Arts Project Support
Arts Project Support
Kairos Alive! Transformational Dance with Older Adults.
Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: 826 MSP Program Director; Craig Dunn: Arts Accessibility Consultant; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Professional; Alejandra Pelinka: City of Bloomington Director of Creative Placemaking; Tommy Sar: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Coordinator of Community Programs; Lue Vang: McKnight Foundation Accountant; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney; Robyn Cline: City of Savage Economic Development Commissioner.
Carly Swenson: Artistic, Audience Development / Marketing, Community Education; Daniel Tran: Community Education, General Administration, Artistic; Tia-Simone Gardner: Artistic, Youth Programming, Community Education; Tisidra Jones: Community Education, General Administration.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
75% of older adults participating in events will report feeling more socially connected through dance program. 85% of older adults participating in events will report they moved in new ways or more than usual. Audience/participant counts will be tallied. Participants complete a short pre and post survey that measures self-perceived qualitative changes in their artistic, social, cognitive and physical engagement developed in consultation with our research collaborator, Dr. Adriana Perez. At the International Dance Hall and for the pre and post Dancing Heart™ surveys participants are invited to answer a few questions using a systematic sampling approach. Participants self-rate any (1) mood improvement (2) feelings of recognition and importance, (3) feelings of social connection, (4) increase in physical movement/mobility, (5) dance, music, story learning, (6) increase in appreciation for cultures not their own. Participants are also asked if the event has motivated them to creatively express themselves in new ways and allows room for additional comments.
KA observed social and creative changes in more than 75% of participants. Walker Methodist (WM) staff talked to residents post sessions who reported feeling positive about day ahead and felt sense of accomplishment from exercise and trying something new. For Zoom classes, groups were limited to 6-10 per unit based on social distancing policies averaging 20-25 per session on 4 units participating.
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