NEA Dance Grants in North Carolina
96 NEA dance grants for North Carolina, totaling $3M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $60,000 | Purpose: To support the production of choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo's "One Thousand Pieces," in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: The co… |
| 2026 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $50,000 | Purpose: To support presentations at the American Dance Festival, including newly commissioned work. Additional Project Description: The festival will feature performances by Mark … |
| 2026 | Culture Mill, Inc | Saxapahaw, NC | $25,000 | Purpose: To support artist residencies and related activities. Additional Project Description: A multi-week residency in collaboration with Carolina Performing Arts will culminate … |
| 2025 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $65,500 | Purpose: To support presentations at the American Dance Festival, including newly commissioned work. Additional Project Description: Festival performances will include works by art… |
| 2025 | Culture Mill, Inc | Saxapahaw, NC | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the development of a new work by choreographers Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan, in collaboration with dancers living with and without Parkinson's disease. Ad… |
| 2024 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | Purpose: To support commissioned new works and presentations at the American Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will present works by artists and companie… |
| 2024 | Culture Mill, Inc | Saxapahaw, NC | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a tour of "When We were Queens" and the development of "How To Be A Visitor" by choreographers Murielle Elizéon, Tommy Noonan, and their collaborators. Addition… |
| 2023 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | Purpose: To support presentations at the American Dance Festival, including newly-commissioned work. Additional Project Description: Festival performances will include works by art… |
| 2023 | ShaLeigh Dance Works | Rougemont, NC | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of enVISION: The Next Chapter, an immersive dance-theater work, as well as accompanying engagement programs. Additional Project De… |
| 2023 | Culture Mill, Inc | Saxapahaw, NC | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the planning and creation of "When We were Queens," a collaboration between dancer and choreographer Murielle Elizéon and musician Shana Tucker. Additional Proj… |
| 2023 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $9,858 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length performance by choreographer Maya Kulkarni in collaboration with Kaustavi Sarkar. Additional Project Descript… |
| 2022 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | Purpose: To support presentations at the American Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: Festival performances will include artists and companies such as Abby Z and the Ne… |
| 2022 | Dance Project, Inc. | Greensboro, NC | $20,000 | Purpose: To support residency activities with Wideman/Davis Dance. Additional Project Description: The residency will comprise multiple visits by the company to Greensboro for acti… |
| 2022 | Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington, NC | $15,000 | Purpose: To support an artist residency and performances by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble at the Wilson Center. Additional Project Description: The company will perform Four … |
| 2022 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Wilmington, NC | $15,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for the presentation of Ballet Hispánico's work Noche de Oro and residency activities that celebrate the history and culture of Latinx artists. Addi… |
| 2022 | ShaLeigh Dance Works | Rougemont, NC | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new dance theater work, "enVISION: Sensory Beyond Sight." Additional Project Description: The result of a collaborative creat… |
| 2022 | Gaspard&Dancers, Inc. | Durham, NC | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and production of a new work by choreographer Gaspard Louis and cellist, singer, and songwriter Shana Tucker. Additional Project Description: The w… |
| 2021 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support virtual and in-person presentations at the American Dance Festival. Festival performances will include a historical reconstruction from Pilobolus and virtual presentatio… |
| 2021 | Duke University | Durham, NC | $25,000 | To support SLIPPAGE@Duke's digital publications, lectures, and webinars that provide information and analyses of African diaspora dance. These resources will provide a model of an … |
| 2021 | Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington, NC | $10,000 | To support a production and community dance residency with Invertigo Dance Theatre at the Wilson Center. The company will perform "Formulae and Fairy Tales," a repertory piece abou… |
| 2020 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $65,000 | To support planning costs and commissions fees for the American Dance Festival. |
| 2020 | Culture Mill, Inc | Saxapahaw, NC | $20,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Duke University | Durham, NC | $20,000 | To support a residency and performances by American Ballet Theatre as part of Duke Performances' Ballet Futures series. Ballet Futures comprises performances, community engagement … |
| 2020 | Dance Project, Inc. | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | To support the North Carolina Dance Festival. The festival will showcase professional modern and contemporary choreography by North Carolina artists in mainstage livestreamed perfo… |
| 2020 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $8,595 | To support artist fees for an artist residency designed to expand the connections between the local classical Indian dance community with the UNC Charlotte Department of Dance. Dr.… |
| 2019 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support debuts at the American Dance Festival (ADF) and education activities. Festival debuts by choreographers Tommy Noonan & Murielle Elizéon, Taylor 2 Dance Company, Graham 2… |
| 2018 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support presentations and commissions of early to mid-career choreographers and a repertory company at the American Dance Festival, as well as dance presentations at New York Li… |
| 2018 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support "The Most Incredible Thing," a dance choreographed by Javier de Frutos, based on a Hans Christian Andersen story. The story explores the importance and value of creativi… |
| 2017 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies from the United States and abroad, as part of the 2017 American Dance Festival. Programming includes commissioned works by Bill T. Jo… |
| 2017 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the world premiere of "Wuthering Heights," by Associate Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Sasha Janes. Drawing inspiration from Emily Bronte's novel, Janes wi… |
| 2017 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Carmen" with live musical accompaniment by the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. The full-length ballet is choreographed by the company's Artistic … |
| 2016 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies from the United States and abroad, as part of the 2016 American Dance Festival. The festival programming will include commissioned wo… |
| 2016 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere ballet by resident choreographer Dwight Rhoden. Drawing from his lifelong passion of American jazz music, Rhoden will u… |
| 2016 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support a reconstruction residency for Paul Taylor's "Tracer." The residency will serve as a centerpiece for activities engaging dancers and audiences in the work of Taylor and … |
| 2015 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies from the United States and abroad, as part of the 2015 American Dance Festival. Titled "Dancing Across Cultures," the festival will f… |
| 2015 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet by Artistic Director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and choreographer David Ingram. The new work will use micro-cameras that will ca… |
| 2014 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support the commissioning of works and performances during American Dance Festival. The project will feature the creation and presentation of new and reconstructed works by esta… |
| 2014 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new ballets as part of the Innovative Works repertory series. The series will utilize community partnerships and collaboration with loca… |
| 2014 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Robert Weiss, to Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." Weiss envisions an abstract ballet and will use d… |
| 2013 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $65,000 | To support the American Dance Festival's 80th anniversary season. The festival will feature choreographers and companies who have played an important role at ADF such as Martha Gra… |
| 2013 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Giselle" during the company's 15th anniversary season. The work will be staged by Olga Kostritzky and free performances will be provided for social … |
| 2013 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and world premiere of a new work by dancer and choreographer Jiri Bubenicek. Education and outreach programming will include presenting excerpts of Bubenice… |
| 2012 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support the "What is a Dance Movement?" series. Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Judson Church dance movement, the presentations will feature artists from that era including… |
| 2011 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the "Dance and Visual Arts: Images that Move Us" series. The presentations will include the Trisha Brown, Paul Taylor, Pilobolus, and Shen Wei dance companies; reconstru… |
| 2011 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $20,000 | To support the presentation of ballet performances. The company's 40th anniversary repertory will include the ballets by Dwight Rhoden, Jiri Bubenicik, Salvatore Aiello, George Bal… |
| 2011 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and principal dancer Attila Bongar. The staging of this work is in line with the company's mission of creati… |
| 2010 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support What is Dance Theater?, a series that will include works that blur the line between dance and theater. American Dance Festival will present a variety of American and int… |
| 2010 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $45,000 | To support the restaging of three obscure works, A la Francaix, Minkus Pas de Trois, and Glinka Pas de Trois, by choreographer George Balanchine. The works will be performed at the… |
| 2010 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by principal guest choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett. The work will be presented at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the P… |
| 2010 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $15,000 | To support the creation of a new work by resident choreographer Dwight Rhoden, and the presentation of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux's Cinderella, Mark Godden's Constructing Juliet, and Ge… |
| 2010 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $15,000 | To support the restaging of Martha Graham's 1931 ballet, "Primitive Mysteries," on the UNC Charlotte Dance Ensemble. The project will include dance performances and demonstrations … |
| 2010 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | To support the continued development and expansion by the Department of Dance of the Web site, "Accelerated Motion Towards a New Dance Literacy in America." The Web site will provi… |
| 2009 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support "Where Ballet and Modern Meet," a series that will explore the influences modern dance and ballet have had on each other. American Dance Festival will present a variety … |
| 2009 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Greensboro, NC | $15,000 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of "Steps in the Street," by choreographer Martha Graham. The project will include a residency by a Martha Graham Dance Company membe… |
| 2009 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation, Inc. | Winston Salem, NC | $15,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of Gallery, a dance created by Alwin Nikolais (1910-93), in celebration of Nikolais' 100th anniversary. The project will include workshops… |
| 2009 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the company's winter program, A Night at the Movies, and its spring program, Othello and Snow White and related education and outreach activities The… |
| 2008 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the 75th Anniversary Season: Past/Forward. Dance works by recipients of the Scripps/ADF Awards will be presented by contemporary companies to demonstrate the respective … |
| 2008 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of works by choreographers George Balanchine, Mark Diamond, Dwight Rhoden, and artistic director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. The performances will take place… |
| 2008 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere of The Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by artistic director Robert Weiss. The performance will be presented at the Ralei… |
| 2007 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support "Pioneers and Frontiers: Tradition and Beyond II." The project will include the commissioning and presentation of American and international modern choreographers and a … |
| 2007 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of works by choreographers Nacho Duato, George Balanchine, and Dwight Rhoden. The project will be presented in the Belk Theater of the North Carolina Bl… |
| 2007 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of works by choreographers Robert Weiss and Lynne Taylor-Corbett. This program, titled Monet Impressions, will be presented in conjunction … |
| 2006 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support "Pioneers and Frontiers: Tradition and Beyond." The project will include the commissioning and presentation of American and international modern choreographers and a ran… |
| 2006 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a ballet choreographed by artistic director Robert Weiss. A TEMPEST FANTASY will be presented at the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre, BTI Ce… |
| 2006 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Dwight Roden and the presentation of up to four revivals. Performances will take place at the North Carolina… |
| 2005 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support Mapping Modern Dance, a project to commission and present American and international modern dance choreographers. Performances will be accompanied by a range of educatio… |
| 2005 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work and the restaging of past works. Performances will take place in the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, and th… |
| 2005 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | to support the creation and presentation of "Swan Lake" choreographed by artistic director Robert Weiss. The program will be presented at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, BTI Cente… |
| 2004 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support Mapping Modern Dance, a project to commission and present American and international modern dance choreographers. Performances will be accompanied by a range of educatio… |
| 2004 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Balanchine Celebration. Music accompaniment will be provided by a solo pianist and a small orchestra comprised of members of the North Carolina S… |
| 2004 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Balanchine Centennial Celebration. Works to be presented include Agon, the pas de deux from Stars and Stripes, and the first act of A Midsummer N… |
| 2003 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of a range of modern dance choreographers. In addition to performances during American Dance Festival's 70th anniversary in 2003, the … |
| 2003 | African-American Dance Ensemble, Inc. | Durham, NC | $35,000 | To support a consortium project of community residencies celebrating the culture and traditions of Africa. The project will include a variety of outreach activities and performance… |
| 2003 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $32,000 | To support the Institute for Dance Criticism 2004, a consortium project. Journalists will attend performances followed by discussion and analysis, classes, informal sessions, and s… |
| 2003 | Dance Project, Inc. | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the North Carolina Dance Festival. The Festival showcases local dance artists that travel to communities across the state. |
| 2003 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of THE RIVER, choreographed by Alvin Ailey. |
| 2003 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and production of The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, with portions to be choreographed by Lynn Taylor-Corbett. Lynn Taylor-Corbett has been commiss… |
| 2003 | African-American Dance Ensemble, Inc. | Durham, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation of a ballet suite, Luyala, based on the dance opera of the same name. Dr. Chuck Davis and Dr. William Banfield, the original choreographer and composer for … |
| 2002 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support the commissioning and presenting of a range of modern dance choreographers. In addition to performances, the Celebration! program series will include educational outreac… |
| 2002 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $20,000 | To support a Dance Critics Workshop, a consortium project. The critics will attend performances followed by sessions on writing, discussion and analysis, the history of dance, and … |
| 2002 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new chamber ballet. The ballet will be choreographed by Damian Woetzel, New York City Ballet principal dancer, and will be performed a… |
| 2002 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support a new work by choreographer Dwight Rhoden, with guest artist Desmond Richardson. Rhoden will collaborate with composer Antonio Carlos Scott to create a contemporary elec… |
| 2001 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support the commissioning of a range of modern dance choreographers, as well as presenting historic works in modern dance history. The second and final year of Landmarks and Lan… |
| 2001 | African-American Dance Ensemble, Inc. | Durham, NC | $40,000 | To support a consortium project to present the African American Dance Ensemble in community residencies. The project will include a variety of activities and a full concert perform… |
| 2001 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | To support a consortium extended residency project with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. The project will involve Dance Exchange in a statewide extended residency project. |
| 2001 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support commissioning of a new work. Choreographer Mark Diamond will create a new work based on Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. |
| 2001 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | To support the production of "Carmina Burana," with world premiere choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and the staging of two more of her ballets, "Chiaroscuro" and "Great Gallop… |
| 2000 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the commission and presentation of a range of companies that showcase American modern dance. Landmarks and Landscapers in American Modern Dance-A Millennial Retrospectiv… |
| 2000 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the acquisition and presentation of a contemporary work. William Forsythe's In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated will be presented during North Carolina Dance Theatre's 30th… |
| 1999 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the commission and presentation of a range of companies that represent Expressionism in dance. Project activities will occur in 1998-99 and will include performances, co… |
| 1999 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $50,000 | To support a statewide extended adult education consortium project with David Dorfman Dance. This project will consist of a series of specially-targeted residency activities with t… |
| 1999 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $7,500 | To support creation of a one-act version of "The Sleeping Beauty." The work will be choreographed and staged by Artistic Directors Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride. |
| 1998 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $65,000 | To support the commissioning and presenting of established and emerging artists in performances and residencies as part of American Dance Festival's 65th anniversary project. Artis… |
| 1998 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the acquisition, staging, and performances of Paul Taylors' "Esplanade" for the North Carolina Dance Theatre, which provides the only professional dance performance avai… |
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