 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. Providing an invaluable social, physical and creative exchange, Jane Franklin Dance bridges the gap between age, culture and even language to unite people through movement. Whether on stage, outdoors, in the classroom, or at a neighborhood gathering, Jane Franklin Dance shares collective experience.
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Board of Directors
Charlotte Hollister, Peg Schaefer, Nick Scuillo, Amy Firestone, Tomoko Makino, Tavian Cardwell, Mike Jankowski, Linda Vitello
Staff
Jane Franklin, Artistic Director
Director of Operations, Wayles Haynes
Dancers
Brianne Barrow Little
Andrea Ligon
Wayles Haynes
Amy Scaringe
Adriana Soldana
Katie Tuebner
Forty + performers
Barbara Allen
Colleen Bergeron
Diane Dorius
Elizabeth Fogarty
Gerda Keiswetter
Peg Schaefer
Sheri Shenfenthal
Volunteers
Paul Gillis Photography
Solvita Marriott, Graphic Design
Liz Hutcheson, Graphic Design
Michael Levy, I.T. Engineer
Ray Gniewek, Photography
Besnik Ruka, Web Design
Naomi Hauptman, Education Liason
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FACTS
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Jane Franklin Dance is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization under section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code EIN# 74-2179431.
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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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 performing in Alexandria - Holmes Run Greenway near Van Dorn Street
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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. The Northern Virginia based and Washington DC metro area dance company incorporates active participation in dance by people of all ages; performs outdoors, in galleries and non-traditional sites; and offers performance collaborations blending dance with media and visual arts. • Jane Franklin is a recipient of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Creative Communities Initiative grant for a dance/video project inspired by round wall skateboarding. • Jane Franklin Dance made its international debut in Puebla Mexico the interactive real time media piece “Temporal Interference,” which was also performed at the College of Arts and Media at University of Colorado Denver and at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. Most recently, Jane Franklin was selected for the 2010 Source Festival “Artistic Blind Dates,” for Forward 5, a professional development program of Dance/MetroDC, and to present a site specific performance at the Swedish Embassy for Dance/USA. A STAR Award recipient for “Outstanding Community Outreach,” Jane Franklin Dance’s ongoing projects include work with the Senior Adult community, Forty+ – a performing group of older adults committed to the joys of movement past the age of 40 – 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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