Here are my three potential jobs. I like the first one the best...
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http://www.fljobnetwork.com/jobs.asp?pagemode=15&jid=1117172
Staging Specialist, Entertainment Show Quality
City Kissimmee
State FL
Position Type Full-time
Requisition ID 125663
RESPONSIBILITIES:
This is an hourly role and global posting to staff the bench. Teach existing choreography to both Character and Equity performers involved in Walt Disney World shows or parades, on or off property. Maintain show quality by partnering with the Show Director, Choreographer, or Dance Captain. Maintain a current library of scripts, blocking books, rehearsal tapes, videos and music scores. Stage all levels of Characters, as well as Equity performers, in the absence of a Dance Captain. Give notes directly to the Equity and Character performers, as well as communicate to Operational Management and the Show Director, Choreographer, or Dance Captain.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: (These are the minimum qualifications you need to be considered for the job.)
* Bachelor's degree in Dance, or Dance Certification, or equivalent
* Proven experience teaching dance
* Demonstrated strong Communications skills
* Demonstrated ability to stay current with the latest dance styles and techniques
* Demonstrated ability to learn and retain professional choreography
* Demonstrated ability to identify and evaluate performers' potential
* Demonstrated ability to give constructive performance notes to performers regarding staging, choreography, stage presence, and generally accepted Disney performance standards
* Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information
* Ability to demonstrate a variety of styles of choreography or direction clearly and accurately
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Proven knowledge of the Actors Equity and Service Trades Council contracts
* Demonstrated ability to possess a professional level of dance training
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
To expedite consideration, we highly recommend that you BOTH upload your resume AND copy and paste the text when creating your candidate profile.
Disney is an equal opportunity employer. Drawing Creativity from Diversity.
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - MODERN DANCE - Ithaca , NY , UNITED STATES
Job posted on October 16, 2007
http://www.tcg.org/artsearch/ad_detail.cfm?adx=1357301336&category=all&title=all&state=all&daterange=all&catIDList=0&subcatIDList=0,25,506
ITHACA COLLEGE announces its search for an Assistant Professor - Modern Dance in the Department of Theatre Arts. This full-time, non-tenure-eligible appointment begins August 16, 2008, and offers renewable one-year contracts through the fifth year with the possibility of re-appointment after the fifth year and promotion beyond the sixth year. Teach all levels of modern dance technique, introduction to dance, dance history, and dance composition; advise department majors and dance minors; choreograph dance/theatre productions as requested; and serve on committees as appropriate. Qualifications: MFA in dance preferred; bachelor's degree and significant and distinguished professional experience will be considered. The ideal candidate will have an active professional dance and/or choreography career and teaching experience. To apply visit our website: www.icjobs.org. Questions about online application, call: 607-274-1207. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. To ensure full consideration, applications received by November 15, 2007 will receive preference. Ithaca College is committed to building a diverse academic community and encourages members of underrepresented groups to apply. Experience that contributes to the diversity of the college is appreciated.
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DANCE EDUCATION DIRECTOR - Santa Ana, CA
Job posted on September 17, 2007
http://www.tcg.org/artsearch/ad_detail.cfm?adx=1002214830&category=all&title=all&state=all&daterange=all&catIDList=0&subcatIDList=0,504
Nationally recognized arts organization in Southern California seeks a Dance Education Director to help lead the development of an innovative curriculum model. The Dance Education Director's main responsibilities will include the management of the core dance program, recruiting and working with other dance faculty and accompanists, and managing outreach programs. For full job description and application process, please visit: www.saintjosephballet.org.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Research, Pricing, and Marketing Assignments
PART 1: RESEARCH
Located in downtown Chicago, Rothbart’s Egg is a combination juice bar and art gallery which provides emerging visual artists the opportunity to showcase their work and network with art galleries and more established artists. During the day, the Egg brings in revenue through smoothie sales and provides an eclectic environment for students and employees from the Loop area to relax and view local art. At night, the Egg offers a limited cold tapas-style appetizer menu and adult beverages. In any given metropolitan area you will find smoothie shops, cafés with art on the walls, bars, and art galleries, but rarely will you find a place that so seamlessly combines all of these enterprises.
The success of Rothbart’s Egg will come in part from our reach to several target markets: college students, visual art patrons and buyers, and general downtown public. Our college student market consists primarily of undergraduates between the age range of 18-24 with incomes of less than thirty-thousand per year, who spend long daytime hours in the campus area studying, attending class, and collaborating with fellow students. Our art market consists of patrons and buyers interested in fostering growth in the contemporary art world, and therefore spans many income levels and artistic styles. Because our gallery showcases emerging artists, buyers will not be spending more than 400 dollars per piece. The general downtown public audience includes thousands of people who live, work, and visit in the Loop. Residents of the Loop have an average yearly income of $120,000. As the second largest central business district in the US (after Manhattan), the Loop is a stable hub of the city, and a hotspot for food, retail, and housing.
Although Rothbart’s Egg is a unique enterprise bringing many already-existing enterprises together in a completely new way, it will still have to compete against several similar establishments including bars and smoothie shops. There are twenty-eight bars within a 1-mile radius of the center of the Loop, any of which would be in direct competition with the Egg’s evening beverage menu and lounge atmosphere. Jamba Juice is a very popular and successful nationwide smoothie chain with locations all over Chicago. Jubilee Juice and Brian’s Juice Bar and Deli are two more examples of health-focused smoothie shops and delis near the Loop in Chicago. Although not located in the Loop, The Hothouse in Wicker Park, Chicago, is a competitor because it is a non-profit music venue, art gallery, comfy lounge and bar, and, similar to Rothbart’s Egg, focuses on displaying student talents and creating an inlet for emerging artists.
Tapas bars and restaurants will not be part of Rothbart’s Egg’s competition, even though the Egg will have a tapas-style appetizer menu. Unlike traditional tapas restaurants, the Egg’s menu will be smaller and not limited to Spanish cuisine. The Egg’s focus will be on atmosphere and our beverage menu. Other Loop galleries will not be direct competitors because artists do not show their work at multiple galleries, and different artists attract different audiences.
Audience Research
We interviewed 24 patrons at smoothie shops and coffee shops in the campus area of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. In addition to demographic information, we researched frequency, time of day, and reasons for visiting their respective establishments. Further analysis of our research revealed several clear trends. Most of the patrons interviewed were students or university professionals—probably due to the on-campus locations of both establishments. Smoothie consumption in adults over the age of 40 was rare. Most smoothie shop patrons visited infrequently; only a few times every few months. Most morning coffee shop patrons never drank smoothies, while most afternoon coffee shop patrons drank smoothies at least once a week. Most morning coffee shop patrons got their beverages to go, while afternoon patrons were far more likely to order a beverage to stay. Atmosphere was the number one factor in enticing patrons of both establishment types to have a beverage to stay. 68% of interviewees seemed interested in an establishment like Rothbart’s Egg.
PART 2: PRICING
Rothbart’s Egg determined its pricing based on direct and indirect competitor prices. Primary smoothie competitors include Jamba Juice ($3.50-$4.95), Jubilee Juice ($3.50-$5.50), and Brian’s Juice Bar ($3.25-$3.75). Tapas restaurants (indirect competitors) in the Loop include: 1492 Tapas Bar ($4.92-$9.92), Emilio’s Tapas Restaurant ($5.95-$14.95), and Bravo Tapas & Lounge ($6.00-$9.00). Average bar prices in the Loop area are as follows:
Beer: $5-$7,
Well drinks: $8,
Top shelf martini: $12,
House wine: $7/glass, $22/bottle.
Juice and milk: $3/glass
Soda: free
Rothbart’s Egg will offer 16, 24, and 32 oz. sizes of smoothies for $3.75, $4.50, and $5.25, respectively. The Egg offers three signature smoothies, one developed by each of the three proprietors, which will sell for $4.00 (small), $4.75 (medium), and $5.50 (large):
Kinsey’s Cravin’ Cranberry—Cranberry, Raspberry, Apple
Amanda’s Angel Food—Strawberry, Banana, Orange
Ellen’s Tiki Surprise—Pineapple, Mango, ??? (third ingredient changes week to week)
The Egg will offer six Tapas-style appetizer plates, as follows:
$5.00
Blue cheese stuffed dates served with French bread
Kalamata Olives stuffed with your choice of blue cheese, goat cheese, almonds, or anchovies
$7.50
Lox-Cucumber Skewers with caper cream cheese
Smoked White Fish with seasonal vegetables and dijon aioli
$10.00
Shrimp and Mango Skewers with chili-lime sauce
Smoked Salmon with blueberries, capers, and roasted pecans
We will also have a full service bar in the evening that will feature a Specialty Martini List and Alcoholic Smoothies. Signature Martini’s will be $10 and any of the daytime Smoothies may have any shot of choice added for an additional $3. The rest of the price list is as follows:
Beer: Domestic-$4 Premium-$5.50 Super-Premium-$7
Mixed Drinks: Well-$8 Premium-$10 Super-Premium- $12
Per Shot Price: Well-$4 Premium-$5.50 Super-Premium-$7
House Wine: $7/glass $22/bottle
Featured Wine (varies by selection): $12/glass $40/bottle
Juice and milk: $2
Soda: $1
PART 3: MARKETING
Rothbart’s Egg will market to each of its target audiences (college students, visual art patrons and buyers, and the general Loop public) through both time-intensive and money-intensive approaches.
Time-intensive approaches include the following:
College Students: CHALKING
Chalking the classroom chalkboards with an advertisement for Rothbart’s Egg, including name, location, hours, and description.
-5 people x 1 hour each = 5 hours chalking
Art Public: NETWORKING
The River North, West Loop, and Pilsen gallery districts have over 100 galleries that participate in a mass opening signaling the start of the Fall art season, always the first Friday in September from 5-9pm. This is a prime opportunity to network and get the word out about Rothbart’s Egg. Networking will be accomplished in two different ways: 1) Have 5 people milling about in different galleries socializing, telling people about Rothbart’s Egg, and carrying clipboards to sign interested people up on our mailing list. 2) On Halsted St. in the West Loop gallery district, have 3 people manning a table with a large grand-opening poster and mailing list signup, handing out menus, info cards, and coupons as described below.
-8 people x 4 hours = 32 hours networking
General Public / Pedestrians: COUPONS
Handing out “Buy One Get One Free” smoothie coupons (good for 3 months) and “Buy One Get One ½ Off” appetizer coupons (good for 3 months) to passing pedestrians during lunchtime rush hour (11am-1pm).
-3 people at 2 hours x 4 days of handing out coupons = 8 hours of coupon handing-out
Money-intensive approaches include:
College Students: NEWSPAPER AD
Purchase a 1/8th page (8 square inches) ad in the Columbia Chronicle, a once-weekly newspaper that is dispersed on Mondays not only to Columbia College students but also to the broader neighborhood. Advertisement focuses on advertising Rothbart’s Egg as a cool young hangout to drink smoothies, study, and chill out.
-Graphic design provided for free by the Chronicle.
-Writing, editing, and proofing performed by the proprietors, free of charge.
$367.27 for an ad in the paper every other week over a period of 18 weeks (9 ads)
Art Public: POSTCARDS IN THE MAIL
Direct mailing of postcards to our mailing list (including galleries and gallery-goers, built from our previous networking at the Fall season opening) every 6 weeks advertising each new exhibition opening at Rothbart’s Egg.
-$62.48 for printing of 1000 postcards (color back and front) on vistaprint.com
-Designed for free by Amanda (professional graphic designer)
-$230.00 for mailing of 1000 postcards using First Class postage at $0.23 each through vistaprint.com
-$100 for addressing, sorting, etc.
-mailing service at vistaprint.com
$392.48 total cost
General Public / Pedestrians: AT&T YELLOW PAGES
Advertisement and listing placed in local Yellow Pages.
-Free listing
-$3,000 one time, 1/8th page, year-long advertisement
-$500 additional charge for 1000 clicks of a sponsored link on Google search.
$3,500 total cost
Located in downtown Chicago, Rothbart’s Egg is a combination juice bar and art gallery which provides emerging visual artists the opportunity to showcase their work and network with art galleries and more established artists. During the day, the Egg brings in revenue through smoothie sales and provides an eclectic environment for students and employees from the Loop area to relax and view local art. At night, the Egg offers a limited cold tapas-style appetizer menu and adult beverages. In any given metropolitan area you will find smoothie shops, cafés with art on the walls, bars, and art galleries, but rarely will you find a place that so seamlessly combines all of these enterprises.
The success of Rothbart’s Egg will come in part from our reach to several target markets: college students, visual art patrons and buyers, and general downtown public. Our college student market consists primarily of undergraduates between the age range of 18-24 with incomes of less than thirty-thousand per year, who spend long daytime hours in the campus area studying, attending class, and collaborating with fellow students. Our art market consists of patrons and buyers interested in fostering growth in the contemporary art world, and therefore spans many income levels and artistic styles. Because our gallery showcases emerging artists, buyers will not be spending more than 400 dollars per piece. The general downtown public audience includes thousands of people who live, work, and visit in the Loop. Residents of the Loop have an average yearly income of $120,000. As the second largest central business district in the US (after Manhattan), the Loop is a stable hub of the city, and a hotspot for food, retail, and housing.
Although Rothbart’s Egg is a unique enterprise bringing many already-existing enterprises together in a completely new way, it will still have to compete against several similar establishments including bars and smoothie shops. There are twenty-eight bars within a 1-mile radius of the center of the Loop, any of which would be in direct competition with the Egg’s evening beverage menu and lounge atmosphere. Jamba Juice is a very popular and successful nationwide smoothie chain with locations all over Chicago. Jubilee Juice and Brian’s Juice Bar and Deli are two more examples of health-focused smoothie shops and delis near the Loop in Chicago. Although not located in the Loop, The Hothouse in Wicker Park, Chicago, is a competitor because it is a non-profit music venue, art gallery, comfy lounge and bar, and, similar to Rothbart’s Egg, focuses on displaying student talents and creating an inlet for emerging artists.
Tapas bars and restaurants will not be part of Rothbart’s Egg’s competition, even though the Egg will have a tapas-style appetizer menu. Unlike traditional tapas restaurants, the Egg’s menu will be smaller and not limited to Spanish cuisine. The Egg’s focus will be on atmosphere and our beverage menu. Other Loop galleries will not be direct competitors because artists do not show their work at multiple galleries, and different artists attract different audiences.
Audience Research
We interviewed 24 patrons at smoothie shops and coffee shops in the campus area of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. In addition to demographic information, we researched frequency, time of day, and reasons for visiting their respective establishments. Further analysis of our research revealed several clear trends. Most of the patrons interviewed were students or university professionals—probably due to the on-campus locations of both establishments. Smoothie consumption in adults over the age of 40 was rare. Most smoothie shop patrons visited infrequently; only a few times every few months. Most morning coffee shop patrons never drank smoothies, while most afternoon coffee shop patrons drank smoothies at least once a week. Most morning coffee shop patrons got their beverages to go, while afternoon patrons were far more likely to order a beverage to stay. Atmosphere was the number one factor in enticing patrons of both establishment types to have a beverage to stay. 68% of interviewees seemed interested in an establishment like Rothbart’s Egg.
PART 2: PRICING
Rothbart’s Egg determined its pricing based on direct and indirect competitor prices. Primary smoothie competitors include Jamba Juice ($3.50-$4.95), Jubilee Juice ($3.50-$5.50), and Brian’s Juice Bar ($3.25-$3.75). Tapas restaurants (indirect competitors) in the Loop include: 1492 Tapas Bar ($4.92-$9.92), Emilio’s Tapas Restaurant ($5.95-$14.95), and Bravo Tapas & Lounge ($6.00-$9.00). Average bar prices in the Loop area are as follows:
Beer: $5-$7,
Well drinks: $8,
Top shelf martini: $12,
House wine: $7/glass, $22/bottle.
Juice and milk: $3/glass
Soda: free
Rothbart’s Egg will offer 16, 24, and 32 oz. sizes of smoothies for $3.75, $4.50, and $5.25, respectively. The Egg offers three signature smoothies, one developed by each of the three proprietors, which will sell for $4.00 (small), $4.75 (medium), and $5.50 (large):
Kinsey’s Cravin’ Cranberry—Cranberry, Raspberry, Apple
Amanda’s Angel Food—Strawberry, Banana, Orange
Ellen’s Tiki Surprise—Pineapple, Mango, ??? (third ingredient changes week to week)
The Egg will offer six Tapas-style appetizer plates, as follows:
$5.00
Blue cheese stuffed dates served with French bread
Kalamata Olives stuffed with your choice of blue cheese, goat cheese, almonds, or anchovies
$7.50
Lox-Cucumber Skewers with caper cream cheese
Smoked White Fish with seasonal vegetables and dijon aioli
$10.00
Shrimp and Mango Skewers with chili-lime sauce
Smoked Salmon with blueberries, capers, and roasted pecans
We will also have a full service bar in the evening that will feature a Specialty Martini List and Alcoholic Smoothies. Signature Martini’s will be $10 and any of the daytime Smoothies may have any shot of choice added for an additional $3. The rest of the price list is as follows:
Beer: Domestic-$4 Premium-$5.50 Super-Premium-$7
Mixed Drinks: Well-$8 Premium-$10 Super-Premium- $12
Per Shot Price: Well-$4 Premium-$5.50 Super-Premium-$7
House Wine: $7/glass $22/bottle
Featured Wine (varies by selection): $12/glass $40/bottle
Juice and milk: $2
Soda: $1
PART 3: MARKETING
Rothbart’s Egg will market to each of its target audiences (college students, visual art patrons and buyers, and the general Loop public) through both time-intensive and money-intensive approaches.
Time-intensive approaches include the following:
College Students: CHALKING
Chalking the classroom chalkboards with an advertisement for Rothbart’s Egg, including name, location, hours, and description.
-5 people x 1 hour each = 5 hours chalking
Art Public: NETWORKING
The River North, West Loop, and Pilsen gallery districts have over 100 galleries that participate in a mass opening signaling the start of the Fall art season, always the first Friday in September from 5-9pm. This is a prime opportunity to network and get the word out about Rothbart’s Egg. Networking will be accomplished in two different ways: 1) Have 5 people milling about in different galleries socializing, telling people about Rothbart’s Egg, and carrying clipboards to sign interested people up on our mailing list. 2) On Halsted St. in the West Loop gallery district, have 3 people manning a table with a large grand-opening poster and mailing list signup, handing out menus, info cards, and coupons as described below.
-8 people x 4 hours = 32 hours networking
General Public / Pedestrians: COUPONS
Handing out “Buy One Get One Free” smoothie coupons (good for 3 months) and “Buy One Get One ½ Off” appetizer coupons (good for 3 months) to passing pedestrians during lunchtime rush hour (11am-1pm).
-3 people at 2 hours x 4 days of handing out coupons = 8 hours of coupon handing-out
Money-intensive approaches include:
College Students: NEWSPAPER AD
Purchase a 1/8th page (8 square inches) ad in the Columbia Chronicle, a once-weekly newspaper that is dispersed on Mondays not only to Columbia College students but also to the broader neighborhood. Advertisement focuses on advertising Rothbart’s Egg as a cool young hangout to drink smoothies, study, and chill out.
-Graphic design provided for free by the Chronicle.
-Writing, editing, and proofing performed by the proprietors, free of charge.
$367.27 for an ad in the paper every other week over a period of 18 weeks (9 ads)
Art Public: POSTCARDS IN THE MAIL
Direct mailing of postcards to our mailing list (including galleries and gallery-goers, built from our previous networking at the Fall season opening) every 6 weeks advertising each new exhibition opening at Rothbart’s Egg.
-$62.48 for printing of 1000 postcards (color back and front) on vistaprint.com
-Designed for free by Amanda (professional graphic designer)
-$230.00 for mailing of 1000 postcards using First Class postage at $0.23 each through vistaprint.com
-$100 for addressing, sorting, etc.
-mailing service at vistaprint.com
$392.48 total cost
General Public / Pedestrians: AT&T YELLOW PAGES
Advertisement and listing placed in local Yellow Pages.
-Free listing
-$3,000 one time, 1/8th page, year-long advertisement
-$500 additional charge for 1000 clicks of a sponsored link on Google search.
$3,500 total cost
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Personal Budget
Here is a link to my personal budget, the non-group-related portion of this week's assignment.
Personal Budget
The group part is forthcoming in the near future.
~Ellen
Personal Budget
The group part is forthcoming in the near future.
~Ellen
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Executive Summary: Rothbart's Egg
Rothbart’s Egg is two-tiered enterprise that provides an incubation facility for up and coming artists. It is a combination juice bar, art gallery, and performance venue whose goal is to provide artists with little or no previous experience the opportunity to showcase their talents, network with more established artists, and get their foot in the door.
The Egg is strategically located in downtown Chicago in the near-campus area of Columbia College and The Art Institute of Chicago. In the daytime this high-traffic location draws the business of local health-conscious college students, providing a comfy place to study and chat, or a friendly place to grab a quick drink to-go. When darkness falls, The Egg’s menu expands to include alcoholic beverages, and the space transforms into a trendy art venue that draws artists, gallery owners, talent agents, and art patrons. This target market is brought in through personal invitation and broad public advertising. Showcased artists are selected by invitation or application submission.
On Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, $3 gets visitors in for The Egg’s rotating schedule of performance acts including comedy, improv, music, dance, and acting by fledgling local performers. Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings provide more developed artists with performance space for rent. The first Friday of every month hosts an exhibition opening for a three-week group show of local young visual artists. Visual art can be viewed anytime during The Egg’s open hours Monday through Saturday.
In addition to supplying young artists with space to show their artwork, Rothbart’s Egg will provide additional services for minimal fees. Such services include video and photo documentation of works, editing, and the preparation of press kits and other promotional materials.
Rothbart's Egg will also provide two year-long internship opportunities for technical theater and photo and video documentation in the gallery/performance setting. Participants in this program will assume responsibility for setting up, running, and designing technical elements of performances and exhibitions, and also for documenting and editing performances and artwork.
Proprietors Amanda Paulson, Ellen Deutsch and Kinsey McCartor each bring diverse experience and tools to this venture that will increase profits and decrease costs. In addition to two decades of study in the fields of dance and choreography, Ms. Deutsch and Ms. McCartor both have extensive knowledge of performance videography and editing. Ms. Deutsch has additional experience in stage management and technical theater, and Ms. McCartor holds a bartending certificate and several years in the food-service industry. Ms. Paulson has fifteen years of visual art training, and five years experience working in art galleries. Like Ms. McCartor, Ms. Paulson also has eight years of experience in food service, sales, and management industries. All three received their BFAs from the University of Illinois in 2008.
In any given metropolitan area you will find dozens of smoothie shops, art galleries, cafés, and performance venues littering the streets, but only at Rothbart’s Egg will you find an enterprise combining all of these with the additional goal of helping young artists leave the nest.
The Egg is strategically located in downtown Chicago in the near-campus area of Columbia College and The Art Institute of Chicago. In the daytime this high-traffic location draws the business of local health-conscious college students, providing a comfy place to study and chat, or a friendly place to grab a quick drink to-go. When darkness falls, The Egg’s menu expands to include alcoholic beverages, and the space transforms into a trendy art venue that draws artists, gallery owners, talent agents, and art patrons. This target market is brought in through personal invitation and broad public advertising. Showcased artists are selected by invitation or application submission.
On Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, $3 gets visitors in for The Egg’s rotating schedule of performance acts including comedy, improv, music, dance, and acting by fledgling local performers. Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings provide more developed artists with performance space for rent. The first Friday of every month hosts an exhibition opening for a three-week group show of local young visual artists. Visual art can be viewed anytime during The Egg’s open hours Monday through Saturday.
In addition to supplying young artists with space to show their artwork, Rothbart’s Egg will provide additional services for minimal fees. Such services include video and photo documentation of works, editing, and the preparation of press kits and other promotional materials.
Rothbart's Egg will also provide two year-long internship opportunities for technical theater and photo and video documentation in the gallery/performance setting. Participants in this program will assume responsibility for setting up, running, and designing technical elements of performances and exhibitions, and also for documenting and editing performances and artwork.
Proprietors Amanda Paulson, Ellen Deutsch and Kinsey McCartor each bring diverse experience and tools to this venture that will increase profits and decrease costs. In addition to two decades of study in the fields of dance and choreography, Ms. Deutsch and Ms. McCartor both have extensive knowledge of performance videography and editing. Ms. Deutsch has additional experience in stage management and technical theater, and Ms. McCartor holds a bartending certificate and several years in the food-service industry. Ms. Paulson has fifteen years of visual art training, and five years experience working in art galleries. Like Ms. McCartor, Ms. Paulson also has eight years of experience in food service, sales, and management industries. All three received their BFAs from the University of Illinois in 2008.
In any given metropolitan area you will find dozens of smoothie shops, art galleries, cafés, and performance venues littering the streets, but only at Rothbart’s Egg will you find an enterprise combining all of these with the additional goal of helping young artists leave the nest.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Appropriation Assignment
Here is my homework assignment for this week: appropriating funds from a sponsor.
My audience for this assignment is a scientific research laboratory which I'm approaching to sponsor one of my company’s concert dance performances.
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Geeksdanz is in the process of putting together a brand-new performance for our 2010-2011 season, and we would be honored if you and your company would agree to sponsor it. The concert consists of a new evening-length work that takes its inspiration completely and directly from the fields of molecular and physical science. Our hope with this work is that it will highlight and expose the “dance-like” aspects of these fields to an arts audience who may be unfamiliar with them. By observing science in this unusual context audiences may find themselves able to understand and identify with such fields more easily, and therefore more inclined to take a greater interest in them.
In our effort to source as much of the piece to science as possible, we consider sponsorship from laboratories such as yours a very important factor. It is the choreographer’s belief that the viewer should be able to trace everything in this new work back to science at some point, and we feel that budget is no different. In return for your investment, Geeksdanz would like to offer you a unique experience: a professional dance performance within the walls of the Laboratory itself. The entire company will come to your facilities and show a selection of science-based dance pieces from our existing repertoire, as well as a sneak peek at our new work. Your employees will have the chance to experience dance in an intimate setting, quite unlike any theater performance. They will also have ample opportunity to meet the members of this unique new company, to ask them questions and hear their stories. We at Geeksdanz are continually dedicated to blurring the line between “art” and “science,” and we sincerely hope you will agree to aid us in our current effort.
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My audience for this assignment is a scientific research laboratory which I'm approaching to sponsor one of my company’s concert dance performances.
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Geeksdanz is in the process of putting together a brand-new performance for our 2010-2011 season, and we would be honored if you and your company would agree to sponsor it. The concert consists of a new evening-length work that takes its inspiration completely and directly from the fields of molecular and physical science. Our hope with this work is that it will highlight and expose the “dance-like” aspects of these fields to an arts audience who may be unfamiliar with them. By observing science in this unusual context audiences may find themselves able to understand and identify with such fields more easily, and therefore more inclined to take a greater interest in them.
In our effort to source as much of the piece to science as possible, we consider sponsorship from laboratories such as yours a very important factor. It is the choreographer’s belief that the viewer should be able to trace everything in this new work back to science at some point, and we feel that budget is no different. In return for your investment, Geeksdanz would like to offer you a unique experience: a professional dance performance within the walls of the Laboratory itself. The entire company will come to your facilities and show a selection of science-based dance pieces from our existing repertoire, as well as a sneak peek at our new work. Your employees will have the chance to experience dance in an intimate setting, quite unlike any theater performance. They will also have ample opportunity to meet the members of this unique new company, to ask them questions and hear their stories. We at Geeksdanz are continually dedicated to blurring the line between “art” and “science,” and we sincerely hope you will agree to aid us in our current effort.
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Friday, September 7, 2007
The Press Start Premiere!
Hey all!
Just a quick one...We now have a date for the first public screening of Press Start: Wednesday, October 3rd, at the Virginia Theater. Tentative time is 7pm, but that might change. Stay tuned!
Woot!
~Ellen
Just a quick one...We now have a date for the first public screening of Press Start: Wednesday, October 3rd, at the Virginia Theater. Tentative time is 7pm, but that might change. Stay tuned!
Woot!
~Ellen
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
The Press Start Trailer!
Hey all!
The official trailer for the movie I choreographed was released last Friday, and I thought I'd put it up here for all of you to see. When you see the split-second clip of dancing, look for the girl in the purple power ranger outfit. That's me!
September 25, everybody! Whee!!!
The official trailer for the movie I choreographed was released last Friday, and I thought I'd put it up here for all of you to see. When you see the split-second clip of dancing, look for the girl in the purple power ranger outfit. That's me!
September 25, everybody! Whee!!!
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