Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
For General Operating Support
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Amount$90,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2010
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Abhinaya transmits the ongoing practice of classical South Indian dance across the generations and builds community among immigrant Indian American residents through its intensive training program for 100 students ages six to eighteen, and professional dance company, which reaches 12,000 people throughout Santa Clara County. A renewal grant to Abhinaya would help to strengthen the company’s fundraising and audience development capacities.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.abhinaya.com
Address
4950 Hamilton Ave., Suite 105, San Jose, CA, 95130-1748, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for leadership succession planning
Abhinaya Dance Company teaches and performs Bharatanatyam, a classical South Indian dance form, and builds community among Indian American residents. The organization's year-round training program reaches more than 100 girls and young women, ages 6 to 18, and offers a career development program for emerging dance teachers and choreographers. Its professional dance company reaches more than 15,000 people through its concert season and performances at venues, community sites, and local schools in the South Bay region. This grant to Abhinaya advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy and will support an organizational assessment and leadership succession planning process.
for general operating support
Abhinaya Dance Company teaches and performs Bharatanatyam, the traditional practice of classical South Indian dance, and builds community among Indian American residents. The organization provides an intensive year-round training program for more than 100 youth and young women, and offers a career development program for emerging dance teachers and choreographers. Its professional dance company reaches more than 15,000 people through its concert season and performances at regional venues, community sites, and local schools in the South Bay. This grant to Abhinaya advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
