Lao Culture Dance & Traditional Fashion Show Training Youth For New Leadership Program
Lao Culture Dance & Traditional Fashion Show will be implementing training youth for new leadership program. We are focusing on teaching students by passing on the skills & knowledge of traditional Performing art to a young generations to continue the tradition. We will make sure that the students that completed the program will be able to teach & passing on & continue the work to keep our tradition & rich Lao heritage and Culture. The youth leader will be great asset for our Communities.
2022-2023 Cultural Heritage and Community Identity Grants - Spring 2022
Lao Culture Dance & Traditional Fashion Show hope to see a successful event, and to see that my students have more experience and confident to become a leader. I like to see that my students are able to be a team player and work with other performances group. From my experiences as mentor, teacher and executive director I would be able to tracked the outcome of my students by their performance and the reaction of the audiences, I would make sure I speak and give the feedback to all of my students to encourage them to be a leader and a better performers.
For the dancers, we will count attendance at practices and collect informal feedback during practice and performances, as well as surveys from the parents and elders whose youth were participating. For audiences, we will count the number of people at each of the events, and collect informal feedback through a web link we can send audience members to in order to fill out a brief survey. We will also collect feedback from followers on Facebook on their experience of our work. We will base our evaluations and outcomes on training 40 students across two dances and fashion shows at Lao Hmong American Coalition event, and hosting the events that will draw between 300-500 attendees between all three events.
I also would like to see all the different teams whom are involved in the event have a successful outcome so we can continue working relationships in the future event. I would make sure that I listened to the audiences reaction and feedback and make sure that I communicate with other organizations and share the outcome with them.
3.Minnesota is home to the 3rd largest Lao refugee population in the country and our work as Lao Minnesotan artists has consistently been nationally recognized for the local, regional, national and international impacts it has had on policy and community development. Coming from Lao refugee roots and as a minority woman, I have had to work through educational disparities and limited access to social and economic opportunities like many of my fellow Lao. Many have to address untreated PTSD and depression as refugees, and many had limited education because they could not attend school during the war, and few could pursue higher education upon arriving in the US because they needed to find work first to support multigenerational households of elders, adults, and children. We were not given many opportunities to preserve the arts, but fortunately I was among the best students of my teacher in Vientiane, and continued to practice and refine my skills over the decades to preserve the beauty and spirit of our traditional dances which extend over 600 years to the ancient kingdom of Lan Xang, while also understanding how to make room for younger voices to have a conversation with our arts. At any given point in time, there have been between 3 to 6 Lao traditional dance programs in Minnesota, but my organization has one of the the longest continual record of performance in the community, and many of the traditional dance instructors are now retired.
Lao Culture Dance Fashion MN has been working hard to achieved our goal to train youth for leadership and preserved our lao Culture and heritage, so far everything is on track as we had planed and the goal and outline that we set for our organization. As of to date we had purchased traditional customs dancers outfits and a matching jewelries that will complete the dances outfits which each piece of the outfits had significant and meaning. Further more we had also purchased the customs fashion outfits for fashion show along with the jewelries and accessories that complement the outfits, and we spends on make up and beauty supply for both Dancers and fashion show teams.
Created a uniform shirts for classical dance students and fashion show students.
We paid to executive director for teaching, mentoring students for new dances and Organized fashion show students for self confidence to be ready for success. Paid classical dances studio, paid for fashion-show new readership, paid for classical dance foods for student and parents, some fuel expenses for on location fashion show training and meeting. also paid for website Videos editing.
We had been focusing and spent a lot of time on teaching students by passing on the skills & knowledge of traditional Performing art to a young generations to continue the tradition. We want to make sure that the students that completed the program will be able to teach & passing on & continue the work to keep our tradition & rich Lao heritage and Culture.
; Our endeavor proved to be remarkably successful as we effectively trained our students to excel as leaders in various aspects of life, including within their families and communities. Our primary objective was to equip our students with the necessary tools and opportunities to acquire knowledge, boost their self-confidence, foster teamwork, enhance public speaking abilities, display showmanship, and deliver performances in front of live audiences. Through our dedicated efforts, we succeeded in achieving our goal, witnessing our students seamlessly execute the tasks required to become effective leaders.During the event, our students astounded the audience, parents, and the community, embodying positive role models for others to follow. The celebration of our Lao tradition was a resounding success, leaving the artists, audience members, and communities brimming with pride and joy for being part of such a meaningful occasion.We received an outpouring of admiration and appreciation for the performances, both in person and through my social media posts. The event garnered numerous likes, shares, engagement, and positive comments from our friends and community members. The achieved outcomes aligned with our initial aspirations, leaving us fulfilled with the results.As we engaged with the parents and attendees, their pride in their children's talents was evident, as they expressed admiration for their stellar performances. Many parents were delighted to witness their children's enthusiasm for learning about the rich cultural heritage of Laos and expressed a desire to continue their involvement with our dance team.In conclusion, our efforts culminated in a highly successful event that not only showcased the depth of Lao tradition but also empowered our students to thrive as leaders in their communities and beyond. The overwhelming positive response from the audience and parents is a testament to the impact of our work, and we look forward to further nurturing our students' talents and passion for preserving our cultural heritage.
I borrowed $2,000,00 from Lao Culture Dance organization fund for advanced purchases of necessity materials.
Chanthanome Ket Insisiengmay: Ket is a published illustrator, musician, cosmetologist, fashion and beauty consultant, documentary filmmaking, social media marketing, and website design.Role: Organize Events, Photography, Website and Social media
Senator John Hoffman: Minnesota State Senator (36,DFL). Role: Advisor
Tune insisiengmay: Artist, illustrator, publisher, entrepreneur and film and Videographer Role: Videographer, Social media and Advertising
Virachith (Vie) Chittavoravong: Vie is an expert in solutions-based retail business management and sales, has a BS in International Relations. Role: Decorator and assistant with events; Niphone Phommaras: Niphone or Birdyserves as the Executive Director of Lao Culture Dance and Traditional Fashion Show of MN. "Birdy" is known as one of the state's experts in Lao dance and has participated as both a performer and instructor at every major Lao New Year event in Minnesota. Birdy has over 30 years of experience in traditional Lao arts dance instruction and traditional costumes. She competed in dance and fashion shows in Vientiane, Laos, as a child and began teaching.-Executive Director and Teacher
Chanthanome Ket Insisiengmay: Ket is a published illustrator, cosmetologist, fashion and beauty consultant, documentary filmmaking, social media marketing, and website design.-Photography and Web design
Tune insisiengmay: Artist, illustrator, publisher, entrepreneur and film and Videographer-Videogapher
Virachith (Vie) Chittavoravong: Vie is an expert in solutions-based retail business management and sales, has a BS in International Relations.-Decorating and Event Guest service