Community Arts
Community Arts
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Narrative: Traditional Lao Dance Performance and Cross-Cultural Activity.
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.
Aryca Myers: Volunteerism, Audience Development / Marketing, General Administration; Brenna Depies: Youth Programming, Community Education, Artistic; Dan Pinkerton: Artistic, General Administration, Audience Development / Marketing; Kate Lucas: Fundraising, Artistic, Education; Kelli Miles: Artistic, General Administration, Organizational Development; Nikkyra Whittaker: Artistic, Volunteerism, Youth Programming; Tri Vo: Audience Development / Marketing, Artistic, Organizational Development.
ACHF Arts Access
Provide three to four culturally appropriate Lao dance performances during the 55th anniversary of the Tater Daze Festival in Brooklyn Park, in order to create a cross cultural experience for up to 250 non-Lao individuals and attracting at least 100 Lao individuals. We will invite Lao performers and organizers to provide feedback on the success of the process in achieving our goals through a written or verbal survey. We will take informal participant counts at the performances, with a particular focus on counting Lao community members and Lao youth. LACM would also like to take a random sampling of attendees to gain insights into how both Lao families and non-Lao families experienced the activity. Because we are not positioned to do an extensive survey on reactions, this will include no more than 5 to 8 individuals/family groups. The goal will be to get insights into what stood out most for the attendees and for Lao participants to understand if this helps them connect better to either or both the Lao and American culture.
300 people attended traditional dance performances by two troupes composed of 25 dancers. 100 Lao people and 200 non-Lao people attended the dance performances. Informal interviews conducted with eight attendees indicated that they enjoyed the traditional Lao dance performances.
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