NEA Dance Grants in Michigan

20 NEA dance grants for Michigan, totaling $398.2K.

YearRecipientCityAmountProject
2024Heritage WorksDetroit, MI$35,000Purpose: To support planning activities for an international exchange program celebrating the dance traditions, histories, and cultures in Detroit and Dakar, Senegal. Additional Pr…
2023Eisenhower Dance EnsembleBloomfield Hills, MI$10,000Purpose: To support the commissioning and development of a new work by choreographer Marc Brew in collaboration with company dancers. Additional Project Description: The new work w…
2022Tapology Inc.Mount Morris, MI$30,000Purpose: To support a tour of dance performances. Additional Project Description: The tour highlights traditions of call and response, tap dance and art for social change. Rooted i…
2022Eisenhower Dance EnsembleBloomfield Hills, MI$10,000Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work by choreographer Joshua Peugh. Additional Project Description: The work explores themes of race, equity, trans…
2021Eisenhower Dance EnsembleBloomfield Hills, MI$10,000To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020Heritage WorksDetroit, MI$30,000To support planning and virtual engagement activities as part of the Heritage Works' 20th anniversary. The anniversary celebration may include local artist commissions, virtual res…
2020Eisenhower Dance EnsembleBloomfield Hills, MI$10,000To support a dance education program in schools. The program stems from Stephanie Pizzo's ARC, a dance performance which investigated the effects of labeling and bullying on person…
2019Heritage WorksDetroit, MI$20,000To support a community-based program for Detroit residents with Wideman/Davis Dance and visual storyteller Olayami Dabls. The project will engage community members in conversations…
2019Tapology Inc.Mount Morris, MI$15,000To support the annual Tapology Dance Festival. The festival, which features workshops, lectures and concert performances for the community, engages audiences in the practice of tap…
2018Heritage WorksDetroit, MI$40,000To support a series of dance performances and story circle dialogues featuring visiting choreographers and visual artists. Artists including visual artist Olayami Dabl and choreogr…
2014Grand Rapids Ballet CompanyGrand Rapids, MI$10,000To support the MoveMedia series, featuring new dance works created by established and emerging choreographers. The series will be anchored by Artist-in-Residence Annabelle Ochoa, a…
2010Eisenhower Dance EnsembleBloomfield Hills, MI$20,000To support the restaging of Lar Lubovitch's "Angel's Feet." The work will be performed by the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts and at Oakland …
2009Eisenhower Dance EnsembleBloomfield Hills, MI$15,000To support the presentation of Escargot, by choreographer Louis Falco, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. The project will include master classes at several uni…
2009University of Michigan at Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI$13,203To support the restaging of choreographer Paul Taylor's LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (THE REHEARSAL) by the University Dance Company and including related activities. The University of Mi…
2007Eisenhower Dance EnsembleBloomfield Hills, MI$10,000To support a program to expose elementary students in the Pontiac, Michigan School District to creative movement and a healthy lifestyle. The program is being designed in collabora…
2005Grand Rapids Ballet CompanyGrand Rapids, MI$10,000To support performances and outreach activities. The company will present THE NUTCRACKER, a lecture-demonstration for school children, and an evening of repertory performances in c…
2004University Musical SocietyAnn Arbor, MI$30,000To support the "Pop Collaborations" dance project. The project will feature residencies by Merce Cunningham Dance Company and by Lyon Opera Ballet choreographer Phillipe Decoufl.
2001Dance Gallery FoundationAnn Arbor, MI$5,000To support a tour and accompanying residency in a rural Michigan community. "Peninsula" will include performances and artist residency activities given by Peter Sparling.
2000University Musical SocietyAnn Arbor, MI$40,000To support performances and residencies of women dance artists and their companies. The project, titled Today's Women of Dance, Dance Theater, and Music Theater, will involve Bebe …
1999University Musical SocietyAnn Arbor, MI$35,000To support the presentation of Donald Byrd's "The Harlem Nutcracker" in collaboration with the Detroit Opera House and the Arts League of Michigan. The presentation will also inclu…

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