NEA Dance Grants in Connecticut
50 NEA dance grants for Connecticut, totaling $906.5K.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $50,000 | Purpose: To support the production of dance performances in a New York City-based theater residency, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Two mixed-repertory prod… |
| 2026 | Jewish Community Center, Inc | Stamford, CT | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a dance education program for students. Additional Project Description: Through partnerships with organizations throughout Stamford, a professional choreographe… |
| 2021 | Women in Dance Inc. | Wallingford, CT | $10,000 | To support the Women In Dance Leadership Conference. The conference will engage dance professionals and dance students through a keynote address, speeches, master classes, workshop… |
| 2020 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $20,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $15,000 | To support a performance and residency activities featuring artist Netta Yerushalmy. Through this residency, Yerushalmy will explore ideas of tradition and how these traditions are… |
| 2018 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $25,000 | To support dance performances and residency activities at Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts. Artists Raphael Xavier and Contra-Tiempo will engage students and the local com… |
| 2018 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work as part of the International Collaborators Project. Eye-Opening is based on a BBC broadcast lecture by Richard Dawkins that explored how the n… |
| 2017 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $30,000 | To support the presentation of a dance series at Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts. The series will feature performances and residency activities on campus and in the commu… |
| 2017 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new work as part of the International Collaborators Project. Pilobolus will collaborate with Grammy Award-winning banjo player Bela Fleck and his creat… |
| 2016 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $50,000 | To support the creation of a new work as part of the International Collaborators Project. The company will enlist Steven Banks, lead writer for the animated series "Spongebob Squar… |
| 2015 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $50,000 | To support the International Collaborators Project. This long-term core initiative will develop new work and engage diverse audiences through cross-disciplinary collaborations. The… |
| 2015 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $20,000 | To support the Center for the Arts' Dance: Transcending Boundaries series. Artists may include Chicago's Lucky Plush, Seattle's Zoe/Juniper, and Chicago- and New York-based Darrell… |
| 2014 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $50,000 | To support the International Collaborators Project (ICP). The project is a long-term core initiative for developing new work and engaging diverse audiences through cross-disciplina… |
| 2014 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $30,000 | To support the Center for the Arts' Dance Presenting Series. The series is designed to engage audiences throughout the state of Connecticut in contemporary dance through master cla… |
| 2013 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $30,000 | To support the International Collaborators Project, a long-term initiative for developing new work and engaging diverse audiences through innovative, cross-disciplinary collaborati… |
| 2013 | Spring Lake Productions, Inc. | New Milford, CT | $15,000 | To support the creation of a new dance theater work by Martha Clarke, in collaboration with former American Ballet Theatre soloist Alessandra Ferri. The inspiration for this new wo… |
| 2012 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $40,000 | To support the International Collaborators Project, a program which fosters creative collaboration with guest artists from different creative backgrounds. Guest artists will includ… |
| 2012 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance artists. 1/8/14--all artists from application replaced, per FDR. |
| 2011 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work in collaboration with the Japanese choreographer Takuya Muramatsu of Dairakudakan. |
| 2011 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $20,000 | To support the Breaking Ground Dance Series presented by Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts. Artists to be presented include Rennie Harris Puremovement, Chunky Move, and Beb… |
| 2011 | Spring Lake Productions, Inc. | New Milford, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Angel Reaper" by artistic director Martha Clarke and text by playwright Alfred Uhry. The new work will chronicle the life of Ann Lee, f… |
| 2010 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $20,000 | To support the Breaking Ground Dance Series and DanceMasters Weekend. The series will feature performances, residency activities, and master classes in contemporary dance. |
| 2010 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The creative team of seven dancers and two artistic directors will collaborate with graphic novelist Art Spiegelman, known f… |
| 2010 | Connecticut College | New London, CT | $14,678 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of Twyla Tharp's FUGUE (1975), and the presentation of THE ONE HUNDREDS. The project will also include workshops, lectures, and infor… |
| 2010 | Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | To support AileyCamp and Dance II. The camp provides at risk students with dance classes, workshops that address teenage issues, and personal counseling sessions, and Dance II offe… |
| 2009 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled "Shadowland." Co-artistic Director Michael Tracy will collaborate with author and performer Steven Banks to create the… |
| 2009 | Connecticut College | New London, CT | $13,787 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of SKYLIGHT (1982), by choreographer Laura Dean, on Connecticut College dance students. The project will also include workshops, lect… |
| 2009 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $10,000 | To support the Breaking Ground Dance Series and DanceMasters Weekend. The series will include Akram Khan Company, Camille A. Brown and Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group… |
| 2008 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled Lanterna Magica, choreographed by co-artistic director Michael Tracy, in collaboration with Pilobolus dancers. The wor… |
| 2008 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $10,000 | To support the Breaking Ground Dance Series and DanceMasters Weekend. The project will include performances and residency activities by Mark Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project,… |
| 2008 | New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Inc. | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | To support the presentation of international dance companies Chunky Moves and Sasha Pepelyaev and the American company Liz Lerman Dance Exchange during the 2008 International Festi… |
| 2008 | Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | To support the Music and Arts Center for Humanity Ailey Camp. Students will learn modern, jazz, tap, and African dance, and take classes in creative communication and personal deve… |
| 2007 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director Jonathan Wolken. The work will premiere at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. |
| 2007 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $10,000 | To support performances and residency activities by dance companies. The Breaking Ground Dance Series will include artists such as Urban Bush Women, Brian Brooks, and Ronald K. Bro… |
| 2007 | Spring Lake Productions, Inc. | New Milford, CT | $10,000 | To support the revival of "Garden of Earthly Delights," choreographed by artistic director Martha Clarke. The work will be presented on tour across the United States and abroad. |
| 2006 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Michael Tracy. The new work will premiere at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia. |
| 2006 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $10,000 | To support performances and residency activities by dance companies. The Breaking Ground Dance Series will include Urban Bush Women, Troika Ranch, David Gordon/Pick Up Performance … |
| 2005 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance theater piece by choreographer Michael Tracy. Titled The Aquarium Project, the work will tour to theaters and aquaria throug… |
| 2005 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $10,000 | To support performances and residency activities by dance companies. The Breaking Ground Dance Series will include the David Dorfman Dance Company, Cathy Weis Projects, and the Liz… |
| 2004 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. "MEGA WHAT will be choreographed by the company's artistic directors and will premiere at the Ruth Eckerd Theater in Clearwa… |
| 2004 | Dance Connecticut, Inc. | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | To support residency activities and the presentation of diverse dance companies. The series will take place at The Bushnell,Hartford, and will include Flamenco Festival 2004 with C… |
| 2004 | Spring Lake Productions, Inc. | New Milford, CT | $10,000 | To support the development and workshops for a new work choreographed by Martha Clarke. Toulouse-Lautrec will be created in collaboration with playwright Charles L. Mee, Jr. and mu… |
| 2003 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support a collaboration to create a new work, My Brother's Keeper. Pilobolus will work with the St. Lawrence String Quartet and composer Christos Hatzsis to create My Brother's … |
| 2002 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work. Choreographed by Artistic Directors Robby Barnett and Jonathan Wolken, the new work will explore the four humors, with a commissioned score b… |
| 2002 | Spring Lake Productions, Inc. | New Milford, CT | $10,000 | To support the revival of the 1986 piece "Vienna: Lusthaus," choreographed and directed by Martha Clarke. The work will include new choreographed sections along with other addition… |
| 2001 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support a new full-company work. The work will premiere during the Olympic games in Salt Lake City as part of the Cultural Olympiad. |
| 2000 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $20,000 | To support the creation of an evening-length work comprised of up to four distinct sections for the full company of dancers. Artistic Directors Robby Barnett, Alison Chase, Michael… |
| 1999 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $18,000 | To support a comprehensive planning effort that will review key administrative and financial functions. Strengthening the company's unique artistic vision and structure and ensurin… |
| 1999 | Connecticut Ballet, Inc. | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | To support the continued growth of Connecticut Ballet's outreach project. The Dance Exposure Project will reach children in the communities of Stamford, Norwalk, and Bridgeport, CT… |
| 1998 | Hartford Ballet, Inc. | Hartford, CT | $20,000 | To support expansion and enhancement of the School of the Hartford Ballet's Dance Program for City Youth, serving children in Hartford through a range of educational programs rangi… |
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