NEA Dance Grants 2012: All 157 Awards
157 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 2012, totaling $4.1M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $80,000 | To support professional development services for the professional nonprofit dance field, and related staff and technology development initiatives. The activities will include a nat… |
| 2012 | New York City Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support commissioning of new works by choreographers Benjamin Millepied and Christopher Wheeldon. Millepied will collaborate with composer Nico Muhly to create a ballet and orig… |
| 2012 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support the Dance Presentation Program. Dance companies from the United States and abroadw will include Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai (China); Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (Mona… |
| 2012 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $80,000 | To support the "Creative Development Residency Program" and audience engagement through the "Virtual Pillow," an electronic venue for producing Online content from the Jacob's Pill… |
| 2012 | Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support the "Graham and Greek Myth" project which will explore Martha Graham's landmark works based on Greek stories and dramas. Graham's PHAEDRA will be reconstructed and audie… |
| 2012 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by several choreographers. Choreographers such as artistic director Helgi Tomasson, choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov,… |
| 2012 | Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by artistic director Paul Taylor. The pieces represent the 136th and 137th works created for the company and will be created i… |
| 2012 | Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the creation and world premiere of a new production of "The Firebird," choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky,the American Ballet Theatre's artist-in-residence. The ballet wi… |
| 2012 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the Commissioning and Creative Residency Program, Fresh Tracks, the Studio Series and the new Resident Artist Program, as well as a U.S. tour of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie … |
| 2012 | Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the "Artist Access and Mentoring Program" for emerging choreographers and "Focus Dance," a series of performances promoting U.S. dance companies to national and internat… |
| 2012 | National Performance Network, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $60,000 | To support national dance programs including the Performance Residency Program and the Creation Fund, Community Fund, and Freight Fund projects. The programs will enable NPN partne… |
| 2012 | Trisha Brown Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | To support the performance of "Astral Converted" and affiliated community outreach activities. The company will also present open rehearsals, lectures, panels and artist talkbacks. |
| 2012 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support the "What is a Dance Movement?" series. Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Judson Church dance movement, the presentations will feature artists from that era including… |
| 2012 | Discalced, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | To support the creation of a new work and the revival of a work by choreographer Mark Morris for the Mark Morris Dance Group. The new work will be set to Ludwig van Beethoven's "Fa… |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $60,000 | To support the restaging and video documentation of "Suite Otis," choreographed by George Faison. Rehearsal footage and interviews with Faison, executive artistic director Joan Mye… |
| 2012 | Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | To support a tuition-free ballet training program. The program, founded by choreographer Eliot Feld, provides pre-professional arts training including an integrated public academic… |
| 2012 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | To support the Dance Leadership and Residency Program, in consortium with Arizona State University. This intiative will offer two-year residencies to mid-career artists with salary… |
| 2012 | STREB Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | To support the audience development and access programs: "Public/Action New York" and "Public/Action on Tour," based on Extreme Action, a method of movement developed by choreograp… |
| 2012 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support a United States tour that includes performances and a variety of outreach activities. |
| 2012 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | To support the presentation of dance performances and related education and outreach programs. Presentations will include Shen Wei Dance Arts, Stephen Petronio Company, Complexions… |
| 2012 | School of American Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support the tuition-free Boys Program and community outreach activities. The project will comprise no-fee auditions, free ballet classes, free public ballet demonstrations, and … |
| 2012 | FringeArts | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | To support the Hatchery Project, which addresses the need for more comprehensive support for dance artists to develop new work, in consortium with Florida State University's Maggie… |
| 2012 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | To support the CounterPULSE Performing Diaspora program, for dance artists who are using traditional performance as a foundation for experimentation and innovation, in consortium w… |
| 2012 | UBW, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director Jawole Willa Jo Zollar in collaboration with choreographer Liz Lerman. The evening-length work, My Legs … |
| 2012 | Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $45,000 | To support dance residency activities and performances in Utah, Louisiana, Georgia, and Idaho. The project will include lecture-demonstrations, creative movement classes, teacher w… |
| 2012 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | To support the presentation of new works by choreographers David Dawson, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Victor Quijada. The program will include the Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere o… |
| 2012 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $40,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new ballets by choreographers Stanton Welch and Nicolo Fonte. The project will include information on each ballet such as articles, hist… |
| 2012 | Dance Place | Washington, DC | $40,000 | To support the presentation of dance performances and accompanying residency activities at Dance Place. Artists to be presented include Kyle Abraham, Lionel Popkin, LEVYdance, Pear… |
| 2012 | Miami City Ballet, Inc. | Miami Beach, FL | $40,000 | To support a world premiere of a new work by British choreographer Liam Scarlett. This will be Scarlett's first ballet for an American dance company. |
| 2012 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $40,000 | To support the International Collaborators Project, a program which fosters creative collaboration with guest artists from different creative backgrounds. Guest artists will includ… |
| 2012 | Friends of NORD, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $40,000 | To support a tuition-free youth and senior citizen dance education program. The program is organized by the NORDC/NOBA Center for Dance, which is a cultural community partnership o… |
| 2012 | Dance Exchange, Inc. | Takoma Park, MD | $40,000 | To support the second phase of How to Lose a Mountain, a multimedia work choreographed by artistic director Cassie Meador. The project will involve full production of the work and … |
| 2012 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | To support AMP, in consortium with Headlands Center for the Arts. AMP is an innovative program that pools valuable resources to create an alternative to the single choreographer da… |
| 2012 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Inc. | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Alonzo King, in collaboration with his company LINES Ballet. The work will be created through a residency at… |
| 2012 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $30,000 | To support performances of Jerome Robbins' 1944 ballet, "Fancy Free," at the Boston Opera House. The ballet will be accompanied by the Leonard Bernstein score, performed live by th… |
| 2012 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | To support Pentacle's series of infrastructure support programs for small to mid-sized dance companies in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. The project will include the "Help Des… |
| 2012 | President and Trustees of Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $30,000 | To support dance artist residencies as part of the annual Bates Dance Festival. "Cultivating a Vibrant Dance Community" will bring together leading dance figures, companies, and em… |
| 2012 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | To support international contemporary dance residencies at The Dance Center. Companies under consideration include Cois Ceim Dance (Ireland), Delfos Danza Contemporanea (Mexico), a… |
| 2012 | Dance Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $30,000 | To support dance presentations and related activities. As part of the Speaking of Dance series, hosted by artistic and executive director Michael Uthoff, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Ens… |
| 2012 | Danspace Project, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the Choreographic Center Without Walls. Danspace will present public performances in its three core programs: the guest-curated PLATFORM, City/Dans (NYC artists), and Gl… |
| 2012 | Inta, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Fragile," a collaboration between Eiko & Koma and the Kronos Quartet. Fragile will be created for alternative spaces where audience mem… |
| 2012 | Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support expansion of an audience engagement project in New York City. Activities will include a variety of education and outreach programs such as open rehearsals, Limon techniq… |
| 2012 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the creation of a new work by choreographers Thaddeus Davis and Tanya Wideman. The work will be created on a small group of dancers, which will be fully realized by the … |
| 2012 | Dancing in the Streets, Inc. | Bronx, NY | $30,000 | To support the sixth annual festival, "Hip-Hop Generation Next." 7/17/13--per FDR, theme and activities of festival changed. |
| 2012 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The company will present a repertory program, including artistic direct… |
| 2012 | Ballet Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $30,000 | To support Ballet Under the Stars, a free outdoor performance series in local parks throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. The company will perform classical and contemporary ba… |
| 2012 | Painted Bride Art Center | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in "Body Against Body," an evening of vintage dance works created by Jones and Zane. "Body Against Body" w… |
| 2012 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support DANCECleveland's presentation of the Ballet Memphis and the Israel-based Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. The companies were selected to continue DanceClevel… |
| 2012 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | To support the presentation of the Dance Camera West Dance Media Film Festival. Activities will include programs of international short dance films, a documentary series, a short f… |
| 2012 | Lobero Theatre Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | To support DANCEworks, a residency for an emerging choreographer at the historic Lobero Theatre. SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara will collaborate on the project to provide an artist with… |
| 2012 | Crosspulse | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new multidisciplinary collaborative work. Members from body music ensembles Cudamani (Bali, Indonesia), Barbatuques (Sao Paulo, Brazil… |
| 2012 | Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. | New York, NY | $25,000 | To support the Eye On Dance Archive Legacy Project. Materials in this archive include videotapes of dance performances and conversations, photographs, dance periodicals, artist not… |
| 2012 | Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Eclipse" by choreographer Jonah Bokaer, in collaboration with visual artist Anthony McCall, composer Chris Garneau, and lighting design… |
| 2012 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $21,000 | To support dance performances in the White Bird Uncaged series. Kidd Pivot (Canada), Yasmeen Godder (Israel), and other companies will be presented in intimate-sized venues. |
| 2012 | Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of THE ARCHITECTURE OF LOSS by choreographer Stephen Petronio and in collaboration with Icelandic composer Valgeir Sigurdsson. 2/8/12: chan… |
| 2012 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $20,000 | To support the Vail International Dance Festival. The annual festival features dance residencies and performances by acclaimed and emerging artists, companies, and choreographers. |
| 2012 | Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Tulsa, OK | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "A Ballets Russes Evening." The project will feature "Le Spectre de la Rose" by Michel Fokine, "Apollo" by George Balanchine, and "Rite of Spring" by… |
| 2012 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the creation of a full-length story ballet set to music by Franz Schubert by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The ballet will be performed by Atlanta Ballet dancers and childr… |
| 2012 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! education and outreach programs. These activities will offer a variety of dance events for youth and adults with and without disabiliti… |
| 2012 | Florida Dance Association, Inc. | Miami, FL | $20,000 | To support dance festivals in Tampa and Gainesville. Components will include public performances and education, training, and professional development programs for students, teache… |
| 2012 | Muntu Dance Theatre | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "The Journey," a series of performances chronicling the 40-year history of Muntu Dance Theatre through dance and music. The project will include moun… |
| 2012 | Ballet West | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Lottery," choreographed by Val Caniparoli. The first major commissioned work under the leadership of artistic director dam Sklute, … |
| 2012 | Repertory Dance Theatre | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support the acquisition and presentation of choreographer Merce Cunningham's works: "Scramble" and "How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run" and affiliated education activities. The pr… |
| 2012 | Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | To support the performance of "Les Gentilhommes," choreographed by Peter Martins. The piece, set to Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 2 (Largo) (1739) by Georg Friedrich Handel, original… |
| 2012 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of work by choreographer Alonzo King, in collaboration with bassist and composer Edgar Meyer. The project will include post-performance que… |
| 2012 | Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "1001 Buddhas," a new work by artistic directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy. The work is inspired by the 12th-century Sanjusan… |
| 2012 | Evidence, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | To support a national tour and performances at The Joyce Theater in New York City, which will include community engagement and arts education programs. The project will also includ… |
| 2012 | Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new dance works on tour and in New York City by Bridgman/Packer Dance and Nicholas Leichter Dance. Bridgman/Packer will create a work in… |
| 2012 | MAPP International Productions Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the production of MIRIAM by choreographer Nora Chipaumire, SOUL PROJECT by choreographer David Zambrano, and the dance program VOICES OF STRENGTH, as well as associated … |
| 2012 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Times Bones," a new work by choreographer Margaret Jenkins. Time Bones, inspired by the myth of the scattered limbs of Osiris, will exp… |
| 2012 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support a national tour to California, Maryland, and Texas. The tour will include performances of Ulysses Dove's "Vespers," Alvin Ailey's "Escapades," and a new work choreograph… |
| 2012 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of world premieres by choreographers Jimmy Orrante and Amy Seiwert. Orrante will collaborate with media composer Sean Beeson, with technica… |
| 2012 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation of a series of site specific performance work by choreographer Joe Goode. The project, titled The Human Kind Series, was inspired by the company's move to a… |
| 2012 | Washington Ballet | Washington, DC | $20,000 | To support pre-production costs for the presentation of "Twyla Tharp: All American," an evening of work by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The featured ballets will be "Push Comes to Sh… |
| 2012 | Armitage Foundation Ltd. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the development of a new work by Karole Armitage, titled "Fables for Global Warming." The work will be a full-evening ballet and operatic work performed as a series of v… |
| 2012 | Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | To support the acquisition and presentation of "Lady of the Camellias," by choreographer Val Caniparoli, as part of Louisville Ballet's Repertoire Enhancement Project. "Lady of the… |
| 2012 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Peter Pan," choreographed by Trey McIntyre. The project will include the company's "Accent on Dance" outreach and education program. |
| 2012 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support a series of dance presentations and associated educational and outreach activities. Through performances and outreach activities such as the filming and OntheBoards.tv's… |
| 2012 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | $20,000 | To support artist residencies at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography. Fellowships will be for emerging artists, a senior artist as part of the "Living Legacy Progra… |
| 2012 | Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and tour of a new work by choreographer Lar Lubovitch and affiliated community outreach activities The world premiere of the work, titled "New Dance," will … |
| 2012 | University of Notre Dame du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Complexions and Ballet Hispanico dance companies at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Each company will participate in outreach activities, inclu… |
| 2012 | DOVA, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation of Doug Varone and Dancers' "Mouth Above Water," set to music by composer Julia Wolfe. The work will be shown in-progress at the company's informal performa… |
| 2012 | National Black Arts Festival, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the development and production of "Doxology Ring Shout: A Doxy Dance," a dance project with choreographer Dianne McIntyre, composer Dwight Andrews, and librettist/concep… |
| 2012 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the re-staging and presentation of Rodeo by choreographer Agnes de Mille. Rodeo, performed to the Aaron Copland score, will be presented during the Richmond Symphony's P… |
| 2012 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance artists. 1/8/14--all artists from application replaced, per FDR. |
| 2012 | Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new piece by choreographer Val Caniparoli. This will be Caniparoli's first piece for the company, which will be set to Music for Strin… |
| 2012 | Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Asuka", a new work by artistic director Eduardo Vilaro, as well as the company's national tour and related education activities. 12/26/… |
| 2012 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. Other touring activities will include question-and-answer sessions, master classes with local dance schools and universities, and … |
| 2012 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Jeanguy Saintus and Jeffrey Page, as well as the re-staging of IN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE, choreographed by a… |
| 2012 | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer David Gordon. Titled the End of the Beginning, the work is based on material written by the 1934 Nobel Prize… |
| 2012 | Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the design, testing, and implementation of the Dance Heritage Coalition Records-Management System. The system provides a range of adaptable records-management tools and … |
| 2012 | Diavolo Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support education and outreach programs presented in conjunction with the company's U.S. Tour. The company will partner with venues in Los Angeles and while on tour to present Y… |
| 2012 | CAVE Organization, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | To support the LUDUS Training Program and resident company, LEIMAY. International butoh dance masters will lead master classes and lecture on their work in teaching/performance res… |
| 2012 | Chicago Film Archives, NFP | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the first phase of the preservation and dissemination of the moving image and audio collection for dancer and choreographer Ruth Page. The collection contains rehearsals… |
| 2012 | Friends of Olympia Station | Felton, CA | $20,000 | To support the touring of "HereAfterHere: A Self-Guided Tour of Eternity," created by choreographer Tandy Beal. The work is interwoven with multigenerational dancers, text, and bri… |
| 2012 | Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp. | Miami, FL | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the International Ballet Festival of Miami in Miami. The Miami festival will feature a Ballet Performance Series, International Young Ballet Medal Wi… |
| 2012 | Idaho Dance Theatre Inc. | Boise, ID | $20,000 | To support a tour of contemporary dance performances and educational outreach programs in Idaho. The tour will reach rural/underserved communities such as Grand Targee, Idaho Falls… |
| 2012 | University of Nebraska at Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | $20,000 | To support the Lied Center for the Performing Arts' "Arts Across Nebraska" program, which will introduce Nebraskans of all ages to modern dance. Repertory Dance Theatre, based in S… |
| 2012 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support guest artist residencies for New York choreographers Doug Elkins and Kate Weare. Portions of each residency will take place in Cleveland and Akron, and include the creat… |
| 2012 | Collage Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support site-specific performances choreographed by Heidi Duckler. The works will be created around the theme of "expulsion," relating to issues of migration, dislocation, and t… |
| 2012 | Muller Works Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support New Views/Next Stages, a series of education and community outreach initiatives to build new audiences for dance. The project will include in-school arts programs for st… |
| 2012 | Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support the production of "Masters & Mentors," the third in a series of DVD documentaries of original works by and for the Jazz Tap Ensemble. The DVD will feature performances a… |
| 2012 | Gotham Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $19,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "History," an evening-length work, choreographed by Bebe Miller in collaboration with long-time company members. The work will examine t… |
| 2012 | Trey McIntyre Project | Boise, ID | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work, by choreographer Trey McIntyre. The dance will be the third piece in an autobiographical dance trilogy, and is inspired by t… |
| 2012 | Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of "Bailes de Ida Vuelta," choreographed by Antonio Hidalgo, and a variety of outreach activities. The work explores the relationship of f… |
| 2012 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support artist residencies. The 2012 ARC Program will consist of two, six-month residencies during which four artists (two per session) will rehearse, collaborate, teach and per… |
| 2012 | Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | To support the Northrop Dance series. The Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Ballet Preljocaj will be presented to the Minneapolis community. |
| 2012 | Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. | Rochester, NY | $15,000 | To support Conversations with Garth, a series of collaborative dialogues between Garth Fagan and a range of other leading artists. Each "conversation" will include a performance by… |
| 2012 | Dance Kaleidoscope | Indianapolis, IN | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work, choreographed by artistic director David Hochoy. The work will be set to Igor Stravinsky's LES NOCES. |
| 2012 | Ballet Works, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | To support residency and performance activities by the James Sewell Ballet. In advance of the residency, young dancers from Detroit Lakes and Grand Rapids, MN, will be invited to t… |
| 2012 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the Chamber Dance Company's presentation of "On Their Own: A Suite of Solos by Early Women Choreographers." The project will include the staging, presentation, and docum… |
| 2012 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | $15,000 | To support a residency of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, the restaging of Bill T. Jones's "D-Man in the Waters: 1st Movement," and related outreach activities. The res… |
| 2012 | Trust Under Clause Fourth of the Will of Antony Tudor | Ocean Beach, NY | $15,000 | To support the development of lesson plans to be integrated into the artist-in- residency programs of the Antony Tudor Dance Studies Curriculum. These lesson plans, in the form of … |
| 2012 | Isadora Duncan Foundation for Contemporary Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support performances, workshops, and pre-performance demonstrations celebrating the legacy of Isadora Duncan. The Foundation's resident performing company, Lori Belilove & the I… |
| 2012 | Dance Films Association, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support a national tour of the Dance on Camera Festival. The world's oldest annual film/video festival will include domestic and international programs, and a student film compe… |
| 2012 | Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | To support "Coming to a Point: The Chattanooga Project." The project will engage communities in Chattanooga, Tennessee and culminate in a performance; participants will include stu… |
| 2012 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | To support the educational outreach program "Rites of Passage." The program focuses on the Congolese Diaspora and will include classes in Congolese, West African, Afro-Haitian, Afr… |
| 2012 | Attack Theatre Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | To support Some Assembly Required: Public Art, a project in which dancers and musicians engage community members in a creative response to public works of art and transform that re… |
| 2012 | Daniel Phoenix Singh & Company | Washington, DC | $15,000 | To support Dakshina's reconstruction and presentation of Anna Sokolow's "Kaddish" and "Magritte Magritte." 8/25/14--per FDR and emails, project reduced to performances at 2 locatio… |
| 2012 | Dance Ring | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of Antony Tudor's "Dark Elegies" for New York Theatre Ballet's Signatures '13 program. Dark Elegies is danced to composer Gustav Mahler's … |
| 2012 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Garden," a new multimedia dance work by choreographer Nichole Canuso. Inspired by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, The Garden wil… |
| 2012 | NewArt New Mexico, Inc. | Albuquerque, NM | $11,000 | To support Global DanceFest 2012. Artists to be presented include Radhoune El Meddeb and Hafiz Dhao (Tunisia/France), |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,000 | To support the North American premiere of "A Streetcar Named Desire," choreographed by John Neumeier, at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh. The ballet is bas… |
| 2012 | Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow, ID | $11,000 | To support the Festival Dance Youthreach Project. Touring professional companies will provide free performances and master classes for students in grades 3-6 in north central Idaho… |
| 2012 | Keigwin and Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance choreographed by artistic director Larry Keigwin. The dance, 12 CHAIRS, is inspired by the black folding chair. |
| 2012 | DanceNOW NYC | Springtown, PA | $10,000 | To support the DanceNOW Steelstacks program and other performance and career advancement opportunities for dance makers. Innovative choreographers and their companies present works… |
| 2012 | School of Hard Knocks, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Yoshiko Chuma. LOVE STORY, PALESTINE will include collaborations with traditional and contemporary dancers f… |
| 2012 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the 12th annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. Artists participating in the project include Dianne Walker, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Barbara Phillips, and Sarah Petronio, am… |
| 2012 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support Dance/USA Philadelphia's presentation of the 2012 Philadelphia Dance Showcase. As a means of encouraging collaboration, the showcase at the Jeanne Ruddy Performance Gara… |
| 2012 | Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support "Behind the Scenes: In Front of the Curtain," a project to help dance companies engage new dance audiences. The project will involve a creative retreat for two choreogra… |
| 2012 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support "In Dance," a publication targeted for dance artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The issues appear in print as well as on the Dancers' Group Web site, and include a c… |
| 2012 | Des Moines Performing Arts | Des Moines, IA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Civic Center Dance Series and related educational activities. Performances include Diavolo Dance Theater, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Pars… |
| 2012 | Movement Research, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the 2012 Movement Research Spring and Fall Festivals, a series of free and low-cost dance performances, classes, and workshops. The festivals will bring together multipl… |
| 2012 | Thin Man Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a tour of works by choreographer John Jasperse. The company will present the evening-length productions Canyon and Fort Blossom Revisited at Bryn Mawr College Performing… |
| 2012 | Epiphany Dance Theater | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the "San Francisco Trolley Dances" and associated community outreach activities. This festival includes presentations of free site specific contemporary dance performanc… |
| 2012 | Blue Lapis Light, Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Heaven/Earth/One," choreographed by Sally Jacques. Amendment #1 (4/13/12): Change of work from "Swan Nebula" to "Heaven/Earth/One". |
| 2012 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support Dance/NYC's series of professional development programs and town hall meetings for dancers, choreographers, and managers. These programs will cover topics such as cultiv… |
| 2012 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the Guest Artist Series of contemporary dance concerts. Artists under consideration include Everett Dance Theatre, Garth Fagan Dance Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Da… |
| 2012 | American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the dance festival Tap City. Activities will include training, education, special events, and performances by artists and companies such as Constance Valis Hill, Lynn Da… |
| 2012 | Monica Bill Barnes & Company | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation, presentation and touring of an evening-length contemporary dance work, by choreographer Monica Bill Barnes, as part of the company's 15th anniversary. The … |
| 2012 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works including "Breathing Underwater" by Brenda Way and "Transit" by KT Nelson. Artistic director Way's "Breathing Underwater" will… |
| 2012 | Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc. | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | $10,000 | To support dance performances and education and outreach activities based on the ancient legends and folklore of the Chinese dragon, accompanied by the Chinese Music Ensemble of Ne… |
| 2012 | Headlong Dance Theater | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the Citizens Dance Project. For the project, Headlong co-directors will work with a team of artists and thinkers to create contemporary … |
| 2012 | Capoeira Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and artistic director Jelon Vieira. IMFAZWE will explore both the fighting and dance aspects of the art form… |
| 2012 | North Fourth Art Center | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | To support the Wild Dance West festival. The annual festival presents dance works created by artists from the Mountain and Pacific West, always incorporating New Mexican profession… |
| 2012 | Chicago Dancing Company NFP | Lombard, IL | $10,000 | To support the presentation of local and national dance companies as part of the 2012 Chicago Dancing Festival. Festival activities will include performances, open rehearsals, open… |
| 2012 | Alabama Dance Council, Inc. | Huntsville, AL | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the 2012 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Ronald K. Brown's Evidence: A Dance Company and Brazz Dance Thea… |
| 2012 | Dance Continuum, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new dance by choreographer Susan Marshall. The work will be created in collaboration with composer David Lang and guitarists Taylor Levine and James Mo… |
| 2012 | Noche Flamenca, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a United States tour of flamenco dance programs. The tour will include an adaption of the Greek tragedy Antigone for flamenco, incorporating text from the play into lyri… |
| 2012 | La Donna Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the development and creation of "Fire Underground," choreographed by Donna Uchizono. The work for four dancers will feature an original live electronic score by James Lo… |
| 2012 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the commissioning of new works by choreographers David Rousseve and Michael Uthoff. The works will premiere in Cleveland in a program titled Diversity in Dance: The Danc… |
| 2012 | Smuin Ballets-SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a new work by choreographer Amy Seiwert as well as the commissioning and presentation of a world premiere by Ma Cong. The works will be presented in … |
| 2012 | BodyVox | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the world premiere of a new work choreographed by artistic directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland. The work will be accompanied by a soundtrack with scenes from class… |
| 2012 | Chicago Human Rhythm Project | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the 22nd annual "Rhythm World," a tap and percussive dance festival. The project will include residencies, performances, and education and outreach activities. |
| 2012 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the the Bay Area Contemporary Choreographer's Showcase. LEVYdance will partner with The Foundry, sharing resources to rent the performance space for an extended run. |
| 2012 | Fourth Arts Block, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support "Connect the Blocks," a series of workshops, events, and online resources for independent dancemakers in New York City. Fourth Arts Block, a neighborhoodwide coalition o… |
| 2012 | Cal Poly Corporation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $10,000 | To support the JumpBrush Pacific Coast Dance Convergence, a biennial dance festival. The festival will feature a "Reverse Residency," in which guest artist Joe Goode Performance Gr… |
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