Panel Report Dance Levels 1 and 2

Memorandum

The Dance Levels 1 and 2 grant panel meeting was held via teleconference on September 17, 2015. Fourteen (14) eligible applications were reviewed and all were recommended for funding.

A complete list of all reviewed applications, with the request amounts and final scores, is provided in the following sections.

Panel comment was as follows:

There were no panel comments.

Public comment was as follows:

There were no public comments.

Panel Biographies

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Tenaj Davis

Miami-Dade County

• President, Florida Dance Educators Organization and Educator, Miami–Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), Miami, Florida
• Former adjunct professor at Miami-Dade College and Barry University; commercial dancer working out of Los Angeles, taught and performed throughout United States and internationally, featured in national and international publications
• Served as Dance Liaison Board Member, Florida Alliance for Arts Education; past President Dade Association of Dance Educators (DADE); Task Form Member, Polk County Public Schools Lead Reviewer and Writer: Race to the Top Performing and Fine Arts Assessment Project 2011 – 2014; Member of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) Dance Writing Team 2009-2010
• Research Doctorate, Educational Leadership and Administration, General; Minor Degree in Curriculum Development, Nova Southeastern University; M.A., Educational Leadership from Barry University; B.F.A, Dance, California Institute of the Arts

Melanie Emmanuelli

Orange County

• Grants Manager, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
• Previously Director of Grants Management, Lawrence Hall Youth Services; Researcher,Nuestra Musica: Latino Chicago, SmithsonianFolklife Festival; Grants Officer, America’s Families United; Founder, Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts
• B.A., Theater and BA, Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago; M.S., Community Psychology, Springfield College; 18 PhD courses, Performance Studies, Northwestern University

Rasheen Jamison-Richardson

Gadsden County

• Director and Founder, Legacy School of Performing Arts Training Institute, Quincy, Florida
• Member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC); Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA); American Choral Directors Associations (ACDA); Gold Key International Honor Society, and W.E.B DuBoise Honors Scholar
• Named one of the National Hook Up of Black Women's 2013 "Persons of the Year" by the Gadsden County Chapter
• B.A., Music and Music Education, Cum Laude and M.M., Music Education, Magna Cum Laude, Florida State University

Kathleen Klein

Palm Beach County

• Founding Chair and Professor of Dance, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Palm Beach, Florida
• Previously, Executive Director, Klein Dance Inc. and Klein Dance Company; Dance Teacher, Palm Beach Community College; taught dance technique and dance appreciation courses at Florida Atlantic University
• Current board member, Florida Dance Education Organization and the CedC Leadership Team at the Palm Beach Cultural Council
• Ph.D. in Global Leadership, Lynn University; MFA, Theatre, Florida Atlantic University

Michele Scanlan

Miami-Dade County

• Grants Manager, Miami City Ballet, Miami, Florida
• Grants Manager, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation
• Twenty years volunteering in nonprofit organizations, including nine years as a grant panelist and eight years as a Board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals
• Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of Minnesota; awarded the Certificate in Fundraising Management from the Indiana School of Philanthropy; received the Certified Fundraising Executive Credential from the Association of Fundraising Professionals

Hannah Schwadron

Leon County

• Assistant Professor, Dance History, Florida State University and curates Field Studies, an annual dance showcase that allow performers the space to develop projects with live audiences for peer review, Tallahassee, Florida
• Previously taught at CUNY Queens College, UC Riverside and Saint Elizabeth High School in Oakland, California
• M.F.A, Experimental Choreography, University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., Critical Dance Studies, University of California, Riverside

Panel Recommendations

This list contains the panel recommendations to the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. This is not a final funding recommendation. Panel review is step 2 in a 4 step review process.