Project Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota Dance Ensemble
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
April 2016
End Date
April 2016
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Stearns
Stearns
Project Overview
Project Grant
Project Details
Minnesota Dance Ensemble will create and produce innovative choreographic works for their modern dance production, "In These Shoes," which will be held at the Paramount Theatre in St. Cloud on April 29, 2016.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, has served on a number of non-profit boards; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author, served on a number of Boards of Directors; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of St Benedict/St John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: watercolorist, member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, Nuclear Engineer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Justin Lewandowski: music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Justin Lewandowski: music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations; Lee Ann Goerss: Central Minnesota Arts Board Teaching Artist in visual and literary arts; Shane Mahon: Visual Arts Minnesota board member, multi-media artist; Jeffrey Bleam: Associate Professor of Theatre and Director/Designer at St Cloud State University, costume designer, graphic designer, film/video producer; Frank Haynes: Executive Director for Helping Hands Outreach, organizer, past president of Bismarck-Mandan (North Dakota) Arts Council.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$6,900
Direct expenses
$13,900
Administration costs
$0
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.00
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Increased awareness of Modern Dance Ensemble and modern dance in Central Minnesota. Increased audience engagement. Increased number of returning audience members from previous years. Enlarged mailing list. Increase in the number of audience members. Larger number of surveys obtained from audience members. Increased audience from a larger radius. Audience numbers will be documented through ticket sales. Address slips and surveys will be collected by ushers and documented. Surveys will include information about the reasoning for audience members' attendance, frequency of attendance, etc.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Documented through Paramount Theatre Box Office ticket sales, there was a 60 person decrease in tickets sales from last year's show, totaling 329 people in the audience for this production. Our mailing list increased by 36 residences through the collection of addresses slips from our audience. Ushers received 32% of audience member surveys. Audience surveys show that 59% of our audience was new to Minnesota Dance Ensemble, showing an increased awareness of Minnesota Dance Ensemble and modern dance in Central Minnesota. Forty percent of our audience has previously seen Minnesota Dance Ensemble perform and 90% say they would attend future productions, which shows increased audience engagement. Audience surveys also showed that the majority (85%) of our audience is continuing to come from the 40 minute radius around St Cloud. Company members stated in surveys that their creative expression had increased through their experience with Minnesota Dance Ensemble and the production.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Chuck Norwood, Jeff Ringer, Jill Pauly, Kevin Barnes
Project Manager
First Name
Tiffany
Last Name
Morgan
Organization Name
Minnesota Dance Ensemble
Street Address
913 St Germain St W
City
St Cloud
State
MN
Zip Code
56301-3460
Phone
(763) 607-7024
Email
moti2764@gmail.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3