FY 2009 Grant Awards: State Listings
Access to Artistic Excellence I/Challenge America Fast-Track Grants/Creativity & Aging/Literature Fellowships (Poetry)
Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent
upon prior Endowment approval.
UTAH
Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
To support the presentation of Treasures of the Ballet Russes, a celebration of the centennial anniversary of Serge Diaghilev's influential ballet company. The celebration will include performances of Bronislava Nijinska's Les Biches, George Balanchine's The Prodigal Son, and Michel Fokine's Polovetsian Dances. Dance Theatre Coalition
Salt Lake City, UT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Presenting
To support the Proving Ground Artist Development Program. Multidisciplinary artists and artists working in the fields of dance, theater, film, and music will receive technical support and presenting opportunities. Moab Music Festival, Inc.
Moab, UT
$10,000
CATEGORY: Challenge America
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Challenge America
To support Cuban Fiesta - Two Musical Portraits of Cuba, a pair of concerts featuring NEA Jazz Master Paquito D'Rivera and Jorge Luis Prats. The concerts will serve as the culminating events for the festival and aid in expanding awareness of Latin American culture and heritage in the rural community. Plan-B Theater Company
Salt Lake City, UT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the creation, production, and tour of Block 8, a new play by Matthew Ivan Bennett, directed by Artistic Director Jerry Rapier. The play will explore the history of the Japanese internment experience in Utah during World War II. Southern Utah University (on behalf of Utah Shakespearean Festival)
Cedar City, UT
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support a production of Henry V by William Shakespeare at the Utah Shaspearean Festival. The production will be directed by Associate Artistic Director J.R. Sullivan. Sundance Children's Theatre (aka Sundance Theatre Program)
Park City, UT
$40,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the July Theatre Lab for the development of new work by emerging and mid-career theater artists. The lab will provide an environment and the resources to advance new play scripts toward full productions. Utah State University (on behalf of Isotope)
Logan, UT
$5,000
CATEGORY: Access to Artistic Excellence
FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
To support the publication and distribution of Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing. Issues will include nonfiction, fiction, and poetry by both established and emerging writers.
Number of Grants: 7 Total Amount: $105,000
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