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Single Project / Event Grant Recipients 2001

$400 7th Annual Haitian-Dominican Cultural Night/Haitian Dominican Students Association and Casa Dominicana/RSO's A multidisciplinary event which offers two student-run dance groups, Cayena and Neg et Negresse Kreyol and a poetry reading.

$500 Invierno Encendido/Concepto Latino/RSO Concert by Merengue artists Frankie Negron and Tono Rosario.

$500 Electronic Visions: Lectures in Art and Technology/Dept. of Art Two Boston-based visiting artists, Dana Moser and Jen Hall, will be invited to address UMass students about their unique integration of the arts and technology.

$750 Alive with Dance Student Dance Concert/Alive with Dance/RSO Concert featuring works by 13 student choreographers, drawing from diverse dance forms, including jazz, modern, contemporary ballet and lyrical.

$345 Vietnam X/Theater Dept. (Falling Rock Productions Company) Vietnam X will focus on the effects of the Vietnam War on the second generation, which will be culled from original research garnered through surveys and interviews.

$800 Fool for Love/Theater Dept. (Pegasus Productions) Production of the Sam Shepard play, Fool for Love, which explores the issues of relationships and freedom.

$300 Around the Greewood Tree/Performing Arts Division A production that "confronts issues of racism and ethnicity in an intelligent and heart-felt artistic dialogue."

$350 The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)/Active Ingredients/RSO This production written by "The Reduced Shakespeare Company" is an hour and a half of "spontaneous comedy combining aspects from all Shakespeare's plays."

$1,000 Sweet Charity/Theater Guild/RSO A musical written by Neil Simon and originally directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse.

$900 Much Ado About Nothing/Theater Guild/RSO A Shakespearean comedy which explores the complex relationship between men and women.

$600 L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi/UMass Opera Workshop Performance of L'Orfeo, first fully-staged opera production presesented by UMass students, is enhanced by roundtable discussions held shortly before the performances.

$650 House of Wives Program Series/Theater Dept. Play and programming to promote a more informed understanding of Arab culture and "the complexities of the issues eith which women in these societies must deal."

$300 Women of Color Leadership Network's Leadership Training/Everywomen's Center The program features theater presentations, a writing workshop and a mask-making workshop led by various artists.

$1200 Magic Triangle Jazz Series/WMUA-FM To support the performance of Yusef Lateef during the Jazz Series.

$500 Short Story Journal/Short Cuts Short Story Journal To support production of a short story journal.

$600 Cape Verdean Cultural Night/Cape Verdean Student Alliance The event includes performances by Cape Verdean musician Mark Gonsalves, a dance performace by CVSA dancers, remarks by the musicians the Mendes Brothers, an exhibit by painter Bela Duarte, and a performace by Timmy, a Cape Verdean musician.

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