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Jump-Start Performance Co.

Profile

Note: The information on this Profile reflects the circumstances of the ensemble at the time of the interviews. These circumstances will most likely change over time.

Location: San Antonio, Texas (pop. 1,150,000)

Ensemble members: 20

Founded: 1985

Major activities: Creation of new work; presenting; international Festival de Libre Enganche; Young Tongues festival; Works In Progress performance series; children’s Shakespeare festival; Healing Arts program; arts-in-education program, visual art gallery

Facility: Rents office and theater space in Blue Star Arts Complex in inner-city San Antonio.

Annual budget: $300,000

Community Partnerships: Esperanza Center; Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center; Carver Community Cultural Center; Centro Cultural Aztlan; Burras Finas Productions; San Antonio Theatre Coalition; Cultural Alliance of San Antonio; madmedia; Zona Libre; Dance Umbrella; Kelly, Bonham, Hawthorne, Douglass and Japhet Elementary Schools; Poe and Dwight Middle Schools; Memorial and Tejeda High Schools; Westside Boys and Girls Club; Say Si; Gemini Ink; Alamo Children’s Advocacy Center’s CARE Project

Web Site: http://www.jump-start.org

Company Statement

Jump-Start Performance Co. is a group of diverse artists dedicated to the discovery and the support of new ideas in performance. By encouraging visionary thought and non-traditional approaches, Jump-Start Performance Co. is committed to the creation of art that is a lasting voice of many diverse cultures.


Profile created February 2001


 
 

AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK FROM NEW VILLAGE PRESS! Performing Communities
Performing Communities
Grassroots Ensemble Theaters Deeply Rooted in Eight U.S. Communities

By Robert H. Leonard
and Ann Kilkelly
Edited by
Linda Frye Burnham
with an introduction by
Jan Cohen-Cruz
Published by
New Village Press
Paperback: $15.00

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