Archive: DanceMN Updates

Dear Dance Community:

In this time of warming temperatures and spring upon us, we at DanceMN wish to express our deep and sincere appreciation for YOU, the stalwart dance community!

DanceMN wouldn’t exist without the ongoing support from our dance community. The opportunities that each of you create and publicize in our weekly newsletter and calendar enrich our vibrant dance scene. Your commitment to dance and sharing with us allows us to engage with artists and to sustain our organization. Working together, you help us to fulfill our vision statement:

All are connected to dance in Minnesota.

Thank you for being creative forces and change agents in our neighborhoods, communities, and beyond. Here’s to continuing meaningful contributions to the fabric of our shared existence!

In this moment of growth, emergence and change, we ask for your financial help. Please DONATE to support our work at DanceMN through June 30. We need your dollars to sustain our ongoing work to help connect dance opportunities with dancers and enthusiasts.

DanceMN’s ongoing work includes connecting communities through the weekly e-newsletter, promoting opportunities to engage with dance experiences through a non-curated platform, maintaining and updating the website, and developing our social media presence.

We THANK YOU in advance for your generous contributions. Your financial support will enable DanceMN to continue on the path of vitality and connection for Minnesota dance so that all of our work can be experienced.

Warmly,

DanceMN’s Steering Committee
Ashley Chin-Mark
Rahila Naomi Stadem Coats
Joanne Gordon
Sarah LaRose-Holland
Jim Lieberthal
Alys Ayumi Ogura
Eve Schulte
Arneshia Williams

DanceMN Co-Editors
Annie Carlson
Non Edwards

Dear Dance Community:

In this time of warming temperatures and spring upon us, we at DanceMN wish to express our deep and sincere appreciation for YOU, the stalwart dance community!

DanceMN wouldn’t exist without the ongoing support from our dance community. The opportunities that each of you create and publicize in our weekly newsletter and calendar enrich our vibrant dance scene. Your commitment to dance and sharing with us allows us to engage with artists and to sustain our organization. Working together, you help us to fulfill our vision statement:

All are connected to dance in Minnesota.

Thank you for being creative forces and change agents in our neighborhoods, communities, and beyond. Here’s to continuing meaningful contributions to the fabric of our shared existence!

In this moment of growth, emergence and change, we ask for your financial help. Please DONATE to support our work at DanceMN through June 30. We need your dollars to sustain our ongoing work to help connect dance opportunities with dancers and enthusiasts.

DanceMN’s ongoing work includes connecting communities through the weekly e-newsletter, promoting opportunities to engage with dance experiences through a non-curated platform, maintaining and updating the website, and developing our social media presence.

We THANK YOU in advance for your generous contributions. Your financial support will enable DanceMN to continue on the path of vitality and connection for Minnesota dance so that all of our work can be experienced.

Warmly,

DanceMN’s Steering Committee:
Ashley Chin-Mark
Rahila Naomi Stadem Coats
Joanne Gordon
Sarah LaRose-Holland
Jim Lieberthal
Alys Ayumi Ogura
Eve Schulte
Arneshia Williams

DanceMN Co-Editors:
Annie Carlson
Non Edwards

Dear Dance Community:

In this season of change and reflection, we at DanceMN wish to express our deep and sincere appreciation for YOU, the stalwart dance community!

DanceMN wouldn’t exist without the ongoing support from our dance community. The opportunities that each of you create and publicize in our weekly newsletter and calendar enrich our vibrant dance scene. Working together, you help us to fulfill our vision statement:

All are connected to dance in Minnesota.

Thank you for being creative forces and change agents in our neighborhoods, communities, and beyond. Here’s to continuing meaningful contributions to the fabric of our shared existence!

In this moment of changing seasons, we ask for your financial help. Please DONATE to support our work at DanceMN through November 17, known as Give to the Max Day. GiveMN is waiving its fees on donations now through November 17, and Springboard for the Arts – our fiscal sponsor – will waive their fees for contributions made on November 17. We need your dollars to sustain our ongoing work to help connect dance opportunities with dancers and enthusiasts.

Earlier this year, DanceMN hired Annie Carlson to join Non Edwards as Co-Editor, supporting our organization’s growth. DanceMN’s ongoing work includes sending out the weekly e-newsletter, maintaining the website, and developing our social media presence. This new Co-Editor role is structured for stronger sustainability, including a flexible schedule and balanced workloads.

We THANK YOU in advance for your generous contributions. Your financial support will enable DanceMN to continue on the path of vitality and connection for Minnesota dance so that all of our work can be experienced.

Warmly,

DanceMN’s Steering Committee:
Ashley Chin-Mark
Rahila Naomi Stadem Coats
Joanne Gordon
Sarah LaRose-Holland
Jim Lieberthal
Alys Ayumi Ogura
Eve Schulte
Julie Warder
Arneshia Williams

DanceMN Co-Editors:
Annie Carlson
Non Edwards

Maybe it’s just me, but the current season seems to be multilayered: Within five days it was 80 degrees and then shifted to a quick moment of snowflakes lightly falling on my windshield. Seasons can quickly shift, overlap, flow and go, mirroring life quite well…or vice versa.

Hello, I am Arneshia Williams, a relatively new member of the DanceMN Steering Committee. I’ve had the privilege of meeting some of you – human beings who love dance and who love art – and look forward to meeting those who I haven’t crossed paths with yet. I write to connect and share in possibilities.

I joined DanceMN having been graciously asked and because curiosity led me to openness. I was curious about the dance focused newsletter that I previously submitted postings to AND I was curious about how I could support the dance arts community through the DanceMN forum. I’m still figuring out how to contribute and am appreciating learning about some of the histories of dance in Minnesota from fellow steering committee members. DanceMN’s new vision is that All are connected to dance in Minnesota.

This vision moves hand-in-hand with the mission of increasing visibility and vitality for Minnesota dance. In this current season, or layer of seasons, I wonder what that is? How do we foresee the vision and mission working together? How do you, the Minnesota dance community, envision DanceMN contributing to the visibility and vitality of dance in Minnesota? How has DanceMN contributed in the past? How does it contribute now? 

In this current season, DanceMN is shifting by bringing in new members, ideating about future possibilities, and discussing past history. We ask you to consider joining us in the present and future possibilities in a few ways. One, what dance history is part of the Minnesota dance community? What knowledge do you have? DanceMN is a part of the dance community and we want to hear from you, important people who are part of the full dance community. You can answer these questions and pose your own, as well as see what others have to say in the comments on our GiveMN page. Second, DanceMN is currently in its Fall fundraising season. Would you consider donating to help us maintain the ability to produce the DanceMN newsletter?

We appreciate you considering making a contribution to DanceMN in this season – or mix of seasons – by voicing dance histories and assisting us in the ability to produce the newsletter. Whatever you decide, we give thanks in advance. And, thanks for taking time to read this.

Arneshia Williams

DanceMN Steering Committee
Ashley Chin-Mark
Rahila Naomi Stadem Coats
Joanne Gordon
Sarah LaRose-Holland
Jim Lieberthal
Alys Ayumi Ogura
Eve Schulte
Julie Warder
Arneshia Williams

DanceMN Co-Editors
Annie Carlson
Non Edwards

Greetings Dance Community:

Happy Spring! In this season of flowering, we invite a moment of reflection, allowing our seeds to take root and foster new growth. It is always a time for gratitude, and we thank you for your connection and commitment toward helping DanceMN continue to flourish.

DanceMN: All are connected to dance in Minnesota

In fulfilling its purpose of connecting all in Minnesota to dance, DanceMN asks for your help. Our slow and steady work bears fruit, but only with the help of individuals like you, who heartfully contribute. Consider giving a gift today.

Your dollars will help us sustain our recent accomplishment of hiring an additional part-time staffer. We are also in the process of identifying how to sustainably keep our new website up to date and responsive while working to include a History Page. Ongoing work includes sending out the weekly e-newsletter, primarily comprised of content from you: class and performance information, auditions, special opportunities, and much more. All posts offer connection across Minnesota and beyond.

DanceMN needs your help to continue this meaningful and necessary work! Whether you are a reader or regular poster, please contribute today. Thank you in advance for your generosity, enabling DanceMN to continue promoting and supporting dance growth in Minnesota.

Before the weeds of summer take over, spring to it and make your donation to DanceMN this May!

Sincerely,

DanceMN Steering Committee:

Ashley Chin-Mark, Rahila Coats, Penelope Freeh, Joanne Gordon, Sarah LaRose-Holland, Jim Lieberthal, Kaya Lovestrand, Zofia Mathews, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Eve Schulte, Julie Warder, and Arneshia Williams