Arts Activities Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
The Ethnic Dance Theatre
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
October 2011
End Date
April 2012
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Hennepin
Hennepin
Project Overview

Reflections on the Danube

Reflections on the Danube

Project Details

Funding for Reflections on the Danube, a presentation of traditional ethnic dance and music from nine cultures that lie between the riverÆs source in the Black Forest of Germany and its outlet in the Black Sea in Romania. Performances will take place at the Ritz Theater in March 2012.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Scott Swanson: Arts Activities Support, River Valley Theatre Company; Alan Berks: Playwright, Communications Director, Pillsbury House Theater; Sunny Chanthanouvong: Executive Director, Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota; Heather Everhart: Arts Activities, Program Assistant, Arts Midwest; Adam Napoli-Rangel: music recording producer; Eve Wolf: Visual artist; Emily Zimmer: Teaching artist, Children's Theatre Company; Patty Zurlo: Professor of Arts Management, Saint Mary's University, Attorney.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Jill Anfang: City of Roseville assistant parks and recreation director; Heather Beal: free-lance architectural writer; Melissa Brechon: retired Carver County Library system director; Kathy Busch: realtor, Shakopee School Board member; Shelly Chamberlain: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits director of operations and human resources; Paul Creager: Gordon Parks High School teacher and administrator, Square Lake Film Festival director; Erika Eklund: Playwrights'Center director of external relations; Joan Elwell: Lakeshore Players Community Theatre Managing Director; Kristi Gaudette: Prior Lake-Savage school district program specialist; Peter Leggett: Walker West Music Academy executive director; Christine Murakami Noonan: Minnesota State Fair Foundation Project Manager; Rachel Smoka-Richardson: Childrens Theatre Company director of institutional giving; Margaret Rog: free-lance grant writer and organizational development consultant; Beth Starbuck: retired consultant; Dameun Strange: free-lance musician and composer; Melissa Wright: William Mitchell College of Law assistant director of Career and Professional Development.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$29,850
Direct expenses
$39,850
Administration costs
$10,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

To produce a gala concert that challenges and Ethnic Dance Theatre artists and provides audiences with a culturally rich and artistically dynamic experience; to provide Twin Cities communities an event that celebrates and illuminates cultures; to sell an average of 65-70% of seats; attract 10% first-time attendees.Ticket sales; ticketing information; advisory committee and staff feedback; audience response and comments.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Attendance for the concert was excellent and reached the proposed goals; audience feedback revealed that the attendees were delighted by the energetic show.

Description of Funds
Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members
Eva Kish, Rita Schultz, Jeanne Schultz, Donald LaCourse, Emily Judd, Leila Poullada
Project Manager
First Name
Donald
Last Name
LaCourse
Organization Name
The Ethnic Dance Theatre
Street Address
3507 Clinton Ave S Ste 220
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55408-4577
Phone
(763) 545-1333
Email
ddlacourse@yahoo.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

PO Box 14106
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 

Phone
Project Manager: Kathy Mouacheupao
651-645-0402
Email the Agency