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Hartfel Foundation Goals
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- Give Southern California residents
a first-rate, professional ballet company
- Advance a revolutionary teaching
program that makes a difficult art form
accessible to all
- Offer vital body awareness and art-conscious
services to the blind, hearing-impaired,
wheel-chair bound, as well as the economically
and socially challenge
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Mission Statement |
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| Hartfel Foundation facilitates
awareness of the individual through the
arts, in particular the art of ballet. Hartfel
inspires self-worth and a sustaining belief
in each individual’s ability to make a lasting
and meaningful contribution to others and
their community. |
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Board of Directors |
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John C. Welch, Artistic Director,
Ballet Master, and Choreographer
Email address:
john@hartfel.com |
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Elayne Welch, Business Manager,
Treasurer
Email address:
elayne@hartfel.com |
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Catherine Bonomini, Principal
Dancer/Teacher, Secretary
Email address:
katie@hartfel.com |
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Veronica Badzey, Principal Dancer/Teacher,
Assistant Secretary
Email address:
veronica@hartfel.com |
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Colleen Kirtland, Board Member
Email address:
cskirtland@yahoo.com |
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Mike Kirtland, Board Member
Email address:
mskirtland@yahoo.com |
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Richard MacDonald, Jr., Board
Member
Email address:
rmacdonald@richardmacdonald.com
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Fred Lopez, Board Member
Email address:
netjoger5136@yahoo.com |
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Community Outreach |
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Hartfel has a history of
connecting with audiences who would not
otherwise have the opportunity or the inclination
to attend live dance performances. Performances
in retirement communities, movement workshops
for disabled children, and performance demonstrations
at children’s centers have all met with
delighted responses and requests for return
performances.
Hartfel’s outreach programs for the disabled
will be co-sponsored by cities and local
communities.
The Foundation will cooperate with community
agencies and their existing programs and
facilities. The aim is to help liberate
others from the confines under which they
live.
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Specifically, our programs will
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For the Deaf/Hearing-Impaired:
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| Dance and movement classes employ
vibration stimulus to allow participants
to feel the music through vibrations
in the air and the floor. The ethodology
will be employed, including techniques
to promote body awareness, sensitivity
to rhythm, and the classical art
of ballet. A strong emphasis will
be placed on exercises utilizing
rhythm and meter in a physical way,
versus simply experiencing them
through the sense of hearing.
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For the Blind: |
| Dance and movement classes employ
spatial exercises to develop the
confidence to move through space
freely, thus alleviating anxiety
or fears. Students will be challenged
to move without boundaries or fear,
learning how to utilize space for
freedom of expression. The classes
will employ Hartfel methodologies
concerning body awareness and the
art of ballet. The teachers will
communicate the visual aspect of
movement through descriptive speech,
and also through the aid of assistants
who will guide the students through
the physical process until they
feel liberated enough to experiment
on their own. |
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For the Wheelchair-Bound: |
| Dance and movement classes are
structured around the act of manipulating
a wheelchair to emulate dance movements.
The syllabus will include partnering,
duets, quartets, and a complexity
of choreographic movement that facilitates
freedom of expression. All activities
would of course take the special
needs of the participants into account
while challenging their boundaries
and physical limitations. |
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Performance Workshops:
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| All participants will be invited
to perform what they have learned
in their classes. Dances will be
choreographed specifically for each
class, at all times promoting and
requiring a high standard of execution
and artistry. These dance pieces
will be performed in community college
theaters, civic centers, and our
own in-house heater. |
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Benefactors List |
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The Hartfel Foundation
2005 Contributors
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Premiere ($5001-$50,000)
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Valiant ($501-$5,000)
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- C&M Financial
- Capital Group Companies
Foundation
- Lori Smith
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Luminary ($101-$500)
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- Gene & Dora Badzey
- Fred Bonomini
- Angela Curtis
- Donald Ingram
- Fred Lopez
- Paget Norton
- Servando Palomino
- Lucia She
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Cherished (Up to $100)
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- Esla Andrew
- Peter Badzey
- Ildiko Berty
- Mrs. Suzanne Boller,
Boller West, LLC
- Lawrence Buckley
- Wendy Cooper
- Christine Flour
- Nada Harlow
- Suzanne Landon &
Robert Bendall
- Margaret Landon-Koustik
- Jean Kreiling
- Julia Lanphier
- Lucille Martin
- David Ross
- Robert Stearns
- Kim Tole
- James Walsh
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The Hartfel Foundation 2004
Contributors |
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Premier ($5001-$50,000)
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Valiant ($501-$5,000)
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- C&M Financial
- Michael & Colleen
Kirtland
- Cecelia Ouspensky
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Luminary ($101-$500)
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- Francis & Nancy
Badzey
- Gene & Dora Badzey
- Peter & Siobhan
Badzey
- Thomas & Adrienne
Badzey
- Kathy Bonomini
- John Colvin
- Barbara & Kenneth
Dalzell
- Henry & Cruz Garcia
- Mary Johnson
- Kathya & Jose Mendoza
- Carolyn Ritchie
- Chiao-Yao and Lucia
She
- Mitzi & Howard Wells
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Cherished (Up to $100)
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- Erin Aiello
- Earl Hodson, American
Standard Flooring
- Thomas & Idilko
Berty
- Fred Bonomini
- Kriss Buihner
- Robert & Barbara
Considine
- Ray & Donna Covarrubias
- Eveleen Eue
- Michael and Gail
Fellman
- Christine Flour
- Esiguia Gonzales
- Ann Hardman
- Annamae Koch
- Margaret Landon-Koustik
- Lucille Martin
- Linda Mortimore
- Meltem & Zeynep
Narter
- Paget Norton
- Servando Palomino
- Eileen Plumb
- Susan Landon & Robert
Bendall
- Pat Ryan
- Kim Tole
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