A grass roots immersive dance/theater and music creation team. Serving communities in Northern Colorado and Denver. We create performing arts experiences from immersive productions that span the borders of reality and the surreal. Here at LuneAseas we infuse these experiences with tales and legends from local history. We bring educational performing arts experiences to the community through creative movement workshops and silent film jams. We support emerging directors and movers with production support.
Our outreach and programs
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Collaborative Performances- This can be site specific, in a traditional theatre space, immersive, or on a proscenium stage. These works are created collaboratively by a team of dancers, actors, musicians, melded together by a director and producer. They created with original and/or live music often times telling forgotten local history.
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Emerging Directors Initiative- This is our newest program that connects emerging directors with production resources to make their dreams a reality.
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Independent Silent Film Festival and Jams- In its fifth year this festival connects local and international filmmakers, choreographers, and musicians to create new collaborations through random selection. Our jams invite community members to hone their skills in film music composition through music creation to classic silent films.
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Contact and Creation- This workshops has touched the lives of hundreds of youth and community members, encouraging our participants to think outside box, creative problem solve as a collective, learn trust and fluid leadership through movement creation.
What we are raising funds for:
This year's season of giving we are raising fund for our latest focus the 5 Points Nutcracker: A Jazz Experience
About the show
Emerging Director Larea Edwards weaves a fresh twist on a holiday classic, celebrating the cultural richness of 5 Points Denver, often dubbed as "The Harlem of the West".
Jazz maestro, Tenia Nelson, infuses the performance with her unique musical interpretation of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorns’ 1960 score, adding a touch of improvisational magic.
Denver's dance sensations, Reyna Muerta, Chopz, Kayla Banks, and Vi Bright, join LuneAseas to showcase an eclectic blend of swing, break, and contemporary dance, all viewed through the Jazz Era's prism.
Our Fundraising Goals
Ticket sales alone do not nearly cover the costs it takes to put on such innovative and ambitious work. We reaching out his year to help us close our budget gap on this production to cover the costs of our show and make a brighter holiday season for our cast, crew, and audience!
What Your Donation Does
Donations of any amount are greatly appreciated and help us go so far! Here are some examples of what donations go towards.
- $40- provided up to 4 hours of studio time for rehearsals.
- $50- can provided 2 invented props for dancers and for the shows use.
- $75- can towards the purchase of needed equipment for set rigging.
- $100- Goes toward one show stipend for one of our cast members.
- $250- Goes towards one rehearsal stipend for our hard working cast members or helps us provide programs from our audience.
- $500-Pays a full stipend for one of our hard working performers.
- $750- Help us pay our hard working administrators and directors that put in countless hours of "invisible" work.
What you get
As our way of saying thankyou...
- Every monthly donation of $20 or more will exclusive access to our online open level ballet or modern classes being developed by Executive Director Leah Casper.
Every onetime donation of:
-$40 or more will get an exclusive code to view our Independent Silent Film Festival 4.0
-$60 or more will get an exclusive code to view our Independent Silent Film Festival 4.0 & 3.0
-$80 or more will get an exclusive code to view all of our Independent Silent Film Festivals
-$100 or more will get an exclusive code to view all of our Independent Silent Film Festivals, plus some sweet LuneAseas' sticker
-$150 or more exclusive code to view all of our Independent Silent Film Festivals, plus some sweet LuneAseas' swag
-$200 or more exclusive code to view all of our Independent Silent Film Festivals, a thankyou from our cast plus some sweet LuneAseas' swag
-Sponsor a dancer for $500 and receive all of the above, plus a thankyou from the cast, recognition on the website, and in our program.