Grantee Database

Grant Year

2019-20

Grant Program

Arts Education – Exposure

Award Amount

$19,000.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, sjDANCEco will expand our “Experience the Arts through Dance” program, which is designed to give lower income schools, primarily Title 1, the opportunity to experience a live performance of Contemporary and Classic Modern Dance by a professional company of dancers with live music by the San José Orchestra in a theatrical setting. This experience will also include an in school movement/creative session following the performance.

Organization Summary

Our annual Fall Performance at the California Theatre with the San José Chamber Orchestra and 8+ professional Dance Artists which is sometimes augmented by community and Youth Dancers.

Our Youth Program “Dance INSPIRE”, which invites over 1100 4-5th grade students from Title 1 schools to experience our annual Fall Performance.

The Mentoring Program at Independence High School teaches classes to approximately 35 members of idance, the school’s performing ensemble, a new or sometime classic work is choreographed or staged for them and performed in school assemblies and in concert for an audience between 1500 – 1800 in April.

sjDANCEco Festival at Eastridge, an all day, two day event, that was initiated to celebrate National Dance Week. It has grown to include more than 60 Dance groups, an audience of 10,000 and celebrates the diversity of Dance in the Bay Area with performances from a wide variety of dance genres including Classical Ballet, Bollywood, K-pop, Cultural Dances and beyond. It embraces dancers from children to adults – from aspiring to professionals.

Organization

sjDANCEco

Address

7283 Coronado Dr

SAN JOSE

95129

County

Santa Clara

Region

Bay Area – Other

Phone

(408) 966-6430

Congressional District

California's 17th congressional district

State Assembly District

District 28

State Senate District

District 15

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