Mission Statement To explore, express, and experience creativity in all its forms through stimulating learning opportunities within a transforming community.
"la danza del desierto" is Spanish for "The Dance of The Desert".
It is the opening movement of a larger work consisting of four parts composed entitled "The Arizona Suite" by Kevin Julien. It was written for "Piano Fusion"an Arizona based group incubated as an “Emerging Artist Group”, supported and incubated ten years ago at SNAP. They now perform regularly at the MIM, founded and led by virtuoso Pianist Diana Cobb. Originally conceived for 4 hands on 1 piano it needed to be rearranged for orchestra due to the challenges of social distancing arising from the Covid-19 Pandemic. The spectacular music video was filmed on location in Arizona with choreography by Bridgette Maria that includes Tango Argentino, Pasodoble, Flamenco and Waltz.
The 2020 City of Scottsdale Arts and Culture Covid-19 Relief Grant funding
Additional Funding provided through the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
The 2020 Federal CARES Act Funds provided relief to state arts organizations and gratefully also to SNAP.
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Laina
Laina Lee has been professionally teaching the freedom of creativity through dance for the past 10 years. Her business has mainly been focused on couples dance and line dancing. The spiritual/healing arts have always been her passion. She created the powerful Transformational Release class by combining a variety of modalities into a spacious, flowing, unique sequence promoting the releasing of stuck energy patterns, focusing on health and vitality. She is certified as a Sound Therapist, Access Consciousness practitioner, along with Reiki II.
