Community Arts
Community Arts
Ballet in the Parks.
Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.
Chanida Phaengdara Potter: Audience Development / Marketing, Community Service / Development, Community Education; Kate Mohn: Fundraising, Community Service / Development, General Administration; Michelle Chang: Community Service / Development, Organizational Development, Education; Naomi Crocker: General Administration, Education, Organizational Development; Paul Eastwold: Education, General Administration, Disabilities Specialist; Sophie Peyton: Artistic, General Administration, Community Service / Development.
ACHF Arts Access
We are proposing that families will appreciate the opportunity to see ballet in the park at no cost and that we will reach many people who have never seen a ballet before. Our dancers and student performers will experience a unique setting for performing and will be able to share their accomplishments with the public. Surveys will be distributed to audience members. We will also survey our student performers families about their experience in this public setting. Our company dancers will also be engaged to share their perspective of the success of this program and its overall fit with their professional goals.
The most significant outcome of this project is audience surveys showed that 95% of respondents found our performance inspiring, enjoyable and uplifting. Surveys also showed that 20% of respondents were seeing a ballet for the first time. Many people wrote extra comments on their surveys they turned in such as "Please come back to Brooklyn Park every summer" and "Lovely evening - thank you!"