NEA Dance Grants 2014: All 165 Awards
165 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 2014, totaling $4M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $80,000 | To support the Creative Development Residency program as well as the presentation of artists representing diverse contemporary dance forms. Artists may include Hong Kong Ballet, As… |
| 2014 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $80,000 | To support professional development services for the nonprofit dance field. Activities will include the annual conference in Minneapolis and the Institute for Leadership Training, … |
| 2014 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support the Dance Presentation Program which will feature a mix of established and emerging dance companies from the United States and abroad. |
| 2014 | New York City Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Justin Peck and Liam Scarlett. Both choreographers have participated in the New York City Ballet's New York … |
| 2014 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new work in the Dance Theater Workshop Commissioning Program, the Studio Series Performance and Residency Program, the Fresh Tracks Perf… |
| 2014 | Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support the development and rehearsal of the Shape and Design project. The project will explore the links between modern design concepts and theatrical presentation. The center … |
| 2014 | Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $75,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by Paul Taylor. The pieces represent the 140th and 141st works for the company, and will be created in collaboration with ligh… |
| 2014 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $75,000 | To support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2014 United States tour. The tour will feature works by choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Aszure Barton, Robert Battle, Ronald… |
| 2014 | Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $70,000 | To support the restaging and performances of Sir Frederick Ashton's "Cinderella," set to Sergei Prokofiev's score. The evening-length, three-act ballet will be an American Ballet T… |
| 2014 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | To support the creation and presentation of several new ballets. New works are tentatively scheduled to include commissions by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, choreographer-in-re… |
| 2014 | Discalced, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $65,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work and the revival of past work by choreographer Mark Morris. The project will include a new production of George Frideric… |
| 2014 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $60,000 | To support the commissioning of works and performances during American Dance Festival. The project will feature the creation and presentation of new and reconstructed works by esta… |
| 2014 | Trisha Brown Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | To support the presentation of repertory works by Trisha Brown at home and on tour. These presentations are part of the company's "Proscenium Works, 1979-2011" tour, a final showca… |
| 2014 | School of American Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | 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 … |
| 2014 | STREB Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | To support PUBLIC/ACTION, a community engagement program. Conceptually, the program is designed to break down the barriers between artist and audience. PUBLIC/ACTION NEW YORK perfo… |
| 2014 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the presentation of works by choreographer Jiri Kylian and David Bintley, artistic director of the Royal Birmingham Ballet. The works to be presented include Kylian's "S… |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | To support the re-construction and presentation of choreographer Ulysses Dove's "Bad Blood." The choreographer's brother, Alfred Dove, will assist in the restaging of this work whi… |
| 2014 | Friends of NORD, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 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… |
| 2014 | Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support the documentation, preservation, conservation, and restaging of a selection of Jose Limon's master works. |
| 2014 | Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $50,000 | To support a tuition-free ballet training program. Founded by choreographer Eliot Feld, the program provides pre-professional dance training integrated with a public school educati… |
| 2014 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $50,000 | To support the International Collaborators Project (ICP). The project is a long-term core initiative for developing new work and engaging diverse audiences through cross-disciplina… |
| 2014 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | To support the LINES Ballet Guest Choreography project. LINES Ballet will engage diverse choreographers to work with the pre-professional students of the LINES Ballet training prog… |
| 2014 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $45,000 | To support the presentation of Jiri Kylian's "Bella Figura," the company premiere of Jorma Elo's "C. to C. (Close to Chuck)," and the world premiere of a commissioned neo-classical… |
| 2014 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | To support the presentation of the Repertory Program 4: Director's Choice, featuring works selected by Artistic Director Peter Boal. The program will include dances by choreographe… |
| 2014 | Miami City Ballet, Inc. | Miami Beach, FL | $40,000 | To support the staging and presentation of Jerome Robbins' "West Side Story Suite." With music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, "West Side Story" premiered as a… |
| 2014 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $40,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies and related educational and outreach programs. 5/20/15, amend 1: per FDR, artist substitutions. LL |
| 2014 | Dance Place | Washington, DC | $40,000 | To support the presentation of emerging and nationally established dance artists at Dance Place. The project will include commissions of new choreography and support accompanying r… |
| 2014 | World Arts West | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | To support artist fees and staff time related to the presentation of the annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. The festival supports thousands of dancers sustaining over 100 … |
| 2014 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $35,000 | To support the presentation of choreographer Jiri Kylian's "Petite Mort." The work plays with the themes of human desire and features music by Mozart, costume design by Joke Visser… |
| 2014 | UBW, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Walking with Trane," a new work by Artistic Director Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Conceived as a two-part,non-sequential suite of works as p… |
| 2014 | Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc. | New York, NY | $35,000 | To support the expansion and enhancement of the online exhibition America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures. There will be new online features created to increase the range of uses o… |
| 2014 | Dia Center for the Arts | New York, NY | $35,000 | To support a series of performances by choreographer Steve Paxton at the Dia: Beacon, Riggio galleries in the mid-Hudson Valley. The performances will feature selections spanning h… |
| 2014 | President and Trustees of Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $30,000 | To support Cultivating Innovation and Community in Dance, a program of dance artist residencies as part of the annual Bates Dance Festival. The project will bring together leading … |
| 2014 | DOVA, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by Doug Varone and Dancers. "States Remembered" will be choreographed by Doug Varone in collaboration with video/film artist a… |
| 2014 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | To support dance presentations and residencies at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. The project will include the creation of a suite of works by Jawolle Willa Jo Zollar… |
| 2014 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | To support the Arts Management Paradigm, a series of infrastructure support programs for small and mid-sized dance companies and independent choreographers. The project will focus … |
| 2014 | Dance Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $30,000 | To support dance presentations and related activities. Companies to be presented include the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Memphis, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Diavol… |
| 2014 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $30,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird Uncaged series. Stephen Petronio Company (New York City), Emio Greco/PC (The Netherlands), and other companies will… |
| 2014 | Inta, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a long-term residency by dancer Eiko at the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as well as continuing work on Eiko & Koma's archives. The project will inclu… |
| 2014 | Danspace Project, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the Choreographic Center without Walls Initiative. The project will include Platform 2014, Diary of an Image, which involves performances and residencies centering on th… |
| 2014 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support a series of dance presentations and associated educational and outreach activities. Artists may include Kyle Abraham, Tere O'Connor, zoe/juniper, Alain Buffard (Paris), … |
| 2014 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a national tour of the Dance Theatre of Harlem professional company. In addition to performances, the company will offer educational activities such as lecture-demonstra… |
| 2014 | Regents of the University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | To support Cal Performances' presentation and associated residency activities of choreographer Mark Morris' evening-length work, "Acis & Galatea." The large-scale dance production … |
| 2014 | Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $30,000 | To support a tour of performances and residency activities. The company will present works from its repertory and collaborate with presenting organizations to tailor the outreach s… |
| 2014 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $30,000 | To support the Center for the Arts' Dance Presenting Series. The series is designed to engage audiences throughout the state of Connecticut in contemporary dance through master cla… |
| 2014 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | To support regional dance touring and outreach activities. The company will present a repertory program featuring works by Artistic Director Toni Pimble and Gerald Arpino, as well … |
| 2014 | 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… |
| 2014 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | $30,000 | To support a residency with AXIS Dance Company at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC). AXIS Dance Company, featuring dancers with mixed physical abilities, … |
| 2014 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support performances and engagement activities with Cedar Lake Ballet, Trisha Brown Dance Company, and Jessica Lang Dance Company, as well as educational programming. The projec… |
| 2014 | Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | To support the creation and premiere of "Neither." Choreographed and directed by Jonah Bokaer, with scenography created by visual artist Daniel Arsham, the work is based on the ope… |
| 2014 | Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Tulsa, OK | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance works as part of the Paint It Black program. The production will feature "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated," by choreographer William Forsythe;… |
| 2014 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support Dance Access and Dance Access/Kids! educational and outreach programs in the Bay Area and on a national tour. These activities will offer a variety of events for youth a… |
| 2014 | Armitage Foundation Ltd. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new dance, "Energy Made Visible," by Artistic Director Karole Armitage. The work will be performed to a score that combines music by composer Tony Conr… |
| 2014 | Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Mirror Mirror," choreographed by Artistic Director Michael Pink. This full-length, original, balletic interpretation of "Snow White" wi… |
| 2014 | Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "#SFPublic Canvas," a new work by Artistic Director Amelia Rudolph in collaboration with video artist Jonathan Rowe. The work will anima… |
| 2014 | Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Crossing Ashland," a ballet by Chicago-based choreographer Brock Clawsom. The work will be featured as part of the Contemporary Choreographers Progr… |
| 2014 | Washington Ballet | Washington, DC | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new dances as part of the Jazz Blues Project. The program will feature a world premiere by choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa set to th… |
| 2014 | Ballet West | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled "Great Souls," by Ballet West dancer and choreographer Christopher Ruud. Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven, the wor… |
| 2014 | Muntu Dance Theatre | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Lest We Forget," a new work choreographed by Artistic Director Amaniyea Payne in collaboration with company dancers. The new work will … |
| 2014 | Chicago Dancing Company NFP | Lombard, IL | $20,000 | To support the presentation of local and national companies as part of the 2014 Chicago Dancing Festival. Festival activities will include free performances, open rehearsals, open … |
| 2014 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new work by choreographer Ma Cong. The commission marks the ballet's third collaboration with Cong, whose new dance will be performed al… |
| 2014 | Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the restaging and presentation at home and on tour of "Navidad Flamenca," a work choreographed by Clara Mora. Navidad Flamenca brings to life the holiday traditions cele… |
| 2014 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. In addition to performances, activities will include master classes with local dance schools and universities, audience question-a… |
| 2014 | Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | To support audience engagement activities as part of the Northrop Dance Series. Artists featured will include Wayne McGregor/Random Dance (London), and Emily Johnson/Catalyst (Minn… |
| 2014 | Thin Man Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the second phase of creation, presentation, and touring of a new evening-length work by Artistic Director John Jasperse, as well as the presentation of repertory works. … |
| 2014 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Secus," by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin. The work is being presented as part of the company's New Works Series, in which Atlanta Ballet seeks … |
| 2014 | Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new contemporary dance works by Mexican choreographers Miguel Mancillas and Edgar Zendejas. 12/9/15, Amend 1: per FDR, Tania P. Salas di… |
| 2014 | Nashville Ballet | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | To support the staging and presentation of choreographer Jiri Kylian's "Petite Mort" with live accompaniment by The Nashville Symphony. The work will be presented on the same bill … |
| 2014 | Art Sweats, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the national tour of "Come, and Back Again," an evening-length dance by choreographer David Dorfman. The work is an exploration of daily life, virtuosity, and mortality.… |
| 2014 | Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation, presentation, and touring of dance works. Dance Heginbotham's new evening-length work, choreographed by John Heginbotham, is based on "Sounds," a book of p… |
| 2014 | Dance Continuum, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation of "Unstrung Theories," choreographed by Susan Marshall. The work will be created in collaboration with with artist Suzanne Bocanegra, musician Jason Treuti… |
| 2014 | Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | To support the development of a new work in collaboration with India-based director, Ratan Thiyam. Rooted in distinct cultures and movement styles, this collaboration will challeng… |
| 2014 | Florida Dance Association, Inc. | Miami, FL | $20,000 | To support the Florida Dance Festival and dance workshops for middle and high school students. The festival will be hosted by the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. |
| 2014 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Free?," a new work by choreographer Rennie Harris. More Perfect will delve into stories from the cross-cultural intersections of the Ci… |
| 2014 | Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new dance by Lar Lubovitch and public engagement activities. The world premiere of the new work will take place in New York City as part of the company… |
| 2014 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dance works. The program, titled New Works/New Direction, will feature works created by new Artistic Director Edwaard Liang, choreograph… |
| 2014 | Repertory Dance Theatre | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support a series of concerts and outreach activities inspired by the choreography and vision of Michio Ito. RDT will convene Ito specialists and practitioners from across the co… |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Viktor Plotnikov. The new ballet, his first commissioned work for the company, will premiere at the Benedum … |
| 2014 | Keigwin and Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support pre-production and development for Bolero Senior Citizens. Artistic Director Larry Keigwin and his company will engage a cast of seniors in movement and the choreographi… |
| 2014 | Diavolo Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | To support educational and outreach programs during the company's national tour. The project will include a Young People's Concert, community workshops, master classes, and residen… |
| 2014 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support the commission and presentation of new dance works by choreographers Christopher Huggins and Chris Vo. The work by Christopher Huggins will premiere at the Dee and Charl… |
| 2014 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the Guest Artist Series. The project will include the presentation of contemporary touring dance companies and will include performances at the Jarso… |
| 2014 | George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support editing and production of videos for the Interpreters Archive collection. Videos include Maria Tallchief coaching Miami City Ballet dancers and Frederic Franklin coachin… |
| 2014 | Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | To support New Moves, a showcase for new dance works by emerging local and national choreographers. The program will afford Kansas City Ballet members the opportunity to create, pr… |
| 2014 | Dance Films Association, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the Dance on Camera Festival and the Dance on Camera Festival Touring Partners Program. The world's oldest annual dance film festival will include domestic and internati… |
| 2014 | Performance Zone, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support The Field's skill-building and capacity-building platforms for national dance artists, and creative residencies including Artward Bound. These programs will serve dance … |
| 2014 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the development and workshop of a collaborative dance theater project from artists Donald Byrd and Anna Deavere Smith. Centered on a recorded conversation in 1970 betwee… |
| 2014 | Dancing in the Streets, Inc. | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | To support Dancing through the Bronx, a festival of free site-adaptive performances that will engage diverse neighborhoods in the Bronx. The program will include a program by Keigw… |
| 2014 | Trey McIntyre Project | Boise, ID | $15,000 | To support the creation, presentation, and touring of "The Vinegar Works: Four Dances of Moral Instruction," a new work by Trey McIntyre. Inspired by the stories and illustrations … |
| 2014 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $15,000 | To support performances and residency activities of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and Professional Training Program as part of the Dancing Through Barriers project. A partner… |
| 2014 | Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. | Rochester, NY | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Assistant Rehearsal Director Norwood Pennewell, and the presentation of work by Artistic Director Garth Fagan. In addition… |
| 2014 | Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work and the restaging of repertory works by Artistic Director Shen Wei. Amendment #1 (7/15/14): Change in new work (new theme and… |
| 2014 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of the Dance Camera West Dance Media Film Festival. Programs will include a documentary series, a short film series, site-specific and outdoor screening… |
| 2014 | Gallim Dance Company, Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | To support a dance engagement program. To be held in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill community where Gallim Dance's studio is located, the project will include an open house offering free … |
| 2014 | Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | To support creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Val Caniparoli as part of the Repertoire Enhancement Project. In the past decade, the Repertoire Enhancement Pro… |
| 2014 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support guest artist residencies and concert series. The residencies for choreographers Johannes Wieland and Robert Moses will include the creation and performance of a work, as… |
| 2014 | Dance Service New York City, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support Dance/NYC's annual symposium, Town Hall meetings, and expansion of its website. The symposium will be an opportunity to share information and encourage innovation, and w… |
| 2014 | LEVYdance, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support AMP (Artists Maximizing Potential). A guest choreographer and several of his or her dancers will engage in a residency to collaborate with LEVYdance on the creation of a… |
| 2014 | Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Inc. | Sarasota, FL | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Secret Garden." Choreographed by Will Tuckett with live musical accompaniment by the Sarasota Orchestra, the work will be part of a… |
| 2014 | Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the Eye On Dance Archive Legacy Project. The complete archive features more than three decades of recordings from the Eye On Dance Television series of dance performance… |
| 2014 | Daniel Phoenix Singh & Company | Washington, DC | $15,000 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of works by choreographer Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) on Dakshina Dance Company. The company will present performances, post-performance… |
| 2014 | Capacitor Performance | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of "Synaptic Motion" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in partnership with the Gazzaley Lab at University of California San Francisco and the Grey Area… |
| 2014 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $15,000 | To support Brown:Lineage and Process, an exploration of choreographer Trisha Brown's creative ideas through performance and outreach activities. The Peck School of the Arts' (PSOA)… |
| 2014 | Chicago Film Archives, NFP | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | To support the third phase of the preservation and dissemination of the moving image and audio collection for dancer and choreographer Ruth Page (1899-1991). Comprising more than 9… |
| 2014 | Dance Kaleidoscope | Indianapolis, IN | $15,000 | To support a choreographic residency that will result in the creation of a new work for Dance Kaleidoscope. An Indiana native, choreographer Brock Clawson will create a new piece t… |
| 2014 | River North Dance Company | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | To support commissions, home and touring performances, and related educational and community engagement activities as part of the company's 25th anniversary. To honor the anniversa… |
| 2014 | Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc. | Astoria, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Pascal Rioult. The work will be set to the first three movements of Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G Major. |
| 2014 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new full-length ballet by choreographer Stephen Mills. The project will be created in collaboration with 3M engineers, who will integr… |
| 2014 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the CounterPULSE Artist Residency and Commissioning (ARC) Program. The program will identify local choreographers whose work is ready to be appreciated by a larger audie… |
| 2014 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the Dance in Public Places exhibition. The project will involve installing a temporary "pop-up" studio in a vacant retail space, where dance companies will rehearse and … |
| 2014 | Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. | Boston, MA | $10,000 | To support Of, By, and For the Dance Makers, a series of workshops and retreats that will provide technical assistance to dance artists in producing and presenting work. Activities… |
| 2014 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. |
| 2014 | Ballet Memphis Corporation | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dance works in a program titled World Wonders. Works presented will include Matthew Neenan's "Water of the Flowery Mill," Gabrielle Lamb… |
| 2014 | Sarah Michelson Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "4," a new evening-length work by Sarah Michelson. The production will feature choreography and visual design by Michelson, lighting des… |
| 2014 | Joe Goode Performance Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a walk-through dance theater installation choreographed by Joe Goode. Inspired by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's book, "The Poeti… |
| 2014 | Gina Gibney Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support Dance in Process, a choreographic residency program at the Gina Gibney Dance Center, a creative space and performing venue for dancers. The residency will provide rehear… |
| 2014 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Prologue," a new dance-installation work by Margaret Jenkins. Audiences will travel through the work at the Yerba Buena Center for the … |
| 2014 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new ballets as part of the Innovative Works repertory series. The series will utilize community partnerships and collaboration with loca… |
| 2014 | Dancers' Group | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support "In Dance," a free print and online monthly publication that promotes dance artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The publication includes a comprehensive performance c… |
| 2014 | Collage Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a series of site specific presentations called "From Time to Time...At the Oasis." The choreography, built into and around a 1961 Oasis … |
| 2014 | International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc. | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support the annual International Association of Blacks in Dance conference. Hosted by the Dallas Black Dance Theater in Dallas, the conference will include networking, informati… |
| 2014 | Smuin Ballets-SF | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Jiri Kylian's "Return to a Strange Land" and a world premiere by choreographer in residence Amy Seiwert. The works will be featured as part of the ba… |
| 2014 | Alabama Dance Council, Inc. | Huntsville, AL | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature a residency and performances by Bridgman/Packer Dance, a residency by Koresh Dance Co… |
| 2014 | American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Tap City--The New York City Tap Festival. Activities will include dance training, educational activities, special events, and performances by artists… |
| 2014 | Des Moines Performing Arts | Des Moines, IA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Dance Series. Companies presented in the series include the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, and the Trey McIntyre… |
| 2014 | Noche Flamenca, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the continued development and presentation of "Antigona," a flamenco interpretation of the text and themes in Sophocles' play, "Antigone," by Artistic Director Martin Sa… |
| 2014 | Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc. | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the commission and presentation of a new work by choreographer Trey McIntyre and his company. The work will be performed with live accompaniment from young musicians of … |
| 2014 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Sarah Slipper. Titled "After the Shake," the new work involves themes of Shaker spirituality and lifesty… |
| 2014 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the research and development of "Co-Presence," a new work by Nichole Canuso. Inspired by the experience of being alone in a public space, "Co-Presence" will comprise two… |
| 2014 | Career Transition For Dancers, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the National Outreach Project. The project takes career counseling services on a national tour with scheduled events to begin the conversation for many dancers about the… |
| 2014 | Grand Rapids Ballet Company | Grand Rapids, MI | $10,000 | To support the MoveMedia series, featuring new dance works created by established and emerging choreographers. The series will be anchored by Artist-in-Residence Annabelle Ochoa, a… |
| 2014 | Lucky Plush Productions | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Queue," a new dance theater work by Artistic Director Julia Rhoads and Theater Director Leslie Danzig. Building on their previous a… |
| 2014 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Robert Weiss, to Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." Weiss envisions an abstract ballet and will use d… |
| 2014 | Flyaway Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a site-specific work, "Multiple Mary and Invisible Jane," choreographed by Jo Kreiter. A collaboration with journalist Rose Aguilar and … |
| 2014 | Monica Bill Barnes & Company | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the final development, presentation, and touring of "Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host," a new work choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes in collaboration with radio… |
| 2014 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of The Elec Simon Project, a new work centered around the theme of anti-bullying. Dancing Wheels will collaborate with choreographer and "S… |
| 2014 | Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support Moving Through the Sweet Gum Trees/The Gainesville Project, a community engagement project. Through a series of workshops and a culminating performance at the Santa Fe A… |
| 2014 | Fresh Meat Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and world premiere of Sean Dorsey Dance's new evening-length work, "The Missing Generation." The work will explore the contemporary impact of the loss of mu… |
| 2014 | Ballet Works, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support the James Sewell Ballet mentorship and residency programs in Red Wing and Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Prior to the residency, young dancers from these areas will attend a m… |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "King Arthur's Camelot," a full-length ballet choreographed by Artistic Director Victoria Morgan. The work will feature a libretto by Eda Holmes, set… |
| 2014 | Emerge 125 Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the Elisa Monte Dance: Next Stop tour. Plans include residencies in North Dakota and Florida. At each location, the company will perform for the public, as well as work … |
| 2014 | Chicago Human Rhythm Project | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support Rhythm World, a tap and percussive dance festival. The project will include residencies, performances, Virtual Rhythms (an online videography/choreography competition), … |
| 2014 | Wooden Floor for Youth Movement | Santa Ana, CA | $10,000 | To support a dance education and performance program for youth. Students will participate in guest artist residencies and master classes which will result in the creation of new co… |
| 2014 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | To support the Rites of Passage educational outreach program. The project will include classes in Congolese, West African, Afro-Haitian, Afro-Cuban, modern, jazz, and Brazilian dan… |
| 2014 | New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the New Baroque Intensive. This immersive experience will employ a fusion of Baroque and contemporary dance styles. Participants will take part in dance workshops, maste… |
| 2014 | Isadora Duncan Foundation for Contemporary Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a performance commemorating Isadora Duncan's death and celebrating some of her masterworks. The program will include the reconstruction of "Dance of the Priestesses," in… |
| 2014 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Boulders and Bones," a new work by Artistic Directors Brenda Way and KT Nelson. The piece, danced by the members of ODC/Dance to an ori… |
| 2014 | Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts | Wickenburg, AZ | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new dance by choreographer Jessica Lang as part of the Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts Made in Wickenburg artist residency program. Lang and… |
| 2014 | Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow, ID | $10,000 | To support the Festival Dance Youthreach Project. Touring professional dance companies will present a range of dance genres including ballet, modern, jazz, and multicultural dance … |
| 2014 | Dance Institute of Washington | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support the Positive Directions Through Dance program and presentations by the Washington Reflections Dance Company. Positive Directions Through Dance is a free, year-round prog… |
| 2014 | Georgia College & State University | Milledgeville, GA | $10,000 | To support a residency for Dance Exchange surrounding community events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Activities will include master classes and workshops and … |
| 2014 | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the planning phase for David Gordon's Archive-ology Project as well as the transfer of materials to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Jerome Robbins Da… |
| 2014 | Johnson County Community College | Overland Park, KS | $10,000 | To support the New Dance Partners Festival. The festival will feature the premiere of newly commissioned dance works choreographed by nationally recognized choreographers and perfo… |
| 2014 | Leah Stein Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support an Intergenerational Dance Residency. In partnership with high school students from the public magnet school Science Leadership Academy (SLA), the Sidney Hillman Apartme… |
| 2014 | Nevada Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Las Vegas, NV | $10,000 | To support the presentation of George Balanchine's "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue." 6/1/16, amend 1: per FDR, work was not presented in original theatrical context. LL |
| 2014 | Latin Ballet of Virginia, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support the Be Proud of Yourself Education Program. The diverse program helps prepare children for success by providing access to arts education, promoting an understanding of d… |
| 2014 | Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support a dance residency for Shapiro & Smith. The residency will involve preliminary explorations for a new work titled "LUSH," choreographed by Joanie Smith. The company will … |
| 2014 | Lobero Theatre Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | To support DANCEworks, a comprehensive residency for a nationally rising choreographer at the historic Lobero Theatre. SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara will collaborate on the project to … |
| 2014 | Ebony Repertory Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Dance@theHolden, a dance presenting series. The project may include the presentation of Los Angeles dance companies such as JazzAntiqua Dance & Music… |
| 2014 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support Maximum Velocity, a dance intensive program. Consisting of two summer programs, Strictly Seattle and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, the dance intensive off… |
| 2014 | Allison Orr Dance Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the development of "Play Ball," a new work choreographed by Allison Orr. In partnership with the Houston Astros Foundation, the project will include research, project co… |
| 2014 | Infinity Dance Theater Company, Ltd. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support an Integrated Dance Workshop Series for dance educators and students with disabilities. Educators will receive the tools necessary to transpose their lessons and establi… |
| 2014 | Dance Ring | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support New York Theatre Ballet's restaging of the 1964 Merce Cunningham work, "Cross Currents." "Cross Currents" is a dance trio performed to an arrangement by John Cage of com… |
| 2014 | The Cowles Center | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | To support an engagement and performance project to expand local dance audiences and strengthen the local dance community. The Cowles Center will give as many as 20 local dance com… |
| 2014 | ZGD, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Surveillance," a new work by Artistic Director Zvi Gotheiner. The work proposes to explore and reflect upon the thriving panoptic techn… |
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