Funding for “All Abilities Dancing,” a program designed to give youth with disabilities a quality dance experience that emphasizes ability, from June 2011 to May 2012.
Funding for Young Dance At-Large, a season of site-specific work created with guest artists and performed by the company at different locations in Minneapolis. The season will culminate in a performance at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance in May 2012.
Funding for monthly workshops during the 2011-12 school year and a 2012 summer camp for young fiddlers ages 8 to 18 to learn fiddle music from many traditions and to meet other students and teachers.
Funding for “River EcoJourneys,” a series of three, one-week school residencies featuring storytelling, drumming, dance, and the creation of puppets and masks for students in grades 3 to 6 at three schools in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Funding for Summer Theater Camp for students aged 6-13, a full-day, 2-week long hands-on learning experience for students to explore theater arts, acting, music and choreography at the Maplewood Performing Arts Theater in Maplewood Community Center during
Funding for Ashland Collaborative Theater or ACT!, a collaborative theater arts experience for elementary-aged youth and culminating in four staged performances at the Maplewood Performing Arts Theatre in January through March.
Funding for their 5th Annual Fall Concert featuring original choreography accompanied by Beethoven’s 6th Symphony and Handel’s Messiah. Performances will take place at the Fitzgerald Theater in October 2010.
Funding to stage the 18th Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza, a free outdoor pageant and performance that will take place at Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul in October 2011.
Funding to create and present a new dance work incorporating film footage and an ensemble of professional ballroom dancers. Performances will take place as part of the inaugural season of the Cowles Center in Minneapolis in February 2012.