result of the workshop.
The dance workshops provided rich learning experiences for the participants. After surveying the participants following their workshop, all rated the experiences 45 or higher. Multiple skills that dancers learned during the workshops were incorporated into the summer show put on by the Reflections Dance Company. The high quality of the instructors was noted by observation from the teachers who attended, as well as the dancers and the parents. Members of the company were invited to attend a dance intensive in the Twin Cities hosted by STRONGDance with instructor Darrius Strong. Plans to continue this type of learning have continued. Dancers were exposed to new ideas, techniques, and ways of thinking. This workshops series was a successful effort by the Reflections Dance Company.
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