Dance: FY 2017 Grants Panelists

Art Works - Panel A June 2, 2016

Yolanda Cesta Cursach Associate Director, Performance Programs Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Chicago, IL Andrea Dickerson (Layperson) Chief Administrative Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer Peace Corps Silver Spring, MD Sean Dorsey Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer Sean Dorsey Dance & Fresh Meat Productions San Francisco, CA Gesel Mason Artistic Director Gesel Mason Performance Projects Assistant Professor University of Colorado, Boulder Westminster, CO Sydney Skybetter Technologist, Choreographer, Writer Artistic Director skybetter & associates Providence, RI Tanya Wideman-Davis Assistant Professor of Dance University of South Carolina Co-Artistic Director Wideman Davis Dance Columbia, SC

Art Works - Panel B June 2, 2016

Kim Chan General Manager, PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature PEN America Maplewood, NJ Arnold (Arnie) Malina (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Burlington, VT Mary Anne Santos Newhall Dance Historian, Performer Associate Dean; Associate Professor, College of Fine Arts University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM Erin Doughton Performing Arts Program Director Portand Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) Portland, OR Helanius J. Wilkins Choreographer, Performance Artist, Scholar Visiting Lecturer, School of Classical & Contemporary Dance Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX C. Brian Williams Executive Director Step Afrika! Washington, DC

Art Works - Panel C June 3, 2016

Glen (Gil) Boggs Artistic Director Colorado Ballet Denver, CO Andrew (Andy) Chiang Executive Director Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Peter DiMuro Choreographer, Director, Arts Engager Creative Director PDM: Public Displays of Motion Boston, MA Michelle Ramos-Burkhart (Layperson) Project Director Vera Institute of Justice New Orleans, LA Gus Solomons, Jr. Performer/Mentor Arts Professor, Tisch School of the Arts New York University New York, NY Michèle A. Steinwald Independent Producer, Curator Community Engagement Consultant The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts Minneapolis, MN

Art Works II - Panel A December 6, 2016

Diane Coburn Bruning Artistic Director Chamber Dance Project, dancers & musicians Alexandria, VA Sherwood Chen Artist San Jose, CA Pat Graney Choreographer, Installation Artist Executive/Artistic Director Pat Graney Company Seattle, WA Reginald Harris (Layperson) Mental Health Therapist Central Clinic Child and Family Treatment Center Cincinnati, OH Sabrina Madison-Cannon Associate Dean of Academic & Faculty Affairs/Professor of Dance Conservatory of Music and Dance University of Missouri-Kansas City Overland Park, KS

Art Works II - Panel B December 6, 2016

Rosa (Rosie) L. Herrera Dancer, Choreographer Artistic Director Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre Miami, FL Marisa C. Santiago Freelance Arts Administrator & Corporate Events Producer Brooklyn, NY Daniel P. Singh Artistic Director Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company Washington, DC Amara Tabor-Smith Director Deep Waters Dance Theater (DWDT) Adjunct Instructor, Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies University of California, Berkeley Oakland, CA Jon H. Teeuwissen (Layperson) Arts Patron Highland Park, IL

Art Works II - Panel C December 7, 2016

Adam Bernstein (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Los Angeles, CA Julie Nakagawa Bottcher Artistic Director DanceWorks Chicago Chicago, IL Melanie E. George Audience Educator & Dramaturg Lumberyard (formerly American Dance Institute) Washington, DC Miguel Gutierrez Artist Program Director, LANDING Gibney Dance Center Brooklyn, NY Kim L. Jones Associate Professor University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC