NEA Dance Grants in Georgia
40 NEA dance grants for Georgia, totaling $697.5K.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dance Canvas, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a free workshop and conversation series for dancers of all levels. Additional Project Description: Programming will include workshops led by locally, nationally… |
| 2025 | Dance Force, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $13,000 | Purpose: To support the creation of a work by choreographer Douglas Scott for Full Radius Dance. Additional Project Description: The new work will explore the Japanese concept of "… |
| 2024 | Staibdance, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of COSM, a new, multidisciplinary work by Artistic Director George Staib. Additional Project Description: The thematic content of … |
| 2024 | Atlanta Chinese Dance Company | Peachtree Corners, GA | $12,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of new and existing dance works featuring company members and guest artists. Additional Project Description: The production will include a reim… |
| 2024 | T Lang Dance | Mableton, GA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of "Out from the Deep: a Meditation for them Turners," a new work by T. Lang. Additional Project Description: The piece investigates the 1918 l… |
| 2023 | National Black Arts Festival, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | Purpose: To support the Move/Dance! education program in partnership with Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta University Center. Additional Project Description: A partnership wi… |
| 2023 | Atlanta Chinese Dance Company | Peachtree Corners, GA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a production of a new work inspired by the Asian American and Pacific Islander civil rights movement in 1982. Additional Project Description: The work includes … |
| 2023 | Dance Canvas, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a mentorship program for young dancers. Additional Project Description: A collaboration between Dance Canvas and Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, the mentorship … |
| 2023 | Staibdance, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of ARARAT, a contemporary dance work by Artistic Director George Staib. Additional Project Description: The work will examine the … |
| 2023 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a new work by choreographer Claudia Schreier. Additional Project Description: The newly commissioned work will be performed in a mixed repertory program at the … |
| 2022 | National Black Arts Festival, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the Move/Dance! education program in partnership with Atlanta Public Schools and Spelman College. Additional Project Description: Through a dance education prog… |
| 2022 | Dance Force, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and performance of a new work by choreographer Douglas Scott. Additional Project Description: The new work will be inspired by the fantasy novels A… |
| 2021 | National Black Arts Festival, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the Move/Dance! Program, a dance education program for youth that celebrates the cultural heritage of Black Dance in America. In partnership with Atlanta Public Schools … |
| 2021 | Dancical Productions Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | To support a production of Women Hold Up Half The Sky, by artistic director Terrie Ajile Axam and performed by Total Dance and Axam Dance Theatre Experience. The work celebrates an… |
| 2021 | Atlanta Chinese Dance Company | Peachtree Corners, GA | $10,000 | To support a production of Together by Co-Artistic Director Kerry Lee and choreographer AJ Paug, and related community activities. The production will showcase a collection of folk… |
| 2020 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | To support a new work by choreographer Dwight Rhoden. The piece will use contemporary ballet to demonstrate themes of devotion, tenacity, love, and compassion. The performance will… |
| 2019 | National Black Arts Festival, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | To support teaching artists for the dance programming as part of the Move/Dance! program in partnership with Atlanta Public Schools. With a focus on middle school students in Title… |
| 2018 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | To support a new dance work by Tara Lee, choreographer and company member of Atlanta Ballet. Inspired by the stars, "blink" will be performed at The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Cen… |
| 2017 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support re-staging and presentation of "Firebird" by Yuri Possokhov. Possokhov focuses on non-traditional choreography and will give voice to more diverse dancers and audience m… |
| 2016 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Andrea Miller, founder, artistic director, and choreographer of New York-based Gallim Dance. Miller will create a three-pa… |
| 2015 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of "Cacti," by Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman. Cacti was originally performed by the Nederlands Dans Theater in 2010. The work is accompanied by … |
| 2014 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Secus," by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin. The work is being presented as part of the company's New Works Series, in which Atlanta Ballet seeks … |
| 2014 | Georgia College & State University | Milledgeville, GA | $10,000 | To support a residency for Dance Exchange surrounding community events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Activities will include master classes and workshops and … |
| 2013 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance works by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin. This project marks the start of a new works series in which Atlanta Ballet seeks out non-tradition… |
| 2012 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the creation of a full-length story ballet set to music by Franz Schubert by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The ballet will be performed by Atlanta Ballet dancers and childr… |
| 2012 | National Black Arts Festival, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the development and production of "Doxology Ring Shout: A Doxy Dance," a dance project with choreographer Dianne McIntyre, composer Dwight Andrews, and librettist/concep… |
| 2011 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the New Works Series, a commissioning program for new works by mid-career choreographers. Poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph will join with choreographer Amy Seiwert to create a n… |
| 2010 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of James Kudelka's Four Seasons, set to music by Antonio Vivaldi. The work will be performed at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre as part of Atlant… |
| 2010 | Kennesaw State University | Kennesaw, GA | $15,000 | To support a series of performances, master classes, and lectures on "D-Man in the Waters," choreographed by Bill T. Jones and performed by the KSU Dance Company. The work will be … |
| 2010 | University of Georgia | Athens, GA | $15,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of "A.W.O.L." by choreographer Jacques Heim. Students at the University of Georgia will perform the work with the choreographer's Los Ange… |
| 2009 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2007 | National Black Arts Festival, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance artists of the African diaspora. The project will include a presentation by Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn. |
| 2004 | Ballethnic Dance Company Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | To support outreach performances, lecture demonstrations, and workshops in dance. The project will reach schools, a detention center, and community centers. |
| 2004 | Atlanta Chinese Dance Company | Peachtree Corners, GA | $10,000 | To support the world premiere performance of "MING GU XIAN" by Hwee-Eng Lee. Ms. Lee, the company's artistic director, has drawn upon Chinese folk (ming jian), classical (gu dian),… |
| 2004 | Several Dancers Core | Decatur, GA | $10,000 | To support a collaboration with Berlin's Tanzcompagnie RUBATO. The project will develop a new work for CORE Performance Company, the professional dance company of Several Dancers C… |
| 2001 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | To support development of a strategic plan for the research and documentation of the history of Atlanta Ballet. This project will lay the groundwork for subsequent implementation o… |
| 2001 | Soweto Street Beat Dance Theatre, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | To support the presentation and tour of a new performance with associated study guides. The Zulu Kingdom, created by Artistic Director Isabelle Doll Ngcobo, will be performed in ve… |
| 2000 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the expansion of Centre Dance, a residency program that reaches underserved communities. The program will be expanded to encompass community centers, in-school programs,… |
| 1999 | Dancers Collective of Atlanta Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $7,500 | To support commissioning, presenting, and educational activities for Dancers Collective of Atlanta. Artists included in the project are David Dorfman, Philadanco, and Mark Morris D… |
| 1998 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | To support the expansion and stabilization of the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education to include satellite locations, increased classes and faculty, and greater community inv… |
National Endowment for the Arts Grant Search (public domain).