���� I M PAC T R E P O R T
DEAR VAIL DANCE FESTIVAL FRIENDS,
THANK YOU!
It was an extraordinary summer, and we are so proud of the incredible 2022 Vail Dance Festival! You helped us create an exceptional season of dance, with great impact on our community as well as the artists who joined us this year. Thank you.
VAIL DANCE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE
Our commitment to fostering new work continued this summer as we celebrated surpassing 100 world premieres over the last 16 years. Thanks to your support, we stand firm as a preeminent leader in the creation of new repertoire each year, including 13 new works this summer across dance genres. Our new works go on to live in theaters around the world— for example Pam Tanowitz’s No Nonsense recently made its New York premiere to an enthusiastic audience at New York City Center.
Susan Campbell, Chair Jill Plancher, Vice Chair Judy Berkowitz* Priscilla Brewster Allie Coppeak Stacy Gillett Lisa Goldman
We are always delighted, thanks to your generous support, to make an impact on the careers of the artists who join us. This year we are especially proud of our work with three aspiring professional dancers from Ukraine whose trajectories have been interrupted by the war in their country. Their experience in Vail was artistically nourishing, as the Vail Dance Festival community opened its arms and hearts to these young artists. We are pleased to share that one of the young dancers was scouted during the Festival and has been offered a place at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis school of American Ballet Theatre in New York City.
Sheika Gramshammer
We are grateful to all of our staff and artistic team who bring the dancing to life on our stages and in our community each year. A key element of our team which speaks to the future is our Intern and Ambassador Programs, which this year engaged a record number of ambitious students and young professionals from around the country who worked collaboratively in key areas from marketing to production. Their contributions resonate throughout the Festival.
Betsy Wiegers
Within these pages, you will see how your support created a positive impact on the Vail Dance Festival community, from audiences to artists and all who make the Festival happen. We are truly grateful for your support in nurturing this vibrant Festival. The Festival would simply not be possible without your generosity. Thank you! Sincerely,
John Harrison Alexia Jurschak Jonna Mackin Jane Netzorg Senenne Philippon Fred Tresca Damian Woetzel *Dance Committee Chair 1998-2018
MARQUEE PRESENTER Jody & John Arnhold LUMINARY SOCIETY Jill & Kevin Plancher Tina & David Wilson and The Carol F. Storr Endowment for Classical Ballet SEASON PRESENTERS Priscilla Brewster Susan & Jeff Campbell
Susan Campbell, Committee Chair & Damian Woetzel, Artistic Director P.S. Save the date, Friday, July 28, for Opening Night of the 2023 Festival.
Oscar Tang & Agnes Hsu-Tang
FESTIVAL BY THE NUMBERS The Vail Dance Festival continues to grow annually and has become a year-round enterprise. Rising costs made presenting this Festival more challenging than in years past, but with your support, we continue to grow each year.
REVENUE SOURCES
��� Ticket Sales
We hope you will continue your support with a year-end gift that ensures the Festival remains on solid footing.
�� Miscellaneous �� Grants �� Sales/Sponsorships
15,749 Festival attendees
�� Government
608
Performance tickets sold
Individual donors supported the Festival
$845,743
$3.6
14,294
Ticket revenue generated
12 Performances 3 Venues: Gerald R.
Ford Amphitheater, Vilar Performing Arts Center, and Avon Performance Pavilion at Nottingham Park
Million economic impact (estimated revenue generated to the Town of Vail)
40+ Festival Events and Master classes generating $23,000 in revenue
��� Individual Donations
14 Exclusive donor events
82% Repeat attendees over multiple years
91% Individuals likely/ very likely to return
92% came specifically to Vail for the Festival
1,911 Room nights generated by guests + 1,210 Room nights
generated by Vail Valley Foundation/ Vail Dance Festival to house artists and staff
3,121 Total room
nights generated in the town of Vail Note: Data is from the ���� Festival.
���� WORLD PREMIERES �� NEW WORKS BY �� CHOREOGRAPHERS The Festival continues to build a legacy in the dance community as a high-altitude laboratory where new works and collaborations are brought to life. This summer we surpassed 100 world premieres since Damian Woetzel’s first Festival as Artistic Director in 2007.
I Made This for You
Choreography by Justin Peck Music by Chris Thile
Sennatina
Stitch
Choreography by Artist-InResidence Caili Quan
Choreography by Claudia Schreier
Music by Composer-InResidence Caroline Shaw
Music by Gonzalo Grau
Underwritten by Paul Repetto & Janet Pyle, and The Vail Dance Festival Artistic Reserve Fund, made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and our generous donors
Underwritten by Wendy Williams & Noel Kullavanijaya
Underwritten in part by Marvin Naiman & Margery Goldman Family Foundation
Nobody’s
Variations on a Theme
After the Siesta
Choreography by Pam Tanowitz
Choreography by Tiler Peck Music by Arcangelo Corelli
Choreography by Artist-InResidence Caili Quan Music by Isaac Albéniz
Underwritten by Wendy Williams & Noel Kullavanijaya
No Nonsense
Choreography by Pam Tanowitz Music by Meredith Monk Walking Song, Peter Sarstedt Where Do You Go To My Lovely Co-commission between the Vail Dance Festival and New York City Center
trip the light
Choreography by Jodi Melnick Music by Andreia Pinto Correia Underwritten by Malo & John Harrison
PREMIERES CONT’D Your support of the Festival affords us to be a leader in creating new works like these.
LET’S TALK MUSIC!
MASS
It gets the better of me
Stop Time
Choreography by Bobbi Jene Smith
Choreography by Ephrat Asherie
Choreography by Lil Buck, Tiler Peck and Damian Woetzel
Music by Composer-InResidence Caroline Shaw
Music by Omar featuring Zed Bias, arranged by Ephrat Asherie and Michelle Dorrance
Music by Scott Joplin, arranged by Joel Wenhardt
Underwritten by the Vail Valley Foundation Board of Directors
Tea for Two
Choreography by Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina Music by Vincent Youmans, arranged by Joel Wenhardt
The Vail Dance Festival is also committed to the creation and arrangement of new music. The 2022 Festival featured two new works by two composers and two new arrangements, performed by 15 musicians. Your support also allowed us to bring the remarkable quartet, Brooklyn Rider, as Quartet-In-Residence.
Underwritten by Jonna Mackin
Paravi
Choreography by Robbie Fairchild & Byron Tittle Music by Paravi Arranged by Joel Wenhardt
Two New Compositions Sennatina by Caroline Shaw, composer-in-residence (featured above)
trip the light by Andreia Pinto Correia
Mandolinist/Singer, Chris Thile, performs for the world premiere, I Made This for You.
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH BY THE NUMBERS COMMUNITY ARTS ACCESS
EDUCATION
The Vail Dance Festival is committed to providing access to the arts for all through a variety of programs and ticket specials including:
3 FREE “Dancing in the Streets” performances in Vail
1 FREE “Dancing in the Park”
Performance in Avon with over 400 attendees
439 Children 12 and under
received free lawn admission (with the purchase of an adult ticket)
114 Free tickets were distributed to
local nonprofits through the Community Arts Access program
1,802 Dance for $��.��
reduced-price tickets sold for closing night
$10 Lawn tickets were made
available for students and faculty across our local school system
3 Scholars-In-Residence from Ukraine 109 Children participated in YouthPower365’s Celebrate the Beat Eagle County FREE Pop Hop Camp and performed on stage with Lil Buck on International Evenings of Dance I
24 Master Classes were offered to dance students
INTERN & AMBASSADOR PROGRAM ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTS LEADERS The Vail Dance Festival is committed to helping nurture the career development of our future generations of artists, leaders and professionals. We’ve established a robust program for ambitious middle school, high school, college, and post grad students to join the Festival team and gain valuable experience while supporting a variety of key areas from administration to marketing to production. Thirty interns and ambassadors joined us in 2022.
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM A unique hands-on opportunity for 8th-12th graders. Ambassadors receive both community service and educational experience. The Ambassador Program is underwritten by Barbara Scrivens, LIV Sotheby’s International Realty.
INTERN PROGRAM Interns support a variety of areas of artist hospitality, media/ marketing & communications, education/outreach, venue/ rehearsal management, food/beverage and development. Thirteen talented young professionals and graduate and undergraduate students from across the country joined the Festival team for over two weeks gaining extraordinary experience in arts production and management.
Interns Honored: Longtime Vail Valley Foundation employee, Arte Davies, was integral in the success and growth of the Vail Dance Festival from 1994-2015. Arte spent much of his time working with Festival interns and training them in his philosophy and hospitality practices. After Arte’s passing, the Spirit of Arte Davies Award was established and is bestowed annually on one outstanding intern. This summer, all 14 interns in the class of 2022 exemplified Arte’s spirit, so all were honored with this prestigious award.
Impact Report 2022 photos by Christopher Duggan, Chris Kendig, and Brian Maloney.
THANK YOU for YOUR SUPPORT The Vail Dance Festival thrives and grows each year due to the steadfast support of over 600 individual donors, community partners and corporate sponsors. One of the greatest joys of the Festival is the ability to share this extraordinary experience with so many people. We hope you enjoyed your time this summer and can’t wait to see you next summer. Above are just a few photos to represent the connections we made and the comraderie enjoyed at the Festival. Visit our Flickr account to view all Festival photos: flickr.com/photos/vailvalleyfoundation/albums. Make an IMPACT for the 2023 Festival on Colorado Gives Day, December 6, 2022. Your gift can be directed to support the Vail Dance Festival. Donations can be made as early as Nov. 1, 2022 at coloradogives.org/vvf. Be sure to designate Vail Dance Festival.
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