NEA Dance Grants 2026: All 140 Awards
140 NEA dance grants for fiscal year 2026, totaling $4.3M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. | New York, NY | $73,000 | Purpose: To support salary and space rental costs for programming during Martha Graham Dance Company's centennial year. Additional Project Description: Programming will include pre… |
| 2026 | Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc. | New York, NY | $73,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the creation of a new dance work commemorating America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: Dance Theatre of … |
| 2026 | CABD INC | Jamaica, NY | $65,000 | Purpose: To support touring performances of I AM by Camille A. Brown & Dancers and related community engagement activities. Additional Project Description: The dance company will p… |
| 2026 | Dance Institute of Washington | Washington, DC | $65,000 | Purpose: To support dance education programs. Additional Project Description: Dance training for youth and young adults will include classes and workshops, as well as professional … |
| 2026 | Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of new dance works. Additional Project Description: In honor of America250, Ballet Hispánico will develop and present as many as three new danc… |
| 2026 | Orlando Ballet, Inc. | Orlando, FL | $60,000 | Purpose: To support a presentation of a dance work based on the novel "The Great Gatsby." Additional Project Description: Choreographed by Artistic Director Jorden Morris with an o… |
| 2026 | Battery Dance Corporation | New York, NY | $60,000 | Purpose: To support the Battery Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will present free, outdoor performances in Lower Manhattan highlighting various dance g… |
| 2026 | Charlotte Ballet | Charlotte, NC | $60,000 | Purpose: To support the production of choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo's "One Thousand Pieces," in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: The co… |
| 2026 | Dance/USA | Minneapolis, MN | $60,000 | Purpose: To support professional development opportunities for dance artists and organizations. Additional Project Description: The project will include convenings about current is… |
| 2026 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's national tour. Additional Project Description: In celebration of America250, the tour will honor Ailey's le… |
| 2026 | New Orleans Ballet Association | New Orleans, LA | $60,000 | Purpose: To support a series of dance performances and accompanying education programs, in celebration of America250. Additional Project Description: NOBA will collaborate with loc… |
| 2026 | Deeply Rooted Productions | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | Purpose: To support a dance tour and engagement activities in partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Additional Project Description: The professiona… |
| 2026 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $60,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of dance performances as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Dance companies based in the United States, such as Ronald K. Brow… |
| 2026 | National Institute of Flamenco | Albuquerque, NM | $60,000 | Purpose: To support artist travel costs for the Festival Flamenco Albuquerque. Additional Project Description: The festival will feature performances, workshops, and community prog… |
| 2026 | Discalced, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | Purpose: To support a national tour of dance performances in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: Featuring live music by the Mark Morris Dan… |
| 2026 | Friends of NORD, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $60,000 | Purpose: To support tuition-free dance education programs at NORD/NOBA Center for Dance. Additional Project Description: The programs will be offered through a community partnershi… |
| 2026 | Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $55,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries for a tuition-free ballet training program. Additional Project Description: In partnership with the New York City Department of Education, the pr… |
| 2026 | Chicago Human Rhythm Project | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the annual Stomping Grounds and Rhythm World festivals. Additional Project Description: Stomping Grounds is a collaborative, … |
| 2026 | National Dance Institute New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $50,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries for after-school advanced dance education programs. Additional Project Description: NDI New Mexico staff and professional teaching artists will t… |
| 2026 | American Dance Festival, Inc. | Durham, NC | $50,000 | Purpose: To support presentations at the American Dance Festival, including newly commissioned work. Additional Project Description: The festival will feature performances by Mark … |
| 2026 | Lake Placid Association for Music, Drama & Arts, Inc. | Lake Placid, NY | $50,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of programming showcasing percussive dance, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Lake Placid Center for the Arts will present… |
| 2026 | Pilobolus, Inc. | Washington, CT | $50,000 | Purpose: To support the production of dance performances in a New York City-based theater residency, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Two mixed-repertory prod… |
| 2026 | Fideicomiso de Ballets de San Juan | San Juan, PR | $50,000 | Purpose: To support Ballets de San Juan dance programming in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: Dance performances will feature a range of … |
| 2026 | Philadelphia Dance Company | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a program featuring works created in and inspired by the city of Philadelphia. Additional Project Description: A collaboration … |
| 2026 | Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | Purpose: To support the creation of a new dance work. Additional Project Description: Limón Dance Company will commission dance artist Akram Khan to develop a one-act reimagination… |
| 2026 | Chicago Human Rhythm Project | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | Purpose: To support the annual Rhythm World festival. Additional Project Description: In celebration of America's 250th anniversary, the summer festival will premiere new works set… |
| 2026 | Creative Netwerk | Astoria, NY | $50,000 | Purpose: To support dance education programming for youth. Additional Project Description: Creative Netwerk will offer free, weekly American street dance classes for youth in schoo… |
| 2026 | Dance Brigade A New Group from Wallflower Order | San Francisco, CA | $48,000 | Purpose: To support dance programming focused on traditional African and African-influenced dance styles. Additional Project Description: Project activities will include dance trai… |
| 2026 | Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $48,000 | Purpose: To support dance productions by choreographers David Parsons and Mayte Natalio and related activities, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: David Parsons… |
| 2026 | World Arts West | San Francisco, CA | $45,000 | Purpose: To support the World Arts West Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: The annual festival will present performances, workshops, and panel discussions. Programming… |
| 2026 | Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc. | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | Purpose: To support GALLIM's Bodies of Matter, a contemporary dance piece by choreographer Andrea Miller. Additional Project Description: Programming will include a public performa… |
| 2026 | Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $40,000 | Purpose: To support the development of "The Liminal Museum." Additional Project Description: An immersive installation and live dance performance, "The Liminal Museum" will be a me… |
| 2026 | Danceworks, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | $40,000 | Purpose: To support the Mad Hot Rhythm dance education program. Additional Project Description: Integrated into the school day, the program will offer instruction for students in f… |
| 2026 | Dance Film SF, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | Purpose: To support the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will present dance films created for the camera, as well as full-length reco… |
| 2026 | San Francisco Ballet Association | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | Purpose: To support personnel costs for San Francisco Ballet's artist development programs. Additional Project Description: Through its Creation House program, the organization wil… |
| 2026 | Dancing in the Streets, Inc. | Bronx, NY | $40,000 | Purpose: To support It's Showtime NYC, a development program for street dancers, as well as online content honoring the legacy of U.S. Street dance. Additional Project Description:… |
| 2026 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $36,000 | Purpose: To support dance presentations and community engagement activities by DANCECleveland. Additional Project Description: Commemorating America's 250th anniversary, DANCECleve… |
| 2026 | Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $36,000 | Purpose: To support a studio rental program by Dance Resource Center. Additional Project Description: Intended to mitigate economic need in Los Angeles County related to issues suc… |
| 2026 | Alabama Dance Council, Inc. | Huntsville, AL | $35,000 | Purpose: To support the annual Alabama Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: Programming will include dance film screenings, performances of new works by emerging and est… |
| 2026 | Edison Arts Foundation | Missouri City, TX | $35,000 | Purpose: To support an integrated dance and technology education program for youth. Additional Project Description: The program will provide after school dance training in ballet, … |
| 2026 | Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc. | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | $35,000 | Purpose: To support personnel and rehearsal space costs for the presentation of dance works in celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Sheep/Goat. Additional Project Description: … |
| 2026 | cmDance | Denver, CO | $35,000 | Purpose: To support the Lindy on the Rocks dance festival. Additional Project Description: In recognition of America's 250th anniversary, the festival will celebrate dance styles a… |
| 2026 | Sharron Miller's Academy for the Performing Arts, Inc. | Montclair, NJ | $35,000 | Purpose: To support personnel costs and administrative expenses for in-school dance education residencies. Additional Project Description: Students will explore dance styles includ… |
| 2026 | Forward Momentum Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a summer dance program for youth. Additional Project Description: Forward Momentum Chicago will provide high-quality instruction in dance styles such as ballet,… |
| 2026 | Newport Contemporary Ballet | Newport, RI | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the annual Newport Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: In recognition of America's 250th anniversary, the festival will explore the theme of freedom… |
| 2026 | Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts | Wickenburg, AZ | $30,000 | Purpose: To support an artist residency program and related engagement activities. Additional Project Description: The Webb Center will host the Koresh Dance Company and the Paul T… |
| 2026 | Rochester City Ballet, Inc. | Rochester, NY | $30,000 | Purpose: To support performances of a ballet production of Cinderella, and related educational activities. Additional Project Description: Classical ballet techniques will be combi… |
| 2026 | AXIS Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a series of accessibility training workshops for performing arts venues and presenters. Additional Project Description: Hands-on workshops and training sessions… |
| 2026 | Nevada Ballet Theatre, Inc. | Las Vegas, NV | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of works by Paul Taylor, Ulysses Dove, and Jessica Lang as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Nevada Ballet Theatre will prese… |
| 2026 | Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | Aspen, CO | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a dance education program for youth. Additional Project Description: Focused on Mexican Folklórico dance, programming will include after-school and summer class… |
| 2026 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the presentation of innovative American dance companies as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Texas Internat… |
| 2026 | BalletX | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a community dance festival, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Presented in partnership with the Mann Center for the Performing Arts and Art… |
| 2026 | Jewish Community Center, Inc | Stamford, CT | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a dance education program for students. Additional Project Description: Through partnerships with organizations throughout Stamford, a professional choreographe… |
| 2026 | Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Inc. | Kansas City, MO | $30,000 | Purpose: To support artistic fees and uniform costs for AileyCamp, a summer dance education program for students. Additional Project Description: AileyCamp is a free program for mi… |
| 2026 | CounterPulse | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support an artist residency and commissioning program for emerging and mid-career choreographers. Additional Project Description: The program will support residencies f… |
| 2026 | City Ballet Inc. | San Diego, CA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support City Ballet of San Diego's tribute to U.S. choreographers. Additional Project Description: As part of America250, the program will feature works such as George … |
| 2026 | Repertory Dance Theatre | Salt Lake City, UT | $30,000 | Purpose: To support dance education programming. Additional Project Description: In recognition of America's 250th anniversary, Repertory Dance Theatre will offer multimedia perfor… |
| 2026 | Nashville Ballet | Nashville, TN | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a production of Swan Lake. Additional Project Description: The performances by Nashville Ballet will be accompanied by live music provided by Nashville Symphony… |
| 2026 | Kinetic Light Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | Purpose: To support programming focused on the artistic and professional development of artists with disabilities. Additional Project Description: The organization's new in-person … |
| 2026 | The Flavor Continues | Boston, MA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the Community Space program, which offers classes and peer-to-peer learning opportunities for street and club dancers. Additional Project Description: The progr… |
| 2026 | Big Dance Theater | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the development and presentation of The Oath, a full-length dance work by choreographer Annie-B Parson. Additional Project Description: Rooted in the human impu… |
| 2026 | BalletCollective Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and performance of new works by choreographers Shane Urton and Noelle Kayser. Additional Project Description: Each choreographer will work with a c… |
| 2026 | A Step Beyond | Escondido, CA | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the production of El Alebrije, an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's classical ballet, The Nutcracker. Additional Project Description: El Alebrije tells the story of a… |
| 2026 | Movement Research, Inc. | New York, NY | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a free performance series at Judson Memorial Church. Additional Project Description: In recognition of America's 250th anniversary, the series will celebrate Am… |
| 2026 | Brooklyn Ballet, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of new dance works by Brooklyn Ballet. Additional Project Description: Artistic Director Lynn Parkerson will create a new work, as… |
| 2026 | Dancing Grounds | New Orleans, LA | $27,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work by the Dance for Social Change Teen Company. Additional Project Description: Presented in recognition of Ameri… |
| 2026 | BalletCollective Inc. | New York, NY | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and performance of new works by choreographers Chloe Crenshaw and Alysa Pires. Additional Project Description: Each choreographer will work with a … |
| 2026 | San Pedro City Ballet | San Pedro, CA | $25,000 | Purpose: To support an educational dance program for youth. Additional Project Description: Teaching artists will provide instruction in ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, jazz and mod… |
| 2026 | Culture Mill, Inc | Saxapahaw, NC | $25,000 | Purpose: To support artist residencies and related activities. Additional Project Description: A multi-week residency in collaboration with Carolina Performing Arts will culminate … |
| 2026 | President and Trustees of Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $25,000 | Purpose: To support performances by Kyle Marshall Choreography as part of the Bates Dance Festival. Additional Project Description: Kyle Marshall Choreography will present performa… |
| 2026 | Ballet North Texas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | Purpose: To support a dance education program for youth. Additional Project Description: Programming will include a series of lecture-demonstrations and performances designed to in… |
| 2026 | Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Inc. | Sarasota, FL | $25,000 | Purpose: To support personnel and transportation costs for educational dance performances for students. Additional Project Description: The ballet company will present dance perfor… |
| 2026 | Peridance Ensemble, Ltd. | New York, NY | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the commission and performance of new works of dance and associated educational programming. Additional Project Description: New works by choreographers Igal Pe… |
| 2026 | Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | Purpose: To support a dance series and accompanying education activities. Additional Project Description: In celebration of America's 250th anniversary, the Martha Graham Dance Com… |
| 2026 | Karen Peterson and Dancers, Inc. | Pinecrest, FL | $25,000 | Purpose: To support Forward Motion, a festival and conference dedicated to physically integrated dance. Additional Project Description: Bringing together national and international… |
| 2026 | New Dialect | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | Purpose: To support a contemporary dance education project that offers professional development and community engagement opportunities for youth and adults, including pre-professio… |
| 2026 | Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of dance companies South Chicago Dance Theatre and Boca Tuya as part of the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Theater Series. Additional Proje… |
| 2026 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | Purpose: To support modern dance performances. Additional Project Description: Performances will include re-stagings and world premieres, reflecting the past, present, and future o… |
| 2026 | LayeRhythm Productions, Inc. | New York, NY | $25,000 | Purpose: To support improvisational street and club dance and music performances, as well as education programs and professional development workshops. Additional Project Descripti… |
| 2026 | Praize Productions Inc. NFP | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new dance theater work by Enneréssa LaNette Davis. Additional Project Description: Rooted in and celebrating gospel music, th… |
| 2026 | Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc. | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the Rites of Passage dance education program for youth. Additional Project Description: The program will offer classes during the school day, as well as after s… |
| 2026 | Diavolo Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $21,000 | Purpose: To support a movement-based program for military veterans. Additional Project Description: The company will partner with a local venue to host movement workshops for veter… |
| 2026 | Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. | Norfolk, VA | $21,000 | Purpose: To support the Dance Theatre of Harlem residency at the Virginia Arts Festival, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: The residency will celebrate major w… |
| 2026 | Broadway Dance Lab | New York, NY | $20,000 | Purpose: To support an artist residency program at Dance Lab New York. Additional Project Description: The selected resident choreographer will get rehearsal space, accessibility s… |
| 2026 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $20,000 | Purpose: To support Tapestry Dance Company's annual Soul 2 Soul festival. Additional Project Description: The festival focuses on the history and future of the American art form of… |
| 2026 | The Flavor Continues | Boston, MA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the Community Space Program, which will offer consistent and accessible space for Street and Club dancers to gather, rehearse, and perform. Additional Project D… |
| 2026 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the expansion of a publicly available virtual dance archive and related educational programming, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: The Virt… |
| 2026 | Arts4all Florida | Tampa, FL | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a series of dance performances and related activities featuring dancers with and without disabilities, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Pr… |
| 2026 | Stefanie Nelson Dance Group | New York, NY | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a series of dance workshops focused on seniors and artists with disabilities. Additional Project Description: Everyone Dance workshops provide arts opportunitie… |
| 2026 | Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a residency program for artists in vertical dance and production. Additional Project Description: Mid-career dance artists will receive technical training and a… |
| 2026 | Dance Kaleidoscope | Indianapolis, IN | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a performance of new and existing dance works. Additional Project Description: In celebration of America250, Dance Kaleidoscope will present a mainstage perform… |
| 2026 | Flux Dance Company | Sioux City, IA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support an arts festival in Sioux City, Iowa. Additional Project Description: The festival will feature performances by internationally recognized dance artists alongsi… |
| 2026 | Carolina Dance Collaborative | Greenville, SC | $20,000 | Purpose: To support dance classes for youth. Additional Project Description: Students will engage in weekly dance instruction and guided discussions, with a curriculum designed to … |
| 2026 | Performance Garage | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the DanceVisions artist residency program at the Performance Garage. Additional Project Description: The program will provide Philadelphia-based choreographer a… |
| 2026 | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland, OR | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and premiere of a new contemporary dance work from choreographer Anne Plamondon. Additional Project Description: Plamondon will be given the time a… |
| 2026 | Dancewave, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the creation of new choreographic works for young dancers. Additional Project Description: Pre-professional dancers will work… |
| 2026 | Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation, Inc. | White Plains, NY | $20,000 | Purpose: To support adaptive dance education classes for children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities. Additional Project Description: Led by professional teach… |
| 2026 | Charlottesville Ballet | Charlottesville, VA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support multidisciplinary performances in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: In collaboration with regional arts and educationa… |
| 2026 | Moving Forward: Contemporary Asian American Dance Company | Washington, DC | $20,000 | Purpose: To support personnel costs for the creation and presentation of a modern dance work featuring celebrated Asian Americans of the art world, in recognition of America's 250t… |
| 2026 | Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | Purpose: To support documentation and presentation of historic works celebrating the legacy of Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: D… |
| 2026 | Colorado Ballet Company | Denver, CO | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a sensory-friendly performance of Don Quixote. Additional Project Description: The sensory-friendly ballet performance will feature a range of adaptations, incl… |
| 2026 | DOVA, Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the creation of "Century Rolls," a work inspired by American composer John Adams' piano concerto of the same name in recognition of America's 250th anniversary.… |
| 2026 | Ballet Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | Purpose: To support artist salaries for Ballet Under the Stars, a free outdoor performance series across the Phoenix metropolitan area. Additional Project Description: The program … |
| 2026 | White Bird | Portland, OR | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a series of performances in recognition of America’s 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: White Bird will present performances by dance companies … |
| 2026 | San Diego Dance Theater | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support Trolley Dances, a series of site-specific dance performances along the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Additional Project Description: Celebrating the ci… |
| 2026 | Jacob Jonas The Company, Inc. | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the Films.Dance program. Additional Project Description: The program will bring together dance artists to create original dance films. Participating choreograph… |
| 2026 | Dance Downtown LA, Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | Purpose: To support L.A. Dance Project's choreographer residency program. Additional Project Description: The program will provide early-career choreographers with rehearsal space,… |
| 2026 | Dance Works, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the Pentacle Legacy Project, which will gather oral histories, create an archive, and produce events celebrating Pentacle's 50 years in the dance community. Add… |
| 2026 | Dance Camera West | Los Angeles, CA | $18,000 | Purpose: To support dance programming focused on iconic American dance artists in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: Programming will inclu… |
| 2026 | Cora, Incorporated | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | Purpose: To support a collaborative dance and writing program for students. Additional Project Description: Cora Dance artistic staff will engage middle and high school students in… |
| 2026 | Pennsylvania Ballet Association | Philadelphia, PA | $18,000 | Purpose: To support staging fees for presentations of dance works by American choreographers. Additional Project Description: The program will include works such as George Balanchi… |
| 2026 | Groove With Me, Inc. | New York, NY | $18,000 | Purpose: To support tuition-free dance classes for youth. Additional Project Description: Classes will be offered in a variety of dance forms such as Afrobeat, ballet, contemporary… |
| 2026 | Dance Parade Inc. | New York, NY | $18,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries, artist fees, and administrative costs for a dance parade and festival. Additional Project Description: The annual dance parade in New York City … |
| 2026 | Invertigo Dance Theatre | Culver City, CA | $17,000 | Purpose: To support a dance and spoken-word performance created in collaboration with people with Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. Additional Project Des… |
| 2026 | Attack Theatre Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support creative movement workshops focused on enhancing physical and mental health. Additional Project Description: The project will consist of experiential workshop s… |
| 2026 | Ebony Repertory Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a dance residency and related community outreach activities. Additional Project Description: Ebony Repertory Theatre will host a residency by Versa-Style Street… |
| 2026 | Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the Eye On Dance archive and access project. Additional Project Description: ARC will preserve, digitize, and archive analog videotapes chronicling the history … |
| 2026 | Vangeline Theater Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a commemorative dance performance honoring the victims of September 11th. Additional Project Description: Vangeline Theater dancers will develop a Butoh dance p… |
| 2026 | Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a dance theater program in collaboration with choreographer Sarah Crowell. Additional Project Description: Performances will feature Skywatchers, a community-dr… |
| 2026 | George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000 | Purpose: To support video recording and editing of coaching sessions for the Balanchine Video Archives. Additional Project Description: The video archives were developed to capture… |
| 2026 | Regina Klenjoski Dance Company | Wichita, KS | $15,000 | Purpose: To support personnel costs for dance performances and accompanying community engagement activities. Additional Project Description: Project activities will include the pre… |
| 2026 | Company E, Inc. | Washington, DC | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a tour of "Pulse," a new multidisciplinary dance work, and related activities. Additional Project Description: Performances of this new work fusing dance, music… |
| 2026 | Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc. | Moscow, ID | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a series of educational dance residencies for elementary school students in rural communities. Additional Project Description: Residencies will include educatio… |
| 2026 | Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami, Inc. | Coral Gables, FL | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the Choreography Lab Project and Salon Series. Additional Project Description: The Choreography Lab residency program and its accompanying Salon Series performa… |
| 2026 | Rx Ballroom Dance | Ladera Ranch, CA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a ballroom dance program for older adults. Additional Project Description: Professional ballroom instructors will guide participants through group classes and r… |
| 2026 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | Purpose: To support dance training and apprenticeship programs for participants with and without disabilities. Additional Project Description: The project will train professional d… |
| 2026 | Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a performance focused on suicide awareness and prevention. Additional Project Description: Artistic Co-Director Suzanne Costell… |
| 2026 | Black Girls Dance | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the production of Mary, A Holiday Dansical!, an interpretation of Langston Hughes' Black Nativity. Additional Project Description: Coinciding with the 125th ann… |
| 2026 | Ballet Vero Beach Inc. | Vero Beach, FL | $15,000 | Purpose: To support teaching artist salaries for a dance and literacy matinee program for elementary school students. Additional Project Description: In partnership with the Learni… |
| 2026 | Dance Canvas, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a free workshop and conversation series for dancers of all levels. Additional Project Description: Programming will include workshops led by locally, nationally… |
| 2026 | South Shore Drill Team & Performing Arts Ensemble | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a performance honoring the South Shore Drill Team's 45th anniversary. Additional Project Description: The performance will combine dance choreography with preci… |
| 2026 | Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a choreographer residency program. Additional Project Description: The emerging choreographer, selected by a jury, will spend two weeks in residence with profes… |
| 2026 | Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Hula Halau | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a restaging of The Natives Are Restless. Additional Project Description: Commemorating 30 years since its premiere of the work in 1996, Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu H… |
| 2026 | Helen Simoneau Danse | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the final development and presentation of a new dance work by choreographer Helen Simoneau in collaboration with composer and multi-instrumentalist Angélica Neg… |
| 2026 | Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. | Louisville, KY | $14,000 | Purpose: To support a new production of The Brown-Forman Nutcracker. Additional Project Description: Originally created in 2009, the work will be updated with new choreography, sta… |
| 2026 | Abrepaso Flamenco | Cleveland, OH | $12,500 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a contemporary flamenco dance work featuring performers Alice Blumenfeld and Felise Bagley. Additional Project Description: The… |
| 2026 | Performance Zone, Inc. | New York, NY | $12,000 | Purpose: To support Tour Ready Lab, a program to prepare artists and dance companies for expanded touring opportunities. Additional Project Description: Using a cohort model, the p… |
| 2026 | Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. | Louisville, KY | $12,000 | Purpose: To support the creation of a documentary and a school study guide based on the performance of choreographer Stephen Mills' work, Light: The Holocaust and Humanities Projec… |
| 2026 | New Orleans Dance Collective, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | Purpose: To support dance instruction and master classes for youth and adults. Additional Project Description: Visiting artists will present classes in tap, jazz, hip-hop, African,… |
| 2026 | Born Dancing, Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a dance and production apprenticeship program for youth. Additional Project Description: Students will learn performance and hands-on production skills as they … |
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