Dance Advancement Fund 2022-2023 Review Panel
Purpose of the Review Panel
To advise and assist in reviewing applications to the Dance Advancement Fund (2022-2023) and achieving the Fund’s goals.
Dance/NYC provided a Panelist Guide, which included a full overview of the funding priorities, evaluation criteria and scoring rubric to aid panelists in determining the final group of recipients.
2022-2023 Dance Advancement Fund Panelists:
- Aaron L. McKinney, Executive Director, Hi-ARTS
- Danni Gee, Dance Curator & Programs Manager, SummerStage (City Parks Foundation)
- george emilio sanchez, performance artist & activist
- Ita Segev, Performance Artist, Writer and Community Mobilizer
- J. Soto, Director of Engagement and Inclusion, Leslie Lohman Museum
- Julia del Palacio, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Development, Kupferberg Center for the Arts | Queens College
- Karesia Batan, Founding Director, Queensboro Dance Festival | The Physical Plant
- Kiebpoli Calnek, Black*Acrobat
- Leah Krauss, Senior Program Officer, Mertz Gilmore Foundation
- Lillian Osei-Boateng, Program Manager for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Linda Murray, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Maya Simone Z, Junior Committee (JComm), Dance/NYC
- Omar Ingram, Programs Director, The International Association of Blacks in Dance