Dance: FY 2010 Grants Panelists

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A  June 15 – 19, 2009

Debbie Blunden-Diggs Dancer, Choreographer Artistic Director Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Dayton, OH Victoria Panella Bourns Program Manager, Zoo, Arts and Parks Salt Lake County Salt Lake City, UT Juliette Crump (Layperson) Professor Emeritus University of Montana Missoula, MT Riley Grannan Managing Director Eugene Ballet Company Springfield, OR Gayle Hooks  Managing Director Jazz Tap Ensemble Los Angeles, CA Jeffrey James Director, Hopkins Center for the Arts Dartmouth College White River Jct., VT Graham Lustig  Artistic Director American Repertory Ballet Highland Park, NJ Stanford Makishi Executive Director Baryshnikov Arts Foundation New York, NY Andrea Mantell-Seidel Founding Director Intercultural Dance and Music Institute Florida International University Miami, FL

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B  June 19, 2009

Dianne Brace Associate Director of Development National Public Radio Washington, DC Juliette Crump (Layperson) Professor Emeritus University of Montana Missoula, MT Graham Lustig  Artistic Director American Repertory Ballet Highland Park, NJ

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel #2A November 16-18, 2009

Octavio Campos Artistic Director Camposition Miami, FL Joan Gray President Muntu Dance Theatre Chicago, IL Jack Lemmon Executive Director Colorado Ballet Denver, CO Ruby Lockhart Executive Director Garth Fagan Dance Rochester, NY Toby Mattox (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Retired Performing Arts Presenter Houston, TX Alleluia Panis Artistic, Executive Director Kularts, Alleluia Panis Dance Theater San Francisco, CA Gia Rabito Executive Director Alabama Ballet Birmingham, AL

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel #2B November 18, 2009

Octavio Campos Artistic Director Camposition Miami, FL Joan Gray President Muntu Dance Theatre Chicago, IL Toby Mattox (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Retired Performing Arts Presenter Houston, TX Alleluia Panis Artistic, Executive Director Kularts, Alleluia Panis Dance Theater San Francisco, CA Gia Rabito Executive Director Alabama Ballet Birmingham, AL

American Masterpieces: Dance February 3-4, 2010

Sandra Burton Chair of Dance Williams College Williamstown, MA Roger Copeland Professor, Theater and Dance Program  Oberlin College Oberlin, OH Clare Croft Dance Historian, Dance Critic Austin, TX Karen Fischer Founder and President Pasifika Artists Network Wailuku, HI Bonnie Oda Homsey (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Los Angeles, CA Marda Kirn Founder/Executive Director EcoArts Connections Lafayette, CO