Student+Showcase+&+Tour

__Members:__ Mary Harding, Co-Chair: School Tour Rie Gilsdorf, Co-Chair: Student Performance Jessi Kolodziej Colleen Callahan Betsy Maloney

** School Tour Schedule **
toc As of 10.10.11


 * 7:45 Board bus, Pick up lunches (Diane can be on site if needed)**


 * 8:00 AM- Leave Radisson Hotel**

1320 Mainstreet Hopkins, MN 55343 (952) 224-1340 High School World Dance Class taught by Betsy Maloney Leave Mainstreet 9:30 Am
 * 8:30 AM Arrival**
 * Main Street School for Arts**

3915 Adair Avenue North Crystal, MN, 55422 (763) 971-4500 8th grade class taught by Jenny Pennaz Leave FAIR at 10:40
 * Arrive FAIR at 9:45AM**
 * Fine Arts Interdisciplinary (FAIR) School-**

6125 Olson Memorial Highway Golden Valley, MN. 55422 (763) 591-4700 Begin in GAIA Building Greenhouse Studio (room #114):
 * Arrive Perpich 10:50AM**
 * Perpich Center for Arts Education**
 * Distance Learning Model featuring
 * St. Paul Conservatory for the Performing Arts
 * Morris High School; 11:45-12:30, 8th grade Phy Ed, Mary Asche (teacher)
 * Lunch in Glass Box (GAIA Building)
 * Perpich Modern Class and Rep Rehearsal taught by Mary Harding (Dance Studio - Main Building)
 * Wrap Up- Perpich Center Visitor Center (Main Building)


 * 2:15- leave for Radisson Hotel**

** Student Showcase Schedule **
4- 5:45 Rehearse in the space 5:45 Cowles Artist leads warm up Perpich,, Main Street School of Perf Arts. Highland Pk, 4 Seasons & SPCPA, FAIR Downtown, Apple Valley, Ellen Keane, Lakeville (Carol Schwartzkopf), Young Dance, Rosemount 6:30 – 7:30 Show (Mary will EMCEE) No projections; Musicians on carpet next to stage.

__Set-Up__ Dancing Space: 30 x 30 feet wooden portable floor; not elevated or sprung, more like a wedding dance kind of floor Perimeter seating 2 deep around the edges of room; others sit on floor Helene checking on Green Room for dancers; clearance with hotel for pizza delivery

Mtg Notes 9/26/11 Rie, Jessi, Mary

Issues: 1. Ed Tech space @ Cowles not available Weds due to other intensives. can we use Perpich space at Gaia? Jessi calling Diane right now. Uses Skype, polycom software - but don't have polycom. Can Jessi bring her equipment over? Yes, Diane will document. S/B quality experience. Jessi will bring it over Tues to set up. Diane will brew French roast! Morris High School - will have to see if afternoon works. Brooklyn Center?- not outstate but has wider diversity St. Paul? Can do if they already have equipment; or can just Skype and have Diane run it. Will have Nathan Duffy on hand Tuesday for set up.

Does it work for the other schools? Hopkins - AM actually better than lunch time. FAIR Crystal? Rie will check on which grade. So - new schedule: 8:30 board bus @ Radisson 9:00 @ Hopkins, viewing class 9:45 Back on bus 10:00 @ Crystal 10:45 back on bus 11:00 @ Gaia - we see distance programs from Morris (?), BC (?), SPCPA (?) - or adjust as necessary 12:30 Lunch 1:00-ish @ PCAE studio - walk thru gallery on the way 1:40 @ Glass Box for wrap-up Q & A 2:10 back on bus 2:30 Arrive @ Radisson

Mary - confirming w/ SPCPA & Brooklyn Center
 * Next steps**: Jessi - confirming w/ Morris
 * Diane - can we have lunch & wrap up discussion in the Glass Box?**

2. Logistics of Radisson performance Do kids eat there? Do schools individually provide food/boxed dinners? Is it OK w/ Radisson for parents to bring pot luck? Grab something in the skyway? - FAIR kids could compile a map of skyway best fast food.

Logistics of band equipment - how much, how does it get there, when to set and strike? If FAIR is only live music, then have them set up after group warm up. 5:00 - spacing 5:45 - 6:15 - warm-up 6:15 - 6:30 - band set-up and sound check 6:30 start - Who should MC?

__Notes: 8/24/11__
Rie, Jessi, Mary __I. Tour__ SW High not in session on Weds. Substitute SPCPA? Yes, if they are willing. How did bus thing end up? --> Mary checking w/ Marla Need to get times: DT to SPCPA DT to Hopkins SPCPA to Hopkins Hopkins to Crystal Crystal to G Valley

Check in w/ Helene on tour registration after Sept 1.

Jessi is finalizing 1 or 2 distance places. If only 1 rural we might add Pam at Brooklyn Center?? Jessi to contact Pam.

__II. Performance:__ K-12 Collaboration – depth and significance of (provide menu) Hard time limit Appropriate tech and staging Representation of the range programs includingmodels including location (urban/rural/suburb), genre/style, - mean staff, guest artist, distance model, dance after school, etc. Model programs that werve culturally and racially diverse youth. Curated. WARNING this is Weds before MEA

Marketing in the intensives – make a cool flyer. Hotel – when can we get into the room? Can we make a DVD of the show and send to teach school or kid. Cowles can have a guest artist come in to lead a warm-up.

How to publicize? DEC list, Southern Dance newsletter, El Centro El Collegio Send after Labor Day, back to us 2 weeks.

Need description of Genre, School name Demographics, grade levels,descripation of the work, rationale for collaboration, descriptions of score Length. Number of kids Tech needs Music format

Check w/ hotel on sound system, bring from FAIR if necessary.

March Meeting Notes
__Members:__ Mary Harding, Co-Chair: School Tour Rie Gilsdorf, Co-Chair: Student Performance Jessi Kolodziej Colleen Callahan Betsy Maloney

QUESTION - How many participants does it take to "make" this tour? When will we know how many we have? Rie will find a space for lunch - Flex Arts room; Who provides? - Do I order from our cafeteria or cater in or ???

Begin with Little Falls High School (interactive video conference at Cowles) - or Morris or Red Wing; ADD St. Paul Conservatory Next, tour to Southwest High School (Mpls), Hopkins, FAIR Crystal, end at Perpich Arts High School with tour & debriefing Schedule: 8:30 - 9:30 Cowles Center Load bus 9:45 Southwest - 10:00 - 10:40 Main St. - 11:00 - 11:40 Perpich - 1:15 - 2:15 + debrief back around 2:30
 * School Tours: TENTATIVE schedule pending fall teacher schedules**
 * FAIR C - 12:00 - 1:00** + lunch
 * We may need to switch these two - not as nice a loop but will fit teacher/school schedules better: 11:00 - 11:30 FAIR 8th grade dance, 11:30 - 12 lunch; 12:20 - 1:00 Main St. advanced class; 1:20 - 2:00 Perpich class; 2 - 2:30 debrief; 2:45 back in town. Next offerings not until 3:30 downtown.

Need to put together a program noting type of school each stop is: urban, rural, suburban; public, charter, etc.; size of school, grades served; demographics; philosophy in one sentence. - Mary will put together questionnaire. 5 min intro, 15 min of class 10 min questions

Question: When can we see the space? How early can we get in to the room to space?
 * Student Concert:**

How can we draw audience? Why would NDEO members want to come and seek kids who are not their own? Promote during tour! Celebrity MC? Ryback? Dayton? Teasers from local shows? James Sewell brain gym piece? Food?

OR - is this just about schools sharing together? Likely yes, we will think about this for next time.

Wednesday October 19 6:30 - 7:30PM in Scandinavian Ballroom, Radisson Hotel (portable dance floor will be installed on on one end of the ballroom; theater type seating)

Criteria have been drafted: collaborative work; open to K-12; 3 - 5 minutes; up to 8 groups Can community groups such as Young Dance & studios apply to participate? Yes REVISIT & ADD CRITERIA HERE See RFP below:

DATES: When will RFP for student concert go out? After next meeting When will groups be notified?

**RFP: Student Showcase**
To: DEC Members From: NDEO Student Showcase Subcommittee Re: **Call for Student Showcase Performance Proposals**

This fall we have an incredible opportunity to showcase dance education at the national level. The National Dance Education Organization’s Conference will be here in Minneapolis next fall, October 19-23, 2011. This is being co-sponsored by the Perpich Center for Arts Education, the Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts and the FAIR School Downtown. It is three conferences in one: the NDEO, the National Dance Therapy Association and the International Guild of Musicians in Dance. Fittingly, the conference theme is //Collaborations: Different Identities, Mutual Paths.// For more information on NDEO and the conference, please use this link:

http://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=86787

There will be multiple ways for you to interact with this conference including attending sessions and performances, performing in a site-specific work by our very own Mary Lee Hardenburgh as well as showcasing your students. __This memo is specifically a call for proposals for the student showcase.__


 * Details: **
 * Performance date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
 * Place: Ballroom at the Radisson Downtown Hotel
 * Time: 6:30 PM
 * Tech: Boombox/mp3 player available; no special lighting ; please consider the un-raked ballroom space in your choreography; minimal rehearsal time available.
 * Theme: //Collaborations:// // Different Identities, Mutual Paths //

All schools, public and private are welcome to submit proposals. If more proposals are received than can be produced, we will select a program of works that exemplify a variety of collaborative processes and products and that represent the breadth of educational dance in Minnesota.


 * Selection Criteria: **
 * Works must be the result of a collaboration, i.e. between dance and another arts area, between dance and an academic subject, between dance programs at two schools, etc.
 * Student choreography preferred but not required.
 * Program will be curated to reflect a range of programs including location (urban/suburban/rural), genre/style of dance, provider (in-school/after school, teacher/guest artist), as well as to model programs that serve diverse youth.
 * Absolute time limit: 3-5 minutes

**Attention**: This showcase will fall on the __Wednesday before MEA weekend,__ with kids and families potentially headed out of town! Please consider whether you and your students can commit to the date, think about collaboration, then send a proposal via (??EMAIL? SURVEY Monkey??). Proposals are due September XX.

Thank You,

NDEO Student Showcase Subcommittee: Mary Harding Rie Gilsdorf Jessie Fett // Perpich Arts High School WMEP/FAIR School Cowles Center for Dance & //// the Performing Arts //