Programs

  • Program 1 [2021]

    THE JDPP ENSEMBLE OF PROFESSIONAL DANCE, SPOKEN WORD, AND MUSIC ARTISTS EXPLORE SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES OF OUR TIME SUCH AS GENDER, RACE, OPPRESSION, IMMIGRATION, AND MASS INCARCERATION THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND MOVING DANCE/THEATER PERFORMANCES. IN FY 2021, THE ENSEMBLE PRESENTED COLORFIELDS, A NEW DANCE THEATER WORK INSPIRED BY LATE PAINTINGS OF ABRASTRACT EXPRESSIONIST HELEN FRANKENTHALER. THE ENSEMBLE ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW PERFORMANCE PLATFORM FOR ARTISTS OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS, TO ADDRESS CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF SOCIAL INJUSTICE ROOTED IN SYSTEMIC RACISM.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $49.5K

  • Program 2 [2021]

    BRIDGING BOUNDARIES ARTS INTERVENTION HELPS INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES RECONNECT AND REENERGIZE RELATONSHIP THROUGH THE ARTS. TEACHING ARTISTS LEAD PARTICIPANTS IN MULTI-ARTS ACTIVITIES ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUAL GROWTH AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. SINCE 2005, JDPP HAS OFFERED PERFORMANCE, MOMS & KIDS AND I. A.M. RESIDENCIES TO WOMEN AT YORK CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN NIANTIC, CT AND IN 2016, ADDED MEN IN A DADS & KIDS PROGRAM AT CYBULSKI CI REINTEGRATION CENTER IN ENFIELD, CT. BRIDGING BOUNDARIES ALSO REACHES OUT TO GREATER HARTFORD YOUTH WITH LOVED ONES IN PRISON, RETURNING CITIZENS AND YOUNG MEN IN JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS IN HARTFORD AND BRIDGEPORT. ALL PROGRAMS CONTINUED DURING THIS PAST YEAR THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE. THOUSANDS OF LIVES HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY THIS WORK.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $117.2K

  • Program 3 [2021]

    SINCE 1995 THE MOVING MATTERS MULTI-ARTS RESIDENCY HAS BROUGHT MOVEMENT, DANCE, NARRATIVE, AND SONG INTO HARTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A CATALYST FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND PERSONAL GROWTH. MOVING MATTERS BEGAN AS AN OUTREACH TO 5TH GRADERS AT PARKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND GREW TO INVOLVE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL. TODAY, MOVING MATTERS PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED AT TWO HARTFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OCCASIONALLY AT HIGHER GRADES. IN FY 2021, MOVING MATTERS RESIDENCIES CONTINUED DESPITE COVID SCHOOL CLOSURES AND DISTANCE LEARNING. JDPP TEACHING ARTISTS RECORDED INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS THAT INCLUDED STORY READING, MOVEMENT EXERCISES, ART AND WRITING PROMPTS AND DELIVERED 12 CURRICULUM PACKETS TO PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS FOR DELIVERY IN THEIR ONLINE CLASSROOMS.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $24.3K