NEA Dance Grants 2017: All 166 Awards
166 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 2017, totaling $4.1M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | New York City Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support the presentation of ballets during the Here/Now Festival. The four-week festival will feature ballets that have been commissioned by NYCB during the past three decades. … |
| 2017 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2017 United States tour. The tour will feature a new production of Ailey's "Masekela Language," Kyle Abraham's "Untitled America… |
| 2017 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. | Becket, MA | $100,000 | To support the presentation of dance artists as well as a variety of education and outreach activities. Creative Development Residencies will support the development of new work an… |
| 2017 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $100,000 | To support the Dance Presentation Program. The Joyce will present a mix of established and emerging dance companies from the United States and abroad. Each company will receive a p… |
| 2017 | Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $90,000 | To support American Ballet Theatre's 2017 domestic performances. In addition to its annual New York performance series at the Metropolitan Opera House and David H. Koch Theater, Am… |
| 2017 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $90,000 | To support Dance/USA's core programs during the organization's 35th anniversary year. Core programs include the Annual Conference, Dance/USA's Institute for Leadership Training (DI… |
| 2017 | Trisha Brown Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support the reconstruction, touring, educational work and preservation of Trisha Brown's legacy. The new program "Trisha Brown: In Plain Site," will adapt Brown's works into sit… |
| 2017 | Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $80,000 | To support a period of creative development and rehearsal in preparation for performances. The company will feature new works and revive Graham classics around the theme of gender,… |
| 2017 | Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $75,000 | To support the presentation of dance works on a national tour. The company will present some of Paul Taylor's master works, as well as his most recent dances, to audiences across t… |
| 2017 | New York Live Arts Inc. | New York, NY | $75,000 | To support commissioning, residency, and producing programs, as well as the national repertory tour of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Each program will be tailored to … |
| 2017 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $70,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies from the United States and abroad, as part of the 2017 American Dance Festival. Programming includes commissioned works by Bill T. Jo… |
| 2017 | Discalced, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | To support the creation of a new work and restaging of older works by Artistic Director Mark Morris. The choreographer will create a new work to music by composer Lou Harrison for … |
| 2017 | Boston Ballet, Inc. | Boston, MA | $60,000 | To support the presentation of "Artifact," by choreographer William Forsythe. The company will perform the full four-act version of the piece. With participation of Forsythe, stage… |
| 2017 | Pacific Northwest Ballet Association | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | To support the presentation of the Repertory Program 6: Pictures at an Exhibition. The program will feature works by as many as three choreographers selected by Artistic Director P… |
| 2017 | Miami City Ballet, Inc. | Miami Beach, FL | $60,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the "The Fairy's Kiss" by choreographer Alexei Ratmansky. Former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and current Artist-in-Residence… |
| 2017 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dances as part of Unbound: A Festival of New Works. The goal of the festival is to advance contemporary ballet and encourage emerging ch… |
| 2017 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the premieres of ballets by Houston Ballet. The works to be presented include Jiri Kylian's "Stepping Stones," and David Bintley's newest full-length ballet, "The Tempes… |
| 2017 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies and related education and outreach programs. NOBA will present a diverse season that includes culturally specific dance companies, ne… |
| 2017 | World Arts West | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | To support staff salaries for the annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. The festival will present world dance companies based in Northern California and provide underserved a… |
| 2017 | National Performance Network, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | To support national dance programs. NPN's dance programs include the Creation and Development Fund, Artist Engagement Fund, and Annual Conference. These programs support contempora… |
| 2017 | Dance Place | Washington, DC | $50,000 | To support Dance Place's presentation of emerging and established dance artists. The project will include co-commissions of new choreography, the presentation of national and D.C.-… |
| 2017 | Friends of NORD, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | To support NORDC/NOBA Center For Dance's youth and senior citizen dance education programs. The year-round program is a cultural community partnership of the New Orleans Recreation… |
| 2017 | President and Trustees of Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $40,000 | To support the Bates Dance Festival. The festival will include dance company residencies, performances, and student dance classes. The project will bring together leading dance fig… |
| 2017 | Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc. | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support the creation, presentation, and touring of works by several dance artists. Art Bridgman & Myrna Packer will tour "Truck." Beth Gill will create and premiere a new work i… |
| 2017 | Danspace Project, Inc. | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support dance presentations, residencies, and developmental activities for choreographers. Each of these activities contributes to Danspace's Choreographic Center Without Walls,… |
| 2017 | DOVA, Inc. | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support the creation of Epilogue, a new stand-alone touring work by Artistic Director Doug Varone. The new work is partially inspired by physicist Douglas Hofstader's book, "I A… |
| 2017 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | To support Pentacle's comprehensive management support for the dance community. The program provides mentoring, administrative support (direct staffing and internships), informatio… |
| 2017 | Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support restaging of additional pieces for the Bloodlines initiative and the creation of a new work by Stephen Petronio. Bloodlines was launched in 2015 to honor the lineage of … |
| 2017 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $40,000 | To support the White Bird Uncaged series in 2017. White Bird Uncaged focuses on the world's most innovative regional, national, and international dance artists. Its adventurous nat… |
| 2017 | Inta, Inc. | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support the presentation of Eiko Otake's solo project, "A Body in Places." Eiko has designed her work for non-theatrical spaces where no barriers separate performer from viewer.… |
| 2017 | STREB Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | To support community engagement programs and touring. The programs are designed to break down the barriers between artist and audience. Performances and classes will take place at … |
| 2017 | School of American Ballet, Inc. | New York, NY | $40,000 | To support a tuition-free education program and related community outreach activities. In addition to no-fee auditions and free ballet classes focusing on boys' participation, free… |
| 2017 | Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | $39,997 | To support developmental residencies for dance artists and their collaborators at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC). Each residency will be tailored to th… |
| 2017 | UBW, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | To support a national performance tour and community engagement programs. The company will feature new multidisciplinary works alongside seminal repertory work. By offering perform… |
| 2017 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | To support DANCECleveland's performances, residency, and educational activities. Companies to be presented will include Jessica Lang Dance, Ballet Biaritz, and Dance Theater of Har… |
| 2017 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | To support dance presentations, residencies, and developmental activities for choreographers. A Northwest incubator for contemporary dance, On the Boards (OtB) will work with local… |
| 2017 | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | To support dance presentations and residencies at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. Activities will include contemporary dance performances, audience and community enga… |
| 2017 | Yard, Inc. | Chilmark, MA | $30,000 | To support contemporary dance performances and artist residencies. Residencies will include performances, showings, pop-up performances, educational programs, and weekly seminars f… |
| 2017 | Alabama Dance Council, Inc. | Huntsville, AL | $30,000 | To support the 20th anniversary of the Alabama Dance Festival. The festival will feature performances and a residency by CONTRA-TIEMPO. The festival also will include a New Works C… |
| 2017 | Gotham Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support the presentation of new works by choreographer Bebe Miller, creative residencies, and a convening. The project will include performances of Bebe Miller Company's (BMC) n… |
| 2017 | Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | To support venue costs for the 2018 International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) conference in Los Angeles, and the creation and presentation of a new dance work on the comp… |
| 2017 | Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | To support a national tour of "They Rose at Dawn." In "They Rose at Dawn," choreographer/soloist Aparna Ramaswamy depicts women as carriers of ritual and culture across generations… |
| 2017 | ODC Theater | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | To support the presentation of dance works by local and national artists. ODC Theater will expand the Walking Distance Dance Festival-SF to feature an increased number of performan… |
| 2017 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the commission, production, and performance of a new ballet by choreographer Helen Pickett. Working with Pickett will further expand the company's technical and stylisti… |
| 2017 | Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $30,000 | To support the presentation of a dance series at Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts. The series will feature performances and residency activities on campus and in the commu… |
| 2017 | Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a tuition-free ballet training program. Founded by choreographer Eliot Feld, the auditioned-based program provides beginning to advanced ballet training for New York Cit… |
| 2017 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | To support the development and restaging of significant works by African-American artists for PHILADANCO! program, "H-I-S-T-O-R-Y/African American Style." Sonia Dawkins, founder an… |
| 2017 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a national tour. The company will perform classical repertoire and newly created contemporary ballets, including a growing number of works choreographed by women as well… |
| 2017 | Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | To support a new commission for the Limon Dance Company. The project will include the commissioning of an original score in collaboration with the selected choreographer. The new w… |
| 2017 | Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | To support "The Music Center on Location," a site-specific contemporary dance series at the newly renovated Ford Theatres in Hollywood. Los Angeles-based artists to perform will in… |
| 2017 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $20,000 | To support a national tour of dance performances. The company will travel to diverse cities across the United States with existing and new works. Additional new works will be commi… |
| 2017 | Ballet West | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support the Ballet West National Choreographic Festival. Designed as a launching pad for the development of new works for each company, the festival will feature performances by… |
| 2017 | Kansas City Ballet Association | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance performances. Works include "The Lottery" by Val Caniparoli, "Interplay" by Jerome Robbins, and "Theme and Variations" by George Balanchine. Th… |
| 2017 | Dance Saint Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $20,000 | To support New Dance Horizons V: Women Who Inspire and the 10th Annual Emerson Spring to Dance Festival. New Dance Horizons will focus on the influences of modern female leaders in… |
| 2017 | Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Tulsa, OK | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the new ballet "Dorothy and the Prince of Oz." A collaborative effort led by Artistic Director Marcello Angelini, the work will feature choreography … |
| 2017 | Repertory Dance Theatre | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support a collaboration with choreographer Zvi Gotheiner and his company ZviDance (New York City) to develop new works. Composer Scott Killian will work with Gotheiner, the two … |
| 2017 | Kyle Abraham Abraham In Motion | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the final development and premiere of a new work by Artistic Director Kyle Abraham. "Dearest Home" is an interactive dance work developed focused on loving, longing, and… |
| 2017 | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland, OR | $20,000 | To support creation and presentation of new dance works. Three North American, female choreographers will work with company dancers during a four-week intensive residency as part o… |
| 2017 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $20,000 | To support Dance Access education and outreach programs. AXIS will offer a variety of events in the Bay Area and on a national tour for youth and adults with and without disabiliti… |
| 2017 | Atlanta Ballet, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | To support re-staging and presentation of "Firebird" by Yuri Possokhov. Possokhov focuses on non-traditional choreography and will give voice to more diverse dancers and audience m… |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new work by hip-hop choreographer Jennifer Archibald. As part of the ballet's Kaplan New Works Series, Archibald will collaborate with street artist Ca… |
| 2017 | National Institute of Flamenco | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | To support the Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque. The festival will bring together more than 50 professional flamenco artists from around the world, including dancers,… |
| 2017 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support artists fees for performances and residency activities of Dance Theatre of Harlem. Tri-C Presents and DANCECleveland will co-present the company. Performances will inclu… |
| 2017 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Romeo and Juliet," by Edwaard Liang. BalletMet will stage this three-act performance for its Ohio premiere which will include elaborate sets and cos… |
| 2017 | George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the filming of new coaching sessions for the Balanchine Video Archives. The Video Archives were devised to capture the first-hand memories and insights of dancers who wo… |
| 2017 | Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | To support rehearsal and preparation of vertical dance works for a national tour. Bandaloop will tour "#PublicCanvas," a large-scale multimedia vertical dance collaboration by medi… |
| 2017 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies. MOMIX and Ballet Hispanico will each present public performances along with multiple community engagement activities such as pre-per… |
| 2017 | Richmond Ballet, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Kate Skarpetowska. The commission marks the company's second collaboration with Skarpetowska. As part of t… |
| 2017 | Irvine Barclay Theatre Operating Co. | Irvine, CA | $20,000 | To support the presentation of international and national dance artists. Artists to be presented include Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and Herve Koubi. In addition, the theater will presen… |
| 2017 | Movement Research, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the presentation of free and low-cost public performance programs. The programs will include Movement Research at the Judson Church and Movement Research Festivals. The … |
| 2017 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the Artist Residency and Commissioning (ARC) Program. The program identifies local emerging and mid-career choreographers whose work is ready to be appreciated by a larg… |
| 2017 | Monica Bill Barnes & Company | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Museum Workout." Audiences will participate in a guided exercise tour of an art museum, following the choreographed movement of Mon… |
| 2017 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new work as part of the International Collaborators Project. Pilobolus will collaborate with Grammy Award-winning banjo player Bela Fleck and his creat… |
| 2017 | Dance Service New York City, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support Dance/NYC's Symposium, Town Hall meetings, the Voices on Race and Dance series, the Junior Committee, and continued expansion of the organization's website. The Symposiu… |
| 2017 | Dance Continuum, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new multidisciplinary work by Artistic Director Susan Marshall. The choreographer will return to the form of her earliest works, which… |
| 2017 | Pat Graney Performance, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | To support the development and presentation of "Girl Gods," an installation and performance piece by Pat Graney. The second work in a triptych, "Girl Gods" was originally conceived… |
| 2017 | ODC | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new dance works. Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson will choreograph the first phase of a new work, titled,"Blink of an Eye." Founder and Ar… |
| 2017 | Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman. The work will explore the relationship between design and dance. Ekman's work is kn… |
| 2017 | Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $20,000 | To support a tour of performances and residency activities. The company will present works from its repertory and collaborate with Utah presenting organizations to tailor the outre… |
| 2017 | Chicago Human Rhythm Project | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | To support the annual Stomping Grounds and Rhythm World festivals, and a national tour. Stomping Grounds is a collaborative, citywide celebration of rhythmic expression and cultura… |
| 2017 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | To support the Rites of Passage (ROP) program. The project brings both traditional African dance and music and contemporary African-derived art to youth. Activities may include dan… |
| 2017 | Thin Man Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation and development of new work by Artistic Director John Jasperse. Project activities will include ongoing part-time rehearsals, periodic open rehearsals, and … |
| 2017 | Ballet Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | To support Ballet Under the Stars, a free outdoor performance series in local parks throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. The works performed are included in the company's rece… |
| 2017 | Alonzo King LINES Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new ballet by Alonzo King, in collaboration with Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain. Creation and performances of the work will take place in San Franci… |
| 2017 | Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts | Wickenburg, AZ | $20,000 | To support the creation of new dance work by BODYTRAFFIC at the Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts. The work will be a part of the Made in Wickenburg artist residency progr… |
| 2017 | Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the staging and touring of "Neither." "Neither" is Artistic Director Shen Wei's newest work. Performances and discussions will take place in New York and North Carolina … |
| 2017 | New Dance Theatre, Inc. | Denver, CO | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new dance works by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Choreographer Amalia Viviana Basanta Hernandez, artistic director of Ballet Folklorico de… |
| 2017 | Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new dance by Lar Lubovitch and accompanying public engagement activities. During the creation period, Lubovitch will work with as many as 12 dancers in… |
| 2017 | Art of the Matter Performance Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the creation of a new work "Time's Arrow," by Artistic Director Deborah Slater. Slater will collaborate with composer/performer Darren Johnston and lighting/set designer… |
| 2017 | International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc. | Washington, DC | $15,000 | To support the 29th annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance. This is the only national gathering of black dance professionals in the United States and will … |
| 2017 | Center for Performance Research, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | To support professional development and technical assistance services to New York City's experimental dance and performance communities. The Artist-in-Residence program allows arti… |
| 2017 | Velocity Dance Center | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the Maximum Velocity summer dance festival. Comprising Strictly Seattle and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, Maximum Velocity is a month-long immersion in co… |
| 2017 | Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. | Rochester, NY | $15,000 | To support touring of new works. Artistic Director Garth Fagan and choreographer and rehearsal director Norwood Pennewell are creating the touring dance works. Fagan will create a … |
| 2017 | Zaccho SF | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the re-development and performance of "The View From Here" by Artistic Director Joanna Haigood. The dance is inspired by the work of artist Marc Chagall, and will focus … |
| 2017 | Fresh Meat Productions | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the national tour of "The Missing Generation," an evening-length production by choreographer Sean Dorsey. The work will give voice to the early survivors of the AIDS epi… |
| 2017 | Nichole Canuso Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | To support the research and development of "Being/With." The work is a multidisciplinary event comprising two solo bodies separated across geography, but joined in a single project… |
| 2017 | Performance Zone, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support The Field's creative resources and capacity-building programs for national dance artists. Participating artists will take advantage of Fieldwork, a peer-driven feedback … |
| 2017 | Links Hall Inc. | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | To support a commission of new work and movement workshops by artist Darrell Jones. The commission is of a new process-based dance work. Completing research residencies in Chicago,… |
| 2017 | Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support the creation of "Skies Calling Skies Falling," a new work by Artistic Director Margaret Jenkins. The company will perform one part of the work in an intimate setting and… |
| 2017 | Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center, Inc. | Saratoga Springs, NY | $15,000 | To support The Performance Project: Youth in Motion, a dance education program for youth. In partnership with the National Dance Institute (NDI) and local YMCAs, the program will u… |
| 2017 | Museum of Performance & Design | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | To support a digitization and archival engagement project. The museum will digitize, catalog, and make available online for broad public access dance images from photographers such… |
| 2017 | Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | To support a community-inclusive dance program that engages underserved communities in the Shenandoah Valley. During an intensive residency, the company will present its signature … |
| 2017 | Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | To support a tour of "Mowgli: The Jungle Book." The full length ballet will be performed in cities in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. In addition to educational outreach activities … |
| 2017 | Spectrum Dance Theater | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | To support the presentation of "(IM)PULSE," a two-part devised dance theater work. In response to the recent mass shooting at PULSE, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Artistic Director D… |
| 2017 | Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | To support the creative development of a new dance work. Choregraphed by Belen Maya, the new work "Mujeres Valientes" will have an original score by Gaspar Rodriguez. The company w… |
| 2017 | The Cowles Center | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | To support engagement and performances by Minnesota dance companies to expand local dance audiences. As many as 20 Twin Cities-based dance companies will be presented, utilizing an… |
| 2017 | Flyaway Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Right to be Believed." The site-specific performance will bring awareness through aerial dance and dialogue to a serious sociopolit… |
| 2017 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies as part of the Guest Artist Series. In addition to performances, the companies will share a variety of activities with t… |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a new work by Milwaukee Ballet dancer and Choreographer-in-Residence Timothy O'Donnell. The ballet will feature the male Milwaukee Ballet company dan… |
| 2017 | 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… |
| 2017 | Dance Films Association, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the Dance on Camera Festival (DOCF) and Dance on Camera Tour. The festival, co-presented with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, will include film programming that expl… |
| 2017 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the annual Soul to Sole Festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap dance. Tapestry Dance Company will invite a wide range of dancers from ar… |
| 2017 | Ananya Dance Theatre | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work "Shyamali: Sprouting Words," by Ananya Chatterjea. This full-length work of contemporary Indian dance theater will connect wo… |
| 2017 | Mixed Bag Productions | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new evening-length piece, "The Invitation," by Artistic Director Sara Shelton Mann. Made up of two intertwined duets, Mann will return… |
| 2017 | Leela Institute | West Hills, CA | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a collaborative dance work. Leading Indian kathak dance and American tap dance artists will come together to present "Speak," a dynamic performance o… |
| 2017 | Dances For A Variable Population | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support free dance performances and community workshops. The project will celebrate renewal of 20th-century modern dance, featuring senior professional dance artists alongside g… |
| 2017 | Noche Flamenca, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work, "La Ronde." Based on the Arthur Schnitzler play of the same name, "La Ronde" will be choreographed by Artistic Director Mart… |
| 2017 | Thodos Dance Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of "Nos Duraturi" by dancer and choreographer Bella Lewitzky. Nos Duraturi will be restaged by former dancers of the Bella Lewitzky Dance … |
| 2017 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | To support the world premiere of "Wuthering Heights," by Associate Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Sasha Janes. Drawing inspiration from Emily Bronte's novel, Janes wi… |
| 2017 | Racing Thoughts, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the presentation of dance works as part of the company's 40th Anniversary Retrospective. The concert will feature excerpts from well-known pieces by Jane Comfort with pa… |
| 2017 | DanceNOW NYC | Springtown, PA | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of dance works during DANCENOW's Dancemopolitan series. The commissioned artist series will include the presentation of both veteran a… |
| 2017 | Vail Valley Foundation | Avon, CO | $10,000 | To support the Vail International Dance Festival. Continuing a legacy of presenting dance from both established and emerging choreographers, Artistic Director Damian Woetzel will c… |
| 2017 | Batoto Yetu, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the development of an assessment report on the impact of the company's outreach in the local community. Consulting group ARTS Action Research will work with the company … |
| 2017 | Chamber Dance Project | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new contemporary ballet by Artistic Director Diane Coburn Bruning. The piece will be based on a Nordic legend and will feature a commissioned score by … |
| 2017 | Carolina Ballet, Inc. | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Carmen" with live musical accompaniment by the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. The full-length ballet is choreographed by the company's Artistic … |
| 2017 | Robert Moses Kin | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Trick Bags/Trap Doors/Painted Corners," a series of new works by Artistic Director Robert Moses. The piece will explore the parallel pa… |
| 2017 | Hudson Opera House, Inc. | Hudson, NY | $10,000 | To support the Hudson Opera House's Inaugural Dance Program (IDP). Taking place in its newly restored landmark facility in the central arts and business community of Hudson, New Yo… |
| 2017 | Big Tree Productions, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work by Artistic Director Tere O'Connor. The choreographer will explore merging stage space with notions of landscape and building. Inspiration for… |
| 2017 | Jessica Lang Dance, Inc | Long Island City, NY | $10,000 | To support the establishment of a Queens-based dance workshop for teens and young adults. The company will offer instruction in technique, choreography, and technical aspects of da… |
| 2017 | Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow, ID | $10,000 | To support the Festival Youthreach Project. Touring professional dance companies will present a range of dance genres for elementary school students in North Central Idaho, Eastern… |
| 2017 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | To support the Virginia Arts Festival's 2017 dance series. The series will feature Mark Morris Dance Group, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Richard Alston Dance Company, and Urban B… |
| 2017 | New Dialect | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | To support Dance Dialectics, a contemporary dance education project. Designed to create professional development and community engagement opportunities for children and adults at v… |
| 2017 | Latin Ballet of Virginia, Inc. | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | To support Everybody Reads!, a program that promotes a love of reading, writing, and literature through dance. Through a series of residencies, lectures, and dance performances at … |
| 2017 | Chicago Dancemakers Forum | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support Elevate Chicago Dance. The showcase is the culminating activity of the Regional Dance Development Initiative (RDDI) Chicago. The citywide event will gather regional, nat… |
| 2017 | Epiphany Dance Theater | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the world premiere of "Last Blue Couch in the Sky" and the 2017 San Francisco Trolley Dances (SFTD). The premiere work is a site-specific outdoor and indoor traveling da… |
| 2017 | American Dance Institute | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support Lumberyard in the City, a series of production residencies and performance opportunities for contemporary dance and performance artists. Resources to artists will includ… |
| 2017 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $10,000 | To support the Lindy on the Rocks Vintage Dance Festival. The multicultural festival encompasses themed events held in the same venue such as Lindy on the Rocks, Hot Night Fusion, … |
| 2017 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the restaging of the ballet "Rodeo." The Dancing Wheels Company and School will restage Agnes de Mille's master work, "Rodeo." Raymond Rodriguez, who studied under de Mi… |
| 2017 | Lucky Plush Productions | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | To support the creation and premiere performance of "Rooming House," a new dance-theater work. To create the work, co-creators Julia Rhoads and Leslie Danzig will draw from the sto… |
| 2017 | Maryland Youth Ballet | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | To support the expansion of the JumpStart outreach initiative, a dance education program for youth. The project's goals are to help increase the racial and ethnic representation in… |
| 2017 | Latsky Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the premiere and tour of an inclusive movement installation featuring people with disabilities. The installation, "ON DISPLAY: TIMESTAMPed" is a work specifically design… |
| 2017 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | Honolulu, HI | $10,000 | To support the Asia Pacific Dance Festival. The multi-week festival focuses on providing access to, support for, and enhanced understanding of dance throughout the Asia-Pacific reg… |
| 2017 | Zoe Juniper | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | To support the development of a dance project that combines performance and 360-degree video technologies. A new way to digitally experience dance, the 360-degree-video involves a … |
| 2017 | New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a series of workshops exploring Vaslav Nijinsky's "Sarabande." The workshops will create an historical and cultural context in which to explore Nijinsky's unfinished dan… |
| 2017 | San Francisco Arts Education Project | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presention of "Inspired Bodies," a site-specific dance theater work. The work will honor the organization's 50th year and its legacy of participatory ex… |
| 2017 | Curran Events, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Everywhere All the Time," by Sean Curran with live musicians, Third Coast Percussion. Curran plans to develop the work with physical co… |
| 2017 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $10,000 | To support a series of research and development residencies for choreographers. Each residency will offer choreographers and visiting dancers two or more weeks of unrestricted acce… |
| 2017 | Gallim Dance Company, Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support a dance engagement program in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill community. This program will engage the community with a range of free and low cost artistic offerings at the compa… |
| 2017 | Dance Exchange, Inc. | Takoma Park, MD | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Growing Our Own Gardens" by Matthew Cumbie. The work is a multidisciplinary, intergenerational project that draws upon dance and spoken… |
| 2017 | Life Through Dance Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support a tour of "Into Sunlight" by Robin Becker Dance. The project will encompass performances, facilitated post-performance discussions, and movement workshops focused toward… |
| 2017 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support guest artist residencies and associated programming. As many as three artists will be invited to spend a creative residency period of several weeks in Cleveland for the … |
| 2017 | Koresh Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Heart" by Artistic Director Ronen Koresh and related outreach activities. The work will be created by Koresh in collaboration with … |
| 2017 | Ballet Memphis Corporation | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | To support the production and performances of three dance works. The company will perform work by George Balanchine, Trey McIntyre, and Julia Adam. A performance will include a pay… |
| 2017 | Show Box L.A. | Downey, CA | $10,000 | To support a residency program for choreographers. The program's primary function is to provide creative space for dance makers that is fully functional and equipped with technical… |
| 2017 | Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the Eye on Dance Legacy Archive project. The project will systematically organize, assess, identify, and safeguard elements of the archive for full public access. Archiv… |
| 2017 | KYL Dancers Inc. | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | To support the creation and performance of a new dance work by Artistic Director Kun-Yang Lin. The work will be informed by conversations with leaders and practitioners of differen… |
| 2017 | Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of new works by Ohio choreographers. The company will further its focus on cultivating local modern dance by commissioning company mem… |
| 2017 | Moving Forward: Contemporary Asian American Dance Company | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new dance works. Artistic Director Dana Tai Soon Burgess will create two new dance works, each inspired by three new exhibitions at the … |
| 2017 | Kathryn Posin Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dance works by Artistic Director Kathryn Posin. There will be three premieres, including Steve Reich's "Triple Sextet," "Memoir," and "E… |
| 2017 | BodyVox | Portland, OR | $10,000 | To support a performance tour to underserved communities in Alaska. The company plans to tour to Alaskan communities, which have little to no access to artistic performances by pro… |
| 2017 | Dance Institute of Washington | Washington, DC | $10,000 | To support the Positive Directions Through Dance program and Washington Reflections Dance Company. PDTD is a year-long arts learning program intended to serve at-risk youth with da… |
| 2017 | Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | To support Dance @ The Wallis, a dance performance series. An array of dance companies will be presented, several of which will be based in Los-Angeles, such as Daniel Ezralow's Ez… |
| 2017 | Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work "The Disappearance Portraits" by Jonah Bokaer. In collaboration with composers of the Soundwalk Collective, Bokaer will create a live performa… |
| 2017 | Diavolo Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | To support DIAVOLO Architecture in Motion's education and outreach programs during the company's national tour. The company will partner with venues on the tour to present Young Pe… |
| 2017 | Alabama Youth Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Huntsville, AL | $7,422 | To support dance instruction for youth. Students are nominated to participate in the annual performing arts program which reduces economic barriers to arts access. The program prov… |
| 2017 | CONTRA-TIEMPO Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $6,800 | To support staff salaries for CONTRA-TIEMPO's Futuro high school arts education program. Futuro is comprised of a year-round junior dance company (Futuro Jr.) and a two-week Summer… |
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