NEA Dance Grants in Pennsylvania
186 NEA dance grants for Pennsylvania, totaling $3.7M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a program featuring works created in and inspired by the city of Philadelphia. Additional Project Description: A collaboration … |
| 2026 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a community dance festival, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Presented in partnership with the Mann Center for the Performing Arts and Art… |
| 2026 | Performance Garage | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the DanceVisions artist residency program at the Performance Garage. Additional Project Description: The program will provide Philadelphia-based choreographer a… |
| 2026 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $18,000 | Purpose: To support staging fees for presentations of dance works by American choreographers. Additional Project Description: The program will include works such as George Balanchi… |
| 2026 | Attack Theatre Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support creative movement workshops focused on enhancing physical and mental health. Additional Project Description: The project will consist of experiential workshop s… |
| 2025 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of Then & Now, a program featuring both remounted and a newly commissioned work, with related engagement activities. Additional Project Descrip… |
| 2025 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of Lunar Retreat, a new interactive performance featuring audio-visual installations and choreographic exchanges between audiences… |
| 2025 | Philadelphia Dance Projects | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support programming focused on the history of dance in Philadelphia as part of America250, including a guided tour led by historian Lynn Matluck Brooks and a premiere p… |
| 2025 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a community dance festival hosted by BalletX. Additional Project Description: The festival will include dance works by various choreographers, performed by Ball… |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of "Our Voices, Our Choices...This is Us," a program exploring the unique and dynamic voices of women choreographers, including Ja… |
| 2024 | Dance Iquail | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | Purpose: To support a tour of Public Enemy by choreographer Iquail Shaheed. Additional Project Description: The work explores Black male identity in the context of social issues in… |
| 2024 | PearlArts Movement and Sound | East Liberty, PA | $48,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Staycee Pearl and sound engineer Herman Pearl, aka Soy Sos. Additional Project Description: Through… |
| 2024 | Community Theater Project Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | Purpose: To support planning and development for dance presentations at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater. Additional Project Description: The dance series will feature artists Jesse Fac… |
| 2024 | Kulu Mele African American Dance Ensemble | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a West African dance and drumming performance. Additional Project Description: The performance will celebrate the retirement of… |
| 2024 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $18,000 | Purpose: To support a residency by Rennie Harris Puremovement at Penn Live Arts. Additional Project Description: The residency will highlight the groundbreaking American hip-hop ch… |
| 2024 | Performance Garage | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the DanceVisions artist residency program at the Performance Garage. Additional Project Description: The program will provide Philadelphia-based choreographer a… |
| 2024 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a community dance festival hosted by BalletX. Additional Project Description: The festival will include dance works by various choreographers performed by the c… |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a program featuring an historic Black Dance work and new works by contemporary choreographers. Additional Project Description: … |
| 2023 | Community Theater Project Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support dance presentations at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater. Additional Project Description: The dance series will feature artists Mita Ghosal and slowdanger. In additio… |
| 2023 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $19,865 | Purpose: To support restaging and presentation of William Forsythe's ballet The Barre Project/Blake Works II by Dance Theatre of Harlem as part of Penn Live Arts' Accelerator Progr… |
| 2023 | PearlArts Movement and Sound | East Liberty, PA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the PearlDiving Movement Residency. Additional Project Description: The program will provide selected artists/choreographers with rehearsal space, technical sup… |
| 2023 | Kulu Mele African American Dance Ensemble | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a reinterpretation of "Tajona: Dance of the Haitian Slaves," by Artistic Director Dorothy Wilkie and Music Director John Wilkie, in collaboration with Danys "La… |
| 2023 | KYL Dancers Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the final development and presentation of new works by artists Weiwei Ma and Evalina Carbonell as part of Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers' Next Gen Incubator Project. Addi… |
| 2023 | Koresh Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support free dance performances in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia as part of the Neighborhood Connections project. Additional Project Description: The comp… |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Dance Projects | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of dance works by several Philadelphia-based dance artists around the theme of legacy, as well as associated educational programmi… |
| 2023 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of new dance works by choreographers Juliano Nunes, Hope Boykin, and Adonis Fondianakis, as part of the company's New Works progra… |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of new works by emerging choreographers. Additional Project Description: The selected choreographers will feature Francisco Gella … |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support guest artist fees for the creation and presentation of a production featuring emerging choreographers. Additional Project Description: The performance will feat… |
| 2022 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support choreographer fees for a residency and the production of a new dance work. Additional Project Description: Choreographer Jennifer Archibald will create the new … |
| 2022 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation of a short documentary dance film. Additional Project Description: The film will feature a powerful portrait of Pennsylvania Ballet dancers and com… |
| 2022 | Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts | Bethlehem, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a residency with Passion Fruit Dance Company at Charter Arts. Additional Project Description: The residency for high school students will focus on Black excelle… |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Dance Projects | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of "Disposable Bodies," an evening-length interdisciplinary performance work created by choreographer Silvana Cardell, with associated dance wo… |
| 2022 | Performance Garage | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support DanceVisions, a residency program at Performance Garage which provides resources for Philadelphia-based dance artists to create new work. Additional Project Des… |
| 2021 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | Dance Iquail | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Philadelphia Dance Projects | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support development and presentation of softly as i leave you, a new work by choreographer Tommie-Waheed Evans. softly as i leave you is a work centered on liberation and being … |
| 2020 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $35,000 | To support the creation and presentation of PHILADANCO!'s Fast Forward: New Work, New Voices, a program that will feature the work of new and emerging choreographers. Celebrating 5… |
| 2020 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the creation and virtual presentation of The Under Way by choreographer Rena Butler and composer Darryl Hoffman. The contemporary ballet is inspired by the Underground R… |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | To support choreographer fees for the presentation of dance works as part of the program Here & Now. Kyle Abraham's Quiet Dance, Dwight Rhoden's Simon Said, and a new ballet by art… |
| 2020 | Lafayette College | Easton, PA | $15,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Koresh Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of Tikvah by Artistic Director Ronen Koresh as part of the company's 30th anniversary season. Meaning "hope" in Hebrew, Tikvah will include… |
| 2020 | Mann Center for the Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support community engagement activities integral to the presentation of Deep Blue Sea, a new dance work by Bill T. Jones and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. The work… |
| 2020 | KYL Dancers Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and performance of a new dance work by Executive Artistic Director Kun-Yang Lin. The new work will investigate how the expression of creativity changes as o… |
| 2020 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support planning costs for virtual dance education and outreach programs. Staff will design educational content that will be used to build online programming, which will include… |
| 2020 | Sruti, The India Music & Dance Society | Malvern, PA | $7,427 | To support the presentation of a dance production in the South Indian classical Kuchipudi style. This evening-length dance presentation by dancers Jaikishore and Padmavani Mosalika… |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $35,000 | To support free student matinees, choreographic workshops, and professional training and rehearsals. Philadanco! performances will take place at the Kimmel Center for the Performin… |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a collaborative production with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Building on a prior successful collaboration, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PB… |
| 2019 | Dance Iquail | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the development and rehearsals of Public Enemy, a community dance project. The work explores black male identity in the context of social issues. The project includes co… |
| 2019 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation of sets and costumes for Le Petit Prince, a new ballet by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's book, this full-length ba… |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the development and creation of new works by PHILADANCO! alumni. Success Stories will celebrate the innovation and creativity of the artists. The project will allow them… |
| 2018 | FringeArts | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the re-creation of dance choreography by contemporary dance pioneer John Bernd, co-directed by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Miguel Gutierrez. Using rediscovered archival ma… |
| 2018 | Painted Bride Art Center | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support a creative residency with choreographer Jumatatu M. Poe and J-Sette artist Donte Beacham. The project will offer several pop-up performances in predominantly African-Ame… |
| 2017 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the commission, production, and performance of a new ballet by choreographer Helen Pickett. Working with Pickett will further expand the company's technical and stylisti… |
| 2017 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the development and restaging of significant works by African-American artists for PHILADANCO! program, "H-I-S-T-O-R-Y/African American Style." Sonia Dawkins, founder an… |
| 2017 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the research and development of "Being/With." The work is a multidisciplinary event comprising two solo bodies separated across geography, but joined in a single project… |
| 2017 | DanceNOW NYC | Springtown, PA | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of dance works during DANCENOW's Dancemopolitan series. The commissioned artist series will include the presentation of both veteran a… |
| 2017 | Koresh Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Heart" by Artistic Director Ronen Koresh and related outreach activities. The work will be created by Koresh in collaboration with … |
| 2017 | KYL Dancers Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and performance of a new dance work by Artistic Director Kun-Yang Lin. The work will be informed by conversations with leaders and practitioners of differen… |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works. PHILADANCO! will engage established choreographer Thang Dao (Vietnam) and emerging choreographer Francisco Gella (Philippines… |
| 2016 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of Trisha Brown's ballet "O Zlozony/O Composite." The ballet is set to the music of Laurie Anderson, with costume design by Elizabeth Cann… |
| 2016 | FringeArts | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Reggie Wilson's "Citizen," and Jerome Bel's "GALA" at the Fringe Festival. The project will advance FringeArts' curatorial interest in choreographers… |
| 2016 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of BalletX's Summer Series 2016. The project will include world premiere ballets by choreographers Anabelle Lopez Ochoa and BalletX co-founder Matthew N… |
| 2016 | DanceNOW NYC | Springtown, PA | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of dance works during DANCENOW's Dancemopolitan series. The project will include new work from emerging dance innovators Corey Marquis… |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support presentations of James Kudelka's "Man in Black" and Michael Smuin's "Eternal Idol." The two ballets will be re-staged and performed in a mixed repertory program. The wor… |
| 2016 | KYL Dancers Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the rehearsal and production costs of "HOME/S. 9th St," a new work by Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers. The work will be informed by the first-person accounts of diverse residents o… |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Dance Projects | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support a creative residency with choreographer Christopher Williams and composer Gregory Spears. Building from their previous collaboration, the artists will develop Act II of … |
| 2016 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and world premiere of "Pandaemonium." A collaboration between choreographer Nichole Canuso and director Lars Jan, the work will explore themes of separation… |
| 2015 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new and classic repertory works by four African American female choreographers in celebration of the company's 45th anniversary. The pro… |
| 2015 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | To support the acquisition and presentation of choreographer William Forsythe's ballet, "The Second Detail." Created in 1991 for 12 dancers, the ballet is an ensemble work set to a… |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of choreographer William Forsythe's ballet, "In the Middle Somewhat Elevated." Commissioned by Rudolf Nureyev in 1987 for the Paris Opera … |
| 2015 | DanceNOW NYC | Springtown, PA | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of works during a festival to celebrate DanceNOW NYC's 20th anniversary. To kick off the celebration, choreographer Mark Dendy will cr… |
| 2015 | Dance Affiliates | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre and Jessica Lang Dance. In addition to the performances, the artists will offer pre-performance introductions, a student … |
| 2015 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support a full program of works by choreographer Adam Hougland. The works to be presented include "Risk of Flight" (2007), "Mash Up" (2012), and a world premiere by Hougland fea… |
| 2015 | Dance Iquail | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the final production and presentation of an evening-length work, choreographed by Artistic Director Iquail Shaheed. "Pushers," a work of dance, music, and text will exam… |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | To support the re-construction and presentation of choreographer Ulysses Dove's "Bad Blood." The choreographer's brother, Alfred Dove, will assist in the restaging of this work whi… |
| 2014 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $35,000 | To support the presentation of choreographer Jiri Kylian's "Petite Mort." The work plays with the themes of human desire and features music by Mozart, costume design by Joke Visser… |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Viktor Plotnikov. The new ballet, his first commissioned work for the company, will premiere at the Benedum … |
| 2014 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the research and development of "Co-Presence," a new work by Nichole Canuso. Inspired by the experience of being alone in a public space, "Co-Presence" will comprise two… |
| 2014 | Leah Stein Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support an Intergenerational Dance Residency. In partnership with high school students from the public magnet school Science Leadership Academy (SLA), the Sidney Hillman Apartme… |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Christopher Huggins. Education and outreach activities will include workshops, performances for school-aged … |
| 2013 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of "Artifact Suite," choreographed by William Forsythe as well as a related symposium. In addition to performances, a symposium moderated by Dr. Linda C… |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Dance Projects | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the SCUBA National Touring Network for Dance. Now in its tenth year, the goal of SCUBA is to tour regionally established, nationally emerging artists to and from the par… |
| 2013 | Montgomery County Community College | Blue Bell, PA | $10,000 | To support the residency and presentation of the South Asian dance company, Nrityagram, sponsored by the Office of Cultural Affairs. The project will feature performances of two cl… |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | To support the restaging and video documentation of "Suite Otis," choreographed by George Faison. Rehearsal footage and interviews with Faison, executive artistic director Joan Mye… |
| 2012 | FringeArts | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | To support the Hatchery Project, which addresses the need for more comprehensive support for dance artists to develop new work, in consortium with Florida State University's Maggie… |
| 2012 | Painted Bride Art Center | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in "Body Against Body," an evening of vintage dance works created by Jones and Zane. "Body Against Body" w… |
| 2012 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Peter Pan," choreographed by Trey McIntyre. The project will include the company's "Accent on Dance" outreach and education program. |
| 2012 | Attack Theatre Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | To support Some Assembly Required: Public Art, a project in which dancers and musicians engage community members in a creative response to public works of art and transform that re… |
| 2012 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Garden," a new multimedia dance work by choreographer Nichole Canuso. Inspired by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, The Garden wil… |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,000 | To support the North American premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire," choreographed by John Neumeier, at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh. The ballet is bas… |
| 2012 | DanceNOW NYC | Springtown, PA | $10,000 | To support the DanceNOW Steelstacks program and other performance and career advancement opportunities for dance makers. Innovative choreographers and their companies present works… |
| 2012 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the Citizens Dance Project. For the project, Headlong co-directors will work with a team of artists and thinkers to create contemporary … |
| 2011 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $35,000 | To support the presentation of William Forsythe's "Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude" and Christopher Wheeldon's "Polyphonia," and the creation and presentation of a world premiere … |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support Philadanco's creation and presentation of a new work by hip-hop choreographer Lorenzo "Rennie" Harris, and the revival of choreographer Billy Wilson's Rosa (1990), a wor… |
| 2011 | Dance Affiliates | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the dance presentations of Keigwin + Company, Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Kate Weare Company, and Aszure Barton & Artists. Each residency will include performances at … |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies with accompanying educational and outreach activities. Ballet Hispanico, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Stephen Petronio Company, and Tan… |
| 2011 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and a work-in-progress series of "The Garden" by choreographer Nichole Canuso. The multimedia dance work will be created in collaboration with media artist … |
| 2010 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $45,000 | To support the presentation of George Balanchine: "Celebrating a Legend." Performances will take place at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh's downtown Cultur… |
| 2010 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, by choreographer William Forsythe, and accompanying educational activities. The piece will be performed at Philadel… |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by dancer/choreographer Ray Mercer. The work will premiere at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia to ce… |
| 2010 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Robert Battle. The work will premiere at the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh as the centerpiece of Dance A… |
| 2010 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Twyla Tharp's "In the Upper Room" and Paul Taylor's "Company B" as part of Pittsburgh Ballet Theater's 40th anniversary. Performances will take place… |
| 2010 | Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $15,000 | To support the restaging of an excerpt from choreographer Trisha Brown's "Line Up"(1976) on Franklin and Marshall dance students, and accompanying outreach activities. The work wil… |
| 2010 | Koresh Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Benchtime Stories" by Artistic Director Ronen Koresh. The work will premiere at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. |
| 2010 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation of The Improv Show. Headlong will work with dancers and choreographers Miguel Gutierrez and Dan Rothenberg to examine and challenge existing improvisational… |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the 22nd Annual International Conference of Blacks in Dance, in consortium with The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The conference will bring together dance prof… |
| 2010 | Performance Garage | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a new work by Jeanne Ruddy in collaboration with painter Elizabeth Osborne and video projects by Ellen Fishman-Johnson. The work will be part of a pr… |
| 2010 | Kimmel Center Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Rennie Harris. The new work will paraphrase Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring ballet by way of hip-hop dance. |
| 2010 | Rennie Harris Puremovement | Sharon Hill, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by Artistic Director Rennie Harris. The new works will explore mainstream ideas regarding gender and perceived disabilities th… |
| 2010 | Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | Carlisle, PA | $10,000 | To support "DiscoverDance," a program that provides educational opportunities and performances for communities throughout central Pennsylvania. The program consists of residencies,… |
| 2009 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the restaging and presentation by Philadanco of dance works by choreographers Talley Beatty and Gene Hill Sagan during the company's 40th anniversary in 2010. The works … |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot's Romeo et Juliette. The work will be set to Serge Prokofiev's score and will be played live by the Pittsburgh … |
| 2009 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Cinderella by choreographer Ben Stevenson and related education programs. The company premiere of this work will be presented at Philadelphia's Acade… |
| 2009 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Slippery Rock, PA | $15,000 | To support the restaging of "Of the Earth Far Below" (2003), by choreographer Doug Varone, on Slippery Rock dance majors. The project will include master classes and lecture-demons… |
| 2009 | DeSales University | Center Valley, PA | $15,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of Tensile Involvement (1953) choreographer Alwin Nikolais (1910-93). DeSales University dance students will perform this work alongside t… |
| 2009 | University of the Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of Forces of Rhythm, created by choreographer Louis Johnson. Other activities will include open rehearsals, outreach activities, an o… |
| 2009 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work, UNBRAIDED. The work will premiere at the 2009 Live Arts Festival in Philadelphia. |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support resetting choreographer Victoria Marks' Dancing to Music, and the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Nora Chipaumire, with related education and ou… |
| 2009 | Kimmel Center Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Rennie Harris Puremovement and Philadanco. Each company will present a world premiere. |
| 2008 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Carnival of the Animals, by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. The company premiere of this work will be presented at Philadelphia's Academy of Musi… |
| 2008 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation and documentation of "Ritonello" by Gene Hill Sagan, and "Pretty is Skin Deep, Ugly is to the Bone" by Talley Beatty. |
| 2008 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the Summer Performance Series, featuring free performances in non-traditional settings. The company will perform as part of Allegheny County's Summer Concert series and … |
| 2008 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support a choreographic lab with choreographer Tere O'Connor and the creation of a new work by Headlong Dance Theater's co-artistic directors. O'Connor will teach Headlong Dance… |
| 2008 | Melanie Stewart and Company Dance, Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the 2008 nEW Festival Program. The festival nurtures artists in the creation of innovative, entertaining, and contemporary work. |
| 2008 | Dance Affiliates | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Nikolais Dance Theatre/Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Throughout the year, Dance Affiliates will present Pioneers and Innovators, a retrospective … |
| 2008 | Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | Carlisle, PA | $10,000 | The support the presentation of the DiscoverDance Program. The program introduces at-risk children in first and second grades to dance. |
| 2007 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Dance for Six, choreographed by Joyce Trisler, and the creation and presentation of a new work by Milton Myers. The works will be performed at the Ki… |
| 2007 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Lambarena" by choreographer Val Caniparoli. The work will be presented at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia. |
| 2007 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of works by choreographers Donald Byrd, Susan Marshall, and Artistic Director Beth Corning. A variety of outreach programs will be offered … |
| 2007 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work in collaboration with Pittsburgh jazz artist Etta Cox. The work will be performed at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh. |
| 2007 | Olive Dance Theatre, Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the promotion and touring of "Brotherly Love." The work will tour to underserved regions and communities. |
| 2007 | Leah Stein Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | To support the presentation of site specific dance works as part of the On-Site Philadelphia program, created by choreographer Leah Stein. The projects will take place at the Easte… |
| 2007 | Philadelphia Dance Projects | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | To support the presentation of Motion Pictures 2007. The project includes the presentation of films, videos, performances, workshops, and discussions with guest artists. |
| 2006 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works. Choreographers creating the works include Carmen de Lavallade, Rennie Harris, Christopher Huggins, and Robert Moses. |
| 2006 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Christopher d'Amboise's "Franklin Court." The work will be performed at Philadelphia's Academy of Music, will be presented to students at a dress reh… |
| 2006 | Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies and related residency activities. Companies to be presented include Danzahoy from Venezuela, Tero Saarinen Company from Finland, Bill… |
| 2006 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Derek Deane. Using the music of Cole Porter, Derek Deane will create a new work, which will premiere at the … |
| 2006 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new and set works for the company's 30th anniversary. The works include Chicken Soup, by Blondell Cummings, The Moor's Pavane, by Jose L… |
| 2005 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Frederick Ashton's "La Fille Mal Gardee." The work will be presented at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. |
| 2005 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the expansion of outreach activities to underserved youths, schools, and community groups in Philadelphia and while on tour. The company will offer post-performance ques… |
| 2005 | Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies and related residency activities. Companies to be presented include Dance Brazil, Alvin American Dance Theater, Israel Contemporary D… |
| 2005 | Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | $17,162 | To support a consortium project to reconstruct, restage, and document a work by choreographer Talley Beatty in collaboration with Bryn Mawr College. Temple University, in collabora… |
| 2005 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Shosha Turns Herself in to the Morality Police." The work, titled Shosha Turns Herself in to the Morality Police, will be performed in … |
| 2005 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and world premiere presentations of two ballets set to the music of Paul Simon. Dwight Rhoden and Derek Deane will create the new works. |
| 2005 | Rennie Harris Puremovement | Sharon Hill, PA | $10,000 | To support the research and creation of PRINCE SCAREKROW'S ROAD TO THE EMERALD CITY, a new work by choreographer Rennie Harris. Prince ScareKrow's Road to the Emerald City will be … |
| 2004 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works during the company's 35th anniversary. Ronald K. Brown and Geoffrey Holder will create the works which will then become part o… |
| 2004 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new full-length production of Swan Lake choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. The work will premiere at the Academy of Music in Phila… |
| 2004 | Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies and related residency activities. Companies to be presented include Compagnie Marie Chouinard, Nederlands Dans Theatre 1, O Vertigo, … |
| 2004 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works set to the music of Bruce Springsteen. Choreographers Matjash Mrozewski and Derek Deane will create the new works. |
| 2004 | Rock School for Dance Education | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support RockReach, a comprehensive outreach program providing after-school and in-school dance activities for inner-city youths. |
| 2004 | Rennie Harris Puremovement | Sharon Hill, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Rennie Harris. The work will deconstruct the hip-hop dance style "locking," and be presented in New York. |
| 2004 | Srishti Dances of India | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and touring of the evening-length production LAVANYA: GRACEFUL EXPRESSIONS OF THE EAST. The works will interweave two of India's classical dance forms, Odis… |
| 2004 | Philadelphia Dance Projects | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | To support professional development opportunities, artist services, and the presentation of dance films and videos. The project will include classes, low cost rehearsal space, a co… |
| 2003 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $35,000 | To support the commissioning of a new work by Alonzo King. Alonzo King's work will appear during the company's residency at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. |
| 2003 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | To support the presentation of THE FIREBIRD and CONCERTO 488 ballets. The company will premiere THE FIREBIRD, choreographed by James Kudelka, and CONCERTO 488, by Lila York. Pennsy… |
| 2003 | Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies. The companies include Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Grupo Corpo Brazilian Dance Theatre, Streb/Ringside, George Piper Dances, a… |
| 2003 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Artistic Director Mark Taylor, the production of a site-specific work by Sarah Skaggs, and the commissioning… |
| 2002 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support an increase in Philadanco's outreach programs. Programs will include workshops, master classes, lecture demonstrations, and career development conferences. |
| 2002 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support presentation of a regional tour of Coppelia. The company will present performances in Harrisburg, PA. |
| 2002 | Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies. The companies include The Shaolin Warriors, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Compagnie Maguy Marin, and The Parsons Dance Company. |
| 2002 | Rennie Harris Puremovement | Sharon Hill, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Facing Mekka." Facing Mekka, created by Artistic Director Rennie Harris, will feature a cast of twelve dancers, live percussion, and a … |
| 2002 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation of a new ballet. Choreographed by Kevin O'Day to the music of Sting, this production will be part of Pittsburgh Ballet's program of new ballets, Brand New D… |
| 2002 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by a variety of artists. The project will feature collaborations with choreographers, composers, videographers, and singers. |
| 2002 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new work. Sound Sources will be created by Headlong Dance Theater's three artistic directors in collaboration with sound designer and composer Rick Hen… |
| 2001 | Pittsburgh Dance Council, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of several companies. The companies include Rennie Harris Puremovement, Tango Mujer, and the Sean Curran Company. |
| 2001 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the continuation and expansion of educational programming. The educational activities will range from classroom presentations and school matinee performances to creative… |
| 2001 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $17,000 | To support a leadership enhancement project. |
| 2001 | Rennie Harris Puremovement | Sharon Hill, PA | $15,000 | To support a touring hip-hop festival. Illadelph Legends will consist of performances, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and master classes and will tour to Illinois, Minnesota, N… |
| 2001 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation by two choreographers. Val Caniparoli and Trey McIntyre will each create a world premiere for Pennsylvania Ballet. |
| 2001 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | To support a music/dance collaboration. Headlong Dance Theater will collaborate with sound designer and composer Rick Henderson to revise Story of Panic and create a new work entit… |
| 2000 | International House of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support a consortium project with Philadelphia organizations to work with choreographer/dancer Rennie Harris. The consortium of Point Breeze Performing Arts Center, Art Sanctuar… |
| 2000 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a program of ballets inspired by uniquely American genres and themes that are important to Pittsburgh's heritage. Pittsburgh Ballet Thea… |
| 2000 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of new and revised works during the 30th-Anniversary home series. Works by choreographers Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Eva M. Gholson, Bebe Miller, and Elisa… |
| 2000 | Pittsburgh Dance Council, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support presentation of dance companies in celebration of Pittsburgh Dance Council's 30th anniversary. The roots of modern dance will be explored with a presentation of the Mart… |
| 2000 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the development of new ways for the International Association of Blacks in Dance to secure revenue and expand services to its members. The process includes funding the e… |
| 2000 | Philadelphia Dance Alliance | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the continued development and premiere of a new work by Rennie Harris. Rome & Jewels will be based on West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet, retold through the eyes of a … |
| 2000 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of two premieres. The company premiere of Daniel Pelzig's Nine Lives: Songs of Lyle Lovett, and a world premiere by Pennsylvania Ballet dancer Matthew N… |
| 2000 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | To support educational programming and residencies. Activities include residencies in the Pittsburgh High School and Junior High School for the Performing Arts, movement classes fo… |
| 1999 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | To support the creation of a program of up to four works by leading African-American choreographers from different generations. Emerging choreographers Ronald K. Brown and David Br… |
| 1999 | Pittsburgh Dance Council, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Pittsburgh Dance Council's Distinctly Different Series. Companies in the series include Dallas Black Dance Theater, Philadanco, and Alvin Ailey Ameri… |
| 1999 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support a planning process for the International Association of Blacks in Dance that will identify new sources of revenue and additional services for member companies. The Assoc… |
| 1999 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work by Trey McIntyre. The new work will premiere in April 1999 and be performed five additional times. |
| 1999 | Philadelphia Folklore Project | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support documentation of hip hop dance and presentation of lecture-demonstrations and performances by Rennie Harris PureMovement. The goal of this project is to have an audio an… |
| 1998 | Pittsburgh Dance Council, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $30,000 | To support Beyond Pittsburgh, an access to dance project designed to develop audiences in rural areas and smaller cities outside the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, including audienc… |
| 1998 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of a new work by choreographer Matthew Neenan. Pennsylvania Ballet is committed to creating and presenting new works by established an… |
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