2012 Grant Awards: Art Works

[ March 10, 2011 deadline ]

Artists Communities | Arts Education | Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies | Media Arts | Museums | Music | Musical Theater |
Opera | Presenting | Theater | Visual Arts

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

Dance

Alabama Dance Council
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
To support the presentation of the 2012 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Ronald K. Brown's Evidence: A Dance Company and Brazz Dance Theater, showcases of Alabama dance companies, pre-professional and professional master classes, professional development workshops, summer intensive auditions, and dance education workshops.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of work by choreographer Alonzo King, in collaboration with bassist and composer Edgar Meyer. The project will include post-performance question-and-answer sessions, as well as free family activities before Sunday performances.

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support a United States tour that includes performances and outreach activities in more than 25 cities. The tour will feature new works selected by Robert Battle, the third artistic director in the company's 53-year history.

American Dance Festival
Durham, NC
$60,000
To support the What is a Dance Movement? series. Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Judson Church dance movement, the presentations will feature artists from that era including Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, and David Gordon, as well as some of their proteges and seminal choreographers who came before such as Paul Taylor and Alwin Nikolais.

American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the dance festival Tap City. Activities will include training, education, special events, and performances by artists and companies such as Constance Valis Hill, Lynn Daly, Lane Alexander, Acia Gray, Chloe Arnold, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Brenda Bufalino, Derik K. Grant, Deborah Mitchell, Barbara Duffy and Company, Max Pollak's RumbaTap, Tapage, Parallel Exit, and international artists Sarah Petronio (France) and Kazu Kumagai (Japan).

Armitage Foundation Ltd. (aka Armitage Gone! Dance)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of a new work by Karole Armitage, titled Fables of de la Fontaine. The work will be a full-evening ballet and operatic work performed as a series of vignettes, set to the text of the 17th century poet Jean de la Fontaine with music composed by Corey Dargel and performed by a baroque ensemble.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Aspen, CO
$20,000
To support a national tour of dance performances. Other touring activities will include question-and-answer sessions, master classes with local dance schools and universities, and open rehearsals. Dance works performed on tour will include a ballet by choreographer Nacho Duato, the reconstruction of an Aspen Santa Fe original ballet by Nicolo Fonte, and the commissioning of a new work by emerging artist Norbet de la Cruz.

Atlanta Ballet
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support the creation of a full-length story ballet set to music by Franz Schubert by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The ballet will be performed by Atlanta Ballet dancers and children from the Centre of Dance Education. Student audiences will be provided study materials prior to the performance.

AXIS Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! education and outreach programs. These activities will offer a variety of dance events for youth and adults with and without disabilities.

Ballet Hispanico of New York
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director Eduardo Vilaro. The work, titled Reina, will be inspired by the music of Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa.

Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. (aka BalletMet Columbus)
Columbus, OH
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of world premieres by choreographers Jimmy Orrante and Amy Seiwert. Orrante will collaborate with media composer Sean Beeson, with technical support from the Ohio State University Advanced Computer Center for the Arts and Design to create an interactive environment. Amy Seiwert and software artist Frieder Weiss will create a second work to music by composer Daniel Bernard Roumain.

Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. (aka American Ballet Theatre)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the creation and world premiere of a new production of The Firebird, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre artist-in-residence. The ballet will utilize the complete score by Igor Stravinksy, and it will be incorporated into the company's education and outreach efforts.

Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of The Lottery, choreographed by Val Caniparoli, the first major commissioned work under the leadership of artistic director Adam Sklute. The work is based on the American short-story by author Shirley Jackson about conformity gone mad, and will be created in collaboration with costume and decor designer Sandra Woodall, and composer Robert Moran.

Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$30,000
To support dance artist residencies as part of the annual Bates Dance Festival titled, Cultivating a Vibrant Dance Community. The project will bring together leading dance figures, companies, and emerging artists such as Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Rennie Harris PureMovement, Jane Comfort and Company, Keigwin + Company, and Kyle Abraham for one- to four-week residencies to connect, create, and perform in a collaborative, supportive environment.

Blue Lapis Light
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a site specific aerial dance, titled Swan Nebula, choreographed by Sally Jacques. The dancers will be accompanied by a choral ensemble, interspersed with music by composer William Meadows. Microphones on cables will pick up the sounds of the dancers' feet.

BodyVox
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the world premiere of a new work, choreographed by artistic directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland. The work will be accompanied by a soundtrack of scenes from classic and independent films, along with an original music score composed by Vivek Maddala.

Boston Ballet
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support performances of Jerome Robbins' 1944 ballet, Fancy Free, at the Boston Opera House. The ballet will be accompanied by the Leonard Bernstein score, performed live by the Boston Ballet Orchestra.

Boston Dance Alliance
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support Behind the Scenes: In Front of the Curtain, a project to help dance companies engage new dance audiences. The project will involve a creative retreat for two choreographers and their dancers, with additional funding to pay dancers during the rehearsal period; individual coaching on marketing and fundraising; and video workshops for members and non-Boston Dance Alliance members.

Capoeira Foundation, Inc. (aka DanceBrazil)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and artistic director Jelon Vieira. IMFAZWE will explore both the fighting and dance aspects of the art form of capoeira.

Chicago Dancing Company (aka Chicago Dancing Festival)
Lombard, IL
$10,000
To support the presentation of local and national dance companies as part of the 2012 Chicago Dancing Festival. Festival activities will include performances, open rehearsals, open company classes, and moderated lecture-demonstrations, many of which will be free.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project (aka CHRP, Rhythm Project)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the 22nd annual Rhythm World, a tap and percussive dance festival. The project will include residencies, performances, and education and outreach activities.

Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
Des Moines, IA
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Civic Center Dance Series. Performances will include Diavolo Dance Theater, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Parsons Dance Company presented at the Civic Center Main Hall.

Cleveland Modern Dance Association (aka DANCECleveland)
Cleveland, OH
$25,000
To support DANCECleveland's presentation of the Ballet Memphis and the Israel-based Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. The companies were selected to continue DanceCleveland's mission of engaging communities and cultures through the performing arts.

Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of The Dance Center)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support international contemporary dance residencies at The Dance Center. Companies under consideration include Cois Ceim Dance (Ireland), Delfos Danza Contemporanea (Mexico), and Yin Mei/Hong Kong Dance Company (China).

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the Guest Artist Series of contemporary dance concerts. Artists under consideration include Everett Dance Theatre, Garth Fagan Dance Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Philadanco, Rennie Harris PureMovement, Zvi Gotheiner/ZviDance, Helanius Wilkins/Edgeworks Dance Theater, Amy Seiwert /im-ij-re, and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.

CounterPulse
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the CounterPULSE Artist Residency and Commissioning (ARC) Program for local and emerging artists. The 2012 ARC Program will consist of two, six-month residencies during which four artists (two per session) will rehearse, collaborate, teach, and perform new work in a shared program.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas, TX
$20,000
To support a national tour to California, Maryland, and Texas. The tour will include performances of Ulysses Dove's Vespers, Alvin Ailey's Escapades, and a new work choreographed by Dianne McIntyre based on the life and work of singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist Nina Simone.

Dance Continuum, Inc. (aka Susan Marshall Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new dance by choreographer Susan Marshall. The work will be created in collaboration with composer David Lang and guitarists Taylor Levine and James Moore.

Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the design, testing, and implementation of the Dance Heritage Coalition Records-Management System, a range of adaptable records-management tools and technical assistance for dance companies and artists. Access to rich, but easy-to-use support materials, and guidance on records-management will immediately increase organizational and programmatic capacity.

Dance Kaleidoscope
Indianapolis, IN
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work, choreographed by artistic director David Hochoy. The work will be set to Igor Stravinsky's Les Noces, with live performances by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Children's Choir, and the American Pianists Association.

Dance Saint Louis (aka Dance St. Louis)
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
To support dance presentations and related activities. As part of the Speaking of Dance series, hosted by artistic and executive director Michael Uthoff, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Ensemble Espanol, Joffrey Ballet, and Pilobolus will perform at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and will offer master classes and pre-performance talks to local dance students and teachers.

Dance Theatre of Harlem
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation of a new work by choreographers Thaddeus Davis and Tanya Wideman. The work will be created on a small group of dancers, which will be fully realized by the new professional Dance Theatre of Harlem dancers.

Dance/USA (on behalf of Dance/USA Philadelphia)
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support Dance/USA Philadelphia's presentation of the 2012 Philadelphia Dance Showcase. As a means of encouraging collaboration, the showcase at the Jeanne Ruddy Performance Garage will be an opportunity for Philadelphia artists, national and international presenters, and producers to meet and find new ways of connecting.

Dance/USA (on behalf of Dance/NYC)
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support Dance/NYC's series of professional development programs and town hall meetings for dancers, choreographers, and managers. These programs will cover topics such as cultivating administrative and management skills for dancers and administrators, technology, financial management, fundraising, marketing, programming, education, and legal issues.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$80,000
To support professional development services for the professional nonprofit dance field. The activities will include a national roundtable (San Francisco, CA), a mentoring program for emerging leaders, capacity building for the research department, upgrading the Web site, and a dance forum.

DanceNOW NYC
New York City, NY
$10,000
To support the DanceNOW Steelstacks program, and other performance and career advancement opportunities for dancemakers.

Dancers' Group
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support In Dance, a publication targeted for dance artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The issues appear in print as well as on the Dancers' Group Web site, and include a comprehensive performance calendar, summer workshop guide, reviews of dance companies, performance auditions, jobs, grant news listings, and downloadable podcasts of special interviews and features.

DanceWorks, Inc. (aka Pentacle)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support Pentacle's series of infrastructure support programs for small to mid-sized New York and Los Angeles dance companies. The programs will include the creation of Help Desk/New York, which will address dance literacy and audience engagement; Cultivating Leadership in Dance, which pairs dance companies with promising young administrators; the Help Desk/Los Angeles, created to serve the needs of the Los Angeles dance community; and The Back Office, a program to address the administrative staffing needs of choreographers based at universities in Los Angeles.

Danspace Project
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the Choreographic Center Without Walls. Danspace will present public performances in its three core programs: the guest-curated PLATFORM, City/Dans (NYC artists), and Global Exchange (international artists) series.

Discalced, Inc. (aka Mark Morris Dance Group)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support the creation of a new work and the revival of a work by choreographer Mark Morris for the Mark Morris Dance Group. The new work will be set to Ludwig van Beethoven's Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, and the work to be revived is titled Four Saints in Three Acts (2000), a dance-based opera set to music of the same name by Virgil Thomson.

DOVA, Inc. (aka Doug Varone and Dancers)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of Doug Varone and Dancers' Dark Full Ride, set to the music of the same title by composer Julia Wolfe. The work will be shown in-progress at the company's informal performance series at the 92nd Street Y.

Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater (aka Epiphany Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the San Francisco Trolley Dances. This festival includes presentations of free site-specific contemporary dance performances, presented along a different city trolley or San Francisco Municipal Railway route each year.

Evidence, Inc. (aka Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support a national tour and performances at The Joyce Theater in New York City, which will include community engagement and arts education programs. The project will also include further development and presentation of Ronald K. Brown's newest work, On Earth Together, inspired by music based on social consciousness and responsibility by Stevie Wonder.

Florida Dance Association
Miami, FL
$20,000
To support dance festivals in Tampa and Gainesville. Components will include public performances and education, training, and professional development programs for students, teachers, choreographers, and other dance professionals.

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
$20,000
To support artist residencies at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography. Fellowships will be for emerging artists, a senior artist as part of the Living Legacy Program, and mid-career artists.

Foundation for Independent Artists
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of new dance works on tour and in New York City by Bridgman/Packer Dance and Nicholas Leichter Dance. Bridgman/Packer will create a work inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper, and will incorporate live choreography and videos in the work. Nicholas Leichter will develop an evening-length work titled Black Barbra, which emanates from the story of 1973 film The Way We Were, told through the lens of singer Donna Summer.

Garth Fagan Dance, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$15,000
To support Conversations with Garth, a series of collaborative dialogues between Garth Fagan and a range of other leading artists. Each "conversation" will include a performance by Garth Fagan Dance and various selections of the other artists' work, such as that of Norwood Pennewell, long time dancer with the company and visual artist Albert Paley.

Gotham Dance, Inc. (aka Bebe Miller Company)
New York, NY
$19,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work, choreographed by Bebe Miller in collaboration with long-time company members. The work, titled History, will examine the creative process, and will have a companion interactive media installation that includes video imagery with recorded commentary by the artists, that will be made available online.

Headlong Dance Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of the Citizens Dance Project, in which Headlong co-directors will work with a team of artists and thinkers to create contemporary dances on non-dancers who live in Philadelphia. The works will be performed in the homes of the non-dancers, which will include a meal prepared by the residents and performers.

Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$40,000
To support the creation and presentation of new ballets by choreographers Stanton Welch and Nicolo Fonte. The project will include information on each ballet such as articles, historical information, synopses, image galleries, and interviews and biographies for choreographers, designers, dancers, and musicians that will be posted on the company's Web site.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Alonzo King, in collaboration with his company LINES Ballet. The work will be created through a residency at the University of California, Irvine, and performed by both companies together at the Harris Theater in Chicago and on a tour.

Inta, Inc. (aka Eiko & Koma)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of Fragile, a collaboration between Eiko & Koma and the Kronos Quartet. Fragile will be created for alternative spaces where audience members will be invited to view from multiple perspectives.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Becket, MA
$80,000
To support the Creative Development Residency Program and audience engagement through the Virtual Pillow, an electronic venue for producing online content from the Jacob's Pillow Archives. Artists in residence will include Circa (Australia), Tero Saarinen Company (Finland), Kafig (France), Batsheva (Israel), and U.S. artists Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Martha Graham Dance Company.

Joe Goode Performance Group
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the creation of a series of site-specific performance work by choreographer Joe Goode. The project, titled The Human Kind Series, was inspired by the company's move to a newly acquired permanent studio at San Francisco's Project Artaud in the Mission Hill neighborhood.

Joffrey Ballet
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new piece by choreographer Val Caniparoli. This will be Caniparoli's first piece for the company, which will be set to Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta by composer Bela Bartok.

José Limón Dance Foundation (aka Limón Dance Company)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support expansion of an audience engagement project in New York City. Activities will include a variety of education and outreach programs such as open rehearsals, Limón technique classes for the public, the expansion of the arts-in-education program Limón4Kids for middle school youth, and non-traditional partnerships with venues such as Bryant Park, which will focus on introducing non-dance audiences to modern dance.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
To support the Dance Presentation Program. Dance companies from the United States and abroad are under consideration including Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai (China); Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (Monaco); Jant-bi (Senegal); Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve (Switzerland); and Jason Samuels Smith (U.S.).

Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
To support the performance of Les Gentilhommes, choreographed by Peter Martins. The piece, set to Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 2 (Largo) (1739) by Georg Friedrich Handel, originally premiered on the New York City Ballet.

Keigwin + Company
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance choreographed by artistic director Larry Keigwin. The dance, 12 CHAIRS, is inspired by the black folding chair.

Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. (aka Louisville Ballet)
Louisville, KY
$20,000
To support the acquisition of Lady of the Camellias, by choreographer Val Caniparoli, as part of Louisville Ballet's Repertoire Enhancement Project. Lady of the Camellias is based on the 1848 novel by Alexander Dumas, and is choreographed to music by Chopin.

La Donna Dance, Inc. (aka Donna Uchizono Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and premiere of Beneath, choreographed by Donna Uchizono. The work for four dancers will feature an original live electronic score by James Lo and visual imagery for set installation by photographer Michael Grimaldi.

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Lar Lubovitch. The world premiere of the work, titled New Dance, will take place in New York City as part of the company's 45th anniversary, and it will also be performed on tour across the United States.

LEVYdance
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Bay Area Contemporary Choreographer's Showcase, an artist-produced shared program with The Foundry dance company and LEVYdance. The artists will share resources to rent the performance space for an extended run.

MAPP International Productions Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the production of three contemporary dance projects. Choreographer Nora Chipaumire will create Miriam, a new evening-length work; David Zambrano's SOUL PROJECT will tour to seven U.S. cities; African dance artists Nadia Beugre, Bouchra Ouizguen, Maria Helena Pinto, Kettley Noel, and Nelisiwe Xaba will be presented as part of Voices of Strength: A Program of Contemporary Dance by Women of Africa.

Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc. (aka Margaret Jenkins Dance Company)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Time Bones, a new work by choreographer Margaret Jenkins. Time Bones, inspired by the myth of the scattered limbs of Osiris, will explore the "bones" of Margaret Jenkins' creative process throughout her 38-year career, and will be compiled from components of her 75 works.

Miami City Ballet
Miami Beach, FL
$40,000
To support a world premiere of a new work by British choreographer Liam Scarlett. This will be Scarlett's first ballet for an American dance company.

Monica Bill Barnes & Company
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length contemporary dance work, by choreographer Monica Bill Barnes, as part of the company's 15th anniversary. The work, titled The Snow Globe Show, will be presented at Joe's Pub (NYC) and during a national tour.

Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 2012 Movement Research Spring and Fall Festivals, a series of free and low-cost dance performances, classes, and workshops. The festivals will bring together multiple generations of artists, writers, critics, presenters, and the general public for the engagement, discussion, and examination of contemporary dance practices, improvisation, and performance forms.

Muntu Dance Theatre
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the presentation of The Journey, which will chronicle the 40 year history of Muntu Dance Theatre through dance and music. The project will include mounting signature works from each of the artistic directors the company has worked with over the years, as well as the commission of three new works from other choreographers.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Fort Lee, NJ
$10,000
To support dance performances and education and outreach activities based on the ancient legends and folklore of the Chinese dragon, accompanied by the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York. The project will include development of a curriculum guide for students and teachers attending student matinees of the Year of the Dragon Celebration, and visual arts exhibits by master paper cutting artist Hou-Tien Cheng.

National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work by choreographer Alonzo King and LINES Ballet. The company will engage in community-based arts education activities including a pre-performance talk, a dialogue with Alonzo King and educators, and a community master class.

National Performance Network, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$60,000
To support national dance programs including the Performance Residency Program and the Creation Fund, Community Fund, and Freight Fund projects. The programs will enable NPN partners to create, commission, tour, and present contemporary dance artists around the country.

New Dance Theatre, Inc. (aka Cleo Parker Robinson Dance)
Denver, CO
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Jeanguy Saintus and Jeffrey Page, as well as the re-staging of In the Valley of the Nile, choreographed by artistic director Cleo Parker Robinson. Jeffrey Page's work, Star of the Show, highlights the music of James Brown; and In the Valley of the Nile is a tribute to the women of the Nile Valley civilization, set to music by Egyptian composer Halim El Dabh.

New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$50,000
To support the presentation of dance performances and related education and outreach programs. Presentations will include Shen Wei Dance Arts, Stephen Petronio Company, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Komenka Ethnic Dance and Music Ensemble, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, and the Limón Dance Company.

New York City Ballet
New York, NY
$80,000
To support commissioning of new works by choreographers Benjamin Millepied and Christopher Wheeldon. Wheeldon's new work will be part of an all-Wheeldon program, marking the first time in the company's history that an evening is devoted to the work of a single choreographer other than George Balanchine or Jerome Robbins. Millepied will collaborate with composer Nico Muhly to create a new ballet and original score.

New York Live Arts Inc. (aka Formerly Dance Theatre Workshop)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the presentation of dance companies in the Commissioning and Residency Program, Fresh Tracks Performance and Residency Program, and the Studio Performance and Residency Series, as well as a U.S. tour of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Each program will include pre- and post-performance discussions, Web-based interviews, active blogs, and special studio showings. While on tour, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will work with presenters to create outreach activities.

NewArt New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support Global DanceFest 2012. Artists to be presented include Junior Zafialison (Madagascar), Radhoune El Meddeb and Hafiz Dhao (Tunisia/France), and Andreya Ouamba/Cie 1er Temps (Dakar).

Noche Flamenca
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a United States tour of flamenco dance programs. The tour will include an adaption of the Greek tragedy Antigone for flamenco, incorporating text from the play into lyrics and song, by artistic director Martin Santangelo, and outreach events will include an in-school, arts education program, student performances, master classes, and pre- and post-performance lectures.

Oberlin Dance Collective (aka ODC/Dance)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works. Artistic director Brenda Way will premiere Life Saving Maneuvers, which will include a set and video piece by Alexander Nichols, and music by composer/cellist Zoe Keating and selections of Tom Waits. Co-artistic director KT Nelson will premiere Transit, in collaboration with composer Hyo-shin Na, set designer Matt Antaky, and designer/welder Max Chen.

On the Boards
Seattle, WA
$20,000
To support a series of dance presentations and associated educational and outreach activities. Through performances and outreach activities such as the filming and OntheBoards.tv's distribution of new works, a regional choreography competition, the 12 Minutes Max Performance Lab, online podcasts, audience review blogs, and master classes, approximately 6,400 individuals will be reached.

Oregon Ballet Theatre
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere of The Nutcracker, choreographed by Yuri Possokhov and artistic director Christopher Stowell. The choreographers will each direct one act of the work - the first act will be set in a picturesque Bavarian town during the Industrial Revolution; the second act is set inside a toy theater.

Pacific Northwest Ballet
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support the presentation of Repertory Program 4 New Works. The program will include the Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of David Dawson's A Million Kisses to my Skin, and the world premieres of Cylindrical Shadows by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and a newly commissioned work by Victor Quijada.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. (aka Paul Taylor Dance Company)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by artistic director Paul Taylor. The pieces represent the 136th and 137th works created for the company and will be created in collaboration with lighting designer Jennifer Tipton and costume and set designer Santo Loquasto.

Pennsylvania Ballet
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the presentation of Peter Pan, choreographed by Trey McIntyre. The project will include the company's Accent on Dance outreach and education program.

Pick Up Performance Company
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer David Gordon. Titled the End of the Beginning, the work is based on material written by the 1934 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Luigi Pirandello, and is a companion piece to Gordon's recent work, the Beginning of the End.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the North American premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire, choreographed by John Neumeier, at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh. The ballet is based on the Tennessee Williams' play of the same name and first debuted in 1983 at the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany.

Ragamala Dance
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy. The work, titled 1001 Buddhas, is inspired by the 12th-century Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, Japan, famous for its 1001 life-sized statues of Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, and will illustrate the journey of mythology and deity from the Hindu temples of India to the Buddhist temples of Japan.

Regents of the University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
To support the Northrop Dance series. Artistic companies Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai (China), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Ballet Preljocaj (France) will be presented to the Minneapolis community.

Repertory Dance Theatre
Salt Lake City, UT
$20,000
To support the acquisition and presentation of choreographer Merce Cunningham's works: Scramble and How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run. The project will also feature educational outreach classes, study guides, curriculum, and demonstrations focusing on Cunningham's unique method, theory, and philosophy.

Richmond Ballet
Richmond, VA
$20,000
To support the re-staging and presentation of Rodeo by choreographer Agnes de Mille. Rodeo, performed to the Aaron Copland score, will be presented during the Richmond Symphony's Pops concert series, Richmond Ballet's first such collaboration with the orchestra.

San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$70,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by several choreographers, including artistic director Helgi Tomasson, choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov, Wayne McGregor, Mark Morris, and Christopher Wheeldon. The project includes audience engagement activities such as community matinees for students and seniors, reduced-price tickets, pre-performance discussions, a docent-training program, and podcasts of Meet the Artist interviews and Pointes of View lectures.

School of Hard Knocks
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Yoshiko Chuma. The work, titled 6 Seconds in Ramallah, will include collaborations with traditional and contemporary dancers from the United States, Palestine, Jordan, and Japan.

Smuin Ballets-SF
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of a world premiere ballet from choreographer Ma Cong and the presentation of a new work by Amy Seiwert. The works will be presented in Smuin Ballet's home cities in Northern California: Carmel, Mountain View, San Francisco, and Walnut Creek.

Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. (aka Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the restaging and presentation of Bailes de Ida Vuelta (2003), choreographed by Antonio Hidalgo, and a variety of outreach activities. The work explores the relationship of flamenco and Latin American music and dance and will include music and dance workshops, pre-performance talks, and post-performance discussions.

Stephen Petronio Company
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of THE ARCHITECTURE OF LOSS by choreographer Stephen Petronio and in collaboration with Icelandic composer Valgeir Sigurdsson.

Thin Man Dance, Inc. (aka John Jasperse Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a tour of works by choreographer John Jasperse and the creation of a new work. The company will present the evening-length productions Canyon and Fort Blossom at Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Center in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts in Columbus, Ohio; The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vermont; and at one additional city.

Trey McIntyre Project
Boise, ID
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work, by choreographer Trey McIntyre. The dance will be the third piece in an autobiographical dance trilogy, and is inspired by the 1970's show Free to BeYou and Me.

Trisha Brown Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the creation and presentation of a solo work by choreographer and artistic director Trisha Brown The work will represent the culmination of Trisha's legacy as a solo artist, her intensive and historic collaborations with visual artists, and her continued interested in dance and drawing and their creative intersections.

Tulsa Ballet Theatre
Tulsa, OK
$20,000
To support the presentation of A Ballets Russes Evening. The project will feature Le Spectre de la Rose, by Michel Fokine; Apollo by George Balanchine; and Rite of Spring by Adam Houghland.

University of Notre Dame du Lac
Notre Dame, IN
$20,000
To support the presentation of Complexions, Nrityagram, and Ballet Hispanico dance companies. Each company will participate in outreach activities, including master classes, workshops, and discussions.

Vail Valley Foundation
Vail, CO
$20,000
To support the presentation of dance residencies and performances. The Vail International Dance Festival will feature performances by New York City Ballet's newly formed touring company, MOVES, and the Martha Graham Dance Company.

Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the 12th annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. Artists participating in the project include Dianne Walker, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Barbara Phillips, and Sarah Petronio, among others.

VSA arts of New Mexico, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support the Wild Dance West festival. The annual festival presents dance works created by artists from the Mountain and Pacific West, always incorporating New Mexican professional choreographers, dancers, and students. With a goal to reach out to other U.S. artists, the festival will include Wally Cardona (New York City) and Victoria Marks (Los Angeles) to be presented along with Meshi Chavez (Alburquerque/Portland) and Donna Jewell (Alburquerque).

Washington Ballet
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the presentation of All American Tharp, an evening of work by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The featured ballets will be Push Comes to Shove, Nine Sinatra Songs, and Surfer at the River Styx and the project will include education and outreach activities such as a one-night lecture by Tharp, open studio rehearsals and lectures about Tharp, and the creation of student educational materials.

Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
$20,000
To support the presentation of dance artists. Artists to be presented include Trisha Brown Company, Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, and Reggie Wilson Fist & Heel Performance Group.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support dance performances in the White Bird Uncaged series Kidd Pivot (Canada), Yasmeen Godder (Israel), and other companies will be presented in intimate-sized venues.

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