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 for Calliope’s Song, a program to increase members’ repertoire of songs that includes workshops, rehearsals, and community outreach performances. Activities will take place between October 2011 and May 2012.
Funding for the 2011 – 2012 Visiting Artist Series comprised of the Visiting Master Artists’ Weekend in October 2011 and the Minnesota Irish Musicians’ Weekend in June 2012. Events will be held at Celtic Junction in St. Paul.
Funding for China the Beautiful (part 1), the 2011 Chinese New Year show showcasing the many styles and uses of Chinese dances. Performances will take place at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in January 2011.
Funding for the 2011 – 2012 Concert Season, a series of four concerts of Italian Baroque music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Concerts will take place at The Chapel of St. Mary at the St. Paul Seminary between September 2011 and April 2012.
Funding for a new full-length dance performance featuring a hybrid form of Afro-Brazilian contemporary dance and capoeira. Performances will be held at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis in winter 2012.
Funding for the In Residence dance program, a collaboration between DA Dance and the Women of Nations domestic violence shelter. The project includes two 2-week residencies consisting of workshops and performances.
Funding for master classes, clinics, workshops and school assemblies at 12 metro area high schools and middle schools in 2011 and 2012 featuring local and national jazz artists.
Funding for three artist residencies at Highwood Hills Elementary School and Academia Cesar Chavez charter school on the East Side of St. Paul in May, June, November and December of 2011.
