NEA Dance Grants in Virginia
52 NEA dance grants for Virginia, totaling $762K.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $21,000 | Purpose: To support the Dance Theatre of Harlem residency at the Virginia Arts Festival, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: The residency will celebrate major w… |
| 2026 | Charlottesville Ballet | Charlottesville, VA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support multidisciplinary performances in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: In collaboration with regional arts and educationa… |
| 2024 | Latin Ballet of Virginia, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support Everybody Reads!, a program that promotes literacy, historical understanding, and cultural knowledge by exploring works of literature through dance. Additional … |
| 2023 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Additional Project Description: Performances will take place in Norfolk and Newport News, Virginia. … |
| 2023 | Local Motion Project | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support professional development workshops for dance educators. Additional Project Description: The workshops will invest in the training of studio dance educators and … |
| 2022 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of the Nashville Ballet as part of the Virginia Arts Festival's 25th anniversary season. Additional Project Description: Nashville Ballet will … |
| 2022 | George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a residency and presentation of Nrityagram dance company at the Center for the Arts. Additional Project Description: Nrityagram, a classical Indian dance ensemb… |
| 2022 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support salaries for a dance and community engagement project. Additional Project Description: New Associate Artistic Director Ma Cong will invite the public, particula… |
| 2022 | George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $9,408 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and guest artists' fees for virtual and/or in-person dance education. Additional Project Description: Guest artists will teach dance classes and/… |
| 2021 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $15,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | Dogtown Dance Theatre | Richmond, VA | $2,000 | To support performances and programming by dance artists. Dogtown Dance Theatre will present community performance events, including the Richmond Dance Festival, the Dogtown Presen… |
| 2020 | George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $20,000 | To support artist fees for Swing Out at the Center for the Arts, directed by choreographer Caleb Teicher. The Center for the Arts will host a residency activities and performances … |
| 2020 | Dogtown Dance Theatre | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support performances and programming by dance artists. Dogtown Dance Theatre will present in-person/virtual community performance events, including the Richmond Dance Festival, … |
| 2019 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies as part of the Virginia Arts Festival. The festival's dance series will feature performances and residencies by Dance Theatre of Harl… |
| 2019 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Rex Wheeler. The new ballet will be presented as part of the company's signature Studio Series program for… |
| 2019 | Dogtown Dance Theatre | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support performances and programming for dance artists including an on-line performance program. Dogtown Dance Theatre will present community performance events, including an on… |
| 2018 | Dogtown Dance Theatre | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support performances and programming for dance artists. Dogtown will present local community performance events, including the Richmond Dance Festival, Dogtown Presenter's Serie… |
| 2018 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dances as part of the New Works Festival. The festival was designed to commission new ballets in a non-traditional format. Several artis… |
| 2018 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | To support dance performances as part of the annual Virginia Arts Festival. The project includes public performances and community engagement activities, including master classes a… |
| 2017 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Kate Skarpetowska. The commission marks the company's second collaboration with Skarpetowska. As part of t… |
| 2017 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | To support the Virginia Arts Festival's 2017 dance series. The series will feature Mark Morris Dance Group, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Richard Alston Dance Company, and Urban B… |
| 2017 | Latin Ballet of Virginia, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support Everybody Reads!, a program that promotes a love of reading, writing, and literature through dance. Through a series of residencies, lectures, and dance performances at … |
| 2016 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $20,000 | To support the Celebrate, Explore, and Preserve dance series. Dance companies, including the Dance Theatre of Harlem, will reach across geographic, linguistic, and cultural borders… |
| 2016 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Edgar Zendejas. As part of the Studio Series program, Montreal-based Zendejas will stage his work in the c… |
| 2016 | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | $9,630 | To support the presentation of "Toro/Flash: Cultural Intimacy in Motion." The project is an intersection of four artists that will challenge conventional notions of cross-cultural … |
| 2015 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of original ballets as part of the New Works Festival. Festival choreographers will each produce a new, 10- to 15-minute piece that will be… |
| 2015 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies as part of the Explore, Preserve and Celebrate dance series. Ballet Hispanico and Pilobolus will perform and the Dance Theatre of Har… |
| 2014 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new work by choreographer Ma Cong. The commission marks the ballet's third collaboration with Cong, whose new dance will be performed al… |
| 2014 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $15,000 | To support performances and residency activities of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and Professional Training Program as part of the Dancing Through Barriers project. A partner… |
| 2014 | Latin Ballet of Virginia, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support the Be Proud of Yourself Education Program. The diverse program helps prepare children for success by providing access to arts education, promoting an understanding of d… |
| 2013 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the "New Works Festival," which will feature original ballets created for the company by both emerging and established choreographers. During their residency, artists wi… |
| 2013 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $15,000 | To support "Cultivating Community Through Dance," which will include the presentation of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Keigwin + Company, and the Richmond Ballet. The project will i… |
| 2012 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the re-staging and presentation of Rodeo by choreographer Agnes de Mille. Rodeo, performed to the Aaron Copland score, will be presented during the Richmond Symphony's P… |
| 2011 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Val Caniparoli. The new work will premiere as part of Richmond Ballet's "Studio Series Program," and will be… |
| 2011 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | To support "Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: A Celebration of African American Dance." Companies to be presented include Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of… |
| 2010 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of works previously commissioned by the Richmond Ballet. The company will perform two programs of works created for the ballet during a we… |
| 2010 | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | To support the restaging of "Shelter," choreographed by Urban Bush Women's artistic director Jawolle Willa Jo Zollar, with the Department of Dance and Choreography. Community engag… |
| 2010 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | To support Encore: Cultivating Community Through Dance at the 14th annual Virginia Arts Festival. Companies to be presented include the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Garth Fagan Dance, … |
| 2009 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $20,000 | To support "Building One World: Cultivating Community Through Dance" at the 13th annual Virginia Arts Festival. Companies to be presented include The National Theatre Ballet from P… |
| 2009 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Gina Patterson. The work will be premiere during the company's Studio Series program. |
| 2008 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the New Works Festival. This festival will showcase both emerging and established artists in works they create for Richmond Ballet. |
| 2008 | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support the Antares Residency Project, a one-week teaching residency with Mexican choreographer Miguel Mancillas. Mancillas' company, Antares Danza Contemporanea,will perform at… |
| 2007 | Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | Vienna, VA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies at Wolf Trap, as well as a video archive of Wolf Trap's commissioned dance work in consortium with George Mason University. Companies… |
| 2007 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of a world premiere by choreographer Jessica Lang. The performance will take place in Richmond Ballet's Studio Series. |
| 2006 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works. The new works will be part of the Studio Series, which are performed in an intimate theater in the company's building. |
| 2005 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of works by artistic director Stoner Winslet, and choreographers Val Caniparoli, Colin Connor, Jessica Lang, and William Soleau. The works … |
| 2004 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the restaging of works during the company's Studio Series. Works to be restaged include Djangology by Val Caniparoli, Nuevo Tango by William Soleau, and Streets and Lege… |
| 2003 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $25,000 | To support the Studio Theatre Series. The program will present works by emerging choreographers, for up to 40 performances. |
| 2002 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $5,000 | To support the presentation of up to two dance companies at the Virginia Arts Festival. The Mark Morris Dance Group and Dance Theatre of Harlem will offer performances, workshops, … |
| 2001 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support a commission for a new work. Choreographer Kirk Peterson will create a piece for Richmond Ballet that will premiere at the Modlin Center at the University of Richmond. |
| 2000 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation of several new works. Choreographers Val Caniparoli, Colin Connor, and Artistic Director Stoner Winslett will each create a ballet for the 1999-2000 season. |
| 1999 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | To support Minds in Motion, a year-long educational initiative for fourth graders. This program teaches discipline, dedication, and self-awareness by leading the students through a… |
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