NEA Dance Grants in Colorado
104 NEA dance grants for Colorado, totaling $1.8M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $35,000 | Purpose: To support the Lindy on the Rocks dance festival. Additional Project Description: In recognition of America's 250th anniversary, the festival will celebrate dance styles a… |
| 2026 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a dance education program for youth. Additional Project Description: Focused on Mexican Folklórico dance, programming will include after-school and summer class… |
| 2026 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a sensory-friendly performance of Don Quixote. Additional Project Description: The sensory-friendly ballet performance will feature a range of adaptations, incl… |
| 2025 | Feel the Beat Corp | Denver, CO | $30,000 | Purpose: To support dance classes at Colorado Movement Lab for individuals with and without disabilities. Additional Project Description: The program includes dance instruction in … |
| 2025 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the Lindy on the Rocks dance festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will comprise themed events featuring lindy hop and swing dancing. The festi… |
| 2024 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $25,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries for an after-school program based in Mexican Folklórico dance. Additional Project Description: The education program will promote learning about … |
| 2024 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the Lindy on the Rocks dance festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will comprise themed events featuring lindy hop, swing, and jazz dancing and… |
| 2023 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $15,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries for an after-school program based in Mexican Folklórico dance. Additional Project Description: This education program will promote learning in La… |
| 2023 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the Lindy on the Rocks dance festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will encompass themed events featuring lindy hop, swing, and jazz dancing; H… |
| 2022 | Green Box Arts Project | Green Mountain Falls, CO | $25,000 | Purpose: To support a residency and presentation of Ballet Hispánico. Additional Project Description: In addition to performances, residency activities will include dance classes, … |
| 2022 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance in collaboration with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. Additional Project Description: … |
| 2022 | University of Denver, Colorado Seminary | Denver, CO | $15,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees and administrative costs for dance presentations at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, with related public programming. Additional Project D… |
| 2022 | Wonderbound | Denver, CO | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and production of new dance works by Artistic Director Garrett Ammon and Associate Choreographer Sarah Tallman, with related education programs. Ad… |
| 2022 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries for an after-school program based in Mexican Folklórico dance. Additional Project Description: This education program will promote learning in La… |
| 2022 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $10,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the presentation of dance companies at the Vail Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: The annual, multi-week festiv… |
| 2022 | University of Colorado at Boulder | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of choreographer Helanius J. Wilkins' new dance work, with related community engagement activities. Additional Project Description… |
| 2022 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the Lindy on the Rocks dance festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will encompass themed events featuring Afro Beats, lindy hop, swing, and jaz… |
| 2022 | Kim Robards Dance, Inc. | Denver, CO | $10,000 | Purpose: To support creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Kim Robards, with associated engagement activities. Additional Project Description: A multigenerati… |
| 2022 | Dance Initiative, Inc. | Carbondale, CO | $6,938 | Purpose: To support the expansion of an in-school dance education program. Additional Project Description: Dance instructors will teach cultural dances such as salsa, merengue, Nat… |
| 2021 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $30,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies at the Vail Dance Festival. The annual, multi-week festival will present dance from both established and emerging choreographers, and… |
| 2021 | Wonderbound | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of Penny's Dreadful, a new dance work by Artistic Director Garrett Ammon. For this work, Ammon will lean into the sensational gothic tradit… |
| 2021 | Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | To support a residency with Urban Bush Women for Colorado State University's dance program and the Fort Collins community. Urban Bush Women will engage university participants and … |
| 2021 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the Lindy on the Rocks Vintage Dance Festival. The multicultural festival will encompass themed events such as Lindy on the Rocks, a festival featuring the lindy hop, sw… |
| 2020 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $30,000 | To support virtual programming as part of the Vail Dance Festival. The festival will present a curated series of archival films, as well as the premiere of new choreography, made f… |
| 2020 | Green Box Arts Project | Green Mountain Falls, CO | $25,000 | To support artist fees for the participation of the American Ballet Theatre Professional Company at the Green Box Arts Festival. The company will develop new work, perform it with … |
| 2020 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support Lindy on the Rocks: Origin Stories Virtual Series. The Origin Stories Virtual Workshop Series will take place on multiple weekends over the course of three to four month… |
| 2020 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | To support dancer salaries for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's national tour. The tour will bring Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to communities across the United States. In addition to a range of p… |
| 2020 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support Colorado Ballet's virtual performances. Performances of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Alice (in wonderland) were presented virtually to schools, homeschools, and other … |
| 2019 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $20,000 | To support the Vail Dance Festival's NOW: Premieres program, as well as community programming for youth. The annual festival will present dance from both established and emerging c… |
| 2019 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $15,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. The company will travel to different cities across the United States to perform existing and new works. A new co-commission by cho… |
| 2019 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support the creation, rehearsals, and marketing for SALT, a mixed media and performance experience premiering as part of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's 50th anniversary season. As… |
| 2019 | Wonderbound | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Boomtown, a dance choreographed by Artistic Director Garrett Ammon, featuring an original score by the band Chimney Choir. Conveyed through an urban … |
| 2019 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the Aerial Dance Festival. Festival activities include aerial and modern dance classes, a showcase of faculty work, and artist discussions on the creation process. The f… |
| 2019 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the Lindy on the Rocks Vintage Dance Festival. The multicultural festival encompasses themed events such as Lindy on the Rocks, Hot Night Fusion, and the Denver Vintage … |
| 2018 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $30,000 | To support Colorado Ballet's collaboration with fellow Denver dance companies Wonderbound and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Garrett Ammon, artistic director of Wonderbound and Cleo P… |
| 2018 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $25,000 | To support the Vail Dance Festival. The festival, lasting two weeks in the city of Vail, Colorado, will present dance from both established and emerging choreographers and attendee… |
| 2018 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. The company will travel to different cities across the United States with existing and new works. A new co-commission by choreogra… |
| 2018 | Kim Robards Dance, Inc. | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the Moving Possibilities to Performance program. Professional dance performances of original choreography by Kim Robards will be presented. The program also includes a s… |
| 2018 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the Lindy on the Rocks Vintage Dance Festival. The multicultural festival encompasses themed events held in the same venue such as Lindy on the Rocks, Hot Night Fusion, … |
| 2017 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. The company will travel to diverse cities across the United States with existing and new works. Additional new works will be commi… |
| 2017 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new dance works by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Choreographer Amalia Viviana Basanta Hernandez, artistic director of Ballet Folklorico de… |
| 2017 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $10,000 | To support the Vail International Dance Festival. Continuing a legacy of presenting dance from both established and emerging choreographers, Artistic Director Damian Woetzel will c… |
| 2017 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the Lindy on the Rocks Vintage Dance Festival. The multicultural festival encompasses themed events held in the same venue such as Lindy on the Rocks, Hot Night Fusion, … |
| 2016 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. The project will take the company to diverse cities across the United States. In celebration of the company's 20th anniversary, As… |
| 2016 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support the restaging of choreographer Antony Tudor's "Pillar of Fire" and the Antony Tudor Dance Studies professional development program. "Pillar of Fire", premiering at the N… |
| 2016 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $10,000 | To support the annual Vail International Dance Festival. Continuing a legacy of presenting dance from both established and emerging choreographers, Artistic Director Damian Woetzel… |
| 2016 | Kim Robards Dance, Inc. | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the Moving Possibilities to Performance program. Professional dance performances of original choreography by Kim Robards will be presented, as well as a series of in-sch… |
| 2016 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the Aerial Dance Festival. All age levels will have the opportunity to participate in aerial and modern dance classes, including an "invented apparatus" class where danc… |
| 2015 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $30,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. The project will carry the company to diverse cities across the United States, such as East Lansing, Michigan; Los Angeles, Califo… |
| 2015 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $30,000 | To support staff time and travel for the Vail International Dance Festival. Continuing a legacy of presenting dance from both established and emerging choreographers, Artistic Dire… |
| 2015 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour in celebration of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance company's 45th anniversary season. The tour will feature historically significant works by choreographers Ka… |
| 2014 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. In addition to performances, activities will include master classes with local dance schools and universities, audience question-a… |
| 2014 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Free?," a new work by choreographer Rennie Harris. More Perfect will delve into stories from the cross-cultural intersections of the Ci… |
| 2013 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. In addition to performances, activities will include master classes with local dance schools and universities, audience question-a… |
| 2013 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of TARA, by choreographer Kun-Yang Lin. The work draws its inspiration from Tara, the Buddhist Goddess, and aims to explore the transcenden… |
| 2012 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $20,000 | To support the Vail International Dance Festival. The annual festival features dance residencies and performances by acclaimed and emerging artists, companies, and choreographers. |
| 2012 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. Other touring activities will include question-and-answer sessions, master classes with local dance schools and universities, and … |
| 2012 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Jeanguy Saintus and Jeffrey Page, as well as the re-staging of IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE, choreographed by a… |
| 2011 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national and international tour of dance performances. Other touring activities will include question-and-answer sessions, master classes, and open rehearsals. |
| 2011 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's presentation of "The Dream Catcher," a dance theater work. The work illustrates legendary stories about the cultural heritage of Native, Afr… |
| 2010 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $100,000 | To support the restaging of "Rites de Passage" and "Southland" by choreographer Katherine Dunham. The Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble (CPRDE) will premiere and tour the Dunham … |
| 2010 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's national tour. In addition to performances, touring activities will include master classes and open rehearsals with local dance schools and unive… |
| 2010 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work choreographed by Brian Reeder, and the acquisition of Antony Tudor's "Echoing of Trumpets." The ballets will be performed as part of a mixed r… |
| 2010 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the 12th annual Aerial Dance Festival. The festival will include performances and outreach activities including lecture-demonstrations, video presentations, post-perform… |
| 2009 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new ballets choreographed by Amy Seiwert and Edwaard Liang. The ballets will be performed at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denve… |
| 2009 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | To support Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's 2009 tour. The company will tour to Italy and Central America, and to communities across the United States. |
| 2009 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's Spring Performance Series. The project will feature world premieres by choreographers Troy Powell and Ray Mercer. |
| 2009 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the 21st annual International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference in consortium with the Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance will develop confer… |
| 2009 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the 11th annual Aerial Dance Festival. The festival will include classes, workshops, and performances. |
| 2008 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a touring school dance show. The show will include multimedia elements, dance exercise for students, and performances by Colorado Ballet… |
| 2008 | City of Fort Collins, Colorado | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | To support "Dance New Communities," a tour by Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company to Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins, Colorado. The Newman Center for the Performing Arts in Denver an… |
| 2007 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support the restaging of a piece by choreographer Katherine Dunham, as well as educational programming that focuses on the life and work of this dance legend. |
| 2007 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Jessica Lang. The work will be performed at Denver's Ellie Caulkins Opera House as part of a program titled … |
| 2007 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | To support the staging and presentation of a ballet by Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo. The work, titled First Flash, with music by Sibelius, will premiere in Santa Fe, NM, and Asp… |
| 2007 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the 9th annual Aerial Dance Festival. The project will include classes, workshops, and performances. |
| 2006 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the Aerial Dance Festival 2006. The project will include classes, workshops, and performances. |
| 2005 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $25,000 | To support a fall concert and a tour during the company's 35th Anniversary. The company will perform and tour the works of Alvin Ailey, Chester Whitmore, and Christopher Huggins. |
| 2005 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Rennie Harris. The work will be a fusion of ballet and hip hop and the world premiere will be at the Paramount Theatre in Den… |
| 2005 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the Aerial Dance Festival 2005. The project will include classes, workshops, and performances. |
| 2004 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support a national tour and residency activities. The program will include works by Katherine Dunham, Rosangela Silvestre, Jelon Vieira, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, David Rousseve, … |
| 2004 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the Aerial Dance Festival 2004. The project will include classes, workshops, and performances. |
| 2004 | David Taylor Dance Theatre | Littleton, CO | $10,000 | To support the "Rural Colorado Community Tour" project. The company will visit twelve smaller rural Colorado towns in 2005, presenting performances and conducting master classes an… |
| 2004 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "L'apres midi d'un faune (Afternoon of a Faun)." The piece will be choreographed by Thierry Malandain, artistic director of France's Ballet Biarritz. |
| 2003 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support creation and presentation of several works and artist residencies. The company will host artists Bill T. Jones and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar to choreograph and conduct work… |
| 2003 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the Aerial Dance Festival 2003. The project will include classes, workshops, and performances. |
| 2003 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the commissioning of a new work by Doug Varone. It will be presented at the Joyce Theater in New York. |
| 2002 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support the creation of a full evening-length work. "One Nation Under a Groove" is a full evening work that draws inspiration from the soulful sounds of Motown. This grant suppo… |
| 2001 | Colorado Dance Festival, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $25,000 | To support dance presentations that will feature artists and a variety of activities. Styles of dance/choreography represented by the companies will include the lindy hop, hip-hop,… |
| 2001 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $18,000 | To support the premier and associated costs of a work titled The Coming of Dawn. This full-evening ballet was inspired by two novels written by author Octavia Butler, was choreogra… |
| 2001 | David Taylor Dance Theatre | Littleton, CO | $5,000 | To support a multi-week tour of rural communities in Colorado. David Taylor Dance Theatre will present their multimedia production of A Children's Rainforest Odyssey. |
| 2001 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $5,000 | To support a performance and outreach touring project that brings professional dance to a variety of rural and underserved communities along the western corridors of Colorado and N… |
| 2001 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $5,000 | To support the presentation of a program of up to three ballets. The program, titled "Made in the U.S.A.", will feature George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, and new works by chor… |
| 2001 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | To support the Aerial Dance Festival 2001. This festival offers classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, video showings, lunch discussions, and a culminating performance. |
| 2000 | Colorado Dance Festival, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $25,000 | To support the presentation of Let's Dance Together! the Americas. This is the final year of a four-year project that celebrates the dances of North/South/Central America and the C… |
| 2000 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble's educational programs. Season of Schools, TraininGroup, and the International Summer Dance Institute are designed to use dance as a … |
| 1999 | Colorado Dance Festival, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $25,000 | To support the presentation of Colorado Dance Festival's "Let's Dance Together: The Americas!" program. This is the third year of a four year project that celebrates the dances of … |
| 1999 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's educational programs. These programs Season of Schools, TraininGroup, and International Summer Dance Institute will provide unique opportuni… |
| 1999 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $5,000 | To support the educational programming of the Kirkland Dance Project. The project is a work of contemporary ballet choreographed by Artistic Director Martin Fredmann in response to… |
| 1998 | Colorado Dance Festival, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $40,000 | To support the presentation of the second of four years of dance programming that celebrates dances of the Americas and the Caribbean. Artists under consideration for performances … |
| 1998 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support activities associated with hosting the 1999 International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference in Denver, Colorado, that will focus on art as a platform for interve… |
| 1998 | Colorado Dance Festival, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the International Tap Association and their Closing the Gap project that will document four generations of nationally significant tap artists through oral histories, pub… |
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