NEA Dance Grants 1999: All 143 Awards
143 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 1999, totaling $3.7M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | $500,000 | To support the creation and touring of dance through the National Dance Project. The program provides presenters, dance companies, and audiences across the country access to contem… |
| 1999 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | To support the commission and acquisition of ballets for an American Works Program as part of San Francisco Ballet's 67th repertory season. The program will focus on ballets by the… |
| 1999 | Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support planning, rehearsal, and performance costs of American Ballet Theatre's Audience and Repertory Enhancement Project in hub cities. The performances and outreach and educa… |
| 1999 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support the presentation of Dance Theater Foundation's 40th Anniversary and the company's United States tour. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will tour to several states, wit… |
| 1999 | Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographer Merce Cunningham. The new works will be presented in four states. |
| 1999 | Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support tandem tours by the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2, a chamber-sized company. The tandem tours will include performances in Iowa, South Carolina, New Hamphsire, a… |
| 1999 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the presentation of several dance projects during the Joyce Theater Foundation's 1998-1999 season. These projects include the presentation of Ballet British Columbia, Sh… |
| 1999 | Discalced, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a dance based on the abridged version of Virgil Thomson's 1934 opera "Four Saints in Three Acts." Choreographed by Mark Morris for the M… |
| 1999 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the commission and presentation of a range of companies that represent Expressionism in dance. Project activities will occur in 1998-99 and will include performances, co… |
| 1999 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support commissions, creative residencies, and world premiere performances by choreographers during Jacob Pillow's 1999 Festival. The Pillow has chosen to commission choreograph… |
| 1999 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | To support a consortium project of an international dance creative residency program designed to provide new support structures for choreographers often characterized as mid-career… |
| 1999 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the presentation of the Carnival and MainEvents program. Carnival features the work of nine artists at various stages of their careers, and MainEvents provides establish… |
| 1999 | National Performance Network, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $70,000 | To support dance residencies and related educational and outreach activities for communities in up to 21 states. The National Performance Network offers artists a defined system of… |
| 1999 | Trisha Brown Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Trisha Brown. Trisha Brown will collaborate with collaborate with painter Terry Winters and jazz composer Dave Douglas to cre… |
| 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 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | To support a comprehensive educational outreach program that introduces children and adults to dance. The program, entitled Dancing Through Barriers, will include a presentation of… |
| 1999 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $50,000 | To support a consortium project entitled "What is Dance?: A Model for Dance Literacy." The consortium of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Lee, MA), The Flynn Theatre of the Performin… |
| 1999 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $50,000 | To support a statewide extended adult education consortium project with David Dorfman Dance. This project will consist of a series of specially-targeted residency activities with t… |
| 1999 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $45,000 | To support design and delivery of professional development services to the dance field by Dance/USA. Seminars and meetings will be held in cities across the country to provide inst… |
| 1999 | Miami City Ballet, Inc. | Miami Beach, FL | $40,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the second phase of "Evening of Ballroom Ballet" This work includes the creation of three separate sections over a three year period, wi… |
| 1999 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Inc. | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | To support the development, rehearsal, and presentation of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's 1999-2000 United States tour. The project will include fall and spring multi-state domesti… |
| 1999 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $40,000 | To support staging of Michael Corder's "Danses Concertantes." The piece, set to music by Igor Stravinsky, will be part of a repertory program scheduled for the spring portion of Bo… |
| 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 | Anchorage Concert Association, Inc. | Anchorage, AK | $40,000 | To support the presentation of Pacific Northwest Ballet. The presentation will involve two public performances and one school performance of recently premiered repertory works. |
| 1999 | Brown University | Providence, RI | $40,000 | To support the consortium project to commission Repertory Etudes and document endangered seminal dance works by founding members of the New Dance Group. This consortium project bet… |
| 1999 | University Musical Society | Ann Arbor, MI | $35,000 | To support the presentation of Donald Byrd's "The Harlem Nutcracker" in collaboration with the Detroit Opera House and the Arts League of Michigan. The presentation will also inclu… |
| 1999 | Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. | New York, NY | $35,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening of solo works choreographed by Bill T. Jones. |
| 1999 | Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $35,000 | To support the expansion of Jose Limon Dance Company's performances, outreach activities, and residency program. The performances and outreach activities will take place in New Yor… |
| 1999 | Council for Positive Images, Inc. | New York, NY | $35,000 | To support creation of an audio-visual study guide of the Dunham Technique of dance by Director/Producer Terry Carter and Dunham specialist Glory Van Scott. Katherine Dunham and he… |
| 1999 | Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the national leadership forum: "Setting the Agenda: A National Leadership Forum for Dance Documentation and Preservation." The purpose of the forum is to propose an agen… |
| 1999 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support Houston Ballet's regional touring initiative, the Texas Touring Program. This touring program will be an annual statewide event, dedicating one or two weeks of each year… |
| 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 | Washington Performing Arts Society | Washington, DC | $30,000 | To support dance presentations and residency activities for the 1999-2000 dance program. Artists under consideration include David Dorfman, Stephen Petronio, Ping Chong, a Hip Hop … |
| 1999 | Ballet West | Salt Lake City, UT | $30,000 | To support the presentation of two new works for Ballet West's 1998-99 season. The first work is a new piece by Val Caniparoli and the second work is Polish Pieces by Dutch choreog… |
| 1999 | Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a tuition-free ballet school for gifted public school students. Ballet Tech will introduce thousands of children to the performing arts through annual auditions in New Y… |
| 1999 | Dance Umbrella Boston, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support a consortium project for Minds in Motion 2000, a comprehensive dance education program. Minds in Motion 2000, a project with Boston Public Schools, will provide both dis… |
| 1999 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | To support establishment of a new resource called the Help Desk which will provide technical assistance to choreographers and small dance companies. These services will be targeted… |
| 1999 | Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $29,767 | To support the reconstruction, documentation, and performance of a seminal musical theatre ballet by Agnes de Mille. The works selected include the "Civil War Ballet" from Bloomer … |
| 1999 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | To support the presentation of dance performances. The Columbia College- Dance Center's program will include a co-presentation with local artists; the 9th annual DanceAfrica Chicag… |
| 1999 | Danspace Project, Inc. | New York, NY | $25,000 | To support the presentation of Danspace Project's 25th Anniversary Silver Series. The series will include performance work by artists who have contributed to the history of Danspac… |
| 1999 | Colorado Dance Festival, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $25,000 | To support the presentation of Colorado Dance Festival's "Let's Dance Together: The Americas!" program. This is the third year of a four year project that celebrates the dances of … |
| 1999 | Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work and the revival of two early works choreographed by Garth Fagan. The new work will premiere in New York City and during the c… |
| 1999 | Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc. | New York, NY | $25,000 | To support New Voices for the Millennium, a choreographer's workshop and the presentation of the works in a workshop format. Artistic Director Tina Ramirez has selected the followi… |
| 1999 | Dance Umbrella Boston, Inc. | Boston, MA | $25,000 | To support the research, development, and implementation of a new International Festival of Aerial Dance. The festival will showcase eight to ten works by both seasoned aerial danc… |
| 1999 | House Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $25,000 | To support creation of a new music-theater piece. This piece will include an ensemble of 12 dancers and singers with choreography and music by Meredith Monk and installations by vi… |
| 1999 | New York Historical Society | New York, NY | $25,000 | To support a consortium project for an exhibition and series of public programs in honor of New York City Ballet's 50-year history. The exhibition, entitled Dance For a City: Fifty… |
| 1999 | Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Inc. | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | To support the 1999 AileyCamp and outreach activities in conjunction with the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble residency. Each student receives a full-tuition scholarship, as well as… |
| 1999 | Florida Dance Association, Inc. | Miami, FL | $25,000 | To support more than 300 classes, workshops, and community activities during the Florida Dance Festival. The Festival's diverse curriculum attracts students, teachers, choreographe… |
| 1999 | Inta, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation of the first phase of The Caravan Project by dancer-choreographers Eiko & Koma and composer Joseph Jennings. The work will premiere with live music at Art A… |
| 1999 | Dance Continuum, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the national tour and related residency activities of "The Descent Beckons," choreographed by Artistic Director Susan Marshall with lighting design by William Forsyth an… |
| 1999 | UBW, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation, presentation, and touring of a new work. Urban Bush Women's Artistic Director Jawole Willa Jo Zollar will collaborate with David Murray, jazz composer and … |
| 1999 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support Moving to the Millenium through Culture, Form, and Content, a continuing project of Dance Umbrella's presenting activities. The project will feature such artists as Sowe… |
| 1999 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support a tour to rural sites in the South and research for Lula Washington's "Rites of Spring 2000" project. States on the tour include Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kent… |
| 1999 | Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support a national and international tour Artistic Director Murray Louis and the company will preview two new works at the Joyce/Soho, and conduct workshops on the choreographic… |
| 1999 | Dance Exchange, Inc. | Takoma Park, MD | $20,000 | To support the creation of the first phase in the development of "Hallelujah," a major initiative in dance/theater performance and participatory artmaking. Hallelujah will be a ser… |
| 1999 | Ko-Thi, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | To support enhancement of Ko-Thi's education outreach programs. These programs include cultural education, dance training, school concerts, residencies, master classes, and perform… |
| 1999 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support three initiatives within its expanded DanceReach educational outreach programs. These initiatives include BalletMet's Dance Camp for SummerDance 1999, a residency progra… |
| 1999 | Dance Notation Bureau, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the updating of scores in Dance Notation Bureau's library. The updating of the scores will involve recopying, updating the notation, and/or compiling addenda into the bo… |
| 1999 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's educational programs. These programs Season of Schools, TraininGroup, and International Summer Dance Institute will provide unique opportuni… |
| 1999 | Arizona Commission on the Arts | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | To support a consortium project for a statewide rural tour of the Lula Washington Dance Theatre. The company will perform and conduct community activities organized by Arizona Comm… |
| 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 | 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 | Dancing in the Streets, Inc. | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | To support an ongoing education, access, and performance initiative in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project will involve artists in four Brooklyn schools; the 1999 Yo… |
| 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 … |
| 1999 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $20,000 | To support the In Motion Community Partnership Initiative. This project will include residencies by Parsons Dance Company and the New Orleans Ballet Association's New Orleans Dance… |
| 1999 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $18,000 | To support a comprehensive planning effort that will review key administrative and financial functions. Strengthening the company's unique artistic vision and structure and ensurin… |
| 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 | Arizona State University | Scottsdale, AZ | $15,000 | To support commissioning, residency and performance artist fees for a new work by the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company. Time After (working title), will include a narrative element p… |
| 1999 | Dance Place | Washington, DC | $15,000 | To support the presentation of a series of professional performances and residencies as part of Dance Place's programming. This series will feature a roster of culturally and aesth… |
| 1999 | STREB Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | To support the creation of a full-evening stage show to be presented on Streb/Ringside's box truss performance structure. The show, choreographed by Elizabeth Streb, will consist o… |
| 1999 | Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet. The work, entitled Suite Kander, will be choreographed by Ann Reinking to live music by John Kander for the State Ballet o… |
| 1999 | Preserve, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support publications in print, on the Internet, and in a CD/ROM sampler. These publications, distributed nationally, support the knowledge, theory, and practice concerning dance… |
| 1999 | Ohio Chamber Ballet | Akron, OH | $15,000 | To support Delivering Dance, a community and education outreach initiative comprised of up to nine diverse projects. The project will involve delivering performances, lecture- demo… |
| 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… |
| 1999 | Muntu Dance Theatre | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | To support the reconstruction of "Purification Ritual" by Muntu founding Artistic Director Alyo Tolbert. The reconstruction will premiere in December 1999 as part of the company's … |
| 1999 | Dance Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $11,000 | To support the presentations of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE and Dance Theatre of Harlem. |
| 1999 | President and Trustees of Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $10,000 | To support commissioning, presentation, outreach, and educational activities for dance artists as part of the Bates Dance Festival. Artists participating in Bates Dance Festival's … |
| 1999 | College Community Services, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the World of Dance Series program. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' World of Dance Series premieres new and emerging artists in dance and pre… |
| 1999 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere ballet by Artistic Director Alonzo King. The piece will be set to previously unrecorded music by Henryk Gorecki. |
| 1999 | Capoeira Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new work based on the story of "A Escave Anastacia" (Anastacia, the Slave) Artistic Director Jelon Vieira will collaborate with composer/m… |
| 1999 | Art Sweats, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the production of David Dorfman Dance's third community based project, and the creation and presentation of a duet by David Dorfman and Dan Froot. The community project,… |
| 1999 | Gotham Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the national tour of "Going to the Wall," community activities, and the creation and world premiere of a new solo, choreographed and performed by Bebe Miller. The tour w… |
| 1999 | Zivili Kolo Ensemble, Inc. | Granville, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation, rehearsal, and production of a new work based on traditional dance and music from the southern Slavic nations. This piece will utilize videotape, slide ima… |
| 1999 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the national touring production of NOCE (Night). This new dance theatre piece, created by Artistic Director Lynn Dally and video designer Dennis Diamond, will premiere i… |
| 1999 | BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the second year of Celebrate Brooklyn's dance initiative. The Celebrate Brooklyn performing arts festival will include five commissions, residencies, and performance opp… |
| 1999 | Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the restoration of deteriorating master EYE ON DANCE videotapes produced between 1987 and 1989. The restored tapes will be rebroadcast on EYE ON DANCE, distributed natio… |
| 1999 | Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico | San Juan, PR | $10,000 | To support Ballet Concierto on Wheels, an ongoing community project designed to expose underserved communities to the art of ballet. The project consists of a series of ten perform… |
| 1999 | John Harms Concerts, Inc. | Englewood, NJ | $10,000 | To support the Dance Residency Program, held in conjunction with the Dance Series. The Dance Residency Program will be piloted at three Englewood public elementary schools as well … |
| 1999 | University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS | $10,000 | To support collaboration of two colleges at University of Southern Mississippi, local school districts, and the National Dance Institute for a two-week residency program. The proje… |
| 1999 | Andrew Cacho African Drummers & Dancers Economic Development, Inc. | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support development of traditional dances to be taught as part of Olatunji Center's curriculum as well as development of the study unit for teaching of the dances. The dances wi… |
| 1999 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the development of "Passage of the Muse," a 45 minute flamenco choreography for theater based on the "Cante Hondo" (Deep Song). Composed to original music by Juan Antoni… |
| 1999 | Trinity Irish Dance Company | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support presentation of Irish dance through Trinity Irish Dance Company's 1999-2000 tour. While on tour, Trinity dancers will conduct master classes for young people in communit… |
| 1999 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support Tap 2000, a project bringing together four generations of tap artists to examine issues of the field. Tap 2000 is an intergenerational, multicultural, oral history, publ… |
| 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… |
| 1999 | New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the development of accompanying educational materials and post-production costs of a documentary video designed to preserve Baroque dance. The video will help pass on ei… |
| 1999 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the Home Cities Tour of family-oriented productions throughout the Greater Cincinnati area. The Home Cities Tour aims to introduce today's children to the joy of dance b… |
| 1999 | Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | To support residency activities. The Community Based Programming Project will involve collaborations with a coalition of diverse representatives to design residencies in communitie… |
| 1999 | City Moves! | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the City Moves! program in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego. The project will include eight elementary and two middle schools, and three commu… |
| 1999 | Shawn McConneloug and Her Orchestra | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support development of a five-year plan. The plan will focus on the needs of a small arts organization as its administrative capacity grows to support artistic development. |
| 1999 | Caribbean Dance Company | Christiansted, VI | $10,000 | To support the 1999 Carribean Dance Experience project for elementary students. This project would provide 14,000 territorial elementary students in 20 public schools on St. Croix,… |
| 1999 | Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the Coca-Cola Community Outreach Program. This project will provide workshops, lecture-demonstrations, and master classes with primary attention given to the communities… |
| 1999 | Everett | Providence, RI | $10,000 | To support the creation of a performance piece concerning conflict resolution with accompanying workshops. The creation process will include Everett Dance Theatre members and talen… |
| 1999 | Houston Community College System | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support a consortium project consisting of performances by the Jose Limon Dance Company during their residency. The Limon Project is a partnership of the Houston Community Colle… |
| 1999 | Repertory Dance Theatre | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | To support the tour of Millennium Residencies, celebrating 100 years of dance. Millennium Residencies will take place in Southern California at the Palm Desert community's McCullan… |
| 1999 | H.T. Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support development and implementation of a dance-based educational program. The program, entitled Eye of the Beholder, involves Chen & Dancers' culturally-based repertory for t… |
| 1999 | Coda Choreographer's Organization for Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $7,500 | To support a collaboration with Proyecto Ensamble/Tiempo de Bailar, a Mexico City-based dance group, to create an evening-length work. Creach/Koester and Proyecto Ensamble/Tiempo d… |
| 1999 | Plam Dancers, Inc. | New York, NY | $7,500 | To support the creation of a new work. Artistic Director Doug Elkins will collaborate with composer Andre Gribou to create a new piece for Doug Elkins Dance Company. |
| 1999 | Ballet Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $7,500 | To support a statewide tour in Arizona of recently commissioned works with themes that are relevant to Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. The works to be included on the tour… |
| 1999 | Dancers Collective of Atlanta Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $7,500 | To support commissioning, presenting, and educational activities for Dancers Collective of Atlanta. Artists included in the project are David Dorfman, Philadanco, and Mark Morris D… |
| 1999 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $7,500 | To support creation of a one-act version of "The Sleeping Beauty." The work will be choreographed and staged by Artistic Directors Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride. |
| 1999 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | To support artists fees and associated costs for the creation and presentation of a new work. The creation of this new piece, under the working title Gender Heroes, will involve th… |
| 1999 | Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. | Louisville, KY | $7,500 | To support the creation of a new contemporary ballet entitled Lucy, the Ballet. This work will be choreographed by Louisville Ballet's Artistic Director Alun Jones and set to an or… |
| 1999 | DOVA, Inc. | New York, NY | $7,500 | To support the presentation of Doug Varone and Dancers' performances at the Joyce Theater. The performances will include the creation and premiere of a new work by choreographer Do… |
| 1999 | Very Special Arts Montana Inc. | Missoula, MT | $7,258 | To support a consortium project to provide dance programs for children, youth, and adults with and without disabilities and concerts for community audiences. Very Special Arts Mont… |
| 1999 | Heritage & Tradition, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | To support creation of new works. Ney Navaz will be choreographed by Associate Director Jamal and Gol-Ozar will be choreographed by Artistic Director Anthony Shay for AVAZ. |
| 1999 | JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | To support rehearsal and performance costs for a week-long self produced engagement. Performances will take place at The Joyce Theater in New York City, and repertory will include … |
| 1999 | Movement Research, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support educational and performance activities of the 6th Improvisation Festival/NY. The Festival encourages the exchange of information and ideas between the dance community, v… |
| 1999 | City of Las Vegas, Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | To support the presentation of Second Hand Dance at the 20th anniversary of the Choreographers Showcase. The company will provide workshops for choreographers, dancers, and the pub… |
| 1999 | School of Hard Knocks, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work entitled "Footprints of War." The piece will be choreographed by Artistic Director Yoshiko Chuma with music composed by Alvin… |
| 1999 | Evidence, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Ronald K. Brown. The new work will be created during a 4-week residency. |
| 1999 | Bailes Flamencos | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a flamenco dance piece influenced by ballet. Artistic Director Rosa Montoya and choreographer Carlos Carvajal will create a piece to Mau… |
| 1999 | Aman Folk Ensemble | Pasadena, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Immigrants," Aman's first evening-length work. This work will highlight the traditional dance and music brought to the United State… |
| 1999 | Academy of Indian Performing Arts, Inc. | Gaithersburg, MD | $5,000 | To support the national tour of "Kanya" (woman), a multimedia work based on Indian classical dance, music, and poetry. Choreographed by Artistic Director Jothi Raghavan, the tour w… |
| 1999 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new work by guest choreographer Brenda Bufalino. The work will be composed to original music and feature seven dancers. |
| 1999 | Memphis Concert Ballet Corporation | Cordova, TN | $5,000 | To support the creation of a signature piece for Ballet Memphis by choreographer Trey McIntyre. The piece will celebrate the rich musical heritage of Memphis and its impact around … |
| 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. |
| 1999 | Whispering Voice, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the creation of two new works choreographed by David Rousseve. These new works will be a solo work and group work developed with Rousseve's dance company, David Rousseve… |
| 1999 | Nritya Jyoti Dance Theatre | Crystal, MN | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a dance theatre piece entitled "The Courtesans," based upon the ancient Asian Indian poetry called ghazals. Artistic Director Rita Musta… |
| 1999 | 171 Cedar, Inc. | Corning, NY | $5,000 | To support a consortium project for the presentation of the annual Subscription Dance Series. Companies in the One Seventy One Cedar Arts Center and Clemens Center consortium proje… |
| 1999 | Tennessee Dance Theatre | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | To support a tour for dance workshops and a performance of "Cissy Welcome's Shimmy- She-Wobble." The workshops and performance will take place in Senatobia, MS. |
| 1999 | State of Alabama Ballet, Inc. | Birmingham, AL | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Coppelia." The ballet will be restaged by Artistic Director Wes Chapman and Ballet Master Roger Van Fleteren, with assistance of a gues… |
| 1999 | Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | To support the expansion of Out of This World/The Life After Life Project in new communities throughout the United States. Sites for the project include the University of Florida, … |
| 1999 | Floricanto Dance Theatre | Pasadena, CA | $5,000 | To support the research and documentation of the cultural traditions in Mexico and El Salvador. The research will be the basis for a full evening program that would celebrate the d… |
| 1999 | Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow, ID | $5,000 | To support expansion of the Festival Dance Youthreach Program. This program involves presenting free performances by touring professional dance companies for area public schools. |
| 1999 | Cortez & Co. Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the creation of a lecture-demonstration and a youth masterclass. The project will include the development of a teacher/student video and manual study guide. |
| 1999 | San Diego Area Dance Alliance | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | To support a consortium project for the Nations of San Diego International Dance Festival. The Festival, organized by the San Diego Area Dance Alliance and San Diego Repertory Thea… |
| 1999 | Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | To support a residency in rural elementary schools in southeastern Minnesota. Artistic Director Ranee Ramaswamy and her dance assistant will introduce students and their teachers t… |
| 1999 | Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support a community-based residency in North Carolina. The residency will include in-school curriculum-based workshops for students, teacher training workshops, lecture-demonstr… |
| 1999 | Connecticut Ballet, Inc. | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | To support the continued growth of Connecticut Ballet's outreach project. The Dance Exposure Project will reach children in the communities of Stamford, Norwalk, and Bridgeport, CT… |
| 1999 | Racing Thoughts, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | To support an outreach program to expose at-risk youths to dance/theater. The program will provide live performances, company rehearsals, and workshops geared to teaching students … |
| 1999 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $5,000 | To support the educational programming of the Kirkland Dance Project. The project is a work of contemporary ballet choreographed by Artistic Director Martin Fredmann in response to… |
| 1999 | Honolulu Dance Theatre, Ltd. | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | To support the re-development, production, and presentation of the lecture/performance presentation of Gotta Dance! This presentation is designed to introduce children to the art o… |
| 1999 | MoveSpeakSpin | Ogden, UT | $5,000 | To support the creation and performance of dance works exploring the connections between dance, science, mathematics, and the imagination. The project will also support the creatio… |
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