2016-05-04T21:48:00-07:00 2015-12-31 990EZ 2015-01-01 352237400 The Vangeline Theater Inc VANG 9177499062 494 Court Street Brooklyn NY 11231 Helene Gand President 9177499062 2016-05-04 2015 2016-09-27 15:27:22Z X www.vangeline.com X X 94547 X 21137 73410 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94547 0 0 0 36721 9503 6125 49622 101971 -7424 14132 0 6708 14132 6708 0 0 0 0 14132 6708 0 0 14132 6708 The Vangeline Theater's mission is to educate the public about Butoh dance, promoting an understanding Butoh dance history and its social and cultural significance; to connect Butoh to other art forms and disciplines and to build community through Butoh. Butoh is an avant garde dance which originated in Japan in the 1950's. The company reaches out to the New York community by offering public Butoh workshops and performances through collaborations with international and national Butoh artists, as well as to members of the incarcerated population, via teaching Butoh at correctional facilities in New York ("The Dream a Dream Project" since 2007). This award-winning project continues to contribute to the rehabilitation of New York's incarcerated population. Community Butoh classes and Butoh workshops offered to the public: The Vangeline Theater offered 41 community Butoh classes in 2015: 609 students attended. We also offered 23 intensive Butoh workshops with national and international Butoh teachers, (attendance: 572 students), for a total of over 250 hours of Butoh instruction open to the public. In total, 1181 students attended our Butoh classes and workshops in 2015. Some of the master teachers we brought to the New York community came from Mexico, Japan and Germany. 7500 18765 The "DREAM A DREAM PROJECT: dance workshop for incarcerated men and women" is a program which reaches to members of the incarcerated population weekly at correctional facilities in New York. The Dance classes have between 6 and 24 participants enrolled and incorporate physical warm ups, relaxation exercises and Butoh dance training. Using simple movements and basic dance training for beginners, this class provides a healthy physical and emotional outlet to participants. No prior dance experience is required. Every few months, the inmates perform in front of a mixed audience of inmates and civilians. A Q&A ensues. The performances are an essential part of the program, and provide the participants with a unique chance to offer something deeply personal in front of strangers. In 2015, this program took place at Edgecombe Correctional Facility, supported, in part, by the New York Department of Cultural Affairs and New York Council on the Arts. The program culminated with a performance with inmates on December 11, 2015. Overall, participants reported a new openness towards others, a new ability to bond with each other, an increase in strength and flexibility, and a new positive outlook on life. The class helps them face their imminent release from prison with hope, courage and dignity. This program was recently featured on CNN's Great Big Story with millions of viewers and 165,000 online viewers. Susan Hamaker, a writer for Japanculture-nyc.com who witnessed the 2013 performance wrote: "A Triumph" "In eight short weeks Vangeline Theater's Dream a Dream Project transformed those three men who performed. In thirty short minutes the fruits of her labor transformed an entire audience." CNN's Great Big Story is available online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcO2Ip0rMic 7000 11315 Free Butoh performances offered to the public. In 2015, the Vangeline Theater offered to (4) full length free Butoh performances to the public, exposing the New York public to Butoh. All performances featured professional Butoh dancers. This effort to offer free Butoh performances every year is in line with our mission statement to educate the public about Butoh. We estimate a total of over 300 people attended the performances. Performance:"Tres Mort- Tremor", at Howl! Happening, April 29- May 2, 2015 in the East Village. 600 600 Vangeline Theater Butoh performances. In 2015, we offered 10 Butoh performances to the New York Public, continuing on our mission to introduce Japanese Butoh to New York audiences. We estimate over 2500 audience members watched our performances. List of our performances in 2015: Solo performance by Vangeline for Grammy-Award winning artist Skrillex, Million Dollar Theatre, LA, January 15; "An evening of Butoh with Vangeline Theater and Vanessa Skantze", Cameo Studios, Feb 27; "Beauty and the Beast", Night of Thousand Stevies, Irving Plaza, May 2nd; "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee", Triskelion Presents, June 26, 27;"FIFTH OF BUTOH", Theater of Yugen, Noh Theater, San Francisco, Oct 23, 24; "LUMINOUS", Cameo Studios, NY, with Butoh Master Tetsuro Fukuhara from Japan and Vangeline, Nov 6 and "SENRYU BUTOH", Kraine Theater, New York, November 24, 25- with Butoh Master Katsura Kan and Chisato Seino from Japan. 0 12590 Vangeline Theater Tour. Vangeline Theater toured our original Butoh piece "BUTOH BEETHOVEN" internationally, offering 12 performances at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland. We estimate that over 650 audience members attended this tour. 0 16589 Solo performance by Vangeline for Grammy-Award winning artist Skrillex, Million Dollar Theatre, LA, January 15 to thousands of people. 1500 1500 61359 Geoff Shelton Treasurer, Director, Board Member 5 0 0 0 Amanda Caughey Secretary 5 0 0 0 Helene Gand President, Board Member, Teacher 40 18416 0 0 Kathleen Pierce Director, Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Jane Friedman Co Chair 1 0 0 0 Paul Barlett Advisor 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Geoff Shelton 494 Court Street number 4 Brooklyn NY 11231 9177499062 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 4762 9625 13520 26335 31297 85539 16850 29981 39578 45558 63250 195217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21612 39606 53098 71893 94547 280756 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280756 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21612 39606 53098 71893 94547 280756 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Other Expenses for our Programs: travel, supplies, lodging, rehearsal space, theatrical supplies, production costs, music, international touring costs, marketing, hospitality, and education.