NEA Dance Grants in Massachusetts
127 NEA dance grants for Massachusetts, totaling $7.3M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Flavor Continues | Boston, MA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the Community Space program, which offers classes and peer-to-peer learning opportunities for street and club dancers. Additional Project Description: The progr… |
| 2026 | The Flavor Continues | Boston, MA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the Community Space Program, which will offer consistent and accessible space for Street and Club dancers to gather, rehearse, and perform. Additional Project D… |
| 2025 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support costs related to the rehearsal period and presentation of choreographer Claudia Schreier's "Slipstream." Additional Project Description: Schreier's work, set to… |
| 2025 | Anikaya/Akhra, Inc. | Somerville, MA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a dance residency and performances of "The Women Gather" by choreographer Wendy Jehlen at Gallaudet University. Additional Project Description: The work include… |
| 2024 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of Camille A. Brown and Dancers during the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: The company will have a week-long eng… |
| 2024 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $50,000 | Purpose: To support creative residencies for choreographers. Additional Project Description: Selected choreographers will have daily access to resources such as studio and theater … |
| 2024 | The Flavor Continues | Boston, MA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support artist residencies for street and club dance forms. Additional Project Description: The project will support artists at different locations in Cambridge, Massac… |
| 2024 | Jean Appolon Expressions | Malden, MA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the development and rehearsal of a new dance production by Jean Appolon. Additional Project Description: Through contemporary Haitian-folkloric choreography, Af… |
| 2023 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $75,000 | Purpose: To support artists fees of the presentation of dance companies during the 91st Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: Artists to be presented inclu… |
| 2023 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $45,000 | Purpose: To support creative residencies for choreographers. Additional Project Description: Selected choreographers will have daily access to resources such as studio and theater … |
| 2023 | Jean Appolon Expressions | Malden, MA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support touring performances of Jean Appolon's work, Traka. Additional Project Description: "Traka," meaning "troubles" in Haitian Creole, explores how dance, culture, … |
| 2022 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $75,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for the 90th anniversary of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will present the Limon Dance Company, Al… |
| 2022 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support creative residencies for choreographers. Additional Project Description: Selected choreographers will have daily access to resources such as studio and theater … |
| 2022 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a production of mixed repertory dance works by Boston Ballet. Additional Project Description: Performances will include works by choreographers such as George B… |
| 2022 | Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy | Boston, MA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the development of a collaborative dance project with choreographer and director Peter DiMuro.. Additional Project Description: Activity will focus on the plann… |
| 2022 | Abilities Dance Incorporated | Brookline, MA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a production of Firebird by choreographer Ellice Patterson. Additional Project Description: Abilities Dance Boston will cast dancers with and without disabiliti… |
| 2021 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $80,000 | To support artist fees for the Pillow Lab artist residency program and the presentation of dance artists at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. The festival will bring Brian Brooks … |
| 2021 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $40,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $30,000 | To support Yard Arts' Offshore Creation Residencies. Selected choreographers and dance companies will have daily access to studio and theater space, as well as additional resources… |
| 2020 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $85,000 | To support artist fees and commissions at the virtual Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. The festival will feature Brian Brooks Moving Company, Gauthier Dance // Dance Company Theaterh… |
| 2020 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $35,000 | To support staff salaries for planning for Yard Arts' winter and summer performing seasons. YARD ARTS will plan to welcome a diverse mix of dance companies to receive access to stu… |
| 2019 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $108,000 | To support presentations and creative development residencies for dance artists at The Pillow. Programs will support the presentation of new works and the artistic development of a… |
| 2019 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $50,000 | To support Full On Forsythe, a repertory evening of dance works by William Forsythe. Works to be performed include Playlist (EP), Blake Works I, and a revival of Pas/Parts 2018. Bl… |
| 2019 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $30,000 | To support YARD ARTS' artist research residencies and related community education and engagement activities. YARD ARTS will welcome a diverse mix of dance companies who will receiv… |
| 2019 | Anikaya/Akhra, Inc. | Somerville, MA | $10,000 | To support a creative and technical residency of Conference of the Birds by choreographer Wendy Jehlen. Inspired by Farid ud-Din Attar's poem, the dance theater work incorporates s… |
| 2019 | Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Inc. | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work in collaboration with Lenora Lee Dance. The San Francisco-based company will create Convergent Waves, which will center on Boston's Chinatown … |
| 2018 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $90,000 | To support the presentation of dance artists as well as a variety of education and outreach activities at the Pillow. Creative Development Residencies will support the development … |
| 2018 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $50,000 | To support Parts In Suite, a performance program featuring repertory dance works. The dance works featured in the program may include William Forsythe's "Pas/Parts 2016," Justin Pe… |
| 2018 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $30,000 | To support contemporary dance performances and artist residencies. Residencies may include performances, showings, pop-up performances, educational programs, and weekly seminars fe… |
| 2018 | Five Colleges, Incorporated | Amherst, MA | $10,000 | To support a dance residency for students with choreographer Camille A. Brown. The residency will include the restaging and public performances of Brown's "New Second Line" by two … |
| 2017 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $100,000 | To support the presentation of dance artists as well as a variety of education and outreach activities. Creative Development Residencies will support the development of new work an… |
| 2017 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $60,000 | To support the presentation of "Artifact," by choreographer William Forsythe. The company will perform the full four-act version of the piece. With participation of Forsythe, stage… |
| 2017 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $30,000 | To support contemporary dance performances and artist residencies. Residencies will include performances, showings, pop-up performances, educational programs, and weekly seminars f… |
| 2016 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $100,000 | To support the presentation of dance artists as well as a variety of education and outreach activities. The artists will include Che Malambo! (Argentina); Aspen Santa Fe Ballet; Ga… |
| 2016 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $50,000 | To support a repertory program featuring works by Karole Armitage, Yury Yanowsky, Jose Martinez, and Norbert Vesak. Armitage has blended the neo-classical and avant-garde in dances… |
| 2016 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of dance performances and creative residencies. Diverse emerging and established dance artists and companies from across the U.S. will participate in re… |
| 2015 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $100,000 | To support the Creative Development Residency as well as the presentation of artists representing diverse dance forms. The Creative Development Residency is a commissioning program… |
| 2015 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $50,000 | To support the presentation of the Edge of Vision repertory program. The program will feature a newly commissioned work by resident choreographer Jorma Elo, the revival of Helen Pi… |
| 2014 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $80,000 | To support the Creative Development Residency program as well as the presentation of artists representing diverse contemporary dance forms. Artists may include Hong Kong Ballet, As… |
| 2014 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $45,000 | To support the presentation of Jiri Kylian's "Bella Figura," the company premiere of Jorma Elo's "C. to C. (Close to Chuck)," and the world premiere of a commissioned neo-classical… |
| 2014 | Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support Of, By, and For the Dance Makers, a series of workshops and retreats that will provide technical assistance to dance artists in producing and presenting work. Activities… |
| 2013 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $100,000 | To support the presentation of artists representing diverse dance forms including Brazilian hip-hop, classical Indian dance, modern dance, and ballet, and the Creative Development … |
| 2013 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $40,000 | To support the presentation of an evening of ballets by choreographer Jiri Kylian including Wings of Wax (1997), Tar and Feathers (2006), and Symphony of Psalms (1978). Symphony of… |
| 2013 | Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support Behind the Scenes: In Front of the Curtain Part II, a technical support service for Boston dance artists. Continued development and utilization of their Web and video ex… |
| 2012 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $80,000 | To support the "Creative Development Residency Program" and audience engagement through the "Virtual Pillow," an electronic venue for producing Online content from the Jacob's Pill… |
| 2012 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support performances of Jerome Robbins' 1944 ballet, "Fancy Free," at the Boston Opera House. The ballet will be accompanied by the Leonard Bernstein score, performed live by th… |
| 2012 | Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support "Behind the Scenes: In Front of the Curtain," a project to help dance companies engage new dance audiences. The project will involve a creative retreat for two choreogra… |
| 2011 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $90,000 | To support dance company residencies and performances. International companies in residence will include Ballet Geneve (Switzerland) and Laboratory Dance Project (South Korea); the… |
| 2011 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of choreographer Jerome Robbins' ballets "Antique Epigraphs" and" Afternoon of a Faun" at the Boston Opera House. Artistic director Miko Nissinen has re… |
| 2011 | Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston, MA | $20,000 | To support a dance education and performance series titled "Make, Dance, See." Choreographers involved in the project are Bill T. Jones, Elizabeth Streb, Alexandra Beller, Sean Cur… |
| 2011 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $15,000 | To support choreographer residencies; creative, performance, and educational retreats; and a summer performing arts festival. Throughout the period of the residency, each artist wi… |
| 2010 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $90,000 | To support residencies and performances of dance companies. The project will include a Creative Development Residency, presentation of national and international dance companies, a… |
| 2010 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $50,000 | To support the recreation of works by jazz dance choreographer Jack Cole (1911-74). The project includes restaging a Cole work on pre-professional dance students attending The Scho… |
| 2010 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Apollo, choreographed by George Balanchine, during the company's first season at The Boston Opera House. The accompanying Stravinsky score will be pe… |
| 2010 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $15,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency, a residency for dance companies, and the Yard Arts! Festival. The residencies provide a supportive environment… |
| 2010 | Five Colleges, Incorporated | Amherst, MA | $15,000 | To support the restaging of Merce Cunningham's "Events" on the student dancers of the Five College Dance department. The project will include a collaboration with Five College comp… |
| 2010 | Bridgewater State College | Bridgewater, MA | $13,982 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of the dance work "Ellis Island," choreographed by Anna Sokolow in 1976. The work will be staged on the Bridgewater State College (BS… |
| 2010 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies. Residency activities will include performances, master classes for dancers, workshops, discussions, and outreach activi… |
| 2010 | Concord Academy | Concord, MA | $10,000 | To support the Summer Stage Dance Festival's Meet the Artist Performance Series. In existence since 1999, the festival has helped to revitalize the Boston dance community by presen… |
| 2009 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $80,000 | To support residencies and performances of dance companies. The project will include a Creative Development Residency, presentation of national and international dance companies, a… |
| 2009 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $60,000 | To support the presentation of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as part it's 50-year history with Jacob's Pillow, and Merce Cunningham's 90th birthday. The celebration will inclu… |
| 2009 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Boston, MA | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of JEWELS, by choreographer George Balanchine. The work will be performed at the Citi Performing Arts Center/Wang Theater. |
| 2009 | Five Colleges, Incorporated | Amherst, MA | $15,000 | To support the restaging of choreographer Mark Morris' Gloria. The project will involve a collaboration of dance, orchestra, and choral groups of the Five Colleges. |
| 2009 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $10,000 | To support a Company Residency, the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers Residency, and The Yard Arts Festival. The residencies provide a supportive environment for the creation and pre… |
| 2009 | Concord Academy | Concord, MA | $10,000 | To support the Summer Stage Dance Festival's Meet-the-Artist Performance Series. In existence since 1999, the festival has helped to revitalize the Boston dance community by bringi… |
| 2009 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies. Residency activities will include master classes for dancers and activities at local schools. |
| 2008 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support residencies and performances of dance companies. The project will include a Creative Development Residency, presentation of national and international dance companies, a… |
| 2008 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of choreographer Antony Tudor's classic 1937 work, Dark Elegies. The work will premiere at the Wang Theatre in Boston. |
| 2008 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $10,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency and a residency for dance companies. The residencies provide a supportive environment for the creation and prem… |
| 2008 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies. Residency activities will include master classes for dancers and activities at local schools. |
| 2008 | Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Boston, MA | $9,390 | To support a comprehensive audience development plan and an expansion of information for the dance community. Boston Dance Alliance will conduct a survey, develop a "Dance Bill" pr… |
| 2007 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support residencies and performances of dance companies during Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's 75th anniversary. The project will include a Creative Development Residency, prese… |
| 2007 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the staging of "Polyphonia," a work by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. The ballet will premiere at The Wang Theatre. |
| 2007 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies. Residency activities will include dance and spoken-word/poetry workshops, master classes, discussions, and a Flamenco p… |
| 2007 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $10,000 | To support the Company Residency 2007 and the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency 2007. The residencies provide a supportive environment for the creation and prem… |
| 2006 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support residencies and performances of dance companies. The project will include a Creative Development Residency Program, presentation of national and international dance comp… |
| 2006 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the commissioning and staging of a new work by choreographer Mark Morris. The work will premiere at the Wang Theatre. |
| 2006 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of international, national, and local dance companies and related residency activities. Residency activities will include workshops, master classes, and… |
| 2006 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $15,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency and the Company Residency programs. Emerging choreographers and dance companies will be in residence for up to … |
| 2006 | Celebrity Series of Boston | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support a consortium project with the Wang Center for the Performing Arts to present modern dance companies. The project will include Dance Across the City Day, a series of perf… |
| 2005 | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | $350,000 | To support the 10th round of the National Dance Project, which supports the creation and touring of dance. The program provides presenters, dance companies, and audiences across th… |
| 2005 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support residencies and performances of dance companies for the 2005 Festival. The project will include a Creative Development Residency Program, presentation of national and in… |
| 2005 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of "Falling Angels," created by choreographer Jiri Kylian. Falling Angels, for eight women, is set to Steve Reich's Drumming, Part 1, a study in musical… |
| 2005 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $15,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency and a company residency. Emerging choreographers and dance companies will be in residency for four weeks. |
| 2005 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of international, national, and local dance companies and related residency activities. Residency activities will include workshops, master classes, and… |
| 2005 | Celebrity Series of Boston | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support a consortium project to present modern dance companies. The project is being developed in collaboration with The Wang Center for the Performing Arts and will also includ… |
| 2005 | Boston Conservatory | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support the staging and reconstruction of Murray Louis works for Boston Conservatory Dance Theater students. The Murray Louis works include Schubert Suite, Index, and Four Brube… |
| 2004 | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | $600,000 | To support the ninth year of the National Dance Project, which supports the creation and touring of dance. The program provides presenters, dance companies, and audiences across th… |
| 2004 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support residencies and performances of dance companies. Festival 2004 will include work that ranges from ancient traditional forms to contemporary experimental dance. |
| 2004 | Celebrity Series of Boston | Boston, MA | $20,000 | To support the consortium presentation of modern and classical dance companies. The project is a collaboration with The Wang Center for the Performing Arts. |
| 2004 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Lady of the Camellias, choreographed by Val Caniparoli. The three-act ballet will be presented at The Wang Theatre, and will be included in outreach … |
| 2004 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of international, national, and local dance companies. Residency activities will include workshops, master classes, and discussions. |
| 2004 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $10,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency and a Company Residency. Emerging choreographers and dance companies will be in residence for four weeks. |
| 2003 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support the residencies and performances of dance companies. Up to six artists will be presented during the series Breaking Ground in Context. |
| 2003 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $25,000 | To support the presentation of "Romeo and Juliet" by Dutch choreographer Rudi van Dantzig. The production will be presented at the Wang Theatre and will include a variety of educat… |
| 2003 | Celebrity Series of Boston | Boston, MA | $25,000 | To support a consortium project project to launch a series to present modern and classical dance companies. The project is a collaboration between Celebrity Series and the Wang Cen… |
| 2003 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | To support dance residencies and the presentation of Boston-based dance companies. The project will include performances, master classes, workshops, conversations with Boston chore… |
| 2003 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $5,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency and a Company Residency. Four emerging choreographers and eight dancers will be in residence for five weeks and… |
| 2002 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support dance presentations during Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's 70th anniversary. Each company will be in residence for a week and their work will be presented along with spe… |
| 2002 | Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts | Northampton, MA | $9,000 | To support a residency by Avila/Weeks Dance. The residency will be conducted for the students of the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School as part of the Performing Ar… |
| 2002 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $5,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers & Dancer Residency. Four emerging choreographers and eight dancers will be selected to be in residence for four weeks and two emergin… |
| 2001 | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | $500,000 | To support the sixth year of the National Dance Project, which supports the creation and touring of dance. The program provides presenters, dance companies, and audiences across th… |
| 2001 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support dance commissions, performances, and outreach activities. Artists to be presented include Urban Bush Women, a Cambodian Project, jazz tap artist Herbin "Tamango" Van Cay… |
| 2001 | Dance Umbrella Boston, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support a series of performances and community outreach activities that will explore the impact of Bill T. Jones' work on the contemporary dance and visual arts communities. The… |
| 2001 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $20,000 | To support the revival of a ballet by Christopher Wheeldon. The work will be performed at the Wang Theatre and receive a total of 12 performances. |
| 2001 | Prometheus Dance, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | To support further creation and presentation of an evening-length dance/theater piece. Apokalypsis, choreographed by Artistic Directors Diane Arvanites-Noya and Tommy Neblett with … |
| 2000 | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | $500,000 | To support the fifth year of the National Dance Project, which supports the creation and touring of dance. The program provides presenters, dance companies, and audiences across th… |
| 2000 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support the premiere of new works by up to six choreographers. Each engagement will offer an adult education curriculum of performances, participatory events, and public program… |
| 2000 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Daniel Pelzig. The piece will be created to Samuel Barber's Concerto for Violincello and Orchestra. |
| 2000 | Dance Umbrella Boston, Inc. | Boston, MA | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of contemporary dance works. Companies in the series include Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Bill T. Jones, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Urba… |
| 2000 | Celebrity Series of Boston | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support AileyCamp, a six-week, full scholarship summer program for at-risk middle school students. Dance will be used as a vehicle for developing self-esteem, creative expressio… |
| 2000 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $7,000 | To support two annual residency programs. The Bessie Schnberg Choreographer & Dancer's Residency and The Company Residency are designed to allow choreographers and dancers the opp… |
| 1999 | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | $500,000 | To support the creation and touring of dance through the National Dance Project. The program provides presenters, dance companies, and audiences across the country access to contem… |
| 1999 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support commissions, creative residencies, and world premiere performances by choreographers during Jacob Pillow's 1999 Festival. The Pillow has chosen to commission choreograph… |
| 1999 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $50,000 | To support a consortium project entitled "What is Dance?: A Model for Dance Literacy." The consortium of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Lee, MA), The Flynn Theatre of the Performin… |
| 1999 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $40,000 | To support staging of Michael Corder's "Danses Concertantes." The piece, set to music by Igor Stravinsky, will be part of a repertory program scheduled for the spring portion of Bo… |
| 1999 | Dance Umbrella Boston, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support a consortium project for Minds in Motion 2000, a comprehensive dance education program. Minds in Motion 2000, a project with Boston Public Schools, will provide both dis… |
| 1999 | Dance Umbrella Boston, Inc. | Boston, MA | $25,000 | To support the research, development, and implementation of a new International Festival of Aerial Dance. The festival will showcase eight to ten works by both seasoned aerial danc… |
| 1998 | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | $500,000 | To support the National Dance Project which will provide support to presenters, dance companies, and audiences across the country by providing access to the development and perform… |
| 1998 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $100,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of dance works by American choreographers Merce Cunningham, Joanna Haigood, Elizabeth Streb, Laura Dean, and Susan Marshall in the cel… |
| 1998 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $60,000 | To support a consortium of presenters in Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Minnesota to develop and present dance works by choreographers Dianne McIntyre, Bebe Mill… |
| 1998 | Dance Umbrella Boston, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support artistic residencies and the creation and presentation of new works by and for AXIS Dance Troupe in collaboration with choreographer Bill T. Jones and interdisciplinary … |
| 1998 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "World of Dance" featuring performances by Bale Folclorico da Bahia, Whirling Dervishes, Dancers & Musicians of Bali, and other world dance companies… |
| 1998 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $5,000 | To support the presentation of a residency designed as a company development session for select choreographers and dancers. During the four-week residency each artist creates one n… |
| 1998 | Jo Ha Kyu Performance Group | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of three site-specific dance works to be performed in outdoor settings in Boston, working closely with affected neighborhoods and creating … |
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