NEA Dance Grants in Oregon
82 NEA dance grants for Oregon, totaling $1.5M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and premiere of a new contemporary dance work from choreographer Anne Plamondon. Additional Project Description: Plamondon will be given the time a… |
| 2026 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a series of performances in recognition of America’s 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: White Bird will present performances by dance companies … |
| 2025 | PUSH FOLD | Portland, OR | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the Union PDX Festival of Contemporary Dance. Additional Project Description: The festival will feature artist-facilitated talks, public performances, classes, … |
| 2025 | Rejoice Diaspora Dance Theater | Portland, OR | $12,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of "Griot Project," an evening-length dance performance exploring the role of the griot, a keeper of oral tradition, throughout history. Additi… |
| 2024 | Dance Wire | Portland, OR | $30,000 | Purpose: To support free career development services for dance artists. Additional Project Description: Services will include mentoring and career coaching, building administrative… |
| 2024 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $20,000 | Purpose: To support performances and community engagement activities by Black Grace Dance Company and Music from the Sole as part of the third annual WE ARE ONE Festival. Additiona… |
| 2024 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of new dance works as part of the Made in Portland series. Additional Project Description: Made in Portland will highlight the wor… |
| 2023 | Joint Forces Dance Company | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation a music and dance concert in collaboration with DanceAbility International and Orchestra Next. Additional Project Description: Per… |
| 2023 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the creation and presentation of dance works by choreographers Rena Butler, Helen Simoneau, Samuel Hobbs, and Makina Hayashi … |
| 2023 | Boom Arts, Inc. | Portland, OR | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of Flyaway Productions' apparatus-based dance show. Additional Project Description: Boom Arts will present the San Francisco-based aerial dance… |
| 2023 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new contemporary dance work from choreographer Ihsan Rustem. Additional Project Description: Rustem will re-imagine the class… |
| 2023 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham's An Untitled Love as part of the WE ARE ONE Festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will present dance… |
| 2023 | PUSH FOLD | Portland, OR | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the annual Union PDX Festival of Contemporary Dance. Additional Project Description: The festival will provide artists with performance stipends, professional r… |
| 2022 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new contemporary dance work. Additional Project Description: Choreographer Joseph Hernandez will create a new work in respons… |
| 2021 | Joint Forces Dance Company | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support dancer salaries for OBT RAW, a virtual presentation of dance performances. The works to be performed will include dances by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Nacho Du… |
| 2020 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $40,000 | To support the planning and presentation of dance companies as part of the White Bird Uncaged series. Performances by Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor and marketing activities were suppor… |
| 2020 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support planning and production costs for the company premiere of Twyla Tharp's Baker's Dozen and a revival of Agnes de Mille's Rodeo. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project … |
| 2019 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $40,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies as part of the White Bird Uncaged series. White Bird Uncaged focuses on presenting innovative regional, national, and international d… |
| 2019 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $15,000 | To support the company premiere of Alvin Ailey's Night Creature. One of Ailey's most popular works, Night Creature combines classical ballet with jazz and modern dance, using a lar… |
| 2019 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | To support the creation and premiere of the ballet The Large Rock and the Little Yew. Based on a short story about courage, perseverance, self-respect, and hope, choreographer Suza… |
| 2018 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $40,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies as part of the White Bird Uncaged series. White Bird Uncaged focuses on the world's most innovative regional, national, and internati… |
| 2018 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | To support the premiere of "Peer Gynt," a multimedia ballet by choreographer Toni Pimble based on Henrik Ibsen's fairy tale play. In collaboration with designer Andy Warfel and vid… |
| 2018 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Darrell Grand Moultrie. Using the men's trio from his 2015 work, "Instinctual Confidence," as a springboard, Moultrie will… |
| 2018 | Joint Forces Dance Company | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | To support a series of national teacher trainings for dance educators, choreographers, and performers in the DanceAbility method. DanceAbility International will offer professional… |
| 2017 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $40,000 | To support the White Bird Uncaged series in 2017. White Bird Uncaged focuses on the world's most innovative regional, national, and international dance artists. Its adventurous nat… |
| 2017 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $20,000 | To support creation and presentation of new dance works. Three North American, female choreographers will work with company dancers during a four-week intensive residency as part o… |
| 2017 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | To support a tour of "Mowgli: The Jungle Book." The full length ballet will be performed in cities in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. In addition to educational outreach activities … |
| 2017 | BodyVox | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support a performance tour to underserved communities in Alaska. The company plans to tour to Alaskan communities, which have little to no access to artistic performances by pro… |
| 2016 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $40,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird Uncaged series. Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, Crystal Pite/Kidd Pivot, and Inbal Pinto Dance Company will be pres… |
| 2016 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities. The program will include a new work by choreographer Stephanie Martinez, Suzanne Haag's "The Surrounding Third," and a pr… |
| 2016 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Yin Yue. The work will premiere at the Lincoln Performance Hall and then join the company's repertory for to… |
| 2015 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $40,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird Uncaged series. New Israeli Voices in Dance: Hillel Kogan and Danielle Agami, Urban Bush Women, and other companies… |
| 2015 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities. The company will present a full-length "The Sleeping Beauty," by choreographer Denise Schultze. "The Sleeping Beauty" wil… |
| 2015 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Ihsan Rustem. Inspired by Buddhist practices, this will be Rustem's third work set on the company. The work … |
| 2015 | Joint Forces Dance Company | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | To support touring performances of "Don't Leave Me," choreographed by DanceAbility founder Alitto Alessi and associated outreach activities. Performances will take place at the Nat… |
| 2014 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $30,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird Uncaged series. Stephen Petronio Company (New York City), Emio Greco/PC (The Netherlands), and other companies will… |
| 2014 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities. The company will present a repertory program featuring works by Artistic Director Toni Pimble and Gerald Arpino, as well … |
| 2014 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Sarah Slipper. Titled "After the Shake," the new work involves themes of Shaker spirituality and lifesty… |
| 2013 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $30,000 | To support dance performances and community engagement activities in the White Bird Uncaged series. Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Canada), Illstyle & Peace Productions and up to two o… |
| 2013 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities. The company will present a repertory program including artistic director Toni Pimble's "Concerto Grosso" and "Still Falls… |
| 2013 | BodyVox | Portland, OR | $20,000 | To support an audience engagement program. The project will feature the apprentice troupe BodyVox-2 in community events throughout Oregon. |
| 2013 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Sarah Slipper. The piece will consist of three thematically linked duets for one male … |
| 2012 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The company will present a repertory program, including artistic direct… |
| 2012 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $21,000 | To support dance performances in the White Bird Uncaged series. Kidd Pivot (Canada), Yasmeen Godder (Israel), and other companies will be presented in intimate-sized venues. |
| 2012 | BodyVox | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the world premiere of a new work choreographed by artistic directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland. The work will be accompanied by a soundtrack with scenes from class… |
| 2011 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $30,000 | To support dance performances in the "White Bird Uncaged" series. Laboratory Dance Project (LDP), Yossi Berg/Oded Graf, and other companies will be presented in intimate-sized venu… |
| 2011 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $25,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The company will present a repertory program, including artistic direct… |
| 2011 | Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | Portland, OR | $20,000 | To support the presentation of a dance collaboration between Flemish/Moroccan dancer/choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Indian/French performer Shantala Shivalingappa, as well … |
| 2011 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the "New Works Project," featuring the creation and presentation of new dance works by choreographers Sarah Slipper and Patrick Delcroix. Members of the community are in… |
| 2010 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $25,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird Uncaged series. The project will include master classes and lecture-demonstrations. |
| 2010 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Montana. The company will present repertory pieces, as well as education programs. |
| 2010 | Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | Portland, OR | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance artists John Jasperse and Jerome Bel, in consortium with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. In partnership with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival… |
| 2009 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird Uncaged series. The project will include master classes and lecture-demonstrations. |
| 2009 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Montana, California, and Alaska. The company will present repertory pieces, as well as educa… |
| 2009 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new dance works from choreographers Maurice Causey, James Canfield, and Lucas Crandall. The works will premiere at the Portland Center f… |
| 2009 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and peformance of a new work by choreographer James Kudelka. The work will be performed at the Newmark Theatre in Portland, Oregon, and a variety of ou… |
| 2008 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The company will present repertory pieces, as well as the education programs Ch… |
| 2008 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird/Portland State University and "White Bird Uncaged" dance series. The project will include master classes and lectur… |
| 2007 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird/Portland State University Dance series. The series will include master classes and lecture-demonstrations. |
| 2007 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Blue Rose," a work by choreographer Helgi Tomasson. The work will be presented as part of the company's winter program in the Keller Auditorium in P… |
| 2007 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | To support regional touring of "Children of the Raven," choreographed by artistic director Toni Pimble, in rural communities. "Children of the Raven" is based on the legends of the… |
| 2006 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird/Portland State University Dance series. The series will include master classes and outreach activities. |
| 2006 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer James Kudelka. The work will be created to music by Mozart, as part of Portland's Month of Mozart, and will … |
| 2006 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | To support regional dance touring in Oregon and Washington state. The tour will consist of performance and outreach programs in rural communities. |
| 2006 | Troika Ranch Incorporated | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a dance and digital media project and the creation of a new work. The project will include performances, media workshops, symposia, and research resi… |
| 2005 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional dance touring of performance and outreach programs in rural communities. The tour will consist of performance and outreach programs in rural communities. |
| 2005 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird/Portland State University Dance Series. The series will include master classes and lecture demonstrations. |
| 2005 | BodyVox | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support a statewide dance tour in Oregon. The company will tour A Thousand Little Cities to Eugene, Roseburg, Monmouth, and Astoria, and offer performances, lecture-demonstratio… |
| 2005 | Oslund & Company/Dance | Portland, OR | $6,900 | To support the creation and presentation of "Capture," a new work by choreographer Mary Oslund in collaboration with composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain. Capture will premier… |
| 2004 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional touring of performance and outreach programs in rural communities. |
| 2004 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in The White Bird/PSU Dance Series. The series will include master classes and lecture-demonstrations. |
| 2003 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional touring of performance and outreach programs in rural communities. |
| 2003 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies as part of The White Bird/Portland State University Dance Series. The series will include workshops and a co-commissioned work. |
| 2002 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $5,000 | To support the presentation of up to two dance companies as part of The White Bird/Portland State University Dance Series. The series will include new work, master classes, and res… |
| 2001 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support touring in Oregon, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming. The tour will consist of performances and outreach programs and reach 10 rural communities. |
| 2000 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support rural touring in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The tour will consist of performances and outreach programs. |
| 2000 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new dance work. Resident choreographer Trey McIntyre will create a ballet titled Aliss in Wonderland. |
| 1999 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support an Educational Outreach Ensemble which will provide outreach services to students in venues where the company performs. The project will also involve the implementation … |
| 1999 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $5,000 | To support creation of an original evening-length ballet, "Peter Pan." This new work will be choreographed by Oregon Ballet Theatre Resident Choreographer Trey McIntyre. |
| 1998 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | To support development of an Educational Outreach Ensemble that will focus on activities that involve residencies, in-school performances, and related projects during company resid… |
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