FY 2008 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access to Artistic Excellence/Literature Fellowships

Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

WISCONSIN

Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support a residency by David Neumann/advanced beginner group, and the presentation of Armitage Gone! Dance. During Neumann's residency, the company will use feedback gained from various workshops with the Alverno community to construct feedforward, a new work, and Armitage Gone! Dance will perform Ligeti Essays.

Madison Opera, Inc.
Madison, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a production of The Tender Land by Aaron Copland. The production will launch a new initiative by the company to present chamber opera as an expansion of the mainstage performance series.

Madison Repertory Theatre, Inc. (aka Madison Rep)
Madison, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Permanent Collection by Thomas Gibbons. The project will be directed by Richard Corley and performed at Madison's new Overture Center for the Arts.

Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Jessica Lang. The new work will be created at the National Historic Landmark Pabst Theater in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$30,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the premiere of The Night Is a Child (A Notre E Uma Criancha) by playwright Charles Randolph-Wright. Timothy Douglas will direct the production, with accompanying educational activities.

Opera for the Young, Inc.
Madison, WI
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support a multi-state tour of a new production of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love). The 45-minute opera was adapted for children by music director Jeffrey Sykes and artistic director Diane Garton Edie as the librettist.

Present Music, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$7,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
To support the Emerging Composers Initiative. The project will include the commissioning and premiere of a new work and an artist residency by composer Alex Mincek.

Skylight Opera Theatre
Milwaukee, WI
$12,500
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence  FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
To support the commissioning and premiere of Central Park West by composer Michael Torke and librettist A.R. Gurney.

Number of Grants: 8          Total Amount: $97,500

 
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