Grantee Database
SUAREZ DANCE THEATER
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
Veterans in the Arts
Award Amount
$2,500.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Suarez Dance Theater will support:
1. Development of a series of twelve dance workshops and public event for female veterans participating in the Women’s Program at the VA Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center (LAACC).
2. Provide on-going continuing education for VA clinicians leading Dance for Veterans classes.
Organization Summary
Since inception Suárez Dance Theater has produced seventeen evening-length dance-theater works, numerous site-specific and community events, dozens of dances for the theater and film, along with teaching, creating and performing dance-theater at school sites all over the U.S. Their work has been presented in over 50 different theaters in fifteen different cities. Suárez Dance Theater has partnered with many schools and community service organizations. From 2008-2014, Suárez Dance Theater partnered with the artworxLA, an organization that combats L.A.’s high school dropout crisis with a long-term, sequential arts programs. Christine also co-created Dance for Veterans at the West LA VA Medical Center where she teaches severely mentally ill veterans and trains VA clinicians.
Organization
Suarez Dance Theater
Address
621 CALIFORNIA AVE APT A
SANTA MONICA
90403-3919
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(917) 848-4362
Congressional District
33rd District
State Assembly District
District 50
State Senate District
District 26
