NEA Dance Grants in Washington
108 NEA dance grants for Washington, totaling $2.5M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation. Additional Project Description: The festival will comprise a month-long immersion in contemporary dance education… |
| 2024 | Base | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a choreography residency program. Additional Project Description: Artists will have the opportunity to work for up to two consecutive weeks on development and e… |
| 2023 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation. Additional Project Description: The festival will comprise a month-long immersion in contemporary dance education… |
| 2023 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the presentation of RUBBERBAND in "Reckless Underdog," a new work by choreographer Victor Quijada at the Meany Center for the… |
| 2023 | Base | Seattle, WA | $17,000 | Purpose: To support a choreography residency program. Additional Project Description: Artists will have the opportunity to work for up to two consecutive weeks on development and e… |
| 2023 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Kiyon Ross, and Edwaard Liang. Additional Project Description: Ochoa and Ros… |
| 2022 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | Purpose: To support performances of What Problem? by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at the Meany Center for the Performing Arts. Additional Project Description: The project… |
| 2022 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of dance works that explore gender fluidity and challenge assumptions about movement in ballet. Additional Project Description: Pa… |
| 2022 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation. Additional Project Description: The festival comprises a month-long immersion in contemporary dance education, cr… |
| 2022 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of a series of talks, performances, and screenings by artists. Additional Project Description: This project acts as a palindrome, with a series… |
| 2022 | Base | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a choreography residency program. Additional Project Description: Artists are given the opportunity to work for up to two consecutive weeks on development and e… |
| 2022 | Seattle Theatre Group | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for the presentation of Dance Theatre of Harlem. Additional Project Description: In addition to performances, education and community engagement eve… |
| 2022 | Whim W'Him | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a program of new contemporary dance works by choreographers Maurya Kerr and Micaela Taylor. Additional Project Description: Guest choreographers Kerr and Taylor… |
| 2022 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for the reimagining of Donald Byrd's The Harlem Nutcracker. Additional Project Description: Created in 1997, the work was set to a score by David Be… |
| 2021 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | To support the presentation of works by choreographers Edwaard Liang and Christopher Wheeldon as part of the Rep 6: Director's Choice program. The works will be produced for film, … |
| 2021 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation. The festival comprises a month-long immersion in contemporary dance education, creation, performance, inquiry, and nationa… |
| 2021 | Seattle Theatre Group | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support staff salaries and artist fees for the presentation of work by dance company A.I.M. (Abraham in Motion). The company, led by Artistic Director Kyle Abraham, will extend … |
| 2020 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | To support the commission and artistic fees for a new work by Edwaard Liang, artistic director of BalletMet. Featuring an original orchestral score by Oliver Davis, the work will p… |
| 2020 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support virtual iterations of the Strictly Seattle and Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation summer dance festivals. The festivals comprise a month-long immersion in contempor… |
| 2020 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support the re-staging and virtual presentation of Artistic Director Donald Byrd's The Harlem Nutcracker. Originally premiered in 1996, the story centers on an African-American … |
| 2020 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support Solo: A Festival of Dance. The festival for local artists explores the solo performance as a rebellious act of self-expression and features an evening length program. |
| 2020 | Base | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support a choreography residency program. Artists are given the opportunity to work for up to three consecutive weeks on development and experimentation of their dance practice.… |
| 2019 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | To support the presentation of dance works and engagement activities by choreographers Robyn Mineko Williams and Justin Peck. As part of the Director's Choice program, Artistic Dir… |
| 2019 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | To support the Maximum Velocity summer dance festival. The festival is a month-long immersion in contemporary dance education, creation, performance, inquiry, and international exc… |
| 2019 | Seattle Theatre Group | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies. Batsheva Dance Company will perform its latest work, Venezuela, choreographed by Artistic Director Ohad Naharin; Dance Theatre of Ha… |
| 2019 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support creative rehearsals, technical residencies, and media documentation for dance artists. On the Boards (OtB) will provide rehearsal space and technical residencies for art… |
| 2019 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support rehearsal and set design costs for ATTIC, a new dance/installation work by Pat Graney. Rehearsals will take place throughout 2019 along with the design and construction … |
| 2018 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | To support the presentation of dance works by emerging choreographers. As part of the New Works Initiative, Pacific Northwest Ballet will present "Little Moral Jump" by Alejandro C… |
| 2018 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support dance presentations, residencies, and developmental activities for choreographers. A Northwest incubator for contemporary dance, OtB will work with local, national, and … |
| 2018 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the Maximum Velocity summer dance festival. Comprising Strictly Seattle and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, Maximum Velocity is a month-long immersion in co… |
| 2018 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the creation of a new work by Donald Byrd. This new work will continue Byrd's focus on creating awareness about human trafficking and draw parallels to historical black … |
| 2018 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the staging, presentation and documentation of Harald Kreutzberg's Dances Before God, a triptych of solo dance works. Kreutzberg (1902-68) played a major role in the dev… |
| 2018 | Zoe Juniper | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a 360-degree, virtual reality dance film. Filmed from a dancer's performance perspective, viewers will feel as if they are moving in spa… |
| 2017 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | To support the presentation of the Repertory Program 6: Pictures at an Exhibition. The program will feature works by as many as three choreographers selected by Artistic Director P… |
| 2017 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support dance presentations, residencies, and developmental activities for choreographers. A Northwest incubator for contemporary dance, On the Boards (OtB) will work with local… |
| 2017 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the development and presentation of "Girl Gods," an installation and performance piece by Pat Graney. The second work in a triptych, "Girl Gods" was originally conceived… |
| 2017 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the Maximum Velocity summer dance festival. Comprising Strictly Seattle and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, Maximum Velocity is a month-long immersion in co… |
| 2017 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of "(IM)PULSE," a two-part devised dance theater work. In response to the recent mass shooting at PULSE, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Artistic Director D… |
| 2017 | Zoe Juniper | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the development of a dance project that combines performance and 360-degree video technologies. A new way to digitally experience dance, the 360-degree-video involves a … |
| 2016 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | To support the presentation of Repertory Program 4: Director's Choice. The program will feature works by as many as three choreographers selected by Artistic Director Peter Boal. T… |
| 2016 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dance works. A Northwest incubator for contemporary dance, On the Boards will work with regional and international artists, such as Heat… |
| 2016 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the Maximum Velocity summer dance festival. Comprising Strictly Seattle and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, this month-long immersion in contemporary dance … |
| 2016 | Whim W'Him | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support staff and artist fees for the creation and presentation of the Choreographic Shindig. This four-week residency program and production, in its second year, will culminate… |
| 2015 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | To support the presentation of the Repertory Program 4: The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe, featuring three works by choreographer William Forsythe. The program will include the U.… |
| 2015 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support a series of dance presentations and associated educational and outreach activities. Audiences and artists will be reached through performances in On the Boards' Northwes… |
| 2015 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the Maximum Velocity summer dance festivals. Comprising Strictly Seattle and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, this month-long immersion in contemporary dance… |
| 2014 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | To support the presentation of the Repertory Program 4: Director's Choice, featuring works selected by Artistic Director Peter Boal. The program will include dances by choreographe… |
| 2014 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support a series of dance presentations and associated educational and outreach activities. Artists may include Kyle Abraham, Tere O'Connor, zoe/juniper, Alain Buffard (Paris), … |
| 2014 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the development and workshop of a collaborative dance theater project from artists Donald Byrd and Anna Deavere Smith. Centered on a recorded conversation in 1970 betwee… |
| 2014 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support Maximum Velocity, a dance intensive program. Consisting of two summer programs, Strictly Seattle and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, the dance intensive off… |
| 2013 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, and the presentation of "Diamonds" and "Agon," choreographed by George Balanchine. A… |
| 2013 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support a series of dance presentations and associated education and outreach activities. Artists will include KT Niehoff, Catherine Cabeen, Heather Kravas, Zoe Scofield and Jun… |
| 2013 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support Maximum Velocity, a dance intensive consisting of two summer programs: Strictly Seattle and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation. Participants will engage in four… |
| 2012 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | To support the presentation of new works by choreographers David Dawson, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Victor Quijada. The program will include the Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere o… |
| 2012 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support a series of dance presentations and associated educational and outreach activities. Through performances and outreach activities such as the filming and OntheBoards.tv's… |
| 2012 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the Chamber Dance Company's presentation of "On Their Own: A Suite of Solos by Early Women Choreographers." The project will include the staging, presentation, and docum… |
| 2011 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | To support the repertory program of dance presentations of Mark Morris' "Pacific," Paul Gibson's "The Piano Dance," Alexei Ratmansky's "Concerto DSCH," and a newly commissioned wor… |
| 2011 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support a series of dance presentations and associated education and outreach activities. Artists will include Sarah Michelson, Catherine Cabeen, and Crystal Pite (Canada). |
| 2011 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the SCUBA National Touring Network for Dance, in consortium with the Southern Theater Foundation. The project involves the cooperation of the Oberlin Dance Collective Th… |
| 2011 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the Strictly Seattle Summer Dance Intensive, a dance training festival that engages professional dance artists with student dancers and culminates in the creation and pe… |
| 2010 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | To support the Balanchine in America Festival. The festival will include presentations of George Balanchine's works by Pacific Northwest Ballet, as well as a variety of education a… |
| 2010 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support a series of dance presentations and outreach activities. The project will include presentations by Bruno Beltrao/Grupo de Rua (Brazil), choreographer Morgan Thorson (Min… |
| 2010 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the development and presentation of FAREWELL: A Fantastical Contemplation on America's Relationship with China. Through text, music, and movement, the project will explo… |
| 2010 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the SCUBA National Touring Network for Dance, in consortium with the Southern Theater in Minneapolis. The project will create touring opportunities for emerging dance ar… |
| 2010 | Western Washington University | Bellingham, WA | $15,000 | To support the reconstruction of choreographer Martha Graham's Steps in the Street and the Appalachian Spring theme and variations duet on Western Washington University dance stude… |
| 2010 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the restaging, presenting, and documentation of choreographer Bebe Miller's "Cantos Gordos," created in 1994, by the Chamber Dance Company. 3/16/12--per FDR, educational… |
| 2010 | Cornish College of the Arts | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the staging of a Merce Cunningham MinEvent on dance students with music by John Cage, which will be performed by the College Dance and Music Department. The project will… |
| 2010 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support an arts residency program for incarcerated women and girls. Keeping the Faith: Transitions will offer female ex-offenders a quarterly schedule of classes in dance, writi… |
| 2009 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | To support the The Broadway Project, a program of works inspired by Broadway musical theater, and related outreach activities. The program will feature Susan Stroman's TAKE FIVE Mo… |
| 2009 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | To support the re-staging, reconstruction of sets and costumes, and presentation of choreographer Ulysses Dove's SERIOUS PLEASURES. The piece will be presented in an all Dove perfo… |
| 2009 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the SCUBA National Touring Network for Dance in consortium with the Southern Theater in Minneapolis. In partnership with the ODC Theater/San Francisco and Philadelphia D… |
| 2009 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $14,999 | To support the staging of Pond (1982), by choreographer Alwin Nikolais. The University of Washington's Chamber Dance Company (CDC) will present Trajectories: A Centennial Celebrati… |
| 2008 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of comedic works by established and emerging choreographers during the Comedy Festival. There will be a variety of outreach events, including lectures, … |
| 2008 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Strictly Seattle Summer Dance Intensive. The project will provide dance education for dancers across the West Coast region, the nation, and the w… |
| 2007 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support the Celebrate Seattle Festival. The project will include presentations of national and local dance companies, and a variety of education and outreach programs. |
| 2007 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the SCUBA National Touring Dance Alliance in consortium with the Southern Theater Foundation. Velocity Dance Center will partner with the Southern Theater in Minneapolis… |
| 2007 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "American Stories." The project will include performances by the Koresh Dance Company of Philadelphia and Spectrum Dance Theater performing works by … |
| 2007 | Gamelan Pacifica | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work by choreographer Mary Sheldon Scott, with an original score composed by Jarrad Powell, for Scott/Powell Performan… |
| 2007 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the the Strictly Seattle Dance Intensive. The summer dance festival, now in its 11th year, offers instruction by Seattle artists. |
| 2007 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support a performance/installation project incorporating video projections. The work will be created by choreographer Pat Graney, in collaboration with choreographer/media artis… |
| 2006 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $35,000 | To support the presentation of works by several choreographers during mixed-repertory programs and full-length programs. Performances will take place at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in… |
| 2006 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the SCUBA National Touring Dance Alliance in consortium with the Southern Theater Foundation. The project will provide performance opportunities for dance companies in S… |
| 2006 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by artistic director Donald Byrd and based on Bela Bartok's THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN. The work will premiere at … |
| 2006 | 33 Fainting Spells | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the creation of new works, "Betty Crump Know Her, Love Her"and "We Never Like Talking About the End." Co-artistic directors Gaelen Hanson and Dayna Hanson will create th… |
| 2006 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the creation of a book, Keeping the Faith: The Prison Project, by Pat Graney. The book will document 10 years of artistic programming in a United States women's prison a… |
| 2006 | Allied Arts Foundation | Des Moines, WA | $8,500 | To support a tour of an evening-length dance theater work, "Relatively Real." Created by artistic director and choreographer KT Niehoff, the work will tour to Sushi Performance and… |
| 2006 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | To support the 10th anniversary of a summer dance festival. The Strictly Seattle Dance Intensive offers instruction by Seattle artists. |
| 2005 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $16,000 | To support a consortium project for the SCUBA National Touring Dance Alliance. Velocity Dance Center will partner with the Southern Theater in Minneapolis to provide performance op… |
| 2005 | 33 Fainting Spells | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support New Dance Cinema, a consortium project. 33 Fainting Spells will partner with the Northwest Film Forum to present New Dance Cinema, a biennial festival featuring the work… |
| 2005 | 33 Fainting Spells | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the creation of dance films by choreographers Gaelen Hanson and Dayna Hanson with director Alan Caudillo. The films will be submitted to film festivals worldwide. |
| 2005 | Allied Arts Foundation | Des Moines, WA | $9,000 | To support the creation of an evening-length dance theater work choreographed by Lingo dancetheater artistic director KT Niehoff. The premiere will take place at On the Boards in S… |
| 2004 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Paul Gibson. Mr. Gibson is a choreographer and principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet. |
| 2004 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support a national dance touring alliance, a consortium project. The project will allow dance companies from Seattle, San Francisco, and Minneapolis to perform in each city. |
| 2004 | 33 Fainting Spells | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance theater work choreographed by co-artistic directors Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson. Our Little Sunbeam combines … |
| 2003 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | To support the world premiere of a new production of SWAN LAKE. Choreographed by Kent Stowell, the new production will coincide with the opening of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, the ne… |
| 2003 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Pat Graney. The Vivian Girls, inspired by artist Henry Darger, will be choreographed by Pat Graney, with mus… |
| 2003 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support a national dance touring alliance, a consortium project. The project will enable dance companies in Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; and Minneapolis, MN to perform in eac… |
| 2001 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | To support the Repertory Expansion Project. The program wil include the creation and presentation of five world premieres and the acquisition of five ballets. The choreographers of… |
| 2001 | Tacoma Arts Live | Tacoma, WA | $10,000 | To support presentation of national and local dance companies. The Broadway Center will work with one contemporary dance company, one Latino dance company, and one local African da… |
| 2001 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work. Inspired by Henry Darger's text, The Vivian Girls will feature choreography by Pat Graney, music by Amy Denio and Martin Hayes,a nd a visual desi… |
| 2001 | 33 Fainting Spells | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | To support a biennial festival of new and celebrated work in the field of dance film and video. In partnership with Wiggly World/Northwest Film Forum and On the Boards, New Dance C… |
| 2000 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | To support educational activities at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Located in Seattle and Bellevue, the school will provide ballet and dance training to approximately 1,600 chil… |
| 2000 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support a northwest tour of the new work Tattoo. The company will present this work in Yakima and Olympia, WA; and Eugene, OR. |
| 1999 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $65,000 | To support Pacific Northwest Ballet School. The school, located in Seattle and Bellevue, provides ballet and dance training to 1,540 children and adults per year. |
| 1999 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the fifth annual Keeping the Faith Prison Project. This residency program brings the teachings of Pat Graney and other lead artists into the lives of incarcerated women … |
| 1998 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $65,000 | To support the pilot year of Discover Dance and complementary programming, to enable the development of a broader and more diverse audience in the greater Seattle region. This proj… |
| 1998 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | To support the presentation of residencies by choreographers Meg Stuart, David Rousseve, and 33 Fainting Spells (duo team of Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson). The five-artist projec… |
| 1998 | 33 Fainting Spells | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a dance theater work for three dancers and two musicians directed by choreographers Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson. This dance will debu… |
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