Get in here... discuss. Let's vet this and sort out some leads... good comments in the Reddit original post too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7empru/holy_shit_alertsense_ceo_where_laura_silsby_is_vp/
More coincidences, but, very odd stuff.
Annnnd - here's an article connecting them to Comet: http://archive.is/bk2pZ#selection-3757.1-3805.28
And now, their site: http://treymcintyre.com/the-dance-company/
And the link to Clinton: http://www.scfta.org/revue/1012/revue-1012-tmp.html
The 11-member ensemble, which specializes in interacting with local communities beyond the performance setting, has achieved global recognition. In fact, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department, under the direction of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in conjunction with the Brooklyn Academy of Music, chose TMP as one of four dance companies to tour internationally as a diplomatic emissary to engage people and create opportunities for greater understanding among cultures. TMP toured China, South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam for a month in May and June, 2012—a total of seven cities in four weeks. Titled DanceMotion USA, the program allowed them to work with indigenous dance companies and to decide which company would work best in a collaborative setting with TMP.
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walnutsaucenobueno ago
Check out this quote from his business partner:
Interviewer: You’ve been in Boise now for 4 years. Was there a honeymoon period? TMP achieved quite a bit of fame early on. How has your strategy for engaging Boise evolved since the early days?
John Michael: I wouldn’t really say there was a honeymoon period for TMP in Boise. Even with all that has been written about our accomplishments, every single moment was hard fought and hard won. We’re having to educate a community on what it is to participate in a leading world class arts organization.It means, on a philanthropic level, if Trey and I have dinner with a potential patron in New York, that donor knows they’re going to leave that dinner having written a substantial contribution. If you’re going to get access to Trey and I for a dinner, you’re going to write a 5 figure check. That culture didn’t yet exist here in Boise. So, you’re having to humbly educate, and that is a really slow process.
https://www.artsfwd.org/how-boise-became-dancers-home-sweet-home/