Community Arts
Twin Cities/MontrΘal Choreography Dance Exchange Project
Funding for the Twin Cities/MontrΘal Choreography Dance Exchange Project, bringing together artistically and ethnically diverse contemporary dance artists for presentations and workshops. The Dance Exchange includes six performances that will be held at the Southern Theater in September 2012.
Carin Bratlie: Producer, Theatre Pro Rata; Shauna Dee: Arts administrator, FORECAST Public Art; Meaghan Disciorio: Director, Swandive Theatre; Craig Dunn: Executive Director, VSA Minnesota; Robin Gillette: Executive Director of Minnesota Fringe Festival; Mary Elizabeth Lee: Managing Director, Cantus vocal ensemble; Louis Porter II: Literary artist and college instructor; Jeanne Souldern: Administrator and communications coordinator, Women's Art Resources of Minnesota; Maryam Yusefzadeh: Musician.
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.
ACHF Arts Access
Audiences will have the unique opportunity to see contemporary dance artists from Montreal, and dancers will learn from master artists. Challenge audiences to consider what is Native contemporary dance and its relevance to the Native community and cultural heritage; facilitate discussions on topic of Native contemporary dance.Audience attendance numbers; audience and artists feedback on 8 key questions.
Successfully collaborated to produce a new work that challenged audiences to reconsider their perceptions of Native contemporary dance; audience surveyed indicated a high degree of satisfaction with the production, as well as the conversations it inspired after the performance.
Other, local or private