Video: OKC modern dance company vying for Pepsi Refresh grant to build Automobile Alley performance space
Hartel Dance Group, a modern dance company he founded and has served as artistic director of since 2006, is vying for a $50,000 grant through the Pepsi Refresh Project to renovate the vacant fifth floor of the historic Magnolia Building in Automobile Alley.
In this video, artistic director and founder Austin Hartel talks about the group’s goal of creating an affordable performing arts space that would allow local artists to showcase their work. The Hartel Dance Group is currently using the space for rehearsals but want to transform it into a black-box theater that would be appropriate not only for its performances but for other groups to use.
The Magnolia Performance Space idea made it past the initial phase in the Pepsi Refresh contest and now is competing with other arts and culture proposals from across the country for online votes. The 10 projects that get the most votes will become finalists, and Pepsi will review those ideas and decide which ones will receive funding.
People can vote every day through Tuesday, when voting closes just before midnight Eastern time or 11 p.m. Oklahoma time.
“This will create a vibrant performing arts community and enrich our city in more ways than one,” Hartel said. “We think this is a great idea for OKC.”
To read more about the proposed Magnolia Performance Space, click here.
-BAM
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