Arts Activities Support
ACHF Arts Access
Kairos Alive! will interpret success as having actively engaged veterans and their family members of all ages and abilities, in both the creation process through dance and storytelling, and by the willingness of some, if not all to perform the work along with Kairos Alive! artists for and with their community. Anecdotal stories, informal interviews, video documentation and written comments showed that 85%of the participants indicated that active engagement in the creative process enhanced their personal wellbeing. Evaluation methods will include collecting age/gender participation count, anecdotal stories via informal discussions, written comments, video documentation and informal interviews after each performance and Dancing Heart™ program. At the conclusion of the project Kairos Alive! will facilitate a focus evaluation group with project partners, guest artists, selected Veterans, caregivers and community participants.
Kairos Alive! created two original dance/story/song/theater interactive performance works with war veterans and guest artists with families, caregivers, volunteers and the larger community. Kairos Alive! Tour was performed at the VA Day Program, Richfield with an interactive audience of 59. Wings of Hope was performed at Nagasaki Commemorative at Como Park in St Paul with public audience of 125.
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