NEA Dance Grants in California — Page 4
699 NEA dance grants for California, totaling $13M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Glendale Arts | Glendale, CA | $20,000 | To support "Alex in the Schools" performing arts educational outreach programs. The theater will work with American Repertory Dance Company to develop the programs. |
| 2003 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of a new work by Margaret Jenkins. Delay 2 will premiere during the company's 30th anniversary season. |
| 2003 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | To support the creation of a work by choreographer Victoria Marks for dancers with and without disabilities. The work will become part of AXIS Dance Company's touring repertory, an… |
| 2003 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support Rites of Passage, a free dance program for youth. In the City/Rites of Passage provides youth with dance education and training. |
| 2003 | Intersection for the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 12th annual summer series. The project will include work by Bay Area choreographers at the Cowell Theater. |
| 2003 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Joe Goode. Folk will focus on the lives of rural Americans and will be set to music inspired by Celtic m… |
| 2003 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work based on folk-based musical forms from the American South by Artistic Director Alonzo King. The piece will be based on folk-b… |
| 2003 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work entitled "A Biography of Baldwin" inspired by writer James Baldwin. The piece, A Biography of Baldwin, is inspired by the wri… |
| 2003 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support Jazz Tap Ensemble: The Next Generation II; Artistic Director Lynn Dally will mentor the choreographic development of young artists Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Derick K. Gr… |
| 2003 | Heritage & Tradition, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of a suite of classical Persian court dances. Choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Jamal, the works will mark the 25th anniversary of AVAZ Internati… |
| 2003 | ODC Theater | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a series of local and international dance. The performances will take place at the ODC Theater and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. |
| 2003 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a evening-length work choreographed by Remy Charlip and Joanna Haigood. Dances Around the House will premiere at the Exploratorium. |
| 2003 | Oakland Ballet Association, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $3,000 | To support the commission of a new holiday production choreographed by Siri Sat Nam Singh. |
| 2002 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | To support the creation and presentation of works by emerging and established choreographers. The company will commission works by choreographers Stanton Welch, Julia Adam, and Ale… |
| 2002 | Regents of the University of California, Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | To support the rough-cut editing phase of producing "Mary Anthony: A Life in Modern Dance." This is a video documentary of the life and work of a dance artist and pioneer. |
| 2002 | Floricanto Dance Theatre | Pasadena, CA | $13,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a full-length work choreographed by Artistic Director Gema Sandoval. The work will be based on the Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia de los M… |
| 2002 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support Rites of Passage, a free dance program for youth. In the City/Rites of Passage provides youth with dance education and training. |
| 2002 | San Diego Dance Theater | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | To support the Dance Ability Project. The project partners dancers and choreographers from the San Diego Dance Theater with general and adapted physical education teachers to creat… |
| 2002 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere. Mythic, choreographed by Joe Goode, will be a large-scale work of dance theater. |
| 2002 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work by tap dancer Sam Weber. Weber will create the work for seven tap dancers and five jazz musicians and will premiere the new work at the Japan Amer… |
| 2002 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a work for dancers with and without disabilities created by French Canadian choreographer Sonya Delwaide. The dance will involve solo, duet, and ensemble wor… |
| 2002 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Margaret Jenkins. "Knot" will be created in collaboration with composer Alvin Curran and visual designer Alexand… |
| 2002 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Ghost Architecture" choreographed by Artistic Director Joanna Haigood. This piece will examine the relationship between space and time … |
| 2002 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work, set to music by contemporary jazz artists with African influences. Lula Washington will choreograph "Experimentations in Jazz" to music by McCoy … |
| 2002 | Sundar Kala Kendra Foundation | Walnut, CA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a dance drama choreographed by Artistic Director Anjani Ambegaokar. The production will be performed in classical kathak dance style accompa… |
| 2002 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new dance work. This work will be choreographed by Alonzo King to music by Polish composer Pawel Syzmanski. |
| 2002 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of new works and the training of artists. Artistic Director Lynn Dally will identify and develop future tap artists, create original choreography, and re-in… |
| 2002 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support Open Dance Studio, a component of the Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week. The main program of this event is Open Dance Studios, which allows dance artists and organ… |
| 2002 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "SHE--Portraits of The Chinese Woman." The concert will consist of stories about the strength, passion, and character of Chinese America… |
| 2002 | Artist Consortium | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation of a full-evening work by choreographer Hae Kyung Lee, in collaboration with film director Allen Yamashita and composer Steve Moshier. The multi-media work … |
| 2002 | Art of the Matter Performance Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the San Francisco Butoh Festival 2002. The program will revolve around Japan's leading female contemporary choreographers, and offer a program of symposia, workshops, ma… |
| 2002 | Flamenco Universal | Windsor, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work, titled ENTRE LAS OLAS, will be choreographed by La Tania. |
| 2001 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | To support commissions and presentations by emerging and established choreographers. Choreographers Christopher Wheeldon, Stanton Welch, and Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson will c… |
| 2001 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance projects. Cal Performances will present Merce Cunningham Dance Company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and European companies Nederlan… |
| 2001 | Oakland Ballet Association, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | To support an audience development project. Oakland Ballet plans to attract new audiences with performances, outreach activities, and educational programs. |
| 2001 | City Moves! | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | To support a neighborhood residency program. Students and professional choreographers will collaborate on the development of new dances. |
| 2001 | Grand Performances | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the Accidental Audience Project, offering free performances and other activities. The artists that will be included are Parajat Desai, Taller Choreographico, La Tania, a… |
| 2001 | Friends of Olympia Station | Felton, CA | $10,000 | To support a consortium project to work with several community groups to coordinate outreach programs. The project will deepen and broaden access to arts education programs in the … |
| 2001 | Glendale Arts | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of four dance companies and related residency activities for local schools and communities. Companies to be presented during Dance at the Alex include: … |
| 2001 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support collaboration with a composer to create a new piece of dance theater. Joe Goode and composer Beth Custer will create What the Body Knows, based on small incidents in peo… |
| 2001 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work. Artistic Director Alonzo King will create a piece to music by Nzamba Lela, a group of musicians from the Central African Republic. |
| 2001 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new aerial dance work. Artistic Director Joanna Haigood will create a new piece that draws inspiration from the paintings of Marc Chagall. |
| 2001 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | To support a dance by choreographer Stephen Petronio for dancers with and without disabilities. The dance will incorporate current issues in pop culture including gender, fashion, … |
| 2001 | Floricanto Dance Theatre | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work based on Mexican folk dance, music, and art. The piece will be created in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's… |
| 2001 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support a program which pays tribute to the masters of rhythm tap dance. The program will feature new and original works created for Jazz Tap Ensemble by tap masters Fayard Nich… |
| 2001 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the LEGACY Oral History Project. LEGACY will train up to 32 volunteer interviewers to record, edit, and complete at least six research quality oral hist… |
| 2001 | Aman Folk Ensemble | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new school performance and the development of curriculum materials. The program will include dance and music from Hungary, Greece, Mexico, and central Asia… |
| 2001 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | To support a free dance program for Oakland youth ages 8-18. Rites of Passage provides dance education and training in a variety of forms and styles, and is taught by professional … |
| 2001 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support a multimedia dance project and gallery installation. The project, choreographed by Yaelisa, incorporates flamenco dance and music, classical music, and spoken text with … |
| 2001 | Los Lupenos De San Jose, Inc. | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | To support the development of a new work. Dance and music representing Mexican, Chilean, and Chinese traditions will be woven into a dramatic text based on the legendary "Robin Hoo… |
| 2001 | Diavolo Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | To support out-of-state touring. The company will travel to New York, New Jersey, Texas, Kansas, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois, as well as California. |
| 2001 | Bailes Flamencos | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be based on Carmen Amaya, the woman who incorporated virtuoso footwork that was previously only in the male domain… |
| 2001 | Art of the Matter Performance Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the San Francisco Butoh Festival 2001. The Festival will present NIBROLL, a group based in Japan, and Katsura Kan, master Butoh artist from Thailand, and offer performan… |
| 2001 | Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose, Inc. | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | To support the expansion of the Bharatanatyam Training Project. This community-based arts education program will provide approximately 120 youths, ages 6 to 18, instruction in clas… |
| 2001 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $5,000 | To support refinement and performances of a work between Artistic Director Linda Sohl-Donnell and Balinese musician/composer/dancer I Nyoman Wenten. Nusantra brings together Americ… |
| 2001 | Kaisahan of San Jose | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | To support the teaching of Phillipino dance and folk arts to students, ranging in ages from 6 to 60. Classes are taught by Artistic Director Helen Moreno and are held at regional c… |
| 2001 | Kayamanan Ng Lahi Philippine Folk Arts | Culver City, CA | $5,000 | To implement and evaluate the Philippine Dance Gathering and Workshops, a multi-day event designed for dancers, dance students, teachers, and dance enthusiasts. The project will in… |
| 2000 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | To support the acquisition, commission, and presentation of classical and contemporary ballets; and associated educational outreach programs. New choreography by Mark Morris, Lar L… |
| 2000 | Alliance for the Arts | Thousand Oaks, CA | $35,000 | To support the Dance Initiative of the Estate Project and costs for the production of a plan for Phase II. The initiative includes a program of publications, research on the impact… |
| 2000 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the 20th Anniversary performances. The performances will include world premieres by Lula Washington (Rites of Spring - 2000) and Donald McKayle (Story Dance Theatre), an… |
| 2000 | Oakland Ballet Association, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | To support a 45 minute lecture/demonstration assembly program entitled "Steppin' Classic," offering a rudimentary overview of ballet. |
| 2000 | East Bay Center for the Performing Arts | Richmond, CA | $15,000 | To support a consortium project for an African Choreographers' Forum. The consortium of East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Cal Performances in Berkeley, CA, and Kings Majesti… |
| 2000 | San Diego Area Dance Alliance | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | To support the 14th annual International Association of Blacks in Dance conference. The purpose of the conference is to preserve and promote dance by people of African ancestry or … |
| 2000 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Alonzo King. The ballet will have stage effects designed and created by interdisciplinary artist Ed Tannenbaum… |
| 2000 | Aman Folk Ensemble | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | To support planning and rehearsal time for an evening-length work. The work will explore the music and dance of populations known for their nomadic lifestyles. |
| 2000 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a site-specific dance piece. Designed for a silo at an abandoned grain terminal in San Francisco, the work will involve large-scale projecti… |
| 2000 | Glendale Arts | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies and related residency activities for local schools and communities. Companies presented during Dance at the Alex include… |
| 2000 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the commission and tour of a new work by Bill Irwin. The work will explore transformations in the evolution of tap. |
| 2000 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a national tour. |
| 2000 | Floricanto Dance Theatre | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | To support the company's 25th anniversary celebration. The project will encompass the creation of a new full-evening work and the reprisal of some of the company's traditional piec… |
| 2000 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a collaborative work. Linda Sohl-Donnell and Balinese composer/musician/dancer I Nyoman Wenten will create a work for Rhapsody in Taps' … |
| 2000 | Pearl Ubungen Dancers & Musicians | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The project will consist of a collaboration between Filipino American choreographer Pearl Ubungen and Filipino composer Joey… |
| 2000 | Bre Dance Theatre | Riverside, CA | $5,000 | To support artists' fees and other costs for a tour to New York. The company will tour to 651, An Arts Center at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Majestic Theatre. |
| 2000 | June Watanabe in Company | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. 5/15/45 - the last dance, will be a performance/installation/community dance for non-proscenium sites that will explore the … |
| 2000 | Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose, Inc. | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | To support the expansion of the Bharatanatyam Training Project. This community-based arts education program will provide approximately 100 youths, ages 6 to 19, instruction in clas… |
| 2000 | Tahoe Arts Project | South Lake Tahoe, CA | $5,000 | To support the presentation of Ballet Folclorico do Brasil. The project will include school lecture-demonstrations and a public performance. |
| 2000 | Los Lupenos De San Jose, Inc. | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | To support performances of Early California Suite for K-12 public school students. The performances will be offered free to 2,000 students from schools in the greater San Jose area… |
| 1999 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | To support the commission and acquisition of ballets for an American Works Program as part of San Francisco Ballet's 67th repertory season. The program will focus on ballets by the… |
| 1999 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support a tour to rural sites in the South and research for Lula Washington's "Rites of Spring 2000" project. States on the tour include Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kent… |
| 1999 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere ballet by Artistic Director Alonzo King. The piece will be set to previously unrecorded music by Henryk Gorecki. |
| 1999 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the national touring production of NOCE (Night). This new dance theatre piece, created by Artistic Director Lynn Dally and video designer Dennis Diamond, will premiere i… |
| 1999 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the development of "Passage of the Muse," a 45 minute flamenco choreography for theater based on the "Cante Hondo" (Deep Song). Composed to original music by Juan Antoni… |
| 1999 | City Moves! | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the City Moves! program in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego. The project will include eight elementary and two middle schools, and three commu… |
| 1999 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | To support artists fees and associated costs for the creation and presentation of a new work. The creation of this new piece, under the working title Gender Heroes, will involve th… |
| 1999 | Heritage & Tradition, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | To support creation of new works. Ney Navaz will be choreographed by Associate Director Jamal and Gol-Ozar will be choreographed by Artistic Director Anthony Shay for AVAZ. |
| 1999 | Bailes Flamencos | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a flamenco dance piece influenced by ballet. Artistic Director Rosa Montoya and choreographer Carlos Carvajal will create a piece to Mau… |
| 1999 | Aman Folk Ensemble | Pasadena, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Immigrants," Aman's first evening-length work. This work will highlight the traditional dance and music brought to the United State… |
| 1999 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new work by guest choreographer Brenda Bufalino. The work will be composed to original music and feature seven dancers. |
| 1999 | Floricanto Dance Theatre | Pasadena, CA | $5,000 | To support the research and documentation of the cultural traditions in Mexico and El Salvador. The research will be the basis for a full evening program that would celebrate the d… |
| 1999 | San Diego Area Dance Alliance | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | To support a consortium project for the Nations of San Diego International Dance Festival. The Festival, organized by the San Diego Area Dance Alliance and San Diego Repertory Thea… |
| 1998 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | To support the creation and presentation of ballets by choreographers Helgi Tomasson and Mark Morris, acquisition of repertory by Kenneth MacMillan, and encore performances of new … |
| 1998 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | To support the 1999 presentation of the Dance Masters project, including performances and residencies by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and… |
| 1998 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | To support the creation, presentation, and national touring of a dance-theater collaboration titled "Time After" between the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and actress Olympia Duka… |
| 1998 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | To support the planning and implementation of an experimental performance series, increased community outreach efforts to enlarge audiences, improved marketing, and staff developme… |
| 1998 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | To support the creation of a work in collaboration with choreographer Lynn Dally and video designer Dennis Diamond. Choreographer Lynn Dally and video designer Dennis Diamond will … |
| 1998 | Oakland Ballet Association, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | To support Oakland Ballet's reduced price Community Matinee Series of full-length ballets, First Steps dance training program in local public schools, national touring, and other c… |
| 1998 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $18,000 | To support the creation of a ballet choreographed by Alonzo King with music by Zakir Hussain. |
| 1998 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support "Legacy," a project to facilitate the training of volunteers in the production of oral histories that document the lives of significant dance artists and educators in No… |
| 1998 | Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the premieres of "Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas" and "Sombras Flamencas." Captain from Castile is a full-length dance drama which incorporates both Spanish classic… |
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