NEA: 2010 GRANT AWARDS: Access to Artistic Excellence


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2010 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ August 13, 2009 deadline ]

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Dance

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support AileyCamp New York, a summer program that includes dance training, creative writing and visual arts instruction, and personal development and communication workshops. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater program, in partnership with the Children's Aid Society, will take place in Washington Heights and Staten Island.

Arts Center & Theatre of Schenectady, Inc. (aka Proctors Theatre)
Schenectady, NY
$10,000
To support Stories That Dance, a community outreach program with Proctors Theatre and Northeast Ballet Company, targeting students in third through fifth grades. Students will write stories that will be turned into professional dance productions, performed at the historic Proctors Theatre.

Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc. (aka ARC)
NYC, NY
$10,000
To support the Eye On Dance Archive Legacy Project. Materials in this archive, including videotapes, photographs, dance periodicals, artist notes, studies, and educational material dating back to 1976, will be organized and catalogued for easy public access.

AXIS Dance Company (Consortium)
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Shinichi Iova- Koga and composer/cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, inspired by the paintings of Icelandic artist Odd Nerdum. The project will feature AXIS Dance Company and Shinichi Iova-Koga's company, inkBoat, and will be implemented in partnership with Oberlin Dance Collective Theater in San Francisco.

Ballet Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
$20,000
To support free ballet performances in local parks in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Ballet Under the Stars will be performed in Fountain Park, Fountain Hills; Tempe Center for the Arts Amphitheatre; Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix; and Sahuaro Ranch Park, Glendale.

Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the preservation of the collective historical materials of Ballet Hispanico and founder Tina Ramirez. In partnership with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) at Hunter College, the company will create a system to collect, document, and preserve the materials.

Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support a tuition-free ballet training program. The program, founded by choreographer Eliot Feld, provides pre-professional arts training including an integrated public academic education and a student performance troupe.

Ballet Works, Inc. (aka James Sewell Ballet)
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support the presentation of performances and residency activity in Austin and Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Carlisle, PA
$10,000
To support Leaps and Bounds, a program that provides educational opportunities and performances for communities throughout central Pennsylvania. The program consists of residencies, lecture-demonstrations, community performances, and school-day performances.

Chinese Cultural Productions (aka Lily Cai Chinese Dance company)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support a tour of the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company to five United States cities. The full-length concert will feature two works choreographed by Cai: her newest piece, What We're Missing, and Silk Cascade.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Merce Cunningham Dance Company) (Consortium)
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the revival and digital preservation of Merce Cunningham's Antic Meet, choreographed in 1958. In partnership with the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, the dance will be integrated into the active touring repertory of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the company's final two-year world tour.

D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc. (aka Dance Place)
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of dance performances and accompanying residency activities at Dance Place. Touring and local artists will represent a variety of dance forms including African, Latino, tap, contemporary, step, and hip-hop.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas, TX
$30,000
To support the restaging and presentation of Escapades, choreographed by Alvin Ailey, and Pacing by Milton Myers. Escapades will be performed in the new performing arts center and Pacing will be performed in the Latino Cultural Center; both will also tour during the company's touring season.

Dance Alive!, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$10,000
To support The Century Project. The outreach program, targeted to seniors and K-12 students in rural Louisiana, will include presentations of contemporary and classical dance.

Dance Camera West
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation of the 2011 Dance Camera West Film Festival. The festival will include a series of film screenings from around the world at various venues in Los Angeles.

Dance Exchange, Inc. (aka Liz Lerman Dance Exchange)
Takoma Park, MD
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of Original Tea, an interactive installation combining dance, media, environment, and conversation by the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. The work will premiere at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, and later tour.

Dance Films Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$16,000
To support the national tour of the Dance on Camera Festival. The festival will include domestic and international films and related educational outreach activities.

Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support the addition of 10 Irreplaceable Dance Treasures to the Dance Heritage Coalition's Treasures website, to become an Online Treasures Exhibition. The project will provide unrestricted access about the American dance legacy to the general public, dance communities, students, and scholars world-wide.

Dance Kaleidoscope
Indianapolis, IN
$10,000
To support the Modern American Graffiti dance tour in locations in Indiana. Performances and educational outreach will be held in Terre Haute at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, in Muncie at Emens Auditorium, and in Richmond at the Civic Hall Performing Arts Center.

Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a dance residency. In partnership with the Maggie Allessee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University, choreographers Juliette Mapp and David Neumann will pursue artistic research and experimentation.

Dancing in the Street, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the fourth annual Hip-Hop Generation Next. The festival will include performances at Lincoln Center Out of Doors; a block party in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn; performances in Queensbridge and St. Mary's parks, and on Staten Island; and a film/panel discussion about hip-hop culture at the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in Queens.

Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support a dance program for children and young adults. Offered free-of-charge, Rites of Passage will provide instruction in a variety of African and African-derived dance and music styles, as well as performance opportunities.

Eugene Ballet
Eugene, OR
$20,000
To support regional dance touring and outreach activities in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Montana. The company will present repertory pieces as well as education programs.

Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association, Inc.
Moscow, ID
$9,000
To support the Festival Dance Youthreach Arts Programs. Touring professional dance companies will provide free performances and master classes to students in north central Idaho and eastern Washington.

Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. (aka Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company)
New York, NY
$55,000
To support the creation and presentation by the Bill T. Jones/ArnieZane Dance Company of The Lincoln Suite. The project will include dance performances and a pilot initiative of expanded public and education programs that will tour across the country.

Frequent Flyers Productions, Inc.
Boulder, CO
$10,000
To support the 12th annual Aerial Dance Festival. The festival will include performances and outreach activities including lecture-demonstrations, video presentations, post-performance sessions, and informal discussions with participating artists.

Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation of emerging choreographers in a performance as part of the SummerDANZ festival. The performance will take place at The Playhouse at the Abrons Arts Center in New York.

GroundWorks Dancetheater
Cleveland Hghts, OH
$15,000
To support artist residencies with David Parker and Jeffrey Kazin of the Bang Group, and Jill Sigman of jill sigman/thinkdance. Both residencies will feature master classes, artist talks, and open rehearsals, and each performance series will include multidisciplinary educational outreach programming.

House Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the creation of an education program based on the work of artist Meredith Monk. In partnership with the Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, the program will be replicable for high schools and colleges throughout the United States.

Infinity Dance Theater Company, Ltd.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a series of workshops to provide dance educators and students with disabilities instruction in ballet and modern dance technique. The classes, led by Artistic Director Kitty Lunn, will be transposed for dancers with disabilities and will be conducted throughout the New York City metropolitan area as well as New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

International Tap Association
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the next phase of Tap History Then & Now. The project will include website upgrading, database editing, digitizing past publications, and the production of a new publication.

Jazz Tap Ensemble Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the production of the DVD Jazz Tap Originals - Blues Legacy. Produced and directed by Artistic Director Lynn Dally, the DVD will focus on the Blues influence throughout the Jazz Tap Ensemble legacy.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support Evening Stars, an outdoor dance festival that takes place in parks in Lower Manhattan. The project, in partnership with the Alliance for Downtown New York, will feature the Trisha Brown Dance Company as part of its 40th anniversary season.

Lobero Theatre Foundation
Santa Barbara, CA
$10,000
To support DANCEworks. In partnership with SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara, DANCEworks will provide a four-week residency to an emerging choreographer to create new work which will be performed at the Lobero Theatre at the end of the residency.

Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. (aka Martha Graham Dance Company)
New York, NY
$140,000
To support a rehearsal period in preparation for touring and performances in New York. The Martha Graham Dance Company will rehearse new and existing works by Martha Graham and other choreographers.

Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp.
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support the 15th Miami Hispanic Ballet Festival. The festival will feature a Ballet Performance Series, Dance Film Series, dance workshops, and ballet master classes.

Muller Works Foundation (aka Jennifer Muller/The Works)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support New Views/Next Stages, a series of education and community outreach initiatives by Jennifer Muller/TheWorks. The project will include in-school arts awareness programs for New York City school students, a presenting series to mentor emerging choreographers, and an extensive roster of public performances by the company.

Museum of Performance & Design
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support Full Spectrum: Preserving Rare & Diverse Bay Area Dance Video, 1985-2000. The collection will be available to students, scholars, researchers, and the general public.

Music and Arts Center for Humanity, Inc.
Bridgeport, CT
$10,000
To support AileyCamp and Dance II. The camp provides at-risk students with dance classes, workshops that address teenage issues, and personal counseling sessions. Dance II offers additional training for graduates of the AileyCamp.

Najwa
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support Cultural Empowerment Through Dance, an educational project that will offer classes, workshops, and lecture-demonstrations in African dance and drumming. The activities will be offered to youths, ages 7 to 18, from local elementary schools, after-school programs, and social service agencies.

National Institute of Flamenco
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support the tour of a series of flamenco performances. Three performance groups of the National Institute of Flamenco--Ninos Flamencos, Alma Flamenca, and Yjastros: The American Flamenco Company--will perform 116 performances in theaters and open-air community venues throughout rural New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and Colorado.

New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc.
New York City, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Zephyre, a French baroque acte de ballet by JeanPhilippe Rameau. The work will be choreographed by Catherine Turocy and performed in New York and Dallas.

New York City Players, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the tour of a new dance theater project created by choreographer Sarah Michelson and the New York City Players' Artistic Director Richard Maxwell. The work will premiere at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis and then will have its New York premiere at The Kitchen.

ODC Theater
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Sarah Michelson, in collaboration with playwright Richard Maxwell, visual artist Parker Lutz, and composer Peter Drungle. The work will launch the opening season of the newly renovated and expanded Oberlin Dance Collective Theater.

Paradigm Productions, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
To support the post-production and distribution of the dance film Dark Swan. In the film, Zimbabwean dancer Nora Chipaumire and Bay Area filmmaker Laurie Coyle collaborate on a lyrical and provocative reinterpretation of Mikhail Fokine's ballet solo, The Dying Swan.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (aka PICA) (Consortium)
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the presentation of dance artists John Jasperse and Jerome Bel. In partnership with the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the presentations will take place at the Time-Based Art Festival in Portland, Oregon, and the Philadelphia Live Art Festival in Philadelphia.

Princeton Ballet Society (aka American Repertory Ballet)
New Brunswick, NJ
$20,000
To support the restaging of choreographer Twyla Tharp's Eight Jelly Rolls. This work will be American Repertory Ballet's fourth Tharp revival, and will premiere at the New Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Ragamala Dance (Consortium)
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
To support the presentation of Sthree, inspired by Silappatikaram (The Tale of the Anklet), the national epic story of the Tamil people of southeastern India. The project will be implemented in partnership with the Hindu Samaj Temple of Minnesota.

Ringside Inc. (aka STREB)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support PUBLIC/ACTION, an audience development and access program. The project will support residency and outreach programs for PUBLIC/ACTION NEW YORK and PUBLIC/ACTION ON TOUR.

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation (aka Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company)
Salt Lake City, UT
$30,000
To support dance residency activities in communities across the United States. The project will include lecture-demonstrations, creative movement classes, teacher workshops, open rehearsals, master classes, parent/child workshops, and performances.

Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute
Saint Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the presentation of the 19th annual St. Louis Tap Festival. The festival will include concerts, panel discussions, lectures, archival video showings, and workshops.

Saint Joseph Ballet Company
Santa Ana, CA
$10,000
To support year-round dance education and performances program for low-income youth. These after-school programs include dance education, performance opportunities, academic touring, college preparatory services, student mentoring, fieldtrips, and family services such as counseling and crisis intervention.

Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Sir Frederick Ashton Ballet Tribute, which consists of a series of educational lectures, performances, and a symposium. The dances involved in the project include Capriol Suite, Valses nobles et sentimentale, and Foyer de Danse.

School of American Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the tuition-free Boys Program and community outreach activities. Community outreach programs support recruitment and awareness of the Boys Program and other classes by providing free auditions and free public ballet demonstrations to under-served students in neighborhoods across New York City.

Society for the Performing Arts
Houston, TX
$20,000
To support the Empowerment Through Self-Expression Dance Project. The project will include a dance residency program and related activities for inner-city middle school students in Houston.

Tigertail Productions, Inc. (Consortium)
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support a series of performances, workshops, panels, and film screenings exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble XI will take place in partnership with the Florida Dance Association, an organization that serves, supports, and promotes the development of dance in Florida.

Trust Under Clause Fourth of the Will of Antony Tudor (aka The Antony Tudor Ballet Trust)
Ocean Beach, NY
$15,000
To support the continued development of the Antony Tudor (1908-87) ballet website. The multi-media website will offer the most comprehensive online catalogue of Tudor's ballets and additional interactive archival resources.

Tulane University (aka Adminstrators of the Tulane Educational Fund)
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
To support the 14th annual New Orleans Dance Festival. The festival will include dance classes, lectures, and performances celebrating the drum and dance traditions of the Caribbean, Africa, and the Americas.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
$10,000
To support the continued development and expansion of the website Accelerated Motion Towards a New Dance Literacy in America. The website will provide additional interactive educational materials (modules) that explore the social and cultural questions related to the study, practice, and performance of dance.

Verb Ballets
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
To support dance performances and educational activities in rural Ohio. The project will include mainstage performances of classics in contemporary dance and standards-based educational activities for children and schools utilizing Peter and the Wolf and The Nutcracker.

Walton Arts Center Council, Inc. (aka Walton Arts Center) (Consortium)
Fayetteville, AR
$10,000
To support the launch of Everywhere & Back. During a two-week residency, the Trey McIntyre Project will collaborate with the Walton Arts Center Council to generate attention and curiosity, and develop an audience for the company's culminating performance.

Yard, Inc. (Consortium)
Chilmark, MA
$20,000
To support the completion and presentation of The Othello Project, an evening-length, guided exploration of José Limón's The Moor's Pavane. In partnership with the José Limón Dance Company, this multidisciplinary collaboration incorporates excerpts from Shakespeare's Othello and Verdi's Otello, alongside the Pavane, which will be performed in full by members of the Limón Dance Company.

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