Quick Start Opportunity Grants

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$293

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Jessica A. Roeder

Recipient Type

Individual

Status

Completed

Start Date

August 2014

End Date

August 2014

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

St. Louis

Itasca

Project Overview

Quick Start Opportunity Grants

Project Details

From August 14 through 17, I hope to travel to Brooklyn, New York, to take part in a professional development workshop with the Dance for Parkinson's Disease program of the Mark Morris Dance Group. The workshop will include specialized dance classes in diverse forms as well as a structured exchange of ideas between teachers from across the international Dance for Parkinson's Disease teachers' network, of which I'm a member. It will allow me to return to Duluth more knowledgeable, better connected with other teachers, and freshly inspired.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; David Beard: Assistant Professor of University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Ashley Leek: student of Art Education at University of Minnesota-Duluth, ceramic artist, art educator; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$293

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,087

Direct expenses

$1,380

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Measurable Outcome(s)

My goal is to experience dance forms that are new to me (including Gaga, which is an Israeli movement language, and Argentine tango), to improve my technical and musical knowledge, and to learn more specific and innovative approaches for working with Parkinson's Dance Studio dancers: people with Parkinson's disease and their family, friends, and care partners. I evaluated these outcomes by logging what I learned each day. I did experience dance forms that were new to me--hour-long classes in Argentine tango, Gaga, and hulu, as well as the Simonson Technique. I improved and refreshed my technical knowledge in tap, ballet, jazz, and modern dance with teachers who use them in Dance for Parkinson's Dance classes. The group had a music and rhythm class with a founding musician and learned about Indian raga, sub-rhythms, and 12-bar blues. I learned lots each day in these classes and the exercise exchanges with fellow teachers. We also discussed issues particular to dance students with Parkinson's.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Project Manager

Jessica

Roeder

Jessica A. Roeder

(218) 727-8286

jaroeder2003@yahoo.com

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