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About Us
Jane Franklin Dance crosses disciplines in partnership with music, media, visual artists and community participants to bring dance to all populations. Community workshops and performances provide an invaluable social, physical and creative exchange. We bridge the gap between age, culture and even language to unite people through movement. Whether on stage, outdoors, in the classroom, rehearsal room, or at a neighborhood gathering, Jane Franklin Dance shares collective experience through dance.
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 photo Ray Gniewek
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MISSION
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Jane Franklin Dance celebrates movement and makes dance accessible to a wide range of audiences through public performances, community engagement, dance education, and collaborations with artists from other disciplines.
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Board of Directors
Charlotte Hollister, Peg Schaefer, Nick Scuillo, Amy Firestone, Tomoko Makino, Tavian Cardwell, Melissa Mustard, Rebecca Carson
Staff
Jane Franklin, Artistic Director
Fiona Green, Coordinator of Marketing and Development
Dancers
Brianne Barrow Little
Andrea Ligon
Whitney Crawford
Wayles Haynes
Ji Shin
Amy Scaringe
Volunteers
Paul Gillis Photography
Solvita Marriott, Graphic Design
Liz Hutcheson, Graphic Design
Michael Levy, I.T. Engineer
Carey Jordan, The Graphics Zoo
Alexa Stanco, Graphic Design
Ray Gniewek, Photography
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Jane Franklin Dance is supported in part by Arlington County through the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources and the Arlington Commission for the Arts; by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts; Arlington Community Foundation; by Alexandria Commission for the Arts, Washington Forrest Foundation, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Arts in Education Program and by individual contributors.
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 Liz Hutcheson Fast Snail Creative Greetings & Design, photos by Enoch Chan, Ray Gniewek, Paul Gillis
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COMPANY BIO
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Jane Franklin Dance crosses disciplines in partnership with music, media, visual artists and community participants. Named The Best Dance Company in The Washington City Paper “Best of DC 2008,” Jane Franklin Dance has earned recognition in the Washington DC metro area by promoting active participation in dance by people of all ages and by creating unique collaborations that are performed in a variety of locations. • Jane Franklin is a 2008 recipient of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Creative Communities Initiative grant for a dance/ video project inspired by the skateboard community. Incidence, in which performers manipulate a life size kinetic sculpture was selected for Mead Theatre Lab, a program of the Cultural Development Corporation. • Jane Franklin Dance made its international debut in 2008 at Foro Performatica a conference/festival at the Universidad Las Americas Puebla Mexico and subsequently performed at the College of Arts and Media at University of Colorado Denver. Dance education includes performances and workshops for Montgomery County Public Schools and for Arlington’s Humanities Project. A STAR Award recipient for “Outstanding Community Outreach,” Jane Franklin Dance’s ongoing projects include work with the Senior Adult community and after school projects for youth. Jane Franklin Dance tours for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Arts in Education Program and the Virginia Commission’s Tour Directory.
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