NEA Dance Grants 2008: All 183 Awards
183 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 2008, totaling $3.7M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $100,000 | To support professional development services, expansion of research capabilities, staff expansion, and enhancement of organizational visibility. Professional development services w… |
| 2008 | Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support final rehearsals and presentation of CLYTEMNESTRA, Martha Graham's only full-length work. The work will premiere at New York University's Skirball Center for the Perform… |
| 2008 | Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $90,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work for the American Ballet Theatre, choreographed by Twyla Tharp, with original music by Danny Elfman. The piece will premiere a… |
| 2008 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works, including commissions by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Choreographer-in-Residence Yuri Possokhov. Performances will ta… |
| 2008 | Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $90,000 | To support the creation of a series of new works by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, titled "Beacon Events." The new works will be performed in the Dia: Beacon galleries located… |
| 2008 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $90,000 | To support a United States tour of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The company will offer performances and outreach activities across the United States. |
| 2008 | Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $90,000 | To support the creation and presentation of works by artistic director and choreographer Paul Taylor. The works will be presented on tour in the United States and overseas. |
| 2008 | New York City Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $90,000 | To support a retrospective of Jerome Robbins' work, one of the great American choreographers of the 20th century. The project will include a host of education and outreach activiti… |
| 2008 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $70,000 | To support residencies and performances of dance companies. The project will include a Creative Development Residency, presentation of national and international dance companies, a… |
| 2008 | National Performance Network, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $70,000 | To support the creation of new work and dance touring. The project will include dance residencies and related education and outreach activities throughout the United States. |
| 2008 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the 75th Anniversary Season: Past/Forward. Dance works by recipients of the Scripps/ADF Awards will be presented by contemporary companies to demonstrate the respective … |
| 2008 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the Creative Residency Program, the Fresh Tracks Performance & Residency Program, and the Studio Performance & Residency Series. |
| 2008 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the Dance Presentation Program. The project will consist of the presentation of companies from the United States and overseas, at the Joyce Theater and at the Joyce SoHo… |
| 2008 | Discalced, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographer Mark Morris and the revival and remounting of other works. The works will be performed by the Mark Morris Dan… |
| 2008 | Trisha Brown Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | To support the revival of Foray Foret by choreographer Trisha Brown, her last collaboration with visual artist Robert Rauschenberg. The revival will be presented at The Joyce Theat… |
| 2008 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $51,000 | To support the fourth U.S. delegation of artists, presenters, and managers at the Internationale Tanzmesse in Dusseldorf, Germany, in consortium with Dancers Group. The project wil… |
| 2008 | Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support the performances and the creation of new work by choreographer and artistic director Bill T. Jones as part of the company's 25th anniversary. Performances will take plac… |
| 2008 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Carnival of the Animals, by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. The company premiere of this work will be presented at Philadelphia's Academy of Musi… |
| 2008 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation and documentation of "Ritonello" by Gene Hill Sagan, and "Pretty is Skin Deep, Ugly is to the Bone" by Talley Beatty. |
| 2008 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Inc. | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | To support programs for emerging choreographers to create new work. These programs include the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshops, the National Choreographic Competition, and colla… |
| 2008 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | To support residencies and related programming with choreographers David Dorfman, David Rousseve and Banafsheh Sayyad. |
| 2008 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of choreographer Antony Tudor's classic 1937 work, Dark Elegies. The work will premiere at the Wang Theatre in Boston. |
| 2008 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | To support Pentacle's mentoring program ARC (Advancement - Reinvention - Creativity). The project will encourage choreographers to support a major planning goal, and then provide t… |
| 2008 | Miami City Ballet, Inc. | Miami Beach, FL | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Nighspot," a new work by choreographer Twyla Tharp set to a score by musician Elvis Costello. Performances will take place at the Carni… |
| 2008 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of comedic works by established and emerging choreographers during the Comedy Festival. There will be a variety of outreach events, including lectures, … |
| 2008 | Florida Dance Association, Inc. | Miami, FL | $30,000 | To support the 30th Florida Dance Festival. The program offers training and performing opportunities for dancers and students, professional development for teachers, creative and c… |
| 2008 | Danspace Project, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the 11th season of the City/Dans performance series. The program presents the work of New York choreographers and will take place at St. Mark's Church. |
| 2008 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the presentation of artistic director Stanton Welch's A Doll's House and choreographer Christopher Bruce's Swansong. The ballets will be performed at the Wortham Theater… |
| 2008 | Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | To support the presentation of ballets by Antony Tudor. The project will feature Lilac Garden, Dark Elegies, and Offenbach in the Underworld. |
| 2008 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of a series of dance companies and education and outreach programs. Companies will be presented on the concert stage and in community settings. |
| 2008 | Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the presentation, preservation, and documentation of "Tower," choreographed by Alwin Nikolais. The dance will be mounted on the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. |
| 2008 | Inta, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the creation of a full-evening work, by choreographers Eiko & Koma. The work, "Hunger," will include Cambodian performers as well as Eiko & Koma. |
| 2008 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support Dancing Through Barriers, an educational and community outreach initiatives that expose children and adults to dance. The project will include lecture-demonstrations, vi… |
| 2008 | Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the continuation of the establishment of Dance Heritage Preservation hubs to transfer analogue dance videotapes to digital formats for preservation purposes. The project… |
| 2008 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support Preserving the Dance Iconography of the West Before the Digital Era. A project that will preserve the early history of dance in the West, 400 images dating from 1850 and… |
| 2008 | Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a tuition-free ballet training program, founded by choreographer Eliot Feld, serving New York City public school children. The program provides pre-professional arts tra… |
| 2008 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $25,000 | To support the restaging of significant works of choreography as part of the company's 40th anniversary program, titled Engraving Our Legacy. Choreographers whose works will be res… |
| 2008 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Alonzo King. The work will be created in collaboration with legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. |
| 2008 | Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. | Rochester, NY | $25,000 | To support the preservation of choreographer Garth Fagan's work, which spans 37 years. The company will disseminate, digitize, and preserve its collection of performance videos, pr… |
| 2008 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support a shared performance by AXIS Dance Company, Dandelion Dance Theater, and Nadia Adame's Compania Y from Madrid, Spain, in consortium with Joe Goode Performance Group. The… |
| 2008 | President and Trustees of Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $20,000 | To support artist residencies as part of the 2008 Bates Dance festival. The festival will include Eiko and Koma, Vuyani Dance Theatre, Keigwin + Company, Nora Chipaumire, Ananya Ch… |
| 2008 | Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the initial development and and rehearsal of RE-(PART III), and the revision and premiere performances of Connect Transfer. The work will premiere at the American Dance … |
| 2008 | Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of Jose Limon's "The Traitor," and Doris Humphrey's "Day on Earth" and "Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias." The works will be present… |
| 2008 | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support completion of the reconstruction of Trying Times, by choreographer David Gordon. The project will include the digitization of Gordon's 45-year body of work, which will b… |
| 2008 | College of Saint Benedict | Saint Joseph, MN | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Ron K. Brown/EVIDENCE, the Sean Curran Company, and Urban Bush Women. Each company will present a one-week residency that will include master classes… |
| 2008 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in Austin. Discover Dance artists will include Compagnie Julie Dossavi, Tere O'Connor Dance, Headlong Dance Theater, Sonia Gomex and … |
| 2008 | Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Stephen Petronio, a season of performances at the Joyce Theater, and workshops on Stephen Petronio's techniq… |
| 2008 | Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Donald McKayle during the company's 50th anniversary season. Hey-Hay, Going to Kansas City, will premiere a … |
| 2008 | Washington Performing Arts Society | Washington, DC | $20,000 | To support dance presentations and residency activities. Performances will take place at the Tivoli Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, and Harman Center for the Arts. |
| 2008 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the New Works Festival. This festival will showcase both emerging and established artists in works they create for Richmond Ballet. |
| 2008 | DOVA, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Alchemy," choreographed by artistic director Doug Varone. The work will be performed to composer Steve Reich's "Daniel Variations," and… |
| 2008 | Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support dance residency activities in communities across the United States. The project will include lecture-demonstrations, creative movement classes, teacher workshops, open r… |
| 2008 | House Foundation for the Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support a pilot educational program at New York's LaGuardia High School to convey the work and philosophy of Artistic Director Meredith Monk. The program will include Monk's wor… |
| 2008 | Muntu Dance Theatre | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the "Dancing Thru the Decades" initiative. The project will use dance and music to explore the cultural, social, political, and economic trends within the North Lawndale… |
| 2008 | Dancing in the Streets, Inc. | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | To support the second annual Hip-Hop Generation Next. The full-day block party at Coffey Park in Red Hook, Brooklyn, will feature a variety of hip hop artists for eight months per … |
| 2008 | Dance Place | Washington, DC | $20,000 | To support the presentation of performances and residencies by dancers at Dance Place. Artists will represent a wide spectrum of dance styles including African, modern, hip-hop, an… |
| 2008 | Trust Under Clause Fourth of the Will of Antony Tudor | Ocean Beach, NY | $20,000 | To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, the Antony Tudor Centennial Celebration. Celebratory events include workshops, discussion panels, and performances of w… |
| 2008 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The company will present repertory pieces, as well as the education programs Ch… |
| 2008 | STREB Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | To support PUBLIC/ACTION, an audience development and access program. The project will support residency and outreach programs for PUBLIC/ACTION NEW YORK and PUBLIC/ACTION ON TOUR. |
| 2008 | Repertory Dance Theatre | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support the reconstruction, notation, and performance of Castor and Pollux, choreographed by Elizabeth Waters. The work is choreographed to music by Harry Partch, and will incor… |
| 2008 | Ballet Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | To support Ballet Under the Stars, free ballet performances in local parks in the Phoenix metropolitan area |
| 2008 | Ko-Thi, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Ko-Thi's education programs, Ton Ko-Thi and DrumTalk. The programs offer African dance and music classes to students throughout Wisconsin. |
| 2008 | Orlando Ballet, Inc. | Orlando, FL | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the Nutcracker at the Tampa Performing Arts Center. This will be the fourth year the company has presented works at this venue. |
| 2008 | UBW, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | To support educational activities of the Urban Bush Women dance company for youth, artists, educators, and the general public. The programs will include Builders, Organizers, and L… |
| 2008 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the Summer Performance Series, featuring free performances in non-traditional settings. The company will perform as part of Allegheny County's Summer Concert series and … |
| 2008 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a tap dance involving storytelling, choreographed by Artistic Director Lynn Dally. The work will premiere at the Joyce Theater in New Yo… |
| 2008 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support Evening Stars, an outdoor dance festival that takes place in Lower Manhattan's Battery Park, in consortium with the Alliance for Downtown New York. The project will feat… |
| 2008 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support AileyCamp New York, a program that includes dance training, creative writing instruction, and personal development and communication workshops in consortium with the Chi… |
| 2008 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird/Portland State University and "White Bird Uncaged" dance series. The project will include master classes and lectur… |
| 2008 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | To support Rites of Passage, a free dance program for children and young adults. The program will provide a variety of African and African-derived dance and music styles as well as… |
| 2008 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support Tap Access, a project that will include Web site upgrading and archive digitization. The project will document and preserve the heritage of the American art form of tap,… |
| 2008 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a touring school dance show. The show will include multimedia elements, dance exercise for students, and performances by Colorado Ballet… |
| 2008 | H.T. Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the creation of a new education program. The fully-staged program will incorporate dance, music, and video projections. |
| 2008 | Rhapsody In Taps, Incorporated | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Mambo Musings"(working title), choreographed by Linda Sohl-Ellison, and "Tribute to Foster Johnson". The works will be performed at the… |
| 2008 | American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the eighth annual New York City Tap Festival. The project will include classes, performances, panel discussions, and film presentations. |
| 2008 | Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | To support the 13th annual New Orleans Heritage Dance Festival. The festival will include dance classes, lectures, and performances celebrating the Afro-based drum and dance tradit… |
| 2008 | Smuin Ballets-SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Amy Seiwert and the West Coast premiere of Kirk Peterson's "Reinin' in the Hurricane." |
| 2008 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled Lanterna Magica, choreographed by co-artistic director Michael Tracy, in collaboration with Pilobolus dancers. The wor… |
| 2008 | Big Tree Productions, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work by artistic director and choreographer Tere O'Connor. The work will premiere at Dance Theater Workshop in New Yor… |
| 2008 | Ballet Memphis Corporation | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dances based on religious music. The works will be choreographed by Julia Adam, Trey McIntyre, Dana Tai Soon Burgess, and Abou Lagraa, a… |
| 2008 | Threshold Dance Projects, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance by Buglisi Dance Theatre choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi. The work, titled Interplay No. 9, will consist of solos… |
| 2008 | Flying Foot Forum | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work choreographed by artistic director Joe Chvala. The work will be a contemporary homage to clowning in its various … |
| 2008 | Zorongo Flamenco, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Zorro," a new flamenco work choreographed by artistic director Susana di Palma. Amendment #1 (8/7/12): Change of venue and post-award t… |
| 2008 | Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the "Miniatures Project" by Shapiro and Smith. Choreographer Joanie Smith will weave together solos, duets, and trios created with area dancers and p… |
| 2008 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! Education/Outreach Programs. The programs offer a variety of dance events for youth and adults in schools and in the community. |
| 2008 | Andanza, Inc. | San Juan, PR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Lolita Villanua and Carlos Ivan Santos. The project will include original music played live by local compose… |
| 2008 | Body Weather Laboratory | Venice, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Caddy! Caddy! Caddy! as part of the ODC Theater's fall programming and the Artaud Theater. The work will be presented in San Francisco in Fall 2008. … |
| 2008 | Noche Flamenca, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a U.S. tour of flamenco dance. The company will tour to different regions of the United States, offering performances and outreach events. |
| 2008 | Dance New Amsterdam, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the Artist in Residence program. The project will include a teaching residency, through which artists teach in the Modern Guest Artist Program, and a performing residenc… |
| 2008 | Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Carmen: El Baile (Carmen: The Dance), a flamenco dance drama, choreographed by Pilar Andujar, in celebration of the company's 25th anniversary. The w… |
| 2008 | City of Fort Collins, Colorado | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | To support "Dance New Communities," a tour by Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company to Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins, Colorado. The Newman Center for the Performing Arts in Denver an… |
| 2008 | Capoeira Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by DanceBrazil's artistic director and choreographer, Jelon Vieira. The work will be performed on a national tour. |
| 2008 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the Artist in Residence Program for local emerging choreographers. The project will include developmental feedback sessions, outreach to local non-dance communities, and… |
| 2008 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support a choreographic lab with choreographer Tere O'Connor and the creation of a new work by Headlong Dance Theater's co-artistic directors. O'Connor will teach Headlong Dance… |
| 2008 | Complexions-A Concept In Dance | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the final version of "Chapters," a dance theater work choreographed by co-artistic director Dwight Rhoden. The work is set to the songs … |
| 2008 | New Dance Alliance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the 22nd annual Performance Mix Festival. The festival promotes the work of experimental dance and interdisciplinary performance artists. |
| 2008 | Armitage Foundation Ltd. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support Phase I of "The Elegant Universe" and creation and production costs for "Summer of Love/Itutu." The work will be created in collaboration with composer Lukas Ligeti, pai… |
| 2008 | Everett | Providence, RI | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Silas the Teenager," an interdisciplinary dance-theater concert that utilizes movement, video, text, and sculptural set elements to exp… |
| 2008 | Melanie Stewart and Company Dance, Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the 2008 nEW Festival Program. The festival nurtures artists in the creation of innovative, entertaining, and contemporary work. |
| 2008 | Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Sthree (Women)," a multidisiplinary work by choreographer Ranee Ramaswamy incorporating dance, music, spoken text, audio, and abstract video element… |
| 2008 | Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance by choreographer and artistic director Lar Lubovitch, as part of the company's 40th anniversary season and tour. The work wi… |
| 2008 | School of Hard Knocks, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and artistic director Yoshiko Chuma. The work will premiere at the New York City Japan Society. |
| 2008 | Crosspulse | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance piece. The piece will be performed by Oakland-based percussive a capella jazz ensemble Slammin All-Body Band and the Brazili… |
| 2008 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the eighth annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. The festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach activities. |
| 2008 | STEPOLOGY | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the sixth annual Bay Area Tap Festival. The festival includes workshops, mainstage performances, a tap jam, a panel discussion, and other activities. |
| 2008 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support creation of a new work by choreographer Joe Goode in collaboration with puppeteer Basil Twist. "Wonderboy" will receive its world premiere at Yerba Buena Center for the … |
| 2008 | Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "The City" by Jennifer Muller. The work will premiere at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. |
| 2008 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of CARMINA BURANA, choreographed by Mauricio Wainrot. The work will be presented at the Aronoff Center. |
| 2008 | Sens Production, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a site-specific aerial dance piece by choreographer Noemie Lafrance. Rapture celebrates the work of Frank Gehry and will be performed ou… |
| 2008 | Alaska Dance Theatre, Inc. | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | To support the Out of the Box Series. Several companies from outside the state will perform and a new work will be commissioned for performance. |
| 2008 | Movement Research, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the MR SPRING festival and a two-week series of events that will explore the history and mark the return of the Improvisation Festival/New York. The project will include… |
| 2008 | Art Sweats, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the production and presentation of DISAVOWAL, a dance theater work by artistic director and choreographer David Dorfman. The project will include classes, workshops, lec… |
| 2008 | Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Remansos" by Nacho Duato, "Black Cake" by Hans van Manen, and a world premiere by Luciano Cannito. The program, titled "In Black" will take place at… |
| 2008 | Better Family Life, Inc. | Saint Louis, MO | $10,000 | To support a national dance festival, Black Dance-USA: A Celebration of Movement The project will consist of dance workshops, concerts by Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company and… |
| 2008 | Gotham Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the final development, production, and the premiere of NECESSARY BEAUTY, by choreographer Bebe Miller. The work will feature short, multimedia dance works for one to fou… |
| 2008 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support a series of professional development programs for emerging artists by Dance/NYC. These programs, titled 101s and 201s, offer information and skills for organizing and ma… |
| 2008 | Southern Theater Foundation Corp. | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support a performance and workshop by the Victoria Marks Performing Company. |
| 2008 | Dance Continuum, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of "Adamantine," an evening-length work by choreographer and artistic director Susan Marshall. The work will amplify Marshall's detailed and gestural moveme… |
| 2008 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $10,000 | To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency and a residency for dance companies. The residencies provide a supportive environment for the creation and prem… |
| 2008 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works as part of the BalletMet Columbus' 30th Anniversary. The works include the company premiere of SINATRA SUITE by Twyla Tharp, t… |
| 2008 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The project will include the Guest Artist Series featuring the prese… |
| 2008 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the continued development and presentation of OTHER SUNS by Margaret Jenkins. Excerpts from the work will be performed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. |
| 2008 | Flyaway Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance called "The Ballad of Polly Ann," choreographed by artistic director Jo Kreiter. The dance and soundscape are in… |
| 2008 | World Music, Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies. Residency activities will include master classes for dancers and activities at local schools. |
| 2008 | Chicago Human Rhythm Project | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the annual summer festival of tap and percussive dance, Rhythm World. The project will include educational, performance, and outreach activities. |
| 2008 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of works by choreographers George Balanchine, Mark Diamond, Dwight Rhoden, and artistic director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. The performances will take place… |
| 2008 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Mark Morris Dance Group in consortium with the Cleveland Modern Dance Association. The project will include community educational activities. |
| 2008 | Alabama Dance Council, Inc. | Huntsville, AL | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2008 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Bridgman/Packer Dance, showcases of Alabama Dance companies, mas… |
| 2008 | Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Jessica Lang. The new work will be created at the National Historic Landmark Pabst Theater in Milwaukee. |
| 2008 | NewArt New Mexico, Inc. | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | To support the Global DanceFest 2009, an annual festival of national and international contemporary dance. The 2009 festival, 60 DEGREES NORTH, will celebrate contemporary dance an… |
| 2008 | Idaho Dance Theatre Inc. | Boise, ID | $10,000 | To support the Northern Idaho Rural Tour. The company will offer performances and lecture-demonstrations in public schools and community centers. |
| 2008 | Nashville Ballet | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | To support the presentation and regional premiere of "Octet," by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The work is composed to music by bassist Edgar Meyer, a native of Nashville. |
| 2008 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the second biennial New American Talent/Dance, a juried choreographic competition. Emerging choreographers will create and premiere new work. |
| 2008 | Robert Moses Kin | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Robert Moses. The work, tentatively titled Redline, will premiere at The Jewish Commun… |
| 2008 | Dance Ring | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of SLEEPING BEAUTY'S WEDDING by the New York Theatre Ballet. The music will be transcribed for a chamber ensemble, to be performed live at … |
| 2008 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere of The Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by artistic director Robert Weiss. The performance will be presented at the Ralei… |
| 2008 | Battleworks Dance Company | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Robert Battle, in collaboration with composer John King. REEL TIME will premiere at the American Dance Festival. |
| 2008 | Career Transition For Dancers, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a series of career-counseling seminars for dancers. The National Outreach Project will take place in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, and Massa… |
| 2008 | Dominic Walsh Dance Theater | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Jiri Kylian's Double You, along with a new creation by artistic director and choreographer Dominic Walsh, and additional education and outreach activ… |
| 2008 | College Community Services, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' World of Dance Series. The series comprises cultural dance forms from Russia and Jamaica, in addition to classical and moder… |
| 2008 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of LIFE IS A HOUSE, a new work by artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way. The work will be created with the San Francisco Girls Cho… |
| 2008 | Dance Affiliates | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Nikolais Dance Theatre/Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Throughout the year, Dance Affiliates will present Pioneers and Innovators, a retrospective … |
| 2008 | Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Art Bridgman & Myrna Packer, Nicholas Leichter, and Ben Munisteri. The works will be performed in New York a… |
| 2008 | Alverno College | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | To support a residency by "David Neumann/advanced beginner group," and the presentation of "Armitage Gone! Dance." During Neumann's residency, the company will use feedback gained … |
| 2008 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 2008 West Wave Dance Festival. The project presents emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists, and will take place at Project Artaud Theater in San Francisco. |
| 2008 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the publication IN DANCE, for movement-based artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The publication appears in print as well as on the Dancers' Group We… |
| 2008 | Luna Negra Danza Teatro | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the Ladino Project by artistic director and choreographer Eduardo Vilaro. The work will premiere at the Harris Theater for Music and Dan… |
| 2008 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $10,000 | To support the Breaking Ground Dance Series and DanceMasters Weekend. The project will include performances and residency activities by Mark Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project,… |
| 2008 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Brooklyn's Urban Bush Women/JANT-BI Collaboration and Netherlands-based Leine & Roebana by DANCECleveland. The project will include school residencie… |
| 2008 | San Francisco International Arts Festival, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a contemporary dance program in consortium with Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater. The program will feature Kim Epifano's "Speaking Chinese," … |
| 2008 | Dance Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $10,000 | To support the annual Spring to Dance Festival. This three-day festival will present major dance companies of the Midwest region, as well as emerging companies from St. Louis and t… |
| 2008 | New York Chinese Cultural Center, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the re-interpretation and presentation of "The White-Haired Girl" by Dance China NY artistic director Jiang Qi. The work will be presented during the Autumn Moon Dance F… |
| 2008 | ZGD, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Personals," a new work by choreographer and artistic director Zvi Gotheiner. The work will be performed at the Ailey Citigroup Theater … |
| 2008 | Mixed Bag Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support TRIBES OF THE FAMILIAL, a new dance work by Contraband choreographer/director Sara Shelton Mann. The project will focus on exploring the cultural roots of different arti… |
| 2008 | New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Inc. | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | To support the presentation of international dance companies Chunky Moves and Sasha Pepelyaev and the American company Liz Lerman Dance Exchange during the 2008 International Festi… |
| 2008 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Strictly Seattle Summer Dance Intensive. The project will provide dance education for dancers across the West Coast region, the nation, and the w… |
| 2008 | WCV, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new work by the Wally Cardona Quartet. The project will include an evening-length dance choreographed, directed, and performed by Wally … |
| 2008 | Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of a work by principal choreographer Adam Hougland and the re-staging of a ballet choreographed by Helen Pickett. The works will be pr… |
| 2008 | Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the digitization of Eye on Dance, an educational series of videotaped interviews with dancers and choreographers. The digitized sessions will be distributed nationally t… |
| 2008 | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support the Antares Residency Project, a one-week teaching residency with Mexican choreographer Miguel Mancillas. Mancillas' company, Antares Danza Contemporanea,will perform at… |
| 2008 | Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Inc. | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | To support a residency with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, celebrating Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey's 25th anniversary in consortium with the YWCA of Greater Kansas City… |
| 2008 | Solomons Company/Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographers Dwight Rhoden and Jonah Bokaer for the dance ensemble PARADIGM. The work will premiere at Dance Theater Wor… |
| 2008 | Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, Ltd | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the reconstruction and documentation of Anna Sokolow's 1961 work "DREAMS." The work will be part of the celebration of Anna Sokolow's 100th birthday celebration in 2010,… |
| 2008 | Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the presentation of emerging choreographers at Dance Theater Workshop and related mentoring activities. The project will include an extensive mentoring component, where … |
| 2008 | Ballet Works, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the presentation of performances in Fergus Falls and Moorhead, Minnesota. The James Sewell Ballet will also offer free matinee performances for students, workshops, and … |
| 2008 | Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | To support the Music and Arts Center for Humanity Ailey Camp. Students will learn modern, jazz, tap, and African dance, and take classes in creative communication and personal deve… |
| 2008 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2009 Dance Camera West Film Festival. The project will present a series of screenings from around the world at various venues in Los Angeles. |
| 2008 | Geneva Concerts, Inc. | Geneva, NY | $10,000 | To support a residency by the Taylor 2 Company and a performace by the Paul Talyor Dance Company in Geneva, NY. The three-week residency will include outreach activities for youth … |
| 2008 | Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the RE:MOVE dance series, a new performance initiative aimed to bring together the community of the Lower East Side in Manhattan. The series will consist of up to 23 liv… |
| 2008 | Tigertail Productions, Inc. | Miami, FL | $10,000 | To support "danceAble IX" in consortium with Shake-A-Leg Miami. The project will include a series of performances, workshops, panels, and film screenings exploring and promoting da… |
| 2008 | Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | Carlisle, PA | $10,000 | The support the presentation of the DiscoverDance Program. The program introduces at-risk children in first and second grades to dance. |
| 2008 | Emerge 125 Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the revival of Feu Follet and Audentity, choreographed by Artistic Director Elisa Monte. The works will be presented on tour across the United States and overseas. |
| 2008 | National Institute of Flamenco | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | To support the presentation of companies that are part of the Conservatory of Flamenco Arts. The Ninos and Alma companies, and Yjastros, the American Flamenco Repertory Company, wi… |
| 2008 | Odyssey Dance Theatre | Orem, UT | $10,000 | To support the annual Shut Up & Dance spring repertory performances featuring a new work by choreographer Roni Koresh. Choreographer Roni Koresh will create an original dance work … |
| 2008 | Deeply Rooted Productions | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support a new outreach initiative facilitated through Deeply Rooted Productions' pre-professional company, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater 2 (DRDT2). "I Am Deeply Rooted" focuses on… |
| 2008 | Verb Ballets | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support The All Ohio Dance project, an exchange and creation of new works by three Ohio dance companies. Companies participating in the project include Verb Ballets, Dayton Cont… |
| 2008 | Epiphany Dance Theater | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of site-specific dances along one of San Francisco's trolley lines. The fifth annual San Francisco Trolley Dances will bring together the l… |
| 2008 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the expansion of educational outreach activities for youth and children, and creative residencies by guest choreographers. The educational programming is offered for stu… |
| 2008 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the launch of a pilot program to support choreographers experimenting with media during a research residency in consortium with the Maggie Allesee National Center for Ch… |
| 2008 | Dance Films Association, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the national tour of the Dance on Camera Festival. The festival will include domestic and international films and related educational outreach activities. |
| 2008 | Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Boston, MA | $9,390 | To support a comprehensive audience development plan and an expansion of information for the dance community. Boston Dance Alliance will conduct a survey, develop a "Dance Bill" pr… |
| 2008 | Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow, ID | $9,000 | To support the Festival Dance Youthreach Programs. Touring professional companies will provide free performances and master classes to students in north central Idaho and eastern W… |
| 2008 | Dance-New Jersey, Inc. | South Plainfield, NJ | $5,000 | To support Show Up and Dance, a program that provides dance artists with performance opportunities and feedback. Performances will range from ballet to flamenco to musical theatre … |
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