NEA Dance Grants 2009: All 279 Awards — Page 2
279 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 2009, totaling $7.9M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ballet West | Salt Lake City, UT | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Treasures of the Ballet Russes," a celebration of the centennial anniversary of Serge Diaghilev's influential ballet company. The celebration will i… |
| 2009 | Moving People Dance Theatre, Inc. | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | To support the fifth annual Santa Fe Dance Festival and Festival Tour. The festival is widely recognized for promoting world class artistic talent and for presenting dance movement… |
| 2009 | Andanza, Inc. | San Juan, PR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of contemporary dance works by choreographers Carlos Ivan Santos and Lolita Villanua. The works will premiere as part of the company's 10th… |
| 2009 | NewArt New Mexico, Inc. | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | To support Global DanceFest, mini-festivals of international contemporary dance. The Global DanceFests will celebrate contemporary dance and dance theater from Africa and Canada. |
| 2009 | DanceArt, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 18th annual West Wave Dance Festival In partnership with the Dancers' Group, the project presents emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists and will take place at the… |
| 2009 | Gotham Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the reconstruction and tour of Necessary Beauty, choreographed by Artistic Director Bebe Miller. The work is a series of short works created in collaboration with video … |
| 2009 | Alaska Dance Theatre, Inc. | Anchorage, AK | $10,000 | To support the presentation of James Sewell Ballet at the Alaska Dance Theatre and related outreach activities. Alaska Dance Theatre (ADT) will learn two pieces from James Sewell B… |
| 2009 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work, UNBRAIDED. The work will premiere at the 2009 Live Arts Festival in Philadelphia. |
| 2009 | La Donna Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the development and creation of "Adopt" (working title), a new evening-length work by choreographer Donna Uchizono. To be created in collaboration with composer James Lo… |
| 2009 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $10,000 | To support a Company Residency, the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers Residency, and The Yard Arts Festival. The residencies provide a supportive environment for the creation and pre… |
| 2009 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new ballets choreographed by Amy Seiwert and Edwaard Liang. The ballets will be performed at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denve… |
| 2009 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Austin Ventures Studio Series. The series will include works by internationally renowned choreographers, as well as a variety of educational acti… |
| 2009 | Art Sweats, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work titled "Prophets of Funk" by Artistic Director David Dorfman and Dramaturg David Kyuman Kim. The grant was awarded to support "Hope We Can!". … |
| 2009 | College Community Services, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the 41st season of the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' World of Dance Series. The series comprises cultural dance forms from Australia and Canada, in addition t… |
| 2009 | Alabama Dance Council, Inc. | Huntsville, AL | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2009 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Complexions Contemporary Ballet, showcases of Alabama dance comp… |
| 2009 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new dance works from choreographers Maurice Causey, James Canfield, and Lucas Crandall. The works will premiere at the Portland Center f… |
| 2009 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | To support a national conference for dance practitioners focused on the creative process. The conference activities will take place at Florida State University's Katherine W. Montg… |
| 2009 | Complexions-A Concept In Dance | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and premiere of "Dirty Wire." The works will be performed at the Joyce Theater. |
| 2009 | Dance Continuum, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a series of short dances by Artistic Director Susan Marshall. The dances will be filmed, and will be performed by Susan Marshall & Company in traditional… |
| 2009 | Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work by choreographer Adam Hougland. The piece will be presented at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee. |
| 2009 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the Artist Residency and Commissioning Program for local emerging and mid-career choreographers. The program will include at least two six-month residencies during which… |
| 2009 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the ninth annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival organized by the Tapestry Dance Company. The festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach act… |
| 2009 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the company's winter program, A Night at the Movies, and its spring program, Othello and Snow White and related education and outreach activities The… |
| 2009 | Jess Curtis/Gravity, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of culminating events as part of The Symmetry Project. The work is a three-year movement-based performance-installation/media project by ch… |
| 2009 | Concord Academy | Concord, MA | $10,000 | To support the Summer Stage Dance Festival's Meet-the-Artist Performance Series. In existence since 1999, the festival has helped to revitalize the Boston dance community by bringi… |
| 2009 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the publication IN DANCE. The only publication in the San Francisco Bay area dedicated to movement-based art and arists appears in print as well as on t… |
| 2009 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the 2009 East Coast tour. The company is expected to tour to New York, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and Dover, Delaware. |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh Dance Alloy | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | To support resetting choreographer Victoria Marks' Dancing to Music, and the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Nora Chipaumire, with related education and ou… |
| 2009 | 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 performances of The Naughty Boy, choreographed by Trey McIntyre, and Carmen, chor… |
| 2009 | Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. | Rochester, NY | $10,000 | To support performances in Rochester and a national tour of the Garth Fagan Dance Company. A variety of outreach activities related to the performances will be offered. |
| 2009 | Dominic Walsh Dance Theater | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of choreographer and Artistic Director Dominic Walsh's "Mozart," the final installment to his trilogy "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart." The Domini… |
| 2009 | 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. |
| 2009 | Urban Ballet Theater, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the 2009 annual production of Nutcracker in the Lower. The production, set in Manhattan's Lower East Side, will be presented in the Lower East Side, at the Harry De Jur … |
| 2009 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $10,000 | To support the Breaking Ground Dance Series and DanceMasters Weekend. The series will include Akram Khan Company, Camille A. Brown and Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group… |
| 2009 | Alverno College | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | To support presentations of Lingo dancetheatre and a residency and performance with Molly Shanahan/Madshak Productions. |
| 2009 | Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new dance by Artistic Director and choreographer Lar Lubovitch. |
| 2009 | Everett | Providence, RI | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of THE SMILING LADY. The work will be a blend of dance, theater, and storytelling. |
| 2009 | Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support a collaboration between Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and Cudamani Dance Company from Indonesia with related outreach activities. The two companies will create and pr… |
| 2009 | 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 Orlando, Denver, San Diego, Phoenix, Indianapolis, and Saint Louis. |
| 2009 | Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | To support the presentation of works by choreographers Adam Hougland and Amy Siewart. The works will be presented by the Louisville Ballet at the Kentucky Center in Louisville. |
| 2009 | iLAND | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the first phase of Artistic Director Jennifer Monson's Mahomet Aquifer Project. The project will result in dance performances that travel along both the perimeter and th… |
| 2009 | Thin Man Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking and Flat Out Lies by choreographer and Artistic Director John Jasperse. The project is a 25th… |
| 2009 | Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center | Albany, NY | $10,000 | To support a dance performance series that will explore the relationship between jazz and dance, with related outreach activities at the Egg. |
| 2009 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and peformance of a new work by choreographer James Kudelka. The work will be performed at the Newmark Theatre in Portland, Oregon, and a variety of ou… |
| 2009 | Better Family Life, Inc. | Saint Louis, MO | $10,000 | To support Black Dance-USA: A Celebration in Movement. The project will consist of dance workshops, concerts by dance companies, lecture-demonstrations, and video, literature, and … |
| 2009 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | To support Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's 2009 tour. The company will tour to Italy and Central America, and to communities across the United States. |
| 2009 | Ballet Memphis Corporation | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of AbunDance:Visual Riches, a series of dances based on a work of art seen at a local museum or gallery. The works will be choreographed by… |
| 2009 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's Spring Performance Series. The project will feature world premieres by choreographers Troy Powell and Ray Mercer. |
| 2009 | California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | $10,000 | To support residencies at REDCAT by visiting artists, the 2009 New Original Works NOW Festival and STUDIO. National and international artists will be in residence for a full week, … |
| 2009 | Armitage Foundation Ltd. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the restoration of early works and the creation of a new work by choreographer Karole Armitage. The works will be performed by Armitage Gone! Dance at The Kitchen in New… |
| 2009 | Noche Flamenca, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a tour of flamenco dance across the United States. While on tour, the company will offer a variety of outreach events. |
| 2009 | Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the creation and premiere of "Medea Medea", a new dance work choreographed by Artistic Director Joanie Smith and performed by Shapiro & Smith Dance. The work will includ… |
| 2009 | Natya Dance Theatre | Oak Brook, IL | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance work that brings together bharatanatyam (classical Indian dance), Indian Carnatic music, western jazz, and Japan… |
| 2009 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director and choreographer Brenda Way with related outreach activities. In the Memory of the Forest, will be crea… |
| 2009 | Kimmel Center Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Rennie Harris Puremovement and Philadanco. Each company will present a world premiere. |
| 2009 | 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… |
| 2009 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2010 Dance Camera West Film Festival. The festival will present a series of screenings of films from around the world at various venues in Los An… |
| 2009 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the 21st annual International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference in consortium with the Dallas Black Dance Theatre. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance will develop confer… |
| 2009 | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer David Gordon titled, Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler. A1 - removed costs associated with Walker Ar… |
| 2009 | Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc. | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | To support the 11th annual Aerial Dance Festival. The festival will include classes, workshops, and performances. |
| 2009 | Hope Stone, Inc. | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the Village of Waltz, by choreographer and Artistic Director Jane Weiner. The work will be performed to music by pianist Peter Jones, so… |
| 2009 | CityDance Ensemble, Inc. | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of IMAGES, created in 1977 by choreographer Paul Taylor. The work will premiere at the Lansburgh Theatre-Harman Center for the Arts. |
| 2009 | Tigertail Productions, Inc. | Miami, FL | $10,000 | To support DanceAble X, a series of performances, workshops, panels, and film screenings exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities in consortium with the Florida D… |
| 2009 | Nashville Ballet | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | To support the presentation and company premieres of Twyla Tharp's "Sinatra Suite" and James Canfield's "Jungle." The works will be presented during Nashville Ballet's winter serie… |
| 2009 | Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, Ltd | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the reconstruction and documentation of the dance work "Frida" as part of choreographer Anna Sokolow's 100th birthday in 2010. The works will be performed at the 92nd St… |
| 2009 | Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp. | Miami, FL | $10,000 | To support the 14th International Ballet Festival of Miami. The festival highlights approximately 120 accomplished artists from more than 25 renowned ballet companies from Europe, … |
| 2009 | Diamano Coura West African Dance Co. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support the 15th annual Collage des Cultures Africaines Festival. The community-based festival involves a series of drum, dance, and health and wellness workshops, as well as re… |
| 2009 | 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 in consortium with the Dancers' Group. In partnership with Dancers' Grou… |
| 2009 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Donald McKayle, as well as, the development of a complete training manual and DVD of the Dancing Wheels Comp… |
| 2009 | Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the presentation by Zia Artists of emerging choreographers as part of SummerDANZ, a two-week dance festival. The project will include an extensive mentoring component in… |
| 2009 | Collage Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation of A Guide to An Exhibitionist, by choreographer Heidi Duckler. Dancers will work in life-sized frames at an art gallery. 2/15/11: Performance sites changes… |
| 2009 | CAVE Organization, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support CAVE's fourth biennial New York Butoh Festival. The festival will celebrate the origins and international evolution of Butoh, a contemporary dance form that emerged in J… |
| 2009 | Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute | Saint Louis, MO | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 18th annual St. Louis Tap Festival. The festival will include concerts, panel discussions, lectures, archival video showings, and workshops. |
| 2009 | Najwa Dance Corps | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support "Cultural Empowerment Through Dance". This educational project will offer classes, workshops, and lecture- demonstrations in African dance and drumming. The activities w… |
| 2009 | 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 deposited in the New Yor… |
| 2009 | 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. |
| 2009 | New Life Dance Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Sara Pearson and Patrick Widrig's, Unmoored (Love Letters to New Orleans), a dance work featuring spoken word, video, and New Orleans music. PEARSONW… |
| 2009 | Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Inc. | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | To support a residency for Ailey II as part of the celebration of Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey's 25th anniversary, in consortium with the YWCA of Greater Kansas City. The pro… |
| 2009 | 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… |
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