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Dear Friends,
Thank you for your continued interest in Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak. Highlights from 2009 include the New York premiere of My Name is a Blackbird, development support from the National Performance Network, and the October premiere of Stamina of Curiosity: Our Strange Elevations at Alverno Presents. This remarkably fertile period is evidenced most recently by Ivan Sygoda’s invitation to join his roster of artists at Pentacle, a prestigious New York booking agency for contemporary dance. Joining Pentacle poises us to broaden our national exposure through touring and residencies, and thus reach audiences we could not reach without Pentacle's support.
Never before have I felt so connected to my creative process, so capable of communicating about it, and so inspired to continue at a depth that serves my community, my field, and my generation. My recent projects have prompted me to delve ever more deeply into authentic exchange with movement and performance and I am humbled, honored and profoundly inspired by the response from critics, presenters, funders, audiences and students.
Now more than ever, as a donor to Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak you need to know that your contributions are supporting vital and singular artistic work, and that our organization is operating with sound business practices. I hope you’ll appreciate as much as I do that our staff and Board of Directors are increasingly focused on development, marketing, and financial guidance in direct support of my work, ensuring that more of my time and energy can be spent in creative pursuits.
We hope you will continue to make Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak one of your priorities. Please take advantage of our secure online giving option or send your gift to us at Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak, 6205 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660.
With Immense Gratitude,
Molly Shanahan, Artistic Director
Ben Saxon, President
Dan Brescoll, Secretary
Dan Heck, Treasurer
Kevin Simmons
Jane Koster
Molly Shanahan
Kathleen Aharoni
Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about opportunities to become involved with Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak's Board of Directors.
Molly Shanahan / Mad Shak is supported by Alphawood Foundation, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Additional support comes from a City Arts Program Level I grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; and from generous individual contributions.
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak is a member of Pentacle (DanceWorks, Inc.), a non-profit service organization for the performing arts, Mara Greenberg and Ivan Sygoda, Directors. 246 West 38th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10018. Tel. 212-278-8111; Fax 212-278-8555. Web site: www.pentacle.org.
For booking information, contact Ivan Sygoda, at the above address and number, extension 300 or at ivans@pentacle.org.
Stamina of Curiosity is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund project co-commissioned by Alverno Presents and Denison University and NPN. For more information, www.npnweb.org.
My Name is a Blackbird is made possible through the support of Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation and the Chicago Dancemakers Forum, a choreographer's development project led by the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, Links Hall and an independent choreographer. The original scores created for My Name is a Blackbird are commissioned as part of a national series of works from Meet the Composer’s Commissioning Music/USA program, which is made possible by generous support from the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Francis Goelet Trust, the Helen F. Whitaker Fund, Target, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Eye Cycle is a 2003 co-commissioning project by Links Hall in partnership with Denison University and the National Performance Network Creation Fund. The Creation Fund is sponsored by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Altria, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak is an Illinois nonprofit corporation. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak is in residence at Berger Park through the Chicago Park District’s Arts Partners in Residence program, which unites artists and communities in Chicago’s parks.
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