About Us
A community
voice for dance in Fairfax County.
Vision
Make Fairfax County a center for dance excellence.
Mission
Grow awareness of, and participation in dance arts by students, audiences
and dance companies.
Background
In May 2008,
several dance studios and companies of Fairfax County (eventually the founding
organizations of the Fairfax County Dance Coalition) came together to address
performance venue issues facing the unique needs of the dance community.
They worked with the Northern Virginia Community College - Annandale Campus
Theatre to recommend renovations and improvements.
These eventual
founding organizations, in conjunction with the Arts Council of Fairfax
County, realized that they have common interests in working together:
growing the audience and support for dance in Fairfax County, improving the
performance venues available, and solving challenges to dance studios and
companies that individually are difficult to overcome.
Recognizing that
the performing arts have not been well supported in Fairfax County, and that
there is no current dance arts community type organization in Northern
Virginia, in June 2009, the group decided to form the Fairfax County Dance
Coalition with a strong relationship to the Arts Council of Fairfax County.
Purpose & Scope
Enable the
Fairfax County dance arts community to:
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Be community
ambassadors for dance arts.
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Foster
development of network connections among Fairfax County dance and other
performing arts groups.
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Address
challenges that face dance arts, which individual dance studios and
companies can not solve by themselves.
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Promote
expansion and improvement of Fairfax County theatre facilities for
dance.
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Raise
community awareness of the state of performing arts venues in Fairfax
County.
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Expand the
audience for dance. Attract more people to become involved in Fairfax
County dance arts, as students, dance companies, audience members and
patrons.
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Develop
sponsorship opportunities and implement fundraising activities to
support dance arts.
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Bring dance
and dance education to youth unable to participate in dance.
