Project Grant
ACHF Arts Access
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.
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.
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