We Bring You the World!

Festival Dance & Performing Arts

Fulfilling Our Mission Since 1972!

Festival Dance & Performing Arts

What Is Festival Dance?• A non-profit, 501(c ) (3) organization.

•Largest private arts non-profit in the region in

terms of scope of programs and budget

•An organization governed by a volunteer

community board.

•An organization with a long history of

impactful dance education programs in the

Palouse and L-C Valley regions

Our Mission:“Bringing the Arts to the People and

the People to the Arts” guided by the core values of:Diversity,Accessibility,Nurturing of Local Talent,Communtiy Involvement, and ArtisticExcellence,

….through programs of performances, education,and outreach.

Our Volunteer Board of Directors

Brings You the World!

Our Volunteer Board of Directors

Brings You the World!

Sue Hinz, ChairGerald Henry, Vice-Chair

Mauricio Featherman, SecretaryRoberta McPherson, Treasurer

Johna BoulafentisJanet Kendall Mauri KnottRuthie Nellis

Gabriella RoemhildtTerry WhippleDinah Zeiger

Our Honorary Board of Directors

Doug Baker, UI ProvostDianne and Steven Daley-Laursen

Candis Donicht, Moscow Schools SuperintendantMichelle Hovey, US Bank

Dene Thomas, President LCSCSusan and Bill Weed, owners KQQQ & NewsTalk

Festival Dance & Performing Arts Staff

Cynthia Barnhart, Executive Director

Amanda Schoenberg, Executive Assistant

Joann MunetaEducation Outreach Coordinator/Grant Writer

Iris Chimburas, Building Cultural BridgesCoordinator

Our History•Founded in 1972 as Ballet Folk of Moscow

•Ballet Folk toured to 32 different states from 1974-

1982

•In 1974 became company in residence at UI

•Founders were Carl and Jaye Petrick

•Carl & Jaye started the Jr. Ballet Company

•Original location on campus was Ridenbaugh Hall

•Represented Moscow at the Expo 1974, Spokane

World’s Fair

•Ballet Folk gave first dance performance at Beasley

Coliseum, 1974- The Nutcracker

•Performed the first Nutcracker at the Spokane Opera

House with the Spokane Symphony in 1978 and 1979

Our History Continued•Represented Idaho at the Kennedy Center in 1976

for the US Bicentennial

•Company changed name to American Festival Ballet

in 1978

•Performed in New York City at Brooklyn College in

1979

•Company moved to Boise in 1982, is now Ballet

Idaho which has merged with Eugene Ballet

•Festival Dance moved to PE Building in 1984

•Great Performances Series started in 1988

•38 Great Performances since beginning

•Presented Mikhail Barishnikov in 1989 in Spokane at

Opera House

Our History Continued•Missoula Children’s Theatre residency in

Moscow every year since 1982

•Grant received from NW Area Foundation to

help establish Arts Councils in rural

communities: Troy, Potlatch, Lapwai

•Potlatch and Lapwai still have functioning arts

councils and Troy presents an annual Missoula

Children’s Theatre residency.

How Do We Achieve Our Mission?

•Festival Dance Academy

•Five Studios (Moscow, Lewiston, Lapwai, Genesee, Troy, Orofino, UI, LCSC)

•Great Performances Series

•Four Events/year

•Festival YouthReach

•Four Outreach Programs/year

•Twenty-four Discover Dance classes/year

Festival Dance Academy•Moscow, Idaho

•Studios 212 and 110 in the UI PE Building

•Lewiston, Idaho

•LCSC Music Building, 1105 7th St.

•Lapwai, Idaho

•Elementary School Gym Saturdays

•Troy, Idaho and Orofino, Idaho

•High School Gym

•Genesee, Idaho

•School multi-purpose room on the stage

Festival Dance Academy Faculty

Festival Dance Academy Faculty

Mia SeshikiConnie BensonCrystal Bain

Rebecca Duraso, not pictured

Kristen KallstromKatie SaundersMandy Smith

Lindsay Taylor, not pictured

Festival Dance Academy

•Professionally trained instructors

•Resident dance studio at the University of Idaho

•Limited class sizes for personalized instruction

•Emphasis on technique

•Over 30 years of dance education experience

•Studios: Moscow, Lewiston, Genesee, Troy

•Outreach programs

•Funded by state and national grants

•Member of local and national arts organizations

•Many performance opportunities!

Festival Dance Academy•Moscow, Idaho

•Studios 212 and 110 in the UI PE Building

•Executive office – room 203

•FDPA instructors teach 4 college level courses in

exchange for studio and office space

•Greg Halloran is director of UI Dance Program

•Kathy Browder is HPERD Dept. Chair

•Mia Swartwood UI/FDA Instructor

•Nine instructors teach FDA classes for community

•Approximately 120 students

Moscow Studio History•1970- First studio was located on 3rd Street where

Peck’s Shoe Clinic is now. It was called Moscow

Dance Theatre

•1971- Moved to a loft on Main Street above the old

Needle Nook

•1974- Moved to UI Ridenbaugh Hall and became a

non-profit organization, Ballet Folk of Moscow

•1984- Moved to UI PE Building, room 203

•1984- studio 212 built especially for Festival Dance

Academy

•2005 – FDPA largest donor for the new floor in studio

110- $5,000

Festival Dance Academy•Lewiston, Idaho

•LCSC Music Building, 1105 7th St.

•Beautiful studio on campus

•FDPA instructor teaches 4 college level

courses in exchange for studio space

•Two instructors teach FDA classes there

•LCSC Director of Academic Affairs

•15 students

Lewiston Studio History•1978- Deanna Vickers, wife of then LCSC President Vickers offered us the free

use of a studio in the old Music/Fine Arts Building and asked us to teach ballet

classes for the community. (among other reasons, she wanted her daughter to

take ballet and no one in the area was teaching it.) We taught there for 3 years.

•1981-The college reorganized space and needed the studio for something else

and we were not offered any other space.

•For one year we taught beginning ballet at the YWCA which worked OK, but not

a real dance floor and no mirrors.

•Mid-1980s- We rented a space up on Thain Rd., spent quite a bit building a

raised floor and putting in mirrors.

•Kept loosing money – parents said, “people don’t want to have to drive up to the

orchards.” So we closed that studio.

•At that time Kathryn Claassen and Rita had their own studio downtown so there

was real competition. They couldn’t make it either and closed their studio.

Lewiston Studio History•After that, advanced students drove to Moscow 2 and 3 times a week.

•Then we were approached by the owner of a studio at our current Mader space who

was leaving town and wanted us to take over their lease. (Port City Dance)

•1995- we started with a rent of $ 575! and moved in. The rent began increasing

substantially every year.

•As small adjoining apartment was converted in to a dance studio to make two studio

spaces.

•We started doing Nutcracker in Lewiston so Lewiston students could perform at

home. Attendance fell off and people complained about the ticket price

•Lowered admission to $ 12 and unfortunately, as was predicted, we didn’t cover

expenses and had to stop performing Nutcracker there.

Lewiston Studio History

•After continuing losses, we didn’t renew our lease for the building. During this

process, we realized our lease required us to re-build the small apartment.

•We negotiated a $10,000 agreement with the landlord to cover expenses of

rebuilding the apartment so the ED wouldn’t have to oversee contractors, etc. which

would take away too much time from our programs.

•Beginning January 2007, FDPA established ballet program for LCSC – we provide

courses (1 credit each) for LCSC students in exchange for studio space

•Briefly rented space on Mondays from the American Legion Building

•Courses started at the new venues September 2007

Festival Dance Academy•Genesee, Idaho

•School Stage/Theatre

•St. Mary’s Church, 732 Walnut

•Tuesdays

•Sue Krick is St. Mary’s contact

•Mostly young dancers (Ballet 3 is highest level)

•11 students

Genesee Studio History

•Started at the request of parents who wanted a

local studio.

•Was first located downtown. (Had a little wooden

stove – was freezing until it could heat up.)

•Melanie Malm taught all classes for four years

•Moved to St. Mary’s parish hall

•Alyssa Johnston taught all classes for three

years and left in 2007 when her husband

graduated.

•Studio has gradually lost students since

The Great Performances Series•Only professional dance series between Seattle and Minneapolis!

•Had as many as six guest companies a year but have now cut back to three

touring companies and one self-produced event

•Used to present one musical every year until the Spokane Broadway Series

caused audience reduction.

•Now we have one ballet, one modern or jazz, one multi-cultural company

each year.

•Presented some of the leading touring dance companies in the country such

as, Paul Taylor Dance Co., Mark Morris Dance Group, Garth Fagan Dance

Co. and Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

The Great Performances Series

Musicals: A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady, Annie Get

Your Gun, Barnum, Will Rogers Follies, South

Pacific, Hello Dolly, Guys and Dolls, Forbidden

Hollywood, Forbidden Broadway, Brigadoon

Used to present musicals in the Spokane Opera

House including A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady, and

Evita.

“The spectacle is the color

and the breathtaking circus

acts that they do!”

The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best

of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-seven

centuries ago.

Cirque D’Or combines award-winning acrobatics, costumes,

traditional dance, and ancient and contemporary music and

theatrical techniques to present a show of skill and beauty.

Direct form Hebei, China, the troupe has garnered

international acclaim.

Let Manding Jata transport you to the great Mali Empire

centered in the fabled city of Timbuktu to experience the

fascinating music, dance, and oral traditions of the Mande

speaking people of West Africa. The performance will include the,

“Sunjata Epic,” an unfurling of one of the great stories of human

history. Ancient and unusual instruments, colorful masks and

athletic displays of strength, grace and acrobatics make this

program a unique experience long to be remembered!

10% savings for

your group of 10 or

more.

Free Ticket for every

15 tickets ordered.

(limit 5 free)

Priority Seating

Call us at208.883.3267to book yourgroup for our next show!

Group Rates!

Festival Dance YouthReach

Festival Dance

YouthReach

•FREE performances for 5,000 students a year

•FREE Missoula Children’s Theatre residency

•FREE performances for rural communities of Potlatch, Tensed, Troy, Deary, Genesee, Kendrick, Juliaetta, Lapwai, Colton, Colfax, Garfield, and Palouse, including the Nez Perce and Coeur d’Alene Reservations

Festival Dance YouthReach Schedule•FOR 5, 6 GRADES: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Oct. 12, 10am Beasley

•FOR 6, 7, 8 GRADES: Kusun - Oct. 13, 9:45am Moscow Jr. High

•FOR K-12 GRADES: Kusun - Oct. 13, 1:00pm Genesee HS

•FOR K-6 GRADES: Kusun - Oct. 14, 9:00am Potlatch Elem.

•FOR 3, 4 GRADES: Manding Jata – April 19, 10am Beasley

Contact us if you have questions!

Festival Dance YouthReachSupported By:

U.S. Bancorp Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Idaho Commission on the Arts

Moscow Mardi Gras Committee

Alturas Analytics

Moscow McDonalds

Festival Dance Discover Dance

•24 Outreach dance classes per year

•Funded by Idaho Community Foundation and

Idaho Commission on the Arts

•Classes have been taught in African Dance,

Jazz, and Irish Dance

•Schools Reached: Troy, Potlatch, Lewiston

High School, Russell, McDonald, West Park

Discover Dance

How Are We Funded?

Proud of 70% earned income!

•Academy Tuition

•Great Performances Series Ticket Sales

•Grants

•Corporate Sponsorships

•Advertisers

•Contributors

Academy

•Income:

•Tuition, registration fees, recital fees

•Expenses:

•Rent, telephone, utilities, insurance,

advertising, print/mail, supplies, recital

expenses, costumes, costumer, travel,

administration, teachers, payroll taxes

Great Performances Series

•Income:

•Ticket Sales, VPLAC Grant

•Expenses:

•Artist Fees, Insurance, Postage, Printing

& Reproduction, Advertising, Performance

Expense, Administration, Professional

Fees, Catering Expense

Grants

•Income:

•Money with stipulations and reporting

requirements

•Expenses:

• Grant-writer salary, printing, postage,

fulfillment

Corporate Sponsors

•Income:

•Sponsorships for performances and

programs

•Expenses:

• Administration, printing, postage

Advertisers

•Income:

•Advertisements in our Season Program

or other programs

•Expenses:

• Administration, printing, design fee,

postage, photos, supplies

Contributors

•Income:

•Donations and Contributions of Cash

•Expenses:

• Catering Fees, administration, printing,

fundraiser/venue expenses, postage,

supplies

Festival Dance:

It’s For You!

•Volunteer Board of Directors

•Tremendously rewarding experience

•Personal growth, increased awareness, and

appreciation of dance and the performing

arts

•Opportunity to make an invaluable

contribution to your community

•It’s Fun!

Board Responsibilities

TIME COMMITMENT: 1-2 hours/month with extra hours for

our Champagne Benefit

MEETINGS: Monthly September through June. (Currently

the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 5:30 pm in Moscow)

Meetings last about 1.5 hours. Directors are expected to

attend at least 7 of the 10 meetings each year.

TERM OF OFFICE: Each term is a three year term and is

renewable.

Board Responsibilities

DUES: A contribution of whatever amount is meaningful and

feasible for you. This donation should be made in the fall, if

possible.

ATTENDING PERFORMANCES, AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT:

Board Members are encouraged to attend performances

and school events if at all possible, and to help reach new

audiences by sharing information and enthusiasm with

friends, colleagues, and neighbors.

Board ResponsibilitiesFUND RAISING: Assist with the organization’s main fund

raiser, the CHAMPAGNE BENEFIT.

KEEPING INFORMED: Review financial reports, progress

reports, minutes, etc.

CONFIDENTIALITY: Information obtained through reports

or at meetings is to be kept confidential. Only the Executive

Director or Chair of the Board speaks for the organization.

LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES: As the representatives of the

community, board members are expected to make sure the

organization fulfills its mission and is run responsibly and

well for the public good.

What Can You Do?•Get excited about Festival Dance!

•Memorize our mission and become familiar with our programs.

•Bring a table-full of guests to the Champagne Benefit.

•Bring some friends to one or more of our performances.

•Invite a friend to our exclusive reception for contributors.

•Invite a potential FDPA supporter to lunch with Cindy so we can

find a fit for them either through volunteering, contributing,

sponsoring, or advertising with us.

What Can You Do?•Coordinate with Cindy to set up speaking engagements with

your civic organization or other group.

•Give Cindy the email address of 10 people who would be

interested in our performances.

•Brainstorm about ways to expand our influence.

•Send out a post card to some friends announcing that you are a

new FDPA board member. Let them know you will answer any

questions about our performances.

•Give Cindy the mailing addresses of 10 people that would enjoy

our season brochure.

What Can You Do?•Keep your eyes open for new marketing/advertising ideas.

•If you hear of a new trend in dance, or know of young dancers

that are interested in taking classes, let me know.

•Pay attention to any free advertising opportunities or

performance opportunities.

•Constantly conspire on our behalf.

What Can You Do?

Most of all………..

Enjoy your time with Festival Dance!

Know that you are treasured!

Know that you are making a difference!

Understand the profound connection between

the arts and the quality of life we all enjoy.

Thank You