2011 – 2012 Annual Report

PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to present the 2011-2012 Annual Report of our 31st season. The programming year was filled with first time

experiences and familiar favorites. We opened our performance series with the internationally acclaimed PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER on September 17, 2011 and closed the year with “Lost in Space,” a charming Energizers Creative Arts Camp Concert on August 10, 2012. From start to finish, Dance Place continues to support innovation in the dance community and to push the power of creative education for DC’s youth.

Along with Dance Place resident companies Coyaba Dance Theater, ReVision dance company and the Dance Place Step Team, audiences enjoyed some of DC’s best dance companies and outstanding national touring artists. The opening of Brookland Artspace Lofts next door, with 39 live/work units for local artists, included three dedicated spaces for Dance Place programs. We now have a secondary dance studio, a new apartment for our interns and a bright, welcoming space for the Children’s Creative Education Center. We kept daily adult and children’s classes and educational programs going with the strong leadership of our talented teaching staff.

While enjoying our present, we’re planning for our future. Dance Place began a new chapter of our history with the launch of our Moving Forward Capital Campaign (look for more details on the back cover).

As always we can’t do what we do without you! We thank you for your interest, support and involvement,

Carla Perlo Deborah RileyFounding Director Director

MISSION STATEMENT: Founded in 1980, Dance Place builds a community of dance artists, audiences and students through high quality performances, commissions, training and educational programs for people of all ages. We are committed to enriching the field of dance locally, nationally and internationally. Our thriving arts campus serves as an anchor in the development of our Brookland neighborhood in Washington, DC.

COVER PHOTO OF PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER BY ZACHARY Z. HANDLER, REBOLLAR DANCE PHOTO COURTESY ERICA REBOLLAR, ARTLAND BROOKLAND TEMPORIUM PHOTOS BY DAVID DOWLING

ARTISTIC PARTNERSDance Place received funding from and co-presented with the following arts entities:

The National Endowment for the ArtsThe US Commission of Fine ArtsMid Atlantic Arts FoundationNew England Foundation for the ArtsNational Performance NetworkPennsylvania Performing Arts on TourDC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesVSAThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsBrooklyn Academy of MusicAtlas Performing Arts Center

Alternate ROOTSReston CenterStageUS Department of State

COMMUNITY PARTNERSThrough performances, classes and teaching residencies, Dance Place partnered with the following schools and community centers: ALL Therapy Arts on Foot FestivalBenjamin D. Foulois AcademyBenjamin Stoddert Elementary SchoolBennett BabiesBlack Rock Center for the ArtsBruce Monroe Elementary School

What do I love about Dance Place? There are very few places where you can exist as a professional dancer, a child, a dance aficionado and a concerned/involved community member at the same time. Dance Place is one of those places and has wonderful opportunities for all of those groups and still manages to maintain artistic integrity while keeping the door open for intermingling and learning.- Touring Artist Maura Garcia Dance

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REBOLLAR DANCE

ARTLAND BROOKLAND TEMPORIUM

Season HighlightsFrom September 2011 to August 2012, Dance Place

• Attracted 40,000 visitors and participants to our campus and reached 16,000audiences and students off-site throughout the DC Metropolitan area

• Partnered with 60 schools, non-profits and arts organizations with OutReach classes and performances, co-presentations at other theaters and artist commissions

• Publicly launched our multi-year $5 million Capital Campaign, “Moving Forward”

• Was awarded a $75,000 grant from the DC Office of Planning and ArtPlace to operate the Artland Brookland Temporium, a robust 13-week initiative with free arts exhibitions, performances, workshops and community discussions in venues throughout our neighborhood during Summer 2012

• Hosted the launch of DanceMotion USA, an international tour of dance sponsored bythe US Department of State and produced by the Brooklyn Academy of Music

• Expanded our Energizers Junior Staff program, through a major grant from the DCChildren and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, to serve local teenagers 3 days aweek with intensive arts integration workshops, life skills, mentoring and first-timeemployment

• Was selected as “one of the best small nonprofits in the Washington, DC region” by the 2012-2013 Catalogue for Philanthropy

• Received national funding from the National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town” program to support the development of the 8th Street Arts Plaza and expandedcommunity programming as part of our capital campaign Program Enhancement Fund

Dance Place’s Artland Brookland Temporium project served over 1,500 visitors and 260 visual artists, performers, poets and musicians with free cultural activities throughout Brookland, June-August 2012.

These accessible art events are so important, and the stories people tell, well, I can’t decide whether the telling or the listening is more important. I hope you know how fantastic you are for facilitating these experiences.-Ginny Myers, Creative Writing Workshop

Busboys & Poets Camp Forget Me NotUniversity of Maryland College ParkColumbia Park Elementary SchoolDisney Step ClassicDrew Freeman Middle SchoolE.L Haynes Public Charter SchoolExcel Public Charter SchoolExpressions LiveFreedom PlazaFrench EmbassyGreenbelt Elementary SchoolHiltonHoly Redeemer Catholic School

John Eaton Elementary SchoolJohnson Middle SchoolKennedy Center- Millenium StageKenilworth Elementary SchoolM.C. Terrell Elementary SchoolMamie D. Lee SchoolMarriott Wardman ParkMartha’s TableMartin Luther King Jr. LibraryMt. Jezreel Baptist Church Christian SchoolNational Theater MuseumNew Carrollton Treasury BidNew Hampshire EstatesNorwood School

Noyes Elementary SchoolOakland Terrace Elementary SchoolOyster Adams Bilingual SchoolPerforming Arts at the Washington Metropolitan High SchoolPotomac Lighthouse Public Charter SchoolRoss Elementary SchoolShining Stars Montessori SchoolSiena SchoolSitar Arts CenterSouth Lake Elementary SchoolSpingarn High SchoolSt. Anthony Catholic SchoolStone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

The National TheaterTHEARCTree of Life Public Charter SchoolViers Mill ElementaryVillage AcademyWashington BalletWilliam E Doar Jr. Public Charter School Wolf Trap World Bank

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Dance Presentations• Dance Place’s 2011-2012 season was filled with 46 weekends of 96 performances, attracting 11,500 audience members (a 15% increase from our audiences last year).

• OutReach performances by Dance Place’s 4 resident companies brought inspiring dance to 16,000 audience members throughout the Greater DC Metropolitan area.

• Dance Place presented 1,350 artists through our prolific presentation series (54 local and 14 touring companies). This included the launch of the NYDP (New York to Dance Place) Series, with 5 of New York’s most captivating companies appearing on our stage.

• With the National Performance Network, Dance Place served as co-commissioner of 2 new works –Oasis: Everything you ever wanted to know about the Middle East but were afraid to Dance by Nejla Y. Yatkin and WHITE LIKE ME: A Honky Dory Puppet Show by satirist Paul Zaloom.

• Dance Place entered into a three-year presenting and commissioning contract with prominent emerging New York choreographer Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion.

Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, contemporary dance’s rapidly rising star, made his first appearance on our stage in Spring 2012. Abraham.In.Motion’s and Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company’s shows at Dance Place were selected as “The Best Dance of 2012” by The Washington Post

Dance Place celebrated the 25th Anniversary of our DanceAfrica, DC Festival in Spring 2012 honoring Baba Chuck Davis, Assane Konte and Melvin Deal. Festival activities included performances by 5 outstanding African dance companies, 6 Master Classes, outdoor dance demonstrations and an African Marketplace.

Dance Place 2011 - 2012 by the Numbers

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Dance Place has a global and local mission to provide a meaningful and profound impact on the audiences it serves…– Karen Brooks Hopkins,President of BAM,the Brooklyn Academyof Music

25th Anniversary of our DanceAfrica, DC Festival

Dance Place is the home for dance in the D.C. metro area; the place to see dance every weekend. It is a vital and vibrant landmark, and we’re lucky to have it.-Vincent ThomasDirector of VTDance KYLE ABRAHAM

COYABA DANCE THEATER

• Dance Place’s on-site adult and children’s classes served 400 students weekly in a variety of disciplines including modern, jazz, hip-hop, African and Salsa.

• OutReach classes taught by professional dancers served 400 students at 15 local schools and community centers.

• Dance Place trained and mentored 22 future arts administrators, teachers, theater technicians and dancers through our Intern program.

Energizers Youth Enrichment ProgramsDance Place first created the Energizers program when we moved into our permanent home in Brookland in 1986, responding to the needs of local young people with in-depth creative education, job training, life skills and arts experiences. These programs included:

• Energizers Afterschool Program provided 630 hours of academic tutoring, healthy snacks, gardening skills, life skills and arts education with a 5:1 student to teacher ratio.

• Energizers Junior Staff served 40 teenagers with a rigorous self-development curriculum integrating arts electives, job training, entrepreneurialism and life skills.

• Energizers Creative Arts Camp provided over 280 hours of dance classes, academic enrichment, field trips and life skills to 50 young people from our neighborhood ages 5-19, culminating in 2 sold-out Camp Shows. 100% of our campers were on full scholarship this year.

Training in Dance and Arts Administration

Dance Place 2011 - 2012 by the Numbers

Dance Place provided our adult and child students—from professional level to beginners-- with over $98,000 worth of scholarships to participate in our dance classes for free or at low cost.

The importance of Dance Place as a whole is that it continues to shape and have an influence on children in this community. - Yosef Wise, Energizers alum“

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KYLE ABRAHAM PHOTO BY STEVEN SCHREIBER, COYABA DANCE THEATER PHOTO © ENOCH CHAN 2012, KIDS ON THE MOVE RECITAL PHOTO © ENOCH CHAN 2012, ADULT DANCE CLASS PHOTO © MAGGIE PICARD PHOTOGRAPHY, ENERGIZERS AFTERSCHOOL CLUB PHOTO © SERENA HUANG

ENERGIZERS AFTERSCHOOL CLUB

ADULT CLASSES

KIDS ON THE MOVE RECITAL

FINANCIALS

Earned: $430,835Performance: $145,201Class Income: $259,877Other Revenue: $25,757

Contributed: $1,288,613Government: $217,237Foundations: $363,315 Corporations: $115,195 In kind: $6,634Individuals: $138,409Program Enhancement: $75,000Released from capital campaign: $372,823

Total: $1,719,448 – 100.0%

Presentations: $614,904Youth Presentations: $129,616Youth Educational Programs: $378,850Adult Programs: $108,084Program Enhancement: $75,000Supporting Services: $82,356Capital Campaign: $315,642Total Expenses: $1,704,452

Presentations

Youth Presentations

Youth Educational Programs

Adult Programs

Program Enhancement

Supporting Services

Capital Campaign

EXPENSES

INCOME

STAFF SPOTLIGHT

EarnedGovernmentFoundationsCorporationsIn kindIndividualsProgram EnhancementReleased from capital campaign

2011-2012 Season StaffingBOARD OF DIRECTORSDeanna Francl, ChairAmy Rutt, Vice ChairW. Chris Hollinsed, TreasurerCaroline Petti, SecretaryCarla Perlo, PresidentRobert AdesEdward AppleRich BernardiCarol BradwellEvan CrockerJannes GibsonCindy Hallberlin, Chair EmeritusJennifer HardyBill HillegeistKaren Brooks HopkinsChelly JonesBo MenkitiDeborah RileyAllan ShapiroWendy Shapiro

ADVISORY COUNCILJeanette BruceR.D. CarterElinor ColemanCyril CrockerJim EpsteinKathy FreshleyNancy GarrubaDan GriffinChris HorningHeidi KurtzeStacey MickelsonNjambiAllan RivlinDavid Sparkman

STAFFCarla Perlo, Founding DirectorDeborah Riley, DirectorValerie Branch, Youth Programs Co-DirectorStephen Clapp, Grants AssociateAnnie Choudhury, Technical AssistantEmily Crews, Financial DirectorJessica Dolezal, Development AssociateJudy Estey, Grants ManagerApril Gruber, Individual Giving ManagerHolly Halvorson, Web Art DirectorDavid Hopper, Marketing AssociateCarolyn Kamrath, Press & Marketing DirectorDonna Kearney, Box Office Manager & Volunteer CoordinatorSarah Kramer, Production Manager & Development AssociateBen Levine, Technical Director & Theater ManagerAustin Mason, Office ManagerBridget Miskell, Individual Giving ManagerBradley Porter, Associate Technical DirectorShannon Quinn, Youth Programs Co-DirectorKevin Tervala, Grants FellowTina Silverman, Print Art DirectorSylvia Soumah, African Dance Program Director

Ben Levine,Technical Directorand Theater Manager“Best Up for Anything Tech Director”–Washington City Paper, Best of 2012

 

 

Expenses   Presenta)ons  

Youth  Presenta)ons  

Youth  Educa)onal  Programs  

Adult  Programs  

Program  Enhancement  

Suppor)ng  Services  

Capital  Campaign  

19%

36%

8%22%

6%

4%

5%

Sources  of  Income   Earned  

Government  

Founda)ons  

Corpora)ons  

In  kind  

Individuals  

Program  Enhancement  

Released  from  capital  campaign  

21.7%25.1%

12.6%

4%

8%

0.4%6.7%

21.1%

MAJOR SUPPORT PROVIDED SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 – AUGUST 31, 2012

$100,000+DC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesMARPAT Foundation

$75,000-$99,999DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation

$50,000-$74,999US Commission of Fine Arts/National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs ProgramMorris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

$20,000-$49,999National Endowment for the ArtsEugene and Agnes E. Meyer FoundationNew England Foundation for the ArtsHoward and Geraldine Polinger Family FoundationJoseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the ArtsLeveraging Investments in CreativitySummit Fund of Washington

$11,000-$19,999Share Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital RegionThe Bozzuto GroupMead Family FoundationNational Performance NetworkPennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour

$5,000-$10,999Robert AdesEdward & Sue AppleBloombergStephen and Jeanette BruceColeman Family CharitiesCharles Engelhard FoundationCorina Higginson TrustDallas Morse Coors FoundationDimick FoundationMax and Victoria Dreyfus FoundationRobin LyttleMid Atlantic Arts FoundationNestlé USAPrince Charitable TrustPrince Frederick Graphics & Printing

$2,000-$4,999Abramson Family FoundationCiracomThomas & Alexandra ClancyJim EpsteinExxonMobileGiant FoodJannes GibsonGustav HeldtBill HillegeistTom Lane FundMars FoundationThe McConnell Consulting GroupNorthrop Grumman ECHOPepcoCarla Perlo & Richard PilkintonTom Pheasant & Juan Carlos Rincones Reston CenterStageSydney Polakoff & Carolyn GoldmanSydney Polakoff Charitable FundAmy Rutt & Heather BoonstraWendy Shapiro & Charles FerrisStanley & Sue SchwartzUnited Way of National Capital AreaWashington Post CompanyWasserman Family Foundation

$1,000-$1,999Alternate ROOTSArtspace Projects, Inc.Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance FoundationCatherine AndersonCarol & Willis BradwellNancy & Robert DubeThomas FlournoyDeanna & Mark FranclDisney VoluntEARSGensler CorporationInternational Monetary FundCindy Hallberlin & Joel KanterJennifer HardyVincent Hurteau & Steve HenryJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsKiplinger FoundationDavid KnepperMikael Manoukian & Emily CrewsDeborah Riley & Mary Beth FlournoyAllan & Sheryl RivlinAllan ShapiroBenjamin ShortTina SilvermanDaniel Phoenix SinghSprenger-Lang FoundationAnna & Cinda StonerBill & Karla StonerNelson Talbott FoundationWeissberg FoundationJodi WesemannWorld Bank Community Connections FundXerox

$500-$999Alternative Gifts of Greater WashingtonAnonymousBarbara BurtonJay FellowsLeslie & Shari FrancisNancy Garruba & Chris Hornig Gerald & Kathy FreshleyElliott HaninStuart Hershey & Linda LevineChristopher HollinsedBruce & Toby KahnAmy Jimerson & Lawrence Klein Dorothy LevyM Squared ConsultingWilliam McKinnonLesa McLaughlinCheryl McQueenRose PaulEdith PerloCarol PolakoffDeborah Lee PolhemusRuth Rivin & Ron BousteadHank & Charlotte SchlosbergSteve Sumber & Bill DeitchDavid Wolfel

$250-$499Jennifer AfflerbachAmy & Morris AntonelliMelvin J. Berman Hebrew AcademyRich Bernardi & Joyce WilkerDiane Brace & Bob LynchLester & Tira BranchKaren Brooks HopkinsJennifer Campbell & Jeff MunnChernikoff and CompanyStephen Clapp & Laura Schandelmeier

Yolanda ColeJohn Conway & Marsha Gransee Cyril & Candy CrockerBeth Davis Robert DavisJeffrey & Kathleen DolezalWinnie DreierJudy EsteyLoretta FeldmanBill & Elizabeth FogartyGerald & Valerie GillNancy GreenLisa GurwitchGlen & Lauren Howard Carolyn KamrathAnthony KochisKathleen LapinskiPaul & Jill LevineKristan LockettVirginia Lovejoy & Carl Podwoski Dan & Morrine MarantzBill & Lindsay McLauglinMiriam Nisbet & Michael C. MayLynn OvermannCaroline PettiMonaCheri PollardShannon QuinnDouglas & Michelle RathbunDouglas SonntagNicole SoulanilleWilliam StevensJanet StomesKeith SugarmanSevan & Keri Topjian Carrie WaldronPhan Winter

And the many other generous individuals who made contributions from $1 to $249!

Thank you to our donors for their generous support! SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 – AUGUST 31, 2012

BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPOTLIGHT

Cindy Hallberlin, Board Chair EmeritusCindy’s efforts in refinancing the building, strengthening the Board and leading strategic planning have brought Dance Place to a new level of capacity.

Dance Place has been a part of my life for over 30 years. As Board Chair and current Board member I have witnessed its extraordinary growth and impact on the community. Dance Place is where people go to experience extraordinary art to enrich their souls and make new friends. It stands ina class of its own. - Cindy Hallberlin

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Dance Place is planning for the future through the Moving Forward Capital Campaign.The $5 million campaign includes:

• $4,000,000 for the expansion and major renovation of our facility to create building that truly matches the quality of our programming

• $500,000 Program Enhancement Fund to support free community programming

• $500,000 Cash and Building Reserve to secure Dance Place’s financial position

Construction will begin mid-August 2013 at the completion of our current program year. During construction, Dance Place will continue our programming unabated including daily classes and youth programs in Brookland and presentations at other theaters.

For the most updated information about Dance Place’s programs and to find out how you can be involved in the Moving Forward campaign, visit danceplace.org

THE CAMPAIGN FOR

MOVINGFORWARD

P L A C E

Architectural Rendering of the Future Dance Place Campus

Dance Place Now

Moving Forward Donors $1,000 and up As of 2/26/13

Anonymous (3)Artspace Projects, Inc.Rich Bernardi* & Joyce WilkerJennifer & Jim BognetCarol* & Willis BradwellKaren Brooks Hopkins*The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationYolanda ColeDallas Morse Coors FoundationBeth DavisDC Commission on the Arts & HumanitiesDC Department of Housing and Community DevelopmentDC Office of Planning/ArtPlaceJames EpsteinElizabeth & Bill FogartyDeanna* & Mark FranclJannes Waples Gibson*+Jalal Greene+The Philip L. Graham FundCarol GraveCindy Hallberlin* & Joel KanterJennifer Hardy*Stuart Hershey & Linda LevineWillard Hillegeist*W. Christopher Hollinsed* & Yolanda AlcortaCarolyn Kamrath & Anthony A. JacksonLeveraging Investments in Creativity/Ford FoundationJill & Paul LevineAnne McGuirkThe Menkiti Group/901 Monroe Street LLCNational Endowment for the ArtsNeighborhood Investment Fund of the Deputy Mayor’s Office for Planning and Economic DevelopmentCarla Perlo* & Richard PilkintonEdith PerloHoward & Geraldine Polinger Family FoundationIrma PoretskyPrince Charitable TrustsDeborah Riley* & Mary Beth FlournoyAllan* & Sheryl RivlinDenise Rollins+Allan Shapiro*Wendy Shapiro*+ & Charles E. FerrisLeila Smith+Nelson Talbott FoundationReggie Van LeeVicki WarrenJill WeilerNjambi Wynn+

KEY: *Board Member +Capital Campaign Steering Committee Member