Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre

- Use the rich diversity of Spain's cultural arts as a method to create awareness and understanding of cultural differences and similarities among the public of all ages.
- Cultivate the cultural arts of Spain through educational and performance programs.
- Continue implementing our strategic plan for future sustainability of the company.

- Present arts-in-education programs in K-12 schools, libraries, museums and other educational venues, and demonstrate Spain's cultural traditions and history through dance, music, songs, poetries and more.
- Present full stage theater and dance drama productions, many with cross-cultural themes that explore Spain's diverse and complex history, including it's historic interactions with other world populations - Arabic, Jewish, Celtic, Indian, Mexican, South American and more. Its annual home season fall production is supported by the Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission.
- Present 2 major free-to-the-public programs to benefit the public and especially K-12 students and low-income families: the "Feria de Sevilla" Flamenco & Cultural Arts festival supported by Woodbridge Township & corporate sponsors; and "The History of Spaniards in NJ" lecture demonstration, supported by the Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission.
- Find and implement new GOS funding sources for the company's long term goals.

- Founded in 1995, Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre has an over 20 year history of performing arts in NJ and the greater Tri-State area. Celebrating its 23rd anniversary in September 2018, the company continues its annual outreach of 9,000-10,000+ people of all ages with all of its cultural arts programs. The company consists of 20 professional artists - dancers, musicians & singers - who perform in its cultural arts programs. The company's dedicated staff and volunteers ensure company operations work as needed to implement its programs.
- The company is building for future artistic sustainability by: training our apprentices to join the company ensemble, further training its core ensemble, and preparing soloists for promotion into the principal rank.
- NEEDS: The company needs more funding to add additional staff, as the increasing administrative work of running the company requires additional resources.

- Alborada met its annual attendance goal of over 9,500 attendees attending our fiscal year 2018 presentations and programs.
- In 2018, another soloist was promoted to the principal level, joining 2 other soloists promoted to principal in 2016.
- In 2016, 3 of its apprentices were promoted to join the ensemble as company dancers; more to come in 2019-2020.
- Alborada has expanded its new "History of Spaniards in NJ" lecture-demonstration program: 2016 - Galicians of northern Spain, 2017 - Sephardic Jews, 2018 - Spaniards & Mexicans. This program presents research conducted on the immigration of Spanish populations to NJ (with further expansion in 2018 to include other world cultures) since the early 1900's to create new cross-cultural conversations and understanding. The outcome is an interactive lecture with a scholar/historian accompanied by visual aids such as dance & musical instrument demonstrations, traditional costumes display, archival photos and immigration documents and photos.
- NEED: Alborada continues to need additional funding for new staff.