The Dance Construction Company Advisory Board:
Brook Andrews, Allison Beesley, Greg Hunter, Nancy Tartt, Maida Withers

Aurora 2001: Dance of the Auroras is made possible, in part, by the support of the following organizations:
American-Scandinavian Foundation
Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund
Braathens Airline
Cultural Alliance - Business Volunteers for the Arts: Tim Kenney, Andrea Lauritzen, and Gary James
GWU - Columbian Professorship Award (Distinguished Professor)
Company Flowers, Inc. of Arlington and John Nicholson, President
Crystal City Courtyard Hotel by Marriott and Christopher Velo
Dallas Morse Coors Foundation
The Dance Construction Company
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Future View
Goethe Institut
Jovid Foundation
Kosciuszko Foundation
Market Development Group
Melton Arts Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Norwegian Government
Pola Nirenska Award
Steffan & Co., Inc and Brian Steffan
Trust for Mutual Understanding

Aurora 2001: Dance of the Auroras is made possible by the support of national and international scientists and scientific organizations in the USA, Scandinavia, Europe, Japan, and Canada (NASA, ESA, ISAS, LMSAL, and NOAA);  H. R. Eather, Solar Max Imax movie; Trond Trondsen, University of Calgary; Louis Frank, University of Iowa; Jan Curtis and Dick Hutchinson, auroral photographers, and many others (see complete listing below under Acknowledgements).  Downloading of data collected by government research agencies onto the Internet for public use makes the visual aspect feasible along with VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) employed by Tania Fraga, cyberworld artist.

Individual Contributors:
Platinum Contributors
Dr. Gregory A. Prince, Adam Peiperl, Maida and Arlen Withers, Erin Zima

Gold Contributors
Natalie Ann and Robert Sidney Smith, Nancy W. Tartt, Vadim Kasparov and Kannon Dance, St. Petersburg, Russia;

Silver Contributors
John and Diane Alahouzos, Ann Marie Boyden, Mary L. Bradford, Elizabeth Burtner, Renee Carlson, Anthony T. Cluff and Donna Lee McGee, Jeffrey Coman, Robert L. Emrich, Kathleen H. Gray, Kathy Borteck Gersten, Julia A. Hart, Dirk Lummerzheim, Natalie Mulitz, Gene Smith, Jeffrey Strum

Bronze Contributors
Vladimir Anguelov, Susan Barnett, Paul M. Caffrey and Cristy L. Willis, Suzanne Callahan / Callahan Consulting for the Arts, William J. Carter, Claudia and Michael F. Del Casino, Verabel C. Cluff, Donald Davidson and Rosie Dempsey, Helen de Alessi, Alice Denney / Private Arts Foundation, Josette Desfayes, Marcia Freeman, Paul and Renata Frenzen, Elaine Gibson, DBA Enterprises, The Goldblatt Company, Dr. Richard J. and Nancy Havlik, Dena L. Hawes, Sheila Hess, E. Jay and Elsie Howenstine, Anthony J. Hyatt, Naomi Jacobson and John Lescault, Sandra V. Kammann, Dianne Dougherty McGonegal, Carolyn Morgan, Margaret and Robert S. Northrup, Kristin M. O'shee, Salvatore and Rosann Paratore, Vinu Pillai, Alice Allred Pottmyer, Dr. Aron and Ms. Karen Primack, Virginia Quesada / Q Media, Inc., Deborah Riley, Eugene and Lorena Racanelli, Alex Rounds, Chelse Rynes - Mason/Rhynes Productions, Janet Solinger, Florence S. Stone, J. J. Wayne, Francis Wessells and John Bailey, Cynthia Word,  Douglas E. Yeuell, Joy of Motion

Acknowledgements:
Nordlys Festival (Northern Lights Festival) presented the first full production of Dance of the Auroras, January 27, 2001, in Tromsø, Norway.

The George Washington University co-produced the first full production of Dance of the Auroras in the USA, February 15 and 16, 2001 in Washington, D.C.

Images and movies for Dance of the Auroras are provided by R.H. Eather and SOLAR MAX IMAX; NASA, European Space Agency, Johnson Space Center, LMSAL, ISAS, and NOAA through Mike Carlowicz, Nicola Fox, Zoe Frank, Steele Hill, Tom Moore, Dawn Myers, Greg Slater, and Alan Title; Trond Trondsen, Auroral Imager, University of Calgary; John Sigwarth and Louis Frank, University of Iowa and on the Internet; auroral photographers: Jan Curtis, Dick Hutchinson, Scott Anderson, Garth Arsenault, Wade B. Clark, Jr., Keith Cooley, Herbert DeGroot, Corne Donkersloot, David Fritts, Salvatore Furia; Daniel Hershman, Ian Law, Timo Leponiemi, Mark Marquette,  Tom McEwan, Eileen McLaughlin, David Miller (Kangaroo Island), Daryl Moody, Jdi Na, Petr Pazour, Grant Privett, Jan Safar, Chris Schur, Douglas Schmutz, Kevin Smith, Dave Thompson, Milos Tichy, Scott Tracy, Jimmy Westlake, Stuart Whiteley, Robert Wielinga;

Sound sources include Alexander Kosovichev, Stanford University (heartbeat of the Sun), Donald Gurnett, Polar Plasma Wave Investigation, University of Iowa, and Stephen P. McGreevy; 

Science advisors include Paal Brekke, Tom Moore, Nicola Fox, and David Palmer from NASA; Dirk Lummerzheim, University of Alaska; (add text)  Vladmir Bulatov and Holger Grahnn, JavaScript algorithms; computer scientists, and many others;

The George Washington University:  Department of Theatre and Dance; Paul Caffrey and Peter Combes, GW Television; William Koffenberger and staff, Instructional Technology Laboratory; Instructional Support Services; Maida Withers Columbian Professorship Award for Creation and Research; Dr. James Hahn, Professor, Jawoo Kim, DongHo Kim, Ge Jin,Computer Science Department; and the Office of Sponsored Research.

Web Page:  Dance Construction Company web page design:  Maida Withers;  Aurora/2001 web page design and construction: Hart Rossman and Andrew McDermott

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