Cowles Center Community Engagement
role: consultant for The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts (2014-2017)
I Make MN Dance
role: concept and director
Short-form video interviews with Minnesotan dance makers
Trade Offs
role: concept, facilitator and organizer
An occasional, opportunistic pop-up gathering with local dance artists and visiting choreographers:
Joanna Kotze (Sewell Ballet), Sam Kim (Zenon Dance), Brian Brooks (Northrop), Trevor Carlson (The Cowles Center), Ann Carlson (Children’s Theatre Company), and Luis Garay (Walker Art Center).
PC: Michèle Steinwald
Monday Night Grant Writing Circle
role: co-facilitator and organizer
Initiated alongside choreographer Sam Johnson, these strategic monthly meetings increased grant applications in dance and hosted artist-led conversations with funders/agencies such as MAP Fund, National Dance Project, MRAC, MSAB, Springboard for the Arts, and Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
PC: Michèle Steinwald
PC: Michèle Steinwald
Artist Studio Residencies
role: community partner
Morgan Thorson – Still Life, Weisman Art Center (2015)
Pavel Zuštiak – Custodians of Beauty, Walker Art Center (2015)
Future Interstates – dance improvisation performance curated & hosted by HIJACK + BodyCartography Project (2015-2017)
