Arts & Entertainment w Mike Marriott S1 Ep4 Business Partnership

08/13/19 • 28 min

Arts & Entertainment with Mike Marriott & Metro Melik

An episode about creating art into the art business. Mike Marriott talks about how Arts & Entertainment surrounds us. There's a reference to "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X. And Metro Melik talks about the genre that Johnny Cash should belong. There's a little nod to Varhaus. Mr. Marriott speaks on how business can invest in art as well as artist and why that is good for business. Metro Lansing is an emerging mostly blank canvas of where artist can find many opportunities to partner with business in order to be able to help facilitate in their art production. Mr. Marriott touches on the subject with raising funds as an artist.
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AE w MM & MM S1 Ep3 Happendance

In this episode Mike Marriott talks about Happendance, which is mid-Michigan's only professional dance company. Each year it presents four major productions: A Dance Concert for Young People (and their grown up friends); a full production winter concert featuring the professional company: "This Is Happendance"; the Happendance School Spring Concert; and the unique “Community Dance Project”, which it founded in 2005. In addition, Happendance 2, the company’s pre-professional youth group, performs at a variety of local bookings. “Happendance To Go”, the company’s highly popular outreach program offers both performances specially designed for youth audiences, and teaching workshops which provide dance classes designed to enhance curriculum and learning skills. This program serves school districts throughout Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Jackson, Livingston, and Shiawassee counties. Happendance School, founded 1993, enrolls 250 students annually. www.happendance.org

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