NEA Dance Grants 2001: All 183 Awards
183 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 2001, totaling $4M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | New England Foundation for the Arts | Boston, MA | $500,000 | To support the sixth year of the National Dance Project, which supports the creation and touring of dance. The program provides presenters, dance companies, and audiences across th… |
| 2001 | National Performance Network, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $125,000 | To support the second year of the National Arts Administration Mentorship Program to explore leadership development through mentorship. The project will extend five existing six-mo… |
| 2001 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support a United States tour in 2001. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform approximately 95 shows in 30 cities and 16 states across the United States. |
| 2001 | New York City Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to serve as an Artist-in-Residence, and associated costs. Christopher Wheeldon will create two new ballets, participate in a new Chore… |
| 2001 | Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $90,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work and the revival of existing works. Merce Cunningham will choreograph the works, which will be presented on a national tour. |
| 2001 | Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support the creation and presentation of work nationwide through tandem touring by the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2. The tours include education activities, community … |
| 2001 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $80,000 | To support a regional professional development project. The project involves spring and winter council meetings, a series of forums around specific projects in cities throughout th… |
| 2001 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | To support commissions and presentations by emerging and established choreographers. Choreographers Christopher Wheeldon, Stanton Welch, and Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson will c… |
| 2001 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support dance presentation projects at the Joyce Theater. These projects include: The 2001 Altogether Different series, Diavolo, Guangdong Modern Dance Company (China), Ballet P… |
| 2001 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support dance commissions, performances, and outreach activities. Artists to be presented include Urban Bush Women, a Cambodian Project, jazz tap artist Herbin "Tamango" Van Cay… |
| 2001 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support Carnival and TheMainEvent extended-run production series. The Carnival program features the work of artists at various stages of their careers, and TheMainEvent will pre… |
| 2001 | National Performance Network, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $70,000 | To support dance residencies and related educational activities throughout the United States. The National Performance Network offers artists a defined system of fee subsidy in ord… |
| 2001 | Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | To support the commissioning, rehearsal, and presentation of an original one-act ballet, "The Pied Piper," with choreography by David Parsons and a score by composer John Coriglian… |
| 2001 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support the commissioning of a range of modern dance choreographers, as well as presenting historic works in modern dance history. The second and final year of Landmarks and Lan… |
| 2001 | Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support the creation of works by choreographer Bill T. Jones. These works will be performed with an evening of chamber works and to live music. |
| 2001 | Trisha Brown Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support the creation of two new works. Choreographer Trisha Brown will create a new staging of the opera "Luci Mie Traditrici" ("My Betraying Eyes"), and an abstract dance piece… |
| 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 | Brown University | Providence, RI | $50,000 | To support the continuation of preservation and education activities. These activities include: preserving works by Talley Beatty, Pearl Primus, and Jean-Leon Destine; editing vide… |
| 2001 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support a comprehensive educational outreach program that introduces children and adults to dance. Dancing through Barriers will include presentation of master classes, assembly… |
| 2001 | Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support professional ballet training and performance programs for New York City public school children. The purpose of the school is to identify and support gifted and dedicated… |
| 2001 | African-American Dance Ensemble, Inc. | Durham, NC | $40,000 | To support a consortium project to present the African American Dance Ensemble in community residencies. The project will include a variety of activities and a full concert perform… |
| 2001 | Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support remounting of a work by Jose Limon. Psalm, which premiered in 1967, will be created with new music by Jon Magnussen. |
| 2001 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support a consortium project to increase organizational capacity for up to three dance satellite networks in key areas of the state of New York. New York Dance Satellite will su… |
| 2001 | Miami City Ballet, Inc. | Miami Beach, FL | $40,000 | To support a comprehensive dance education program for at-risk students. The project will provide a variety of activities such as lecture-demonstrations, teacher workshops/performa… |
| 2001 | Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the planning for a touring exhibition across the United States in conjunction with Dance Heritage Coalition's recent initiative, America's Irreplaceable Treasures: the F… |
| 2001 | H.T. Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a dance-based educational program. BAMBOO ORACLE will focus on the themes of balance and harmony through the presentation of traditional dances and modern work by choreo… |
| 2001 | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | To support a consortium extended residency project with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. The project will involve Dance Exchange in a statewide extended residency project. |
| 2001 | House Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support residencies and a national tour. Choreographer Meredith Monk and visual artist Ann Hamilton collaborated to create A New Work, which examines the two disciplines of art … |
| 2001 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Inc. | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | To support part of the New Works and Residency Program. The New Works and Residency Program will enable each artist to spend a one-week residency at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's … |
| 2001 | Dance Umbrella Boston, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support a series of performances and community outreach activities that will explore the impact of Bill T. Jones' work on the contemporary dance and visual arts communities. The… |
| 2001 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the commissioning and performance of new works. These works include the U.S. premiere of a new version of the ballet classic Firebird by James Kudelka, and a world premi… |
| 2001 | Danspace Project, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the fourth year of a program for New York choreographers. The goals of the City/Dans program are to nurture these artists throughout various stages of their development,… |
| 2001 | Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support Phase 1 of the National Dance Heritage Videotape Registry initiative. Phase I of Facing the Magnetic Media Crisis will address videotape vulnerability and format obsoles… |
| 2001 | National Dance Institute, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a two-week teacher training workshop and accompanying teacher manual. Up to 25 dance teachers and professional dancers will participate in the program. |
| 2001 | Florida Dance Association, Inc. | Miami, FL | $30,000 | To support the 23rd Florida Dance Festival. The Festival includes students, dancers, teachers, choreographers, and others from across Florida, the United States, and abroad. |
| 2001 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | To support cycle three of the Help Desk. The project provides technical assistance for emerging and mid-career choreographers. |
| 2001 | Thirteen | New York, NY | $25,000 | To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, an arts education resource Web site using the film "Who's Dancin' Now?". |
| 2001 | Washington Performing Arts Society | Washington, DC | $25,000 | To support dance presentations and residency activities. David Neumann, Elizabeth Streb/Ringside, Nrityagram, Tomango, Annie-B. Parsons, and Richard Move/Martha@Mother will offer p… |
| 2001 | New 42nd Street, Inc. | New York, NY | $25,000 | To support the presentation of a dance series during the New 42nd Street's fifth anniversary. 4th Step Lively: Dance at The New Victory will consist of 58 public and education perf… |
| 2001 | Colorado Dance Festival, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $25,000 | To support dance presentations that will feature artists and a variety of activities. Styles of dance/choreography represented by the companies will include the lindy hop, hip-hop,… |
| 2001 | Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | To support the presentation of new work by Garth Fagan, set to the music of Wynton Marsalis. The piece will be presented live with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. |
| 2001 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support touring in Oregon, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming. The tour will consist of performances and outreach programs and reach 10 rural communities. |
| 2001 | Arizona Commission on the Arts | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | To support a consortium project to organize a statewide dance residency. The consortium will present Aspen Ballet Company in performances and community activities. |
| 2001 | Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support residency activities in Louisiana. The company will travel to Louisiana to offer a variety of dance workshops to all ages, ranging from Afro-Caribbean dance and creative… |
| 2001 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $20,000 | To support Can Dream Can Do. This program, designed for at-risk youth, ages nine to twelve, will provide arts instruction and techniques for developing critical life skills. |
| 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 | Dance Place | Washington, DC | $20,000 | To support a series of professional performances and residencies by dance artists as part of Dance Place's 21st season. The series will feature a roster of culturally and aesthetic… |
| 2001 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance projects. Cal Performances will present Merce Cunningham Dance Company, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and European companies Nederlan… |
| 2001 | Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new work by Murray Louis. These works will be presented at a theater in New York. |
| 2001 | Anchorage Concert Association, Inc. | Anchorage, AK | $20,000 | To support a residency of The Moscow Festival Ballet. The project will include live performances, character dance, classical Russian-style ballet, and dance history classes for two… |
| 2001 | Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the acquisition and revival of up to four ballets. These ballets include Sacre de Printemps, Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden, and John Cranko's Taming of the Shrew and Jeux. |
| 2001 | Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support Ballet Hispanico's 30th anniversary project. The project will include the creation of new ballets, the revival of three works, and touring engagements across the United … |
| 2001 | Ballet West | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support the presentation of William Forsythe's ballet IN THE MIDDLE, SOME- WHAT ELEVATED. The piece will be performed in Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre. |
| 2001 | Institute for Spanish Arts | Santa Fe, NM | $20,000 | To support a residency in Jackson, Mississippi, including performances, teaching, the creation of new works, and restaging works in progress. During the residency Maria Benitez cho… |
| 2001 | STREB Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation of a full-evening show, based on inspirations from American stunt artists. Streb/Ringside will develop this show, entitled Action Heroes, in collaboration w… |
| 2001 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $20,000 | To support the revival of a ballet by Christopher Wheeldon. The work will be performed at the Wang Theatre and receive a total of 12 performances. |
| 2001 | Dance Exchange, Inc. | Takoma Park, MD | $20,000 | To support "Hallelujah," a multi-city initiative to create dances. The project will involve a Web site, video documentation, an artist training institute, travel support for local … |
| 2001 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support DanceAfrica Chicago 2001 and a series of international artists. The Dance Center will present DanceAfrica Chicago 2001 and a series of international artists. |
| 2001 | Ko-Thi, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | To support educational outreach programs. These programs include Get-to-Know Ko-Thi community concerts, master classes, studio dance and drumming instruction, Drumtalk school resid… |
| 2001 | Inta, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support a collaboration to create an evening of music and dance, and to create a living installation for gallery spaces. Eiko and Koma will collaborate with cellist Joan Jeanren… |
| 2001 | Dance Notation Bureau, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the updating and copying of existing scores in the Dance Notation Bureau archive. The goal of the project is to ensure that all scores in the archive represent the work … |
| 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 | Carver Development Board | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | To support a residency of Rennie Harris PureMovement, a consortium project. In partnership with Ile Bahia de San Antonio, The Carver will bring in Rennie Harris PureMovement for wo… |
| 2001 | Caribbean Dance Company | Christiansted, VI | $20,000 | To support the third year of the Caribbean Dance Experience. The project will provide elementary school children with an in-depth experience in their own dance traditions. |
| 2001 | Repertory Dance Theatre | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support a program featuring dances by Helen Tamiris, Doris Humphrey, and Martha Graham. The project will involve three components: a concert during the 2002 Arts and Cultural Ol… |
| 2001 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $18,000 | To support the premier and associated costs of a work titled The Coming of Dawn. This full-evening ballet was inspired by two novels written by author Octavia Butler, was choreogra… |
| 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 | Oakland Ballet Association, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | To support an audience development project. Oakland Ballet plans to attract new audiences with performances, outreach activities, and educational programs. |
| 2001 | Donald Byrd Dance Foundation, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | To support a community-based project designed to create a dialogue on the issue of domestic violence. The National Beast Project will be performed in New York and Los Angeles. |
| 2001 | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the creation and performance of a new work. Choreographed by David Gordon with an original musical score by composer Jeanine Tesori, the piece will be presented for a tw… |
| 2001 | President and Trustees of Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $15,000 | To support commissioning, presentation, outreach, and educational activities for the Bates Dance Festival 2001. Dance artists participating include Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Renni… |
| 2001 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | To support creative works and outreach activities by choreographers Donald McKayle and Donald Byrd. The artists will also teach classes, participate in community outreach activitie… |
| 2001 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance events. The Transformation of Spirit series will include two of the events -- a performance by Margie Gillis and a performance by Salia Ni Seyd… |
| 2001 | DOVA, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support Doug Varone and Dancers' 15th anniversary at the Joyce Theater in New York, including national residency activities. The project will include a new work by Doug Varone t… |
| 2001 | Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support a dance event to celebrate the company's 15th anniversary. Magazine 15 will consist of pieces created by Stephen Petronio over the years. |
| 2001 | Art Sweats, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the creation and first performance of a new company work. Artistic Director David Dorfman will collaborate with Hahn Rowe (composer), Scott Pask (set designer), and a vi… |
| 2001 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the expansion of mixed ability, educational, outreach/inreach programs. The expansion includes broader class offerings on site, in addition to expanded outreach programs… |
| 2001 | Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Inc. | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | To support the 2001 AileyCamp and outreach activities in conjunction with the Ailey II residency. At-risk youth, ranging in age from 11-14, come together for six weeks of training … |
| 2001 | High Tide Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a consortium project to implement community dance projects in New York City. Risa Jaroslow & Dancers will work with low-income women, conducting storytelling/movement wo… |
| 2001 | City Moves! | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | To support a neighborhood residency program. Students and professional choreographers will collaborate on the development of new dances. |
| 2001 | Grand Performances | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the Accidental Audience Project, offering free performances and other activities. The artists that will be included are Parajat Desai, Taller Choreographico, La Tania, a… |
| 2001 | Friends of Olympia Station | Felton, CA | $10,000 | To support a consortium project to work with several community groups to coordinate outreach programs. The project will deepen and broaden access to arts education programs in the … |
| 2001 | Andrew Cacho African Drummers & Dancers Economic Development, Inc. | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support workshops and performances as part of the Youthworks 2001 project. Children, teens, and young adults will be trained in African-Caribbean drumming, dancing, stilt walkin… |
| 2001 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support a consortium project to present the "Move It Out" dance series. Cuyahoga Community College's Office of Cultural Arts and DANCECleveland, America's oldest association of … |
| 2001 | Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support outreach programs for underserved communities under the direction of dancer/choreographer David Parsons. The Community Outreach Program will include lecture-demonstratio… |
| 2001 | College Community Services, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the World of Dance Series. The series premieres new and emerging artists in dance, as well as folkloric companies from around the world. |
| 2001 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support commissioning of a new work. Choreographer Mark Diamond will create a new work based on Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. |
| 2001 | New Life Dance Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a community-based, multidisciplinary performance project that features dance, text, live music, and site-specific video pieces. Residencies will span one… |
| 2001 | Cross Performance, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the research and development of Part 3 of the Geography Trilogy by choreographer Ralph Lemon. This project is part of a three-year development process for "Home: Part 3 … |
| 2001 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support a new full-company work. The work will premiere during the Olympic games in Salt Lake City as part of the Cultural Olympiad. |
| 2001 | Princeton Ballet Society | New Brunswick, NJ | $10,000 | To support a performance festival in New Jersey. The festival will include New Jersey Symphony, American Repertory Ballet, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, Nai-Ni Chen, and Alice Far… |
| 2001 | Glendale Arts | Glendale, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of four dance companies and related residency activities for local schools and communities. Companies to be presented during Dance at the Alex include: … |
| 2001 | Capoeira Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and premiere of new works. Artistic Director, Jelon Vieira, will create a duet entitled "Unspoken" and a group piece entitled "The Path." |
| 2001 | Dance Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $10,000 | To support the commissioning of an original work by the Paul Taylor Dance Company. The work will premiere at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis and include residency activities by the co… |
| 2001 | Gotham Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support presentation and touring of a new work. Choreographer Bebe Miller will collaborate with dramaturg Talvin Wilks, composer Hahn Rowe, and visual artist Scott Pask to creat… |
| 2001 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support collaboration with a composer to create a new piece of dance theater. Joe Goode and composer Beth Custer will create What the Body Knows, based on small incidents in peo… |
| 2001 | Washington Ballet | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support the production and presentation of a collaborative project. Choreographer Septime Webre will collaborate with musicians Sweet Honey in the Rock and visual artist Sam Gil… |
| 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 | 171 Cedar, Inc. | Corning, NY | $10,000 | To support a consortium project for the fifth annual Dance Series. 171 Cedar Arts Center and the Clemens Center will present Garth Fagan Dance, Sean Curran Dance, Grigorovich Balle… |
| 2001 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work. Artistic Director Alonzo King will create a piece to music by Nzamba Lela, a group of musicians from the Central African Republic. |
| 2001 | Dance Continuum, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a tour and related residency activities for a full-evening dance work. One and Only you, by choreographer Susan Marshall, is projected to tour to Pennsylvania, Washingto… |
| 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 | JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support creation and production of a new work. Choreographer Danny Buraczeski will collaborate with composer Philip Hamilton to create Across the Water. |
| 2001 | Columbia Festival, Inc. | Columbia, MD | $10,000 | To support a long-term, residency partnership with a dance company. Columbia Festival will present the Washington Ballet in performances, open rehearsals, and workshops. |
| 2001 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new aerial dance work. Artistic Director Joanna Haigood will create a new piece that draws inspiration from the paintings of Marc Chagall. |
| 2001 | Evidence, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work choreographed and written by Ronald K. Brown. Titled WALKING OUT THE DARK, the dance will include music by Philip Hamilton and costumes by Omo… |
| 2001 | Thin Man Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support further development and domestic presentation of GIANT EMPTY. The company will present Place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and participate in developmental residencie… |
| 2001 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | To support up to two dance presentations and related activities. A Celebration of African American Dance II will feature Garth Fagan Dance and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. |
| 2001 | Zivili Kolo Ensemble, Inc. | Granville, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation of new works. These new works will incorporate traditional dance, music, and cultural background of populations from the former Yugoslavia. |
| 2001 | Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | To support production costs and artists' fees for Phase II of the Renard Project. This is an archival/reconstruction effort to produce the Balanchine/Stravinsky Ballet Renard. |
| 2001 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | To support development of a strategic plan for the research and documentation of the history of Atlanta Ballet. This project will lay the groundwork for subsequent implementation o… |
| 2001 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | To support a dance by choreographer Stephen Petronio for dancers with and without disabilities. The dance will incorporate current issues in pop culture including gender, fashion, … |
| 2001 | Wagon Train Project Inc. | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | To support choreographers in residencies to create site-specific/community works. Stephen Koplowitz, Janet Lilly, and Sarah Skaggs will present works that will provide a center poi… |
| 2001 | Ballet Memphis Corporation | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | To support a repertory show entitled "Dancing Together II." The company will perform an encore of Trey McIntyre's Second Before the Ground, and Rennie Harris Puremovement, a Philad… |
| 2001 | Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | To support the fifth annual New Orleans Jazz Dance Festival. The project will include classes, lectures, demonstrations, and performances by legendary dancers of tap and jazz. |
| 2001 | Floricanto Dance Theatre | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work based on Mexican folk dance, music, and art. The piece will be created in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's… |
| 2001 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support a program which pays tribute to the masters of rhythm tap dance. The program will feature new and original works created for Jazz Tap Ensemble by tap masters Fayard Nich… |
| 2001 | New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the Baroque Ballet Workshop, a residency program to be held in Hunter, New York and Marin County, California. The focus of the project is to strengthen the professional … |
| 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 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support Tap 2002, a project examining the legacy and future of the art of tap. This project will bring together four generations of tap artists to examine the aesthetic, philoso… |
| 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. |
| 2001 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a consortium project that will provide arts education workshops and performances for school children in Austin, Texas. Arts Blitz 2002 will reach 4,000 at-risk K-2 schoo… |
| 2001 | Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the restoration of EYE ON DANCE Original Sessions. The restored master sessions will be packaged along with the Eye on Dance programs and distributed nationally to libra… |
| 2001 | State of Alabama Ballet, Inc. | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | To support a consortium project for Liz Lerman Dance Exchange to conduct three planning/residency visits. In collaboration with the Children's Dance Foundation, Alabama Ballet will… |
| 2001 | Trinity Irish Dance Company | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the creation of new works and a progressive Irish tour. The company will conduct educational outreach programs for young people in the communities visited. |
| 2001 | National Dance Institute New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | To support a residency dance program in rural areas. The Rural Initiative will serve up to 1,440 third through sixth grade children and around 19,000 audience members in Abiquiu, C… |
| 2001 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the LEGACY Oral History Project. LEGACY will train up to 32 volunteer interviewers to record, edit, and complete at least six research quality oral hist… |
| 2001 | Aman Folk Ensemble | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new school performance and the development of curriculum materials. The program will include dance and music from Hungary, Greece, Mexico, and central Asia… |
| 2001 | Performance Zone, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a series of workshops and residencies. Fieldwork and Field Forward Network workshops and the Artward Bound residency will be offered in cities across the United States. |
| 2001 | Ballet Florida, Inc. | West Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | To support the continuation and expansion of City Dance Outreach. The dance/educational outreach program serves at-risk, underserved, and minority children from inner-city elementa… |
| 2001 | MoveSpeakSpin | Ogden, UT | $8,000 | To support a concert and outreach activities that interweave dance and science. The company will perform the outreach version of THE BOUNDS OF DISCOVERY, and provide K-12 classroom… |
| 2001 | Dance Institute of Washington | Washington, DC | $5,000 | To support dance instruction for children and youth from underserved communities. The Reaching New Audiences Project will provide dance training, performance opportunities, access … |
| 2001 | David Taylor Dance Theatre | Littleton, CO | $5,000 | To support a multi-week tour of rural communities in Colorado. David Taylor Dance Theatre will present their multimedia production of A Children's Rainforest Odyssey. |
| 2001 | Dance Gallery Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | $5,000 | To support a tour and accompanying residency in a rural Michigan community. "Peninsula" will include performances and artist residency activities given by Peter Sparling. |
| 2001 | Ballet East Dance Company | Austin, TX | $5,000 | To support the expansion and enhancement of a children's dance/theatre program in partnership with the Austin Parks and Recreation Department and the Austin Independent School Dist… |
| 2001 | Natya Dance Theatre | Oak Brook, IL | $5,000 | To support the continuation of outreach programs. The company will undertake two major outreach projects: Mitra - the Sounds and Legends of India, in collaboration with the Chicago… |
| 2001 | Nevada Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | To support Future Dance, an outreach program that provides dance instruction to racially diverse children attending at-risk elementary schools. Future Dance Program offers one to t… |
| 2001 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | To support a free dance program for Oakland youth ages 8-18. Rites of Passage provides dance education and training in a variety of forms and styles, and is taught by professional … |
| 2001 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | To support a consortium project to provide a set of programs for individuals to learn about dance. The Generational Dance Access Project will target young children, their caregiver… |
| 2001 | Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | To support a collaboration with two healthcare organizations to create workshops and a new work. Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater will work with Pathways and Virginia Piper Cancer In… |
| 2001 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $5,000 | To support a performance and outreach touring project that brings professional dance to a variety of rural and underserved communities along the western corridors of Colorado and N… |
| 2001 | Tigertail Productions, Inc. | Miami, FL | $5,000 | To support a consortium project of a five-day series of performances, workshops, and symposia dedicated to promoting and exploring dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble II,… |
| 2001 | Li Chiao-Ping Dance, Inc. | Oregon, WI | $5,000 | To support the production, presentation, and touring of a new work. Venous Flow: States of Grace will be created by Li Chiao-Ping and visual artist Douglas Rosenberg, and will use … |
| 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… |
| 2001 | Prometheus Dance, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | To support further creation and presentation of an evening-length dance/theater piece. Apokalypsis, choreographed by Artistic Directors Diane Arvanites-Noya and Tommy Neblett with … |
| 2001 | Soweto Street Beat Dance Theatre, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | To support the presentation and tour of a new performance with associated study guides. The Zulu Kingdom, created by Artistic Director Isabelle Doll Ngcobo, will be performed in ve… |
| 2001 | Nashville Ballet | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | To support the creation of a ballet in collaboration with a country music artist. Artistic Director Paul Vasterling will collaborate with country music artist Hal Ketchum to create… |
| 2001 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support a multimedia dance project and gallery installation. The project, choreographed by Yaelisa, incorporates flamenco dance and music, classical music, and spoken text with … |
| 2001 | Plam Dancers, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new work to be premiered during the summer residency at New York University. The work, titled Crash Comfort, will premiere at New York University. |
| 2001 | Dance Films Association, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the 29th international dance film festival. Dance on Camera Festival 2001 On Tour will take place in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, and Uta… |
| 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… |
| 2001 | Forces of Nature | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support creation and presentation of a dance theater work. Artistic Director Abdel Salaam will further develop "Rhythm Legacy," a work that explores the impact of African sounds… |
| 2001 | Emerge 125 Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support Monte/Brown's 20th anniversary at the Joyce Theater in New York. The project will feature the creation and presentation of a major new collaborative work as well as seve… |
| 2001 | Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc. | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | $5,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new dance. Dragons on the Wall will feature a collaboration between choreographer Nai-Ni Chen and poet Bei Dao, with original music by Joa… |
| 2001 | National Institute of Flamenco | Albuquerque, NM | $5,000 | To support creation and presentation of a piece for New World Flamenco, a national flamenco dance company. Alejandro Granados will choreograph an original flamenco ballet that will… |
| 2001 | Los Lupenos De San Jose, Inc. | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | To support the development of a new work. Dance and music representing Mexican, Chilean, and Chinese traditions will be woven into a dramatic text based on the legendary "Robin Hoo… |
| 2001 | Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc. | Astoria, NY | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new work. Choreographed to the music of Maurice Ravel, by Artistic Director Pascal Rioult, these works will become part of Rioult's Ravel Project. |
| 2001 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | To support the production of "Carmina Burana," with world premiere choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and the staging of two more of her ballets, "Chiaroscuro" and "Great Gallop… |
| 2001 | Diavolo Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | To support out-of-state touring. The company will travel to New York, New Jersey, Texas, Kansas, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois, as well as California. |
| 2001 | Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work, "The Portrait Project," choreographed by Danial Shapiro and Joanie Smith. The Portrait Project, choreographed by Danial Shap… |
| 2001 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $5,000 | To support the presentation of a program of up to three ballets. The program, titled "Made in the U.S.A.", will feature George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, and new works by chor… |
| 2001 | WCV, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | To support the final phase of the creation and the presentation of a new work. The final stage of TRANCE TERRITORY will be created and will then tour across the United States. |
| 2001 | Bailes Flamencos | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be based on Carmen Amaya, the woman who incorporated virtuoso footwork that was previously only in the male domain… |
| 2001 | Art of the Matter Performance Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the San Francisco Butoh Festival 2001. The Festival will present NIBROLL, a group based in Japan, and Katsura Kan, master Butoh artist from Thailand, and offer performan… |
| 2001 | Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | To support presentation of works paying tribute to significant artists of the 1900s. The program will include Red Rose, by Stephen Mills of Ballet Austin; With Chaplin, by Amy Moor… |
| 2001 | Guateque Folkloric Taller of Puerto Rico, Inc | Corozal, PR | $5,000 | To support after-school and Saturday training workshops in traditional and folk expressions of music and dance. There will be three introductory master classes, eight training clas… |
| 2001 | Florene Litthcut's Inner City Children's Touring Dance Company, Inc. | Miami, FL | $5,000 | To support a tap residency for inner-city youth consisting of lecture-demonstrations, symposia, film/video presentations, and dance clinics. Preserving Dance Traditions: Rhythm Tap… |
| 2001 | Movement Research, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the 9th Improvisation Festival/NY. The festival is a celebration of dance improvisation and will offer performances, classes, workshops, education outreach, and panel di… |
| 2001 | Kuumba House, Inc. | Houston, TX | $5,000 | To support a full-length African ballet created by Artistic Director Lindi Yeni. "Amasiko" depicts the traditional African origins of the ceremonies and folklore that are the basis… |
| 2001 | Rincones & Company Dance Theater | Washington, DC | $5,000 | To support the development of works based on Latino culture. The Other Face of Latin America will include the work of Latin American choreographers, composers, poets, and performer… |
| 2001 | Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose, Inc. | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | To support the expansion of the Bharatanatyam Training Project. This community-based arts education program will provide approximately 120 youths, ages 6 to 18, instruction in clas… |
| 2001 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $5,000 | To support refinement and performances of a work between Artistic Director Linda Sohl-Donnell and Balinese musician/composer/dancer I Nyoman Wenten. Nusantra brings together Americ… |
| 2001 | Kaisahan of San Jose | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | To support the teaching of Phillipino dance and folk arts to students, ranging in ages from 6 to 60. Classes are taught by Artistic Director Helen Moreno and are held at regional c… |
| 2001 | Southern Danceworks | Birmingham, AL | $5,000 | To support the touring of a lecture-demonstration program in up to three communities. Dance and Music, A Beautiful Harmony, will tour to up to 6 schools and reach approximately 5,0… |
| 2001 | Cortez & Co. Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the development of a work based on Philippine folk dance and music. My Last Farewell: Jose Rizal, Philippine National Hero, will be based on Jose Rizal, leader of the Ph… |
| 2001 | Ballet Idaho, Inc. | Boise, ID | $5,000 | To support the Learning Through Dance project. The project will expose students to dance, work with educators to incorporate methods of teaching dance, offer students the opportuni… |
| 2001 | American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support a tap dance festival in New York City. The festival includes a week of courses, master classes, panel discussions, film presentations, and a children's program. |
| 2001 | Dance Kaleidoscope | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | To support a multicultural, in-school educational program in rural areas in Indiana. The Community Investment Residency for the Arts will include a one-week residency by Dance Kale… |
| 2001 | Kayamanan Ng Lahi Philippine Folk Arts | Culver City, CA | $5,000 | To implement and evaluate the Philippine Dance Gathering and Workshops, a multi-day event designed for dancers, dance students, teachers, and dance enthusiasts. The project will in… |
| 2001 | Friends of NORD, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | To support the 2001-2002 Step Up Artist In Residence program. The program includes residencies with American Repertory Dance Company and Doug Varone and Company. |
| 2001 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | To support the Aerial Dance Festival 2001. This festival offers classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, video showings, lunch discussions, and a culminating performance. |
| 2001 | University of Montana | Missoula, MT | $4,967 | To support touring of the dance performance MATH MOVES. This piece will be presented to K-6 students throughout Montana and Idaho. |
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