WELCOME TO ART ON 8TH!
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Opening of the Artspace Brookland Lofts, July 2011: Artist residents moved into 39 units of housing and Dance Place moved into our new dance studio, youth creative education center and intern housing.
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Artspace and Dance Place
Together with Artspace Projects, Inc. a national arts developer, we are creating an arts campus on 8th Street, NE, leading our neighborhood’s cultural revitalization and serving as a national model of a thriving arts complex where artists live, work, train, create, collaborate and perform.
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Dance Place is a cultural anchor for our Brookland/Edgewood neighborhood.
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LINC (Leveraging Investments In Creativity) says of Dance Place: “the cultural and artistic diversity of its performers and audiences is exceptional, resulting in a local program with national and international acclaim for both its artistic practice and educational programming.”
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DANCE PLACE FAMILY FESTIVAL PHOTO © ENOCH CHAN 2011
Dance Place 2010 – 2011 Annual Report 30th Anniversary Season
Dear Friends, We are delighted to share Dance Place’s 30th Anniversary Season Annual Report with you. In 20102011, Dance Place celebrated three decades as a prolific dance presenter, dance school, provider of model programs for youth and partner in community development.
TAKE Dance made their first Washington, DC engagement at Dance Place on January 22 & 23, 2011.
The National Endowment for the Arts The US Commission on Fine Arts Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts National Performance Network Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities VSA The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Brooklyn Academy of Music Atlas Performing Arts Center Alternate ROOTS Reston CenterStage
Highlights of our accomplishments include: • As a vibrant arts center, Dance Place is proud to have reached 50,000 artists, audiences, students and families on site and throughout the Greater Washington DC Metropolitan area. • Dance Place presented 45 weekends of dance and over 75 companies from the Washington, DC area, the United States and abroad.
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS Through performances, classes and teaching residencies, Dance Place partnered with the following schools and community centers:
• Dance Place increased the scope of our NEXTgeneration youth programs by 25% — reaching 20,000 youth and families, 45 schools and community centers throughout the area.
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• As a pioneering force and leader in neighborhood revitalization, our annual economic impact on the Brookland community was approximately $2.4 million (Williams College’s C3D economic research institute).
We are more excited than ever with the completion of the Artspace Brookland Lofts adjacent to our facility and expansion of our arts campus; the many new developments in our Brookland community; our growing national reputation; and expanded service to young people. Dance Place is moving forward — poised to greet the next 30 years of dance, community, vitality and transformation. Thank you for being part of our community. Warmest regards,
Carla Perlo Deborah Riley Founding Director Director
OUR MISSION: The mission of Dance Place is to transform lives through performing arts and creative education programs that inspire personal growth, professional success, physical wellness and community engagement. NEXTgeneration MISSION: The mission of Dance Place/NEXTgeneration is to assist youth in meeting the challenges they face through childhood and adolescence by providing innovative life skills training, creative academic education and cultural experiences through the performing arts.
ARTISTIC PARTNERS Dance Place received funding and co-presented with the following arts entities:
Dance Place’s rich history of innovative programming has earned our organization a national reputation for building the field of dance, providing model educational programs for youth and acting as a catalyst for neighborhood development. NATIONAL SUPPORT • $100,000 grant award from Leveraging Investments in Creativity/ Ford Foundation -- one of 12 national awardees • Commissions and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and New England Foundation for the Arts, among others CITY-WIDE AWARDS • 2011 DC Mayor’s Arts Award for “Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education” • 2nd US Fine Arts/National Capital Affairs Grant Award • 2nd year of partnership with the DC Department of Employment’s Teenage Summer Jobs program NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT • Phase I of our expanded arts campus completed: opening of the Artspace Projects’ Brookland Lofts adjacent to our facility, providing Dance Place with a dedicated children’s center, secondary dance studio and intern housing • Over $200,000 in funding from the DC Government’s Neighborhood Investment Fund (Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Planning and Community Development) to support predevelopment expenses associated with Phase II of our arts campus project, as well as development of our Lofts children’s center COVER PHOTO OF TZVETA KASSABOVA BY LILLIAN CHO; LEFT PHOTO OF ARACHNE AERIAL ARTS BY TOM KOCHEL; ABOVE PHOTO OF TAKE DANCE BY QUINN BATSON
Achievement Prep Academy Beacon House Bennett Babies Benjamin Banaker Briggs Chaney Middle School Browne Jr. High Carver Educational Center Center City Public Charter School Brightwood Center City Public Charter School Capitol Hill Center City Public Charter School Petwork Center City Public Charter School Trinidad DC Preparatory Elementary DC Scores Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School Friendship Public Charter School Galway Elementary School Harman Center for the Arts Highland Elementary School Hope Community Charter School Ivy Mount School Little River Kuumba Learning Center Mary Virginia McKinnley Tech Moten Elementary School Mount Jezreel New Hope Academy Noyes Elementary School Paint Branch High School Patrick Henry Elementary School Ring House Senior Center Ross Elementary School School Without Walls Septime Clark Public Charter School Sidwell Friends School Sitar Arts Center Sharpe Health School Spy Museum Stone Ridge Academy of the Sacred Heart Thurgood Marshall Academy Tree of Life Public Charter School WEDJ Public Charter School for the Performing Arts Wiley H. Bates Middle School William Bean Elementary School
Dear Friends, We are delighted to share Dance Place’s 30th Anniversary Season Annual Report with you. In 20102011, Dance Place celebrated three decades as a prolific dance presenter, dance school, provider of model programs for youth and partner in community development.
TAKE Dance made their first Washington, DC engagement at Dance Place on January 22 & 23, 2011.
The National Endowment for the Arts The US Commission on Fine Arts Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts National Performance Network Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities VSA The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Brooklyn Academy of Music Atlas Performing Arts Center Alternate ROOTS Reston CenterStage
Highlights of our accomplishments include: • As a vibrant arts center, Dance Place is proud to have reached 50,000 artists, audiences, students and families on site and throughout the Greater Washington DC Metropolitan area. • Dance Place presented 45 weekends of dance and over 75 companies from the Washington, DC area, the United States and abroad.
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS Through performances, classes and teaching residencies, Dance Place partnered with the following schools and community centers:
• Dance Place increased the scope of our NEXTgeneration youth programs by 25% — reaching 20,000 youth and families, 45 schools and community centers throughout the area.
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• As a pioneering force and leader in neighborhood revitalization, our annual economic impact on the Brookland community was approximately $2.4 million (Williams College’s C3D economic research institute).
We are more excited than ever with the completion of the Artspace Brookland Lofts adjacent to our facility and expansion of our arts campus; the many new developments in our Brookland community; our growing national reputation; and expanded service to young people. Dance Place is moving forward — poised to greet the next 30 years of dance, community, vitality and transformation. Thank you for being part of our community. Warmest regards,
Carla Perlo Deborah Riley Founding Director Director
OUR MISSION: The mission of Dance Place is to transform lives through performing arts and creative education programs that inspire personal growth, professional success, physical wellness and community engagement. NEXTgeneration MISSION: The mission of Dance Place/NEXTgeneration is to assist youth in meeting the challenges they face through childhood and adolescence by providing innovative life skills training, creative academic education and cultural experiences through the performing arts.
ARTISTIC PARTNERS Dance Place received funding and co-presented with the following arts entities:
Dance Place’s rich history of innovative programming has earned our organization a national reputation for building the field of dance, providing model educational programs for youth and acting as a catalyst for neighborhood development. NATIONAL SUPPORT • $100,000 grant award from Leveraging Investments in Creativity/ Ford Foundation -- one of 12 national awardees • Commissions and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and New England Foundation for the Arts, among others CITY-WIDE AWARDS • 2011 DC Mayor’s Arts Award for “Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education” • 2nd US Fine Arts/National Capital Affairs Grant Award • 2nd year of partnership with the DC Department of Employment’s Teenage Summer Jobs program NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT • Phase I of our expanded arts campus completed: opening of the Artspace Projects’ Brookland Lofts adjacent to our facility, providing Dance Place with a dedicated children’s center, secondary dance studio and intern housing • Over $200,000 in funding from the DC Government’s Neighborhood Investment Fund (Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Planning and Community Development) to support predevelopment expenses associated with Phase II of our arts campus project, as well as development of our Lofts children’s center COVER PHOTO OF TZVETA KASSABOVA BY LILLIAN CHO; LEFT PHOTO OF ARACHNE AERIAL ARTS BY TOM KOCHEL; ABOVE PHOTO OF TAKE DANCE BY QUINN BATSON
Achievement Prep Academy Beacon House Bennett Babies Benjamin Banaker Briggs Chaney Middle School Browne Jr. High Carver Educational Center Center City Public Charter School Brightwood Center City Public Charter School Capitol Hill Center City Public Charter School Petwork Center City Public Charter School Trinidad DC Preparatory Elementary DC Scores Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School Friendship Public Charter School Galway Elementary School Harman Center for the Arts Highland Elementary School Hope Community Charter School Ivy Mount School Little River Kuumba Learning Center Mary Virginia McKinnley Tech Moten Elementary School Mount Jezreel New Hope Academy Noyes Elementary School Paint Branch High School Patrick Henry Elementary School Ring House Senior Center Ross Elementary School School Without Walls Septime Clark Public Charter School Sidwell Friends School Sitar Arts Center Sharpe Health School Spy Museum Stone Ridge Academy of the Sacred Heart Thurgood Marshall Academy Tree of Life Public Charter School WEDJ Public Charter School for the Performing Arts Wiley H. Bates Middle School William Bean Elementary School
PRESENTATION SERIES
Adult Dance Class: (top) Intermediate African adult dance class, taught by Sylvia Soumah, Director of African dance programs and Artistic Director of our resident African dance company Coyaba Dance Theater.
• 95 professional concerts at the Dance Place and local theaters, over 1,000 audience members • 600 dance artists from 63 Metro area dance companies, 12 national and international touring companies
• 5 Friday morning InReach Performances for 700 students and teachers in our theater
Kids On the Move Recital: (middle) Salah, age 10, took Ballet/Tap II and Hip Hop as part of our spring Kids on the Move semester. Salah was on scholarship, as are 90% of our on-site participants.
• OutReach Performances for 18,000 audience members at over 20 schools and community centers (in collaboration with WPAS Concerts in the Schools, Arlington Humanities Project and the Hyman M. Perlo Fund)
Gardening Club: (bottom) Campers Jada, Arnold and Ahriana garden with Founding Director Carla Perlo. Gardening Club has been a tradition of Dance Place’s Energizers Creative Arts Camp since its establishment over a decade ago.
• 12 Family Series Performances with free tickets for children reached 2,400 youth and parents
• 5 Festivals & Showcases: DanceAfrica DC, Youth Festival, New Releases Showcase, Hip Hop Theater Festival and the Step Festival
DANCE SCHOOL • 42 adult classes year round -- Modern, West African, hip hop, belly dance, salsa, contemporary Jamaican Folk dance, and repertory and performance each week
• 4 Resident Dance Companies: Carla & Company, Coyaba Dance Theater, Deborah Riley Dance Projects and The Dance Place Step Team • 2 National Performance Network Re-Creation commissions: Word Becomes Flesh by Marc Bamuthi Joseph/Living Word Project and Fierce Love (Remix) by Brian Freeman/Pomo Afro Homos • 2 National Performance Network co-commissions of new choreography: Trigger by EDGEWORKS Dance Theater and Women, Sex & Desire by Gesel Mason Performance Projects
DC-based company Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company made their annual Dance Place appearance on April 2 & 3, 2011. After their performance, Artistic Director Daniel Phoenix Singh wrote to us: “Experiences at Dance Place make me aware of the difference between people who care about nurturing artists, and people who say the right words but don’t match it with actions. I have never worked in a kinder, more supportive, professional setting than at Dance Place.”
• 30 Work/Study students provided with free training and work experience • 27 Kids on the Move dance classes on our campus served 150 children ages 3-15 • 1,000 hours of OutReach classes for 200 students in 13 schools • 14 Master classes taught by visiting artists
NEXTgen Look for the blue text for NEXTgeneration programs
Energizers Youth Enrichment Programs • Afterschool Club: 630 hours of life skills, language arts, math, arts & crafts, gardening, cooking, homework help and community service activities for youth ages 6-12 five days a week. • Junior Staff Program: 20 teenagers were offered leadership training, first-time employment, mentoring and life skills training throughout the year.
Cutumba: Dance Place is proud to have partnered with the Brooklyn Academy of Music to present renowned Cuban company Ballet Folklórico Cutumba as part of our 24th annual DanceAfrica, DC celebration. Cutumba received rave reviews in the New York Times and Washington Post: “From the moment the dancers and musicians of Ballet Folklórico Cutumba entered the stage at Dance Place on Saturday afternoon, they created the festive, let-your-hair-down atmosphere of a Cuban street parade. With broad smiles, brightly colored costumes and exuberant movements, the troupe offered a charming glimpse into the dance and cultural traditions of its native country.” – Washington Post, Friday, June 5, 2011
• Summer Creative Arts Camp: 50 youth engaged in performing arts, life skills training and academic enrichment activities 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 7 weeks. One hundred percent of our campers received full or partial scholarships. • Internship Program: 22 young adults received job training, career development, free dance training and housing. • Residency at Moten Elementary School in Southeast, DC with African dance and academic enrichment for 20 weeks. • Dance Place NEXTlevel pilot program with mentorship and career guidance for young adults ages 20-25. LEFT: DAKSHINA/DANIEL PHOENIX SINGH DANCE CO PHOTO BY STEPHEN BARANOVICS, CUTUMBA PHOTO © ENOCH CHAN 2011 ABOVE: AFRICAN CLASS PHOTO BY DEWEZ PHOTOGRAPHY, KIDS ON THE MOVE RECITAL PHOTO BY CORINNE BECKER, GARDENING CLUB PHOTO BY JUDY ESTEY
PRESENTATION SERIES
Adult Dance Class: (top) Intermediate African adult dance class, taught by Sylvia Soumah, Director of African dance programs and Artistic Director of our resident African dance company Coyaba Dance Theater.
• 95 professional concerts at the Dance Place and local theaters, over 1,000 audience members • 600 dance artists from 63 Metro area dance companies, 12 national and international touring companies
• 5 Friday morning InReach Performances for 700 students and teachers in our theater
Kids On the Move Recital: (middle) Salah, age 10, took Ballet/Tap II and Hip Hop as part of our spring Kids on the Move semester. Salah was on scholarship, as are 90% of our on-site participants.
• OutReach Performances for 18,000 audience members at over 20 schools and community centers (in collaboration with WPAS Concerts in the Schools, Arlington Humanities Project and the Hyman M. Perlo Fund)
Gardening Club: (bottom) Campers Jada, Arnold and Ahriana garden with Founding Director Carla Perlo. Gardening Club has been a tradition of Dance Place’s Energizers Creative Arts Camp since its establishment over a decade ago.
• 12 Family Series Performances with free tickets for children reached 2,400 youth and parents
• 5 Festivals & Showcases: DanceAfrica DC, Youth Festival, New Releases Showcase, Hip Hop Theater Festival and the Step Festival
DANCE SCHOOL • 42 adult classes year round -- Modern, West African, hip hop, belly dance, salsa, contemporary Jamaican Folk dance, and repertory and performance each week
• 4 Resident Dance Companies: Carla & Company, Coyaba Dance Theater, Deborah Riley Dance Projects and The Dance Place Step Team • 2 National Performance Network Re-Creation commissions: Word Becomes Flesh by Marc Bamuthi Joseph/Living Word Project and Fierce Love (Remix) by Brian Freeman/Pomo Afro Homos • 2 National Performance Network co-commissions of new choreography: Trigger by EDGEWORKS Dance Theater and Women, Sex & Desire by Gesel Mason Performance Projects
DC-based company Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company made their annual Dance Place appearance on April 2 & 3, 2011. After their performance, Artistic Director Daniel Phoenix Singh wrote to us: “Experiences at Dance Place make me aware of the difference between people who care about nurturing artists, and people who say the right words but don’t match it with actions. I have never worked in a kinder, more supportive, professional setting than at Dance Place.”
• 30 Work/Study students provided with free training and work experience • 27 Kids on the Move dance classes on our campus served 150 children ages 3-15 • 1,000 hours of OutReach classes for 200 students in 13 schools • 14 Master classes taught by visiting artists
NEXTgen Look for the blue text for NEXTgeneration programs
Energizers Youth Enrichment Programs • Afterschool Club: 630 hours of life skills, language arts, math, arts & crafts, gardening, cooking, homework help and community service activities for youth ages 6-12 five days a week. • Junior Staff Program: 20 teenagers were offered leadership training, first-time employment, mentoring and life skills training throughout the year.
Cutumba: Dance Place is proud to have partnered with the Brooklyn Academy of Music to present renowned Cuban company Ballet Folklórico Cutumba as part of our 24th annual DanceAfrica, DC celebration. Cutumba received rave reviews in the New York Times and Washington Post: “From the moment the dancers and musicians of Ballet Folklórico Cutumba entered the stage at Dance Place on Saturday afternoon, they created the festive, let-your-hair-down atmosphere of a Cuban street parade. With broad smiles, brightly colored costumes and exuberant movements, the troupe offered a charming glimpse into the dance and cultural traditions of its native country.” – Washington Post, Friday, June 5, 2011
• Summer Creative Arts Camp: 50 youth engaged in performing arts, life skills training and academic enrichment activities 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 7 weeks. One hundred percent of our campers received full or partial scholarships. • Internship Program: 22 young adults received job training, career development, free dance training and housing. • Residency at Moten Elementary School in Southeast, DC with African dance and academic enrichment for 20 weeks. • Dance Place NEXTlevel pilot program with mentorship and career guidance for young adults ages 20-25. LEFT: DAKSHINA/DANIEL PHOENIX SINGH DANCE CO PHOTO BY STEPHEN BARANOVICS, CUTUMBA PHOTO © ENOCH CHAN 2011 ABOVE: AFRICAN CLASS PHOTO BY DEWEZ PHOTOGRAPHY, KIDS ON THE MOVE RECITAL PHOTO BY CORINNE BECKER, GARDENING CLUB PHOTO BY JUDY ESTEY
FINANCIALS 12%
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EXPENSES Presentations: 628,855 Presenta(ons Youth presentations: 106,739 Youth educational programs: 271,567 Youth presenta(ons Adult classes: 123,703 Management and General: 25,504 Youth educa(onal programs Fundraising: 131,931 Capital Campaign: 174,976 Adult classes Total Expenses: 1,463,275 – 100.0% Presentations
Management and General
Youth presentations
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Youth educational programs
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Adult classes
Fundraising
Management and General Fundraising
Capital Campaign
Capital Campaign
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Individual contributions Corporate grants Foundation grants Government grants Capital Campaign Silent auction Earned income
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INCOME Contributed income: 1,166,389 Individual contributions: 121,560 Individual contributions Corporate grants: 82,448 Foundation grants: 427,170Corporate grants Foundation grants Government grants: 190,318 Capital Campaign: 340,243Government grants Silent auction: 4,650 Capital Campaign Earned income: 398,044 Silent auction Advertising: 5,300 Earned income Concessions: 9,148 Performance fees: 171,876 Class fees: 125,475 Rental income: 4,988 Other: 1,427 In kind: 11,830 Scholarships: 68,000 Total income: 1,564,433 – 100.0%
DANCE PLACE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Deanna Francl, Chair Amy Rutt, Vice Chair W. Chris Hollinsed, Treasurer Caroline Petti, Secretary Carla Perlo, President Edward Apple Robert Ades Richard Bernardi Carol Bradwell Evan Crocker, Youth Representative Jannes Gibson Cindy Hallberlin, Chair Emeritus Jennifer Hardy Bill Hillegeist Karen Brooks Hopkins Chelly Jones Reed MacMillan Bo Menkiti Deborah Riley Allan Shapiro Wendy Shapiro ADVISORY COUNCIL Jeanette Bruce Elinor Coleman Cyril Crocker James Epstein Kathy Freshley Marilyn Fuchs Peter Fuchs Nancy Garruba Chris Hornig Allan Rivlin David Sparkman Njambi Wynn
STAFF Carla Perlo, Founding Director Deborah Riley, Director Valerie Branch, Co- Director of Youth Programs Annie Choudhury, Technical Assistant Stephen Clapp, Grants Manager Emily Crews, Financial Director Heather Doyle, Assistant Theater Manager Judy Estey, Grants Manager April Gruber, Individual Giving Manager OPERATIONS INCOME Holly Halvorson, Web Master Earned Income: 398,044 Stefan Johnson, Associate Theater Director Contributed Income Carolyn Kamrath, Press & Marketing Director (without Capital Campaign funds): 826,146 Donna Kearney, Box Office Manager, Earned Income Work/Study Coordinator Earned income Sarah Kramer, Production Manager Contributed Income Contributed Income (no & Development Associate Capital Campaign) Ben Levine, Technical Director & Theater Manager Bradley Porter, Associate Technical Director Shannon Quinn, Co-Director of Youth Programs Tina Silverman, Art Director, Print Sylvia Soumah, Director of African Dance Programs Patina Strothers, Technical Assistant
Thank you to our donors for their generous support! SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 – AUGUST 31, 2011 $100,000+ Leveraging Investments in Creativity Neighborhood Investment Fund $75,000-$99,999 Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation United States Commission of Fine Arts National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program $50,000-$74,999 Anonymous Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities MARPAT Foundation $20,000-$49,999 Anonymous Donor Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Reston CenterStage National Endowment for the Arts National Performance Network Summit Fund of Washington $11,000-$19,999 Abdo Development/Bozzuto Group/ Pritzker Realty Robert Ades Bloomberg Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation $5,000-$10,999 Ed & Susan Apple Walter A. Bloedorn Foundation Bognet Construction Jeanette & Stephen Bruce Coleman Family Charities Dimick Foundation Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Charles Engelhard Foundation Cindy Hallberlin & Joel Kanter Harman Family Foundation Corina Higginson Trust IT Works! Software Mead Family Foundation Dallas Morse Coors Foundation Nestlé USA New England Foundation for the Arts Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour PNC Financial Prince Charitable Trusts Prince Frederick Graphics & Printing Wendy Shapiro & Charles Ferris $2,000-$4,999 Abramson Family Foundation Damien Agostinelli CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Ciracom Denchfield Roofing Robert & Nancy Dube Giant Food Jannes Gibson
Bill Hillegeist Keller Williams Capital Properties John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts James H. Mann & Caroline Dexter Tom Lane Fund Mars Foundation Bo & Kymber Menkiti The Menkiti Group Northrop Grumman Employees Charitable Organization Carla Perlo & Richard Pilkinton Sydney Polakoff & Carolyn Goldman Amy Rutt & Heather Boonstra United Way / Combined Federal Campaign Washington Post Company George Wasserman Family Foundation $1,000-$1,999 Alternate ROOTS Catherine Anderson Carol Bradwell Mary & Robert Buckley Capezio / Ballet Makers Dance Foundation Daycon Products, Inc. Disney Worldwide Outreach/Entertainment Industry Foundation Jim Epstein In Memory of Margaret Flournoy Deanna Francl Gensler Corporation Muriel Halvorson Interstate Service Company Chelly Jones Kiplinger Foundation Marion Kminek/Mari-Rae Sopper Memorial Fund Mardi Gras Fund Nelson Talbott Foundation Pepco Edith Perlo Chuck Rigg & Carl Draper Juan Carlos Rincones & Tom Pheasant Schneider’s of Capitol Hill Stanley M. Schwartz Steve & Karin Silverman Daniel Phoenix Singh Cinda Stoner Karla & Bill Stoner Washington Gas Xerox Foundation $500-$999 Alternative Gifts of Greater Washington Anonymous Anonymous Rich Bernardi & Joyce Wilker William & Brigid Brakefield Barbara Burton Roger & Patricia Clapp Stephen Clapp & Laura Schandelmeier Rose Ann Cleveland Jay Fellows Kathy & Gerald Freshley Nancy Garruba & Chris Hornig Elliott Hanin
W. Christopher Hollinsed Ann Jimerson & Larry Klein Bennett Kobb Jill & Paul Levine Dorothy Dort Levy Reed MacMillan William McKinnon, Jr. Lesa McLaughlin Jared & Rachel Paul Caroline Petti Carol Polakoff Deborah Riley & Mary Beth Flournoy Rockefeller Foundation Employer Match Program Allan Shapiro Share Fund of the Community Foundation for the Performing Arts Marsha Swiss & Ron Costell Jodi Wesemann World Bank Community Connections Fund $250-$499 Richard Alper Alan & Susan Berlow Daniel Perlo Bloom Michael Brustein & Joan Goldfrank Jennifer Campbell & Jeff Munn Cyril Crocker Beth Davis Deals for Deeds Winnie Dreier Gretchen Dunn Yvonne Edwards Trudy Ann Flournoy Elizabeth & Bill Fogarty Carol Grave Jennifer Hardy Stuart Hershey & Linda Levine John & Tommie Kelley Tia Kminek Anthony Kochis Morrine & Dan Marantz Alvin Mayes Lindsay & Bill McLaughlin Melrose Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Stephanie Millon & Alan Fedorowsky Ellen Opper-Weiner Lisa & Mitchell Paul Deborah Lee Polhemus Shannon Quinn Ruth Rivin & Ron Boustead Melinda Salzman Douglas Sonntag Thomas Shade Awning Stanley Walker Jill Weiler Ben & Minna Williamowsky Phan Winter Njambi Wynn And the many other individuals who generously made contributions of $1 - $249!
FINANCIALS 12%
9% 1.7%
43.0%
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EXPENSES Presentations: 628,855 Presenta(ons Youth presentations: 106,739 Youth educational programs: 271,567 Youth presenta(ons Adult classes: 123,703 Management and General: 25,504 Youth educa(onal programs Fundraising: 131,931 Capital Campaign: 174,976 Adult classes Total Expenses: 1,463,275 – 100.0% Presentations
Management and General
Youth presentations
18.6%
Youth educational programs
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Adult classes
Fundraising
Management and General Fundraising
Capital Campaign
Capital Campaign
7.8% 5.3%
25.4%
27.3%
0.3% 27.7%
12.2%
Individual contributions Corporate grants Foundation grants Government grants Capital Campaign Silent auction Earned income
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67%
INCOME Contributed income: 1,166,389 Individual contributions: 121,560 Individual contributions Corporate grants: 82,448 Foundation grants: 427,170Corporate grants Foundation grants Government grants: 190,318 Capital Campaign: 340,243Government grants Silent auction: 4,650 Capital Campaign Earned income: 398,044 Silent auction Advertising: 5,300 Earned income Concessions: 9,148 Performance fees: 171,876 Class fees: 125,475 Rental income: 4,988 Other: 1,427 In kind: 11,830 Scholarships: 68,000 Total income: 1,564,433 – 100.0%
DANCE PLACE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Deanna Francl, Chair Amy Rutt, Vice Chair W. Chris Hollinsed, Treasurer Caroline Petti, Secretary Carla Perlo, President Edward Apple Robert Ades Richard Bernardi Carol Bradwell Evan Crocker, Youth Representative Jannes Gibson Cindy Hallberlin, Chair Emeritus Jennifer Hardy Bill Hillegeist Karen Brooks Hopkins Chelly Jones Reed MacMillan Bo Menkiti Deborah Riley Allan Shapiro Wendy Shapiro ADVISORY COUNCIL Jeanette Bruce Elinor Coleman Cyril Crocker James Epstein Kathy Freshley Marilyn Fuchs Peter Fuchs Nancy Garruba Chris Hornig Allan Rivlin David Sparkman Njambi Wynn
STAFF Carla Perlo, Founding Director Deborah Riley, Director Valerie Branch, Co- Director of Youth Programs Annie Choudhury, Technical Assistant Stephen Clapp, Grants Manager Emily Crews, Financial Director Heather Doyle, Assistant Theater Manager Judy Estey, Grants Manager April Gruber, Individual Giving Manager OPERATIONS INCOME Holly Halvorson, Web Master Earned Income: 398,044 Stefan Johnson, Associate Theater Director Contributed Income Carolyn Kamrath, Press & Marketing Director (without Capital Campaign funds): 826,146 Donna Kearney, Box Office Manager, Earned Income Work/Study Coordinator Earned income Sarah Kramer, Production Manager Contributed Income Contributed Income (no & Development Associate Capital Campaign) Ben Levine, Technical Director & Theater Manager Bradley Porter, Associate Technical Director Shannon Quinn, Co-Director of Youth Programs Tina Silverman, Art Director, Print Sylvia Soumah, Director of African Dance Programs Patina Strothers, Technical Assistant
Thank you to our donors for their generous support! SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 – AUGUST 31, 2011 $100,000+ Leveraging Investments in Creativity Neighborhood Investment Fund $75,000-$99,999 Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation United States Commission of Fine Arts National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program $50,000-$74,999 Anonymous Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities MARPAT Foundation $20,000-$49,999 Anonymous Donor Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Reston CenterStage National Endowment for the Arts National Performance Network Summit Fund of Washington $11,000-$19,999 Abdo Development/Bozzuto Group/ Pritzker Realty Robert Ades Bloomberg Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation $5,000-$10,999 Ed & Susan Apple Walter A. Bloedorn Foundation Bognet Construction Jeanette & Stephen Bruce Coleman Family Charities Dimick Foundation Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Charles Engelhard Foundation Cindy Hallberlin & Joel Kanter Harman Family Foundation Corina Higginson Trust IT Works! Software Mead Family Foundation Dallas Morse Coors Foundation Nestlé USA New England Foundation for the Arts Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour PNC Financial Prince Charitable Trusts Prince Frederick Graphics & Printing Wendy Shapiro & Charles Ferris $2,000-$4,999 Abramson Family Foundation Damien Agostinelli CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Ciracom Denchfield Roofing Robert & Nancy Dube Giant Food Jannes Gibson
Bill Hillegeist Keller Williams Capital Properties John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts James H. Mann & Caroline Dexter Tom Lane Fund Mars Foundation Bo & Kymber Menkiti The Menkiti Group Northrop Grumman Employees Charitable Organization Carla Perlo & Richard Pilkinton Sydney Polakoff & Carolyn Goldman Amy Rutt & Heather Boonstra United Way / Combined Federal Campaign Washington Post Company George Wasserman Family Foundation $1,000-$1,999 Alternate ROOTS Catherine Anderson Carol Bradwell Mary & Robert Buckley Capezio / Ballet Makers Dance Foundation Daycon Products, Inc. Disney Worldwide Outreach/Entertainment Industry Foundation Jim Epstein In Memory of Margaret Flournoy Deanna Francl Gensler Corporation Muriel Halvorson Interstate Service Company Chelly Jones Kiplinger Foundation Marion Kminek/Mari-Rae Sopper Memorial Fund Mardi Gras Fund Nelson Talbott Foundation Pepco Edith Perlo Chuck Rigg & Carl Draper Juan Carlos Rincones & Tom Pheasant Schneider’s of Capitol Hill Stanley M. Schwartz Steve & Karin Silverman Daniel Phoenix Singh Cinda Stoner Karla & Bill Stoner Washington Gas Xerox Foundation $500-$999 Alternative Gifts of Greater Washington Anonymous Anonymous Rich Bernardi & Joyce Wilker William & Brigid Brakefield Barbara Burton Roger & Patricia Clapp Stephen Clapp & Laura Schandelmeier Rose Ann Cleveland Jay Fellows Kathy & Gerald Freshley Nancy Garruba & Chris Hornig Elliott Hanin
W. Christopher Hollinsed Ann Jimerson & Larry Klein Bennett Kobb Jill & Paul Levine Dorothy Dort Levy Reed MacMillan William McKinnon, Jr. Lesa McLaughlin Jared & Rachel Paul Caroline Petti Carol Polakoff Deborah Riley & Mary Beth Flournoy Rockefeller Foundation Employer Match Program Allan Shapiro Share Fund of the Community Foundation for the Performing Arts Marsha Swiss & Ron Costell Jodi Wesemann World Bank Community Connections Fund $250-$499 Richard Alper Alan & Susan Berlow Daniel Perlo Bloom Michael Brustein & Joan Goldfrank Jennifer Campbell & Jeff Munn Cyril Crocker Beth Davis Deals for Deeds Winnie Dreier Gretchen Dunn Yvonne Edwards Trudy Ann Flournoy Elizabeth & Bill Fogarty Carol Grave Jennifer Hardy Stuart Hershey & Linda Levine John & Tommie Kelley Tia Kminek Anthony Kochis Morrine & Dan Marantz Alvin Mayes Lindsay & Bill McLaughlin Melrose Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Stephanie Millon & Alan Fedorowsky Ellen Opper-Weiner Lisa & Mitchell Paul Deborah Lee Polhemus Shannon Quinn Ruth Rivin & Ron Boustead Melinda Salzman Douglas Sonntag Thomas Shade Awning Stanley Walker Jill Weiler Ben & Minna Williamowsky Phan Winter Njambi Wynn And the many other individuals who generously made contributions of $1 - $249!
WELCOME TO ART ON 8TH!
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Opening of the Artspace Brookland Lofts, July 2011: Artist residents moved into 39 units of housing and Dance Place moved into our new dance studio, youth creative education center and intern housing.
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Artspace and Dance Place
Together with Artspace Projects, Inc. a national arts developer, we are creating an arts campus on 8th Street, NE, leading our neighborhood’s cultural revitalization and serving as a national model of a thriving arts complex where artists live, work, train, create, collaborate and perform.
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CE A L P CE N A D
Dance Place is a cultural anchor for our Brookland/Edgewood neighborhood.
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LINC (Leveraging Investments In Creativity) says of Dance Place: “the cultural and artistic diversity of its performers and audiences is exceptional, resulting in a local program with national and international acclaim for both its artistic practice and educational programming.”
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DANCE PLACE FAMILY FESTIVAL PHOTO © ENOCH CHAN 2011
Dance Place 2010 – 2011 Annual Report 30th Anniversary Season