NEA Dance Grants 2002: All 139 Awards
139 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 2002, totaling $2.9M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc. | New York, NY | $150,000 | To support a traveling exhibition of traditional, vernacular,and theatrical dance, documenting the achievements of American dance. The venues include the San Francisco Performing A… |
| 2002 | New York City Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support the 10th anniversary of the "Diamond Project." The company will premiere six new ballets and re-stage past "Diamond Project" ballets. |
| 2002 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support a United States tour in 2002. The company will perform approximately 95 shows in 24 cities and 16 states across the United States. |
| 2002 | Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $90,000 | To support the creation of new work and the revival of existing works. Merce Cunningham will choreograph the works, which will be presented on a national tour. |
| 2002 | National Performance Network, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $84,000 | To support dance residencies and related educational and outreach activities in several communities throughout the United States. The National Performance Network offers artists a … |
| 2002 | 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 performances, education activiti… |
| 2002 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $80,000 | To support a professional development project. The project involves the 2002 Roundtable, the 2003 Winter Council meeting, and a series of six regional forums around specific topics… |
| 2002 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support a comprehensive educational outreach program that introduces children and adults to dance. The program, Dancing through Barriers, will provide professional development w… |
| 2002 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support an extended-run production series. The Carnival program features the work of artists at various stages in their careers and TheMainEvent series will present established … |
| 2002 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | To support the creation and presentation of works by emerging and established choreographers. The company will commission works by choreographers Stanton Welch, Julia Adam, and Ale… |
| 2002 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support dance presentations during Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's 70th anniversary. Each company will be in residence for a week and their work will be presented along with spe… |
| 2002 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support dance presentation projects at the Joyce Theater. The projects include: the 2002 Altogether Different series, the Dance Presentation Program, and Joyce SoHo Presents. |
| 2002 | Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | To support the acquisition, rehearsal, and presentation of Sir Frederick Ashton's "The Dream." Ashton's "The Dream" is a narrative ballet based on Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer… |
| 2002 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support the commissioning and presenting of a range of modern dance choreographers. In addition to performances, the Celebration! program series will include educational outreac… |
| 2002 | Trisha Brown Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support the creation of two new works choreographed by Trisha Brown. A new piece will be created to Franz Schubert's song cycle "Winterreisse," and Trisha Brown will create a so… |
| 2002 | Discalced, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | To support the creation of Henry Purcell's opera "King Arthur" for the English National Opera, directed and choreographed by Mark Morris. The production will feature all members of… |
| 2002 | Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support design and rehearsal of a program of revivals of seminal works choreographed by Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane over the past 20 years. This project will help renew and dis… |
| 2002 | George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support two core video archive programs. The "Archive of Lost Choreography" retrieves fragments of Balanchine works that are no longer performed and the "Interpreters Archive" p… |
| 2002 | Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $35,000 | To support the "Martha Graham Media Project." The project will catalogue between 1500 and 2000 recordings, preserve 250 items, and make a selection of these works accessible to the… |
| 2002 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support an increase in Philadanco's outreach programs. Programs will include workshops, master classes, lecture demonstrations, and career development conferences. |
| 2002 | Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $30,000 | To support residency activities. The company will travel to California, Florida, Idaho, New York, and Ohio and offer a broad range of dance activities and workshops. |
| 2002 | STREB Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | To support two components of PUBLIC/ACTION, Streb/Ringside's central audience development and access program. The project will support residency and outreach programs for PUBLIC/AC… |
| 2002 | Danspace Project, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the fifth year of City/Dans. This program supports the presentation of New York-based choreographers. |
| 2002 | Florida Dance Association, Inc. | Miami, FL | $30,000 | To support the presentation of artists and education activities during the 24th Florida Dance Festival. This two-week festival includes dancers, teachers, students, choreographers,… |
| 2002 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dance works by two choreographers. Australian choreographer Natalie Weir will create a world premiere and the company will perform a pie… |
| 2002 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Inc. | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | To support the acquisition of a ballet by choreographer Jiri Kylian. No More Play, created by Jir Kyli n, will begin the second phase of Hubbard Street's Kyli n Project, a repertoi… |
| 2002 | House Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a new music-theater collaboration. Meredith Monk will expand and re-orchestrate NIGHT, a composition that integrates performance, kinetics, and sound. |
| 2002 | Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support Phase II of Facing the Magnetic Media Crisis. The project will reformat or copy 175 tapes due to physical deterioration, format or machinery obsolescence, and convene a … |
| 2002 | University of Maryland at College Park | College Park, MD | $30,000 | To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, the grand finale performances of Hallelujah/USA at the Clarice Smith Center. |
| 2002 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | To support the fourth cycle of an artist mentorship program. The Help Desk provides technical assistance for emerging and mid-career choreographers. |
| 2002 | H.T. Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support an interactive and multidisciplinary dance education program. Bamboo Oracle will be expanded to include community participation in rehearsal and performance during compa… |
| 2002 | Dancing in the Streets, Inc. | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | To support a mobile living installation created and performed by Eiko and Koma. White will be performed in multiple public spaces in New York City. |
| 2002 | Dance Place | Washington, DC | $20,000 | To support performances and residencies by dance artists as part of Dance Place's 22nd Series. The Series will feature a roster of culturally and aesthetically diverse dancers and … |
| 2002 | Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the Paul Taylor Dance Company in a five-year, annual residency at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, a consortium project. The project will consist of a T… |
| 2002 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance events in celebration of Dance Umbrella's 25th anniversary. All artists will participate in week-long residencies that will include professiona… |
| 2002 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support presentation of a regional tour of Coppelia. The company will present performances in Harrisburg, PA. |
| 2002 | New 42nd Street, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the presentation of a dance series. Camut Band (Spain), Donald Byrd/the Group (New York), and Noche Flamenca (Spain/New York) will perform 65 public and education shows. |
| 2002 | Ballet West | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support the presentation of up to two new works. The works include Black Cake by Hans van Manen and Ghost Dances by Christopher Bruce. |
| 2002 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation of new works by choreographers Bill T. Jones, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Bebe Miller, and Doug Varone. Each of these four new works will explore the theme of f… |
| 2002 | Washington Performing Arts Society | Washington, DC | $20,000 | To support dance presentations and residency activities. Yin Mei Dance, Living Dance Studio, Rennie Harris PureMovement, and Andrea Woods will offer performances and other activiti… |
| 2002 | Ko-Thi, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | To support two annual festivals. The Kuumba and Harvest Festivals will be held at the Pabst Theater. |
| 2002 | Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies. The companies include The Shaolin Warriors, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Compagnie Maguy Marin, and The Parsons Dance Company. |
| 2002 | Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the restaging of a work. The company will perform Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman's 1935 New Dance, which is the final part of the epic New Dance Trilogy. |
| 2002 | Inta, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new work. The dance will be a "living" installation conceived for gallery-type spaces. |
| 2002 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support "Into the West" and DanceAfrica Chicago 2002. |
| 2002 | Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the revival of a ballet. The piece to be revived is Robert Joffrey's Astarte, which premiered in 1968. |
| 2002 | Regents of the University of California, Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | To support the rough-cut editing phase of producing "Mary Anthony: A Life in Modern Dance." This is a video documentary of the life and work of a dance artist and pioneer. |
| 2002 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $20,000 | To support a Dance Critics Workshop, a consortium project. The critics will attend performances followed by sessions on writing, discussion and analysis, the history of dance, and … |
| 2002 | New York City Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support Phase II of the Archive Project as a consortium effort. The project is an effort to organize, preserve, and make accessible original materials from New York City Ballet'… |
| 2002 | New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the Baroque Ballet Workshop. A series of residency programs will be held in Hunter, NY, San Rafael, CA, and Dallas, TX. |
| 2002 | Andrew Cacho African Drummers & Dancers Economic Development, Inc. | Washington, DC | $15,000 | To support workshops and performances as part of the Youthworks 2002 project. Children, teens, and young adults will be trained in African Caribbean drumming, dancing, stilt walkin… |
| 2002 | Dance Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $15,000 | To support the presentation of "Pilobolus" and "Pilobolus Too" in a series of access and outreach programs. Dance St. Louis and Pilobolus will work with approximately twelve school… |
| 2002 | Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support creation of a new work by Pedro Ruiz. The work will be based on the Cuban folktale of Cecelia Valdes and will be created for twelve dancers. |
| 2002 | Anchorage Concert Association, Inc. | Anchorage, AK | $15,000 | To support a residency with the Diavolo Dance Company. The residency will include performances, workshops, and other activities with local middle schools, local dancers, and the Al… |
| 2002 | Rennie Harris Puremovement | Sharon Hill, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Facing Mekka." Facing Mekka, created by Artistic Director Rennie Harris, will feature a cast of twelve dancers, live percussion, and a … |
| 2002 | President and Trustees of Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $15,000 | To support residency activities, including presentation, outreach, and educational activities for the Bates Dance Festival 2002. Dance artists participating in NEW VOICES/NEW WORKS… |
| 2002 | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The Private Lives of Dancers will be choreographed to live piano by Artistic Director David Gordon. |
| 2002 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation of a new ballet. Choreographed by Kevin O'Day to the music of Sting, this production will be part of Pittsburgh Ballet's program of new ballets, Brand New D… |
| 2002 | Dance Continuum, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the creation of up to two new dance works choreographed by Susan Marshall. Titled Heavy Air and The Chorus, these works will premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next… |
| 2002 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support the creation of a full evening-length work. "One Nation Under a Groove" is a full evening work that draws inspiration from the soulful sounds of Motown. This grant suppo… |
| 2002 | DOVA, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work by Doug Varone. The work will involve the commissioning of a sound score, a set design, guest dancers, and actors. |
| 2002 | Floricanto Dance Theatre | Pasadena, CA | $13,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a full-length work choreographed by Artistic Director Gema Sandoval. The work will be based on the Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia de los M… |
| 2002 | Performance Zone, Inc. | New York, NY | $11,000 | To support a series of workshops and residencies. Fieldwork offers over 400 artists a method of strengthening their creative process via a group feedback structure and will take pl… |
| 2002 | Repertory Dance Theatre | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | To support residencies in San Juan County, Utah. Activities will include performances, teacher workshops, lecture demonstrations, classes, and community events. |
| 2002 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | To support a consortium project of Ailey II residency activities. The residency will consist of lecture demonstrations, master classes, and two concerts at the Orpheum Theater. |
| 2002 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support an increase in the number and variety of educational outreach programs. Programs will be offered during performance residencies at the Cleveland Public Theatre and the L… |
| 2002 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support Rites of Passage, a free dance program for youth. In the City/Rites of Passage provides youth with dance education and training. |
| 2002 | Emerge 125 Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support Celebrate Harlem ARTS, a series of performances and discussions. The project will incorporate performances of a new African Caribbean-based work created by choreographer… |
| 2002 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work. Choreographed by Artistic Directors Robby Barnett and Jonathan Wolken, the new work will explore the four humors, with a commissioned score b… |
| 2002 | San Diego Dance Theater | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | To support the Dance Ability Project. The project partners dancers and choreographers from the San Diego Dance Theater with general and adapted physical education teachers to creat… |
| 2002 | Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc. | New York City, NY | $10,000 | To support dance activities in the New York City Festival of Dance. Activities range from Benefit Performances to the Danskin Masterclass Series. |
| 2002 | Ballet East Dance Company | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the development of a folkloric dance program. The program will be part of the company's Dare to Dance theater/dance program, in partnership with Austin Independent Schoo… |
| 2002 | Dance Films Association, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the 31st international dance film/video festival and the touring of the 30th festival. Dance on Camera Festival 2002 On Tour will take place in California, Florida, Mass… |
| 2002 | College Community Services, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the World of Dance Series. The series will include dance companies from the United States and around the world. |
| 2002 | Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, Inc. | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the expansion of a ballet-based dance instruction program. Dancing off the Streets, serving low income and minority children, will bring the studio-based program to scho… |
| 2002 | SCT Productions, Inc. | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Dance Chicago 2002. The five-week dance festival will include 250 dance groups and over 2000 artists from Chicago. |
| 2002 | Tigertail Productions, Inc. | Miami, FL | $10,000 | To support a consortium project--a series of performances, workshops, and symposia dedicated to exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble III will take … |
| 2002 | Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work by Murray Louis. This work will be set on students at the Boston Conservatory of Music. |
| 2002 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new chamber ballet. The ballet will be choreographed by Damian Woetzel, New York City Ballet principal dancer, and will be performed a… |
| 2002 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere. Mythic, choreographed by Joe Goode, will be a large-scale work of dance theater. |
| 2002 | Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | To present a series of solo works. The works include It Starts with a Step, by Lotte Goslar; Strange Hero, by Daniel Nagrin; Kaddish, by Anna Sokolow; Totem Ancestor, by Merce Cunn… |
| 2002 | Cross Performance, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support a series of workshops in the United States. The workshops will result in the creation of Home: Part 3 of The Geography Trilogy, choreographed and directed by Ralph Lemon… |
| 2002 | Rhythm In Shoes, Inc. | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | To support creation of an evening-length performance. Rhythm in Shoes will collaborate with the musical group the Red Clay Ramblers of Chapel Hill, NC. |
| 2002 | Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Stephen Petronio. "The Island of Misfit Toys" is a companion work to Petronio's "City of Twist." |
| 2002 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by a variety of artists. The project will feature collaborations with choreographers, composers, videographers, and singers. |
| 2002 | Field Papers, Inc. | Cambridge, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of small chamber performance pieces. Choreographer Dana Reitz will create solos for herself and other dancers, which will be adaptable to a variety of perfo… |
| 2002 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work by tap dancer Sam Weber. Weber will create the work for seven tap dancers and five jazz musicians and will premiere the new work at the Japan Amer… |
| 2002 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support a new work by choreographer Dwight Rhoden, with guest artist Desmond Richardson. Rhoden will collaborate with composer Antonio Carlos Scott to create a contemporary elec… |
| 2002 | Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "WorDance." The cross-cultural work by the Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and the Ko-Thi Dance Company will be performed at the O'Shaughnessy Audit… |
| 2002 | Evidence, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of two final sections in a series of dances choreographed by Ronald K. Brown. Titled Walking Out the Dark, the material developed will explore the dances an… |
| 2002 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a work for dancers with and without disabilities created by French Canadian choreographer Sonya Delwaide. The dance will involve solo, duet, and ensemble wor… |
| 2002 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Margaret Jenkins. "Knot" will be created in collaboration with composer Alvin Curran and visual designer Alexand… |
| 2002 | Thin Man Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the Phase I development of a new evening-length work. The project will be choreographed by John Jasperse to music by composer Michael Floyd. |
| 2002 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | To support two dance presentations. Evidence, Inc. and Doug Varone and Dancers will be presented on the concert stage as well as in community settings throughout greater New Orlean… |
| 2002 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the development of a production to honor the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The project will include re-staging excerpts from Ballet Russe ballets, commissioning one balle… |
| 2002 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support DANCECleveland's 2001-2002 Series. The program will include five concert presentations, as well as a commissioning project and two extended residencies. |
| 2002 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Ghost Architecture" choreographed by Artistic Director Joanna Haigood. This piece will examine the relationship between space and time … |
| 2002 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work, set to music by contemporary jazz artists with African influences. Lula Washington will choreograph "Experimentations in Jazz" to music by McCoy … |
| 2002 | Capoeira Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and premiere of a new work. Artistic Director Jelon Vieira will collaborate with Brazilian composer Marcelo Zarvos, and the music will be performed live. |
| 2002 | Spring Lake Productions, Inc. | New Milford, CT | $10,000 | To support the revival of the 1986 piece "Vienna: Lusthaus," choreographed and directed by Martha Clarke. The work will include new choreographed sections along with other addition… |
| 2002 | Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | To support artists' fees and related costs for the Heritage portion of the 7th annual New Orleans Jazz Dance Festival. The activities of the festival are designed to preserve, unde… |
| 2002 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of artists. Local and national artists will be presented along with residency activities. |
| 2002 | Sundar Kala Kendra Foundation | Walnut, CA | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation of a dance drama choreographed by Artistic Director Anjani Ambegaokar. The production will be performed in classical kathak dance style accompa… |
| 2002 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new dance work. This work will be choreographed by Alonzo King to music by Polish composer Pawel Syzmanski. |
| 2002 | Art Sweats, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Artistic Director David Dorfman will create the work to the music of Robert Fripp. |
| 2002 | JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be choreographed by Danny Buraczeski and a jazz score will be composed by Philip Hamilton. |
| 2002 | Dance Exchange, Inc. | Takoma Park, MD | $10,000 | To support the Annual Company Choreographed Concert, a program consisting of six to eight premieres by artists of the company. |
| 2002 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of new works and the training of artists. Artistic Director Lynn Dally will identify and develop future tap artists, create original choreography, and re-in… |
| 2002 | Batoto Yetu, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the expanded production of a dance drama created by Artistic Director Julio T. Leitao. The production, titled NGOLA NZINGA: PART I, will showcase African dance and folkl… |
| 2002 | Katha Dance Theatre | Crystal, MN | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new production, "Ramayana." The piece will use the dance, music, storytelling, and mask theater traditions of India, Cambodia, Indones… |
| 2002 | National Institute of Flamenco | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | To support the 2002 Festival Flamenco Internacional. It consists of two weeks of classes in flamenco dance, choreography, singing, guitar, and percussion, culminating in public per… |
| 2002 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support TAP 2003, a project examining the legacy and future of the art of tap. The project will bring together four generations of tap artists to examine the aesthetic, philosop… |
| 2002 | Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts | Northampton, MA | $9,000 | To support a residency by Avila/Weeks Dance. The residency will be conducted for the students of the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School as part of the Performing Ar… |
| 2002 | Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow, ID | $8,000 | To support the Festival Youthreach Project. The project provides free performances and master classes presented by touring professional dance companies in regional public schools. |
| 2002 | Honolulu Dance Theatre, Ltd. | Honolulu, HI | $6,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a dance production and lecture demonstration. PELE AND THE LEGENDS OF HAWAII, based on the mythology of Hawaiian Goddess Pele, will be p… |
| 2002 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support Open Dance Studio, a component of the Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week. The main program of this event is Open Dance Studios, which allows dance artists and organ… |
| 2002 | Ballet Works, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | To support performance and education activities in Rochester, Minnesota. The company will perform at the Mayo Civic Center and teach master classes at the Rochester Ballet School. |
| 2002 | Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc. | Astoria, NY | $5,000 | To support creation of the culminating work in Pascal Rioult's "Ravel Project." The piece will be created to Ravel's Bolero, and it will have its premiere at the company's 10th ann… |
| 2002 | Tigertail Productions, Inc. | Miami, FL | $5,000 | To support dance presentations during the 8th Tigertail Florida/Brazil and Guests Festival. The Festival will include performances, workshops, panels, and symposia. |
| 2002 | Dansology, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support creation of a new work. MECH[A] is a multimedia performance piece featuring choreography and music by Artistic Director Koosil-ja Hwang and video by Benton Bainbridge. |
| 2002 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $5,000 | To support the presentation of up to two dance companies at the Virginia Arts Festival. The Mark Morris Dance Group and Dance Theatre of Harlem will offer performances, workshops, … |
| 2002 | Big Dance Theater | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | To support the creation of an original dance theater piece by Artistic Director Annie-B Parson. The piece, titled Antigone, will be based on an original script by Mac Wellman. |
| 2002 | Chinese Cultural Productions | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "SHE--Portraits of The Chinese Woman." The concert will consist of stories about the strength, passion, and character of Chinese America… |
| 2002 | WCV, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work choreographed by Wally Cardona. Morphmaniac will be performed in non-proscenium stage settings in several states a… |
| 2002 | Artist Consortium | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation of a full-evening work by choreographer Hae Kyung Lee, in collaboration with film director Allen Yamashita and composer Steve Moshier. The multi-media work … |
| 2002 | New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support national and international touring of "Caravane." Created by choreographer Tamango, the project includes musicians on percussion, cello, trumpet, and voice and features … |
| 2002 | ZGD, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner, the piece will deal with environmental issues. |
| 2002 | New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support national touring of "Asunder." The work is choreographed by Yin Mei with set by Cai Guo Qiang, music by Robert Een, and poetry by Mark Strand. |
| 2002 | Mobile Ballet, Inc. | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new ballet by Artistic Director Winthrop Corey. The ballet will be based on "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. |
| 2002 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $5,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers & Dancer Residency. Four emerging choreographers and eight dancers will be selected to be in residence for four weeks and two emergin… |
| 2002 | River North Dance Company | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | To support the presentation and touring of Pulse. Choreographed by Daniel Ezralow, this piece is one of seven works that will tour throughout the United States during 2001-2002. |
| 2002 | La Donna Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work. The Salon Project will be a collaboration between choreographers Donna Uchizono and Valeria Solomonoff and composer Gu… |
| 2002 | Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | To support creation and presentation of new works. The works will be presented at the Joyce Theater in New York City, the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, and on tour in the United… |
| 2002 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $5,000 | To support the presentation of up to two dance companies as part of The White Bird/Portland State University Dance Series. The series will include new work, master classes, and res… |
| 2002 | Art of the Matter Performance Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | To support the San Francisco Butoh Festival 2002. The program will revolve around Japan's leading female contemporary choreographers, and offer a program of symposia, workshops, ma… |
| 2002 | Flamenco Universal | Windsor, CA | $5,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work, titled ENTRE LAS OLAS, will be choreographed by La Tania. |
| 2002 | Movement Research, Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000 | To support the 10th Improvisation Festival/NY. The Festival is a celebration of dance improvisation and will offer classes, workshops, educational outreach, and panel discussions. |
| 2002 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new work. Sound Sources will be created by Headlong Dance Theater's three artistic directors in collaboration with sound designer and composer Rick Hen… |
| 2002 | American Bolero Dance Company, Inc. | Long Island City, NY | $5,000 | To support the American Bolero Apprenticeship Program. Participants in the program will be taught traditional Spanish dance. |
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