Dance: FY2002 Grants

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

Access | Challenge America Access | Creativity | Heritage/Preservation

Organizational Capacity | Panelists

Access

Andrew Cacho African Drummers & Dancers
Economic Development, Inc.
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support workshops and performances as part of the Youthworks 2002 project. Children, teens and young adults will be trained in African Caribbean drumming, dancing, stilt walking and masquerades.

Ballet East Dance Company
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the development of a folkloric dance program. The program will be part of the company's Dare to Dance theater/dance program, in partnership with Austin Independent School District.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc.
(on behalf of Dancers Responding to AIDS)
$10,000
New York, NY
To support dance activities in the New York City Festival of Dance. Activities range from benefit performances to the Danskin™ Masterclass Series.

Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the expansion of a ballet-based dance instruction program. Dancing off the Streets, serving low-income and minority children, will bring the studio-based program to schools and community sites.

Dance Films Association, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 30th international dance film and video festival. Dance on Camera Festival 2002 On Tour will take place in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York and Virginia.

Dance St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$15,000
To support the presentation of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in a series of access and outreach programs. Dance St. Louis will identify suburban, rural and urban partners to reach underserved areas and audiences.

Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support a comprehensive educational outreach program that introduces children and adults to dance. The program, Dancing through Barriers, will provide professional development workshops for teachers, master classes, movement classes, lecture demonstrations, video assemblies, athletic workshops, performances, open rehearsals, and internships and apprenticeships.

Dancers' Group
(on behalf of Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week. The main program of this event is Open Dance Studios, which allows dance artists and organizations to highlight their programming in their own neighborhoods.

Dancing in the Streets, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a mobile living installation created and performed by Eiko and Koma. White will be performed in multiple public spaces in New York City.

Dimensions Dance Theater, Inc.
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support a free dance program for youth. In the City/Rites of Passage provides youth with dance education and training.

Festival Dance & Performing Arts Association
Moscow, ID
$8,000
To support the Festival Youthreach Project. The project provides free performances and master classes presented by touring professional dance companies in regional public schools.

GroundWorks Dancetheater
Cleveland Heights, OH
$10,000
To support an increase in the number and variety of educational outreach programs. Programs will be offered during performance residencies at the Cleveland Public Theatre and the Landmarks Concert Series.

H.T. Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support an interactive and multidisciplinary dance education program. Bamboo Oracle will be expanded to include community participation in rehearsal and performance during company residencies in New York and Texas.

Honolulu Dance Theatre, Ltd.
Honolulu, HI
$6,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance production and lecture demonstration. Pele and the Legends of Hawaii, based on the mythology of Hawaiian Goddess Pele, will be presented at the Hawaii Theatre Center.

Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts
Northampton, MA
$9,000
To support a residency by Avila/Weeks Dance. The residency will be conducted for the students of the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School as part of MIFA's Performing Arts Education Program.

Monte/Brown Dance (E. Monte Motion, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Celebrate Harlem ARTS, a series of performances and discussions inaugurating Monte/Brown Harlem ARTSpace. The project will incorporate performances of a new African Caribbean-based work created by choreographers Monte and Brown, as well as performances by Harlem community artists and groups.

New Orleans Ballet Association (consortium)
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
To support the commissioning of Donald Byrd/The Group for the Louis Armstrong Dance Project, Phase II. The project will include a New Orleans world premiere, a two-week residency and a site-specific work.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Paul Taylor Dance Company in a five-year, annual residency at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The project will consist of a Taylor 2 residency, an open rehearsal week by Paul Taylor Dance Company and a company performance.

Philadanco (Philadelphia Dance Company, Inc.)
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support an increase in Philadanco's outreach programs. Programs will include workshops, master classes, lecture demonstrations and career development conferences.

Repertory Dance Theatre
Salt Lake City, UT
$10,000
To support a one-week residency in San Juan County, UT and Apache County, AZ. Activities will include performances, teacher workshops, lecture demonstrations, classes and community events.

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Foundation
Salt Lake City, UT
$30,000
To support eight weeks of residency activities. The company will travel to Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, New York and Ohio and offer a broad range of dance activities and workshops.

San Diego Dance Theater
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the Dance Ability Project. The project partners dancers and choreographers from the San Diego Dance Theater with general and adapted physical education teachers to create dances that provide performance opportunities for disabled students of the Oceanside School District.

SCT Productions
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the presentation of Dance Chicago 2002. The five-week dance festival will include 250 dance groups and more than 2,000 artists from Chicago.

Streb/Ringside (Ringside, Inc.)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support two components of PUBLIC/ACTION, Streb/Ringside's central audience development and access program. The project will support residency and outreach programs for PUBLIC/ACTION NEW YORK and PUBLIC/ACTION ON TOUR.

Tigertail Productions, Inc. (consortium)
Miami, FL
$10,000
To support a five-day series of performances, workshops and symposia dedicated to exploring and promoting dance for people with disabilities. DanceAble III will take place during the Florida Dance Festival.

Challenge America Access

African American Dance Ensemble, Inc. (consortium)
Durham, NC
$50,000
To support a series of community residencies. The project will include a variety of activities and a performance. Consortium members include the Ashe County Arts Council, the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, St. John's Museum of Art, the Arts Council of Wilson, the United Arts Council of Raleigh and the YMI Cultural Center.

Caribbean Dance Company of the Virgin Islands, Inc.
St. Croix, VI
$30,000
To support the 2002 Caribbean Dance Axis. The project will provide performances for public daycare centers, elementary schools, universities, school parents and senior citizens.

Dance Alive!, Inc.
Gainesville, FL
$25,000
To support expansion of touring in rural and underserved areas in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana. The dance programs will include work by resident choreographers, George Balanchine, and commissioned work by contemporary choreographers.

Eugene Ballet Company
Eugene, OR
$30,000
To support regional rural touring in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The tour will consist of performances and outreach programs and will reach rural communities.

Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Inc.
Cazenovia, NY
$30,000
To support the presentation of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in rural, upstate New York. The open rehearsal, evening performance, and lecture demonstration will be targeted to low-income rural and urban participants, particularly at-risk children and youth.

Creativity

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$100,000
To support a United States tour in 2002. The company will perform approximately 95 shows in 24 cities in 16 states across the country.

American Ballet Theatre (Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of two works. American Ballet Theatre will commission James Kudelka's The Firebird and perform Frederick Ashton's The Dream.

American Dance Festival, Inc.
Durham, NC
$60,000
To support the commissioning and presenting of a range of modern dance choreographers. In addition to performances, the Celebration! program series will include educational outreach activities.

Anchorage Concert Association, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$15,000
To support a residency with the Diavolo Dance Company. The residency will include performances, workshops and other activities with local middle schools, local dancers and the Alaska Design Forum.

Art of the Matter (on behalf of Dance-Network)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the San Francisco Butoh Festival 2002. The program will revolve around Setsuko Yamada, one of Japan's leading female contemporary choreographers, and offer a program of symposia, workshops, master classes and performances.

Axis Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a work for dancers with and without disabilities by French Canadian choreographer Sonya Delwaide. The dance, titled Les Saisons, will involve solo, duet and ensemble work.

Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support creation of a new work by Pedro Ruiz. The work will be based on the Cuban folktale of Cecelia Valdes and will be created for 12 dancers.

Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
$20,000
To support the presentation of two new works. The works include Black Cake by Hans van Manen and Ghost Dances by Christopher Bruce.

Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$15,000
To support commissioning, presentation, outreach and educational activities for the Bates Dance Festival 2002. Dance artists include Jane Comfort and Company, Robert Moses/KIN, David Neumann and Lisa Race Dance.

Big Dance Theater, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
To support the creation of an original dance adaption of Franz Kafka's short story The Country Doctor. Annie-B Parson will create choreography and sound design for the piece.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. (Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support design and rehearsal of a program of revivals of seminal works choreographed by Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane over the past 20 years. This project will help renew and disseminate a body of dance works that has had a major impact on contemporary modern dance.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
(College Community Services, Inc.)
$10,000
Brooklyn, NY
To support the World of Dance Series. The series will include dance companies from the United States and around the world.

Carolina Ballet, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new chamber ballet. The ballet will be choreographed by Damian Woetzel, New York City Ballet principal dancer, and will be performed at the AJ Fletcher Opera Theater in Raleigh, NC and at Duke University in Durham, NC.

Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the development of a production to honor the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The project will include re-staging excerpts from Ballet Russe ballets, commissioning two new one act ballets, and working with the Cincinnati Art Museum to display sketches from the Ballet Russe era.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (New Dance Theatre, Inc.)
Denver, CO
$15,000
To support the creation of a full evening-length work. One Nation Under a Groove is a full evening work that draws inspiration from the soulful sounds of Motown.

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the presentation of artists. Local and national artists will be presented along with residency activities.

Cross Performance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a series of workshops in the United States and China. The workshops will result in the creation of Home: Part 3 of The Geography Trilogy, choreographed and directed by Ralph Lemon.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the creation of one new work and the revival of two existing works. Merce Cunningham will choreograph the works, which will be presented on a national tour.

Dance Brazil (Capoeira Foundation, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and premiere of a new work. Artistic Director Jelon Vieira will collaborate with Brazilian composer Marcelo Zarvos, and the music will be performed live with the dance.

Dance Center (Columbia College)
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support two dance presentation projects. The Dance Center will present DanceAfrica Chicago 2002 and Into the West, featuring contemporary dance from the West Coast.

Dance Kumikokimoto (Dansology, Inc.)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation of a new work. Argus is a multimedia performance piece featuring choreography and music by Artistic Director Koosil-ja Hwang and video by Caspar Stracke.

Dance Place (D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc.)
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support performances and residencies by dance artists as part of Dance Place's 22nd Series. The series will feature a roster of culturally and aesthetically diverse dancers and companies.

Dance Theater Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support an extended-run production series. The Carnival program features the work of artists at various stages in their careers and TheMainEvent series will present established mid career companies/artists.

Dance Umbrella
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the presentation of five dance events in celebration of Dance Umbrella's 25th anniversary. All artists will participate in week-long residencies that will include professional level master classes, participation in meet-the-artist events, lecture demonstrations, and dance workshops in local middle and high schools.

DANCECleveland (Cleveland Modern Dance Association)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
To support DANCECleveland's 2001-2002 Series. The program will include five concert presentations, as well as a commissioning project and two extended residencies.

Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the fifth year of City/Dans in 2002. This program supports the presentation of New York-based choreographers.

David Dorfman Dance (Art Sweats, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Artistic Director David Dorfman will create the work to the music of Robert Fripp.

Dayton Contemporary Dance Co.
(Dayton Contemporary Dance Guild, Inc.)
Dayton, OH
$20,000
To support the creation of new works by choreographers Bill T. Jones, Garth Fagan, Bebe Miller and Doug Varone. Each of these four new works will explore the theme of flight or aviation in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the first, powered flight.

Doug Varone and Dancers (Dova, Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work by Doug Varone. The work will involve the commissioning of a sound score and film and include a set design, guest dancers and actors.

Eiko & Koma (Inta, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support creation of a new work. "The dance will be a "living" installation conceived for gallery-like spaces.

Evidence, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of two final sections in a series of dances, choreographed by Ronald K. Brown. Titled Walking Out the Dark, the material developed will explore the dances and music of Cuba as well as spiritual dances and music from West Africa.

Field Papers, Inc.
Cambridge, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of small chamber pieces. Choreographer Dana Reitz will create solos for herself and other dancers, which will be adaptable to a variety of performance spaces.

Florida Dance Association, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the presentation of artists and education activities during the 24th Florida Dance Festival. This two-week festival includes dancers, teachers, students, choreographers and others from across Florida, the United States and abroad.

Hae Kyung Lee Dancers (Artist Consortium)
Rosemead, CA
$5,000
To support the creation of a full-evening work by choreographer Hae Kyung Lee, in collaboration with film director Allen Yamashita and composer Steve Moshier. The multimedia work with live musicians will take place at the Japan America Theater in Los Angeles.

Headlong Dance Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$5,000
To support the creation of a new work. Sound Sources will be created by Headlong Dance Theater's three artistic directors in collaboration with sound designer and composer Rick Henderson.

House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a new music-theater collaboration. Meredith Monk and theater-artist Ong Keng Sen of Theatreworks in Singapore will create a work involving American and Asian artists.

Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of dance works by two choreographers. Australian choreographer Natalie Weir will create a world premiere and the company will perform a piece by Sir Kenneth Macmillian.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the acquisition of a ballet. No More Play, created by Jirí Kylián, will begin the second phase of Hubbard Street's Kylián Project, a repertoire expansion effort launched in 1998.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Lee, MA
$70,000
To support dance presentations during Jacob Pillow Dance Festival's 70th anniversary. Each company will be in residency for a week and their work will be presented along with specially curated events.

James Sewell Ballet (Ballet Works, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support performance and education activities in Rochester, MN. The company will perform at the Mayo Civic Center and teach master classes at the Rochester Ballet School.

Jazz Tap Ensemble, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
To support the creation of new works and the training of artists. Artistic Director Lynn Dally will identify and develop future tap artists, create original choreography, and re-interpret existing company repertoire.

JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be choreographed by Danny Buraczeski and a jazz score will be composed by Philip Hamilton.

Joe Goode Performance Group
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere. Mythic, choreographed by Joe Goode, will be a large-scale work of dance theater.

Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the revival of two ballets. These ballets are Robert Joffrey's Astarte, which premiered in 1968, and John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, which premiered in 1984.

John Jasperse Co. (Thin Man Dance, Inc.)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new evening-length work. Clear Field will be choreographed by John Jasperse to music by composer Michael Floyd.

José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the restaging of a work. The company will perform Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman's 1935 New Dance, which is the final part of the epic New Dance Trilogy.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support dance presentation projects at the Joyce Theater. The projects include: the 2002 Altogether Different series, the Dance Presentation Program, and Joyce SoHo Presents.

Kansas City Ballet Association, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To present a series of six solo works. The works include It Starts with a Step, by Lotte Goslar; Strange Hero, by Daniel Nagrin; Kaddish, by Anna Sokolow; Totem Ancestor, by Merce Cunningham; Debut at the Opera, by Agnes de Mille; and The Dying Swan, by Michel Fokine.

Ko-Thi, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
To support two annual festivals. The Kuumba and Harvest Festivals will be held at the Pabst Theater.

La Donna Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work. The Salon Project will be a collaboration between choreographers Donna Uchizono and Valeria Solomonoff and composer Guy Yarden.

Lilly Cai Chinese Dance Company (Chinese Cultural Productions)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of Jade Warriors: The Chinese American Dance Spirit. The concert will consist of stories about the strength, passion and character of Chinese American women.

LINES Contemporary Ballet
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new dance work. This work will be choreographed by Alonzo King to music by Polish composer Pawel Syzmanski.

LINES Contemporary Ballet
(on behalf of La Tania Flamenco Music & Dance)
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work, titled Agua, Fuego y Tierra, will be choreographed by La Tania.

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (Dance Exchange, Inc.)
Takoma Park, MD
$10,000
To support New Works 2002, a program consisting of six to eight premieres by artists of the company and Home Hallelujah, a community-based performance work choreographed by resident artist Celeste Miller.

Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation
Inglewood, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new work, set to music by contemporary jazz artists with African influences. Lula Washington will choreograph Experimentations in Jazz to music by McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane and Boujoubumbastic, a jazz/Sengalese Kora music group.

Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Margaret Jenkins. Knot will be created in collaboration with composer Alvin Curran and visual designer Alexander V. Nichols.

Mark Morris Dance Group (Discalced, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$50,000
To support the creation of Henry Purcell's opera King Arthur for the English National Opera, directed and choreographed by Mark Morris. The production will feature all 18 members of the Mark Morris Dance Group, 10 actors, five vocalists, a 20-person chorus, and a 32-person orchestra.

Mobile Ballet, Inc.
Mobile, AL
$5,000
To support the creation of a new ballet by Artistic Director Winthrop Corey. The ballet will be based on A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.

Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the 10th Improvisation Festival/NY. The festival is a celebration of dance improvisation and will offer classes, workshops, educational outreach and panel discussions.

New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
To support two dance presentations. Evidence, Inc. and Doug Varone and Dancers will be presented on the concert stage as well as in community settings throughout greater New Orleans.

New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$100,000
To support the 10th anniversary of the Diamond Project. The company will premiere six new ballets and re-stage past Diamond Project ballets.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Yin Mei Dance)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support national touring of Asunder. The work is choreographed by Yin Mei with set by Cai Guo Qiang, music by Robert Een, and poetry by Mark Strand.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. (on behalf of Urban Tap)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support national and international touring of Caravane. Created by choreographer Tamango, the project includes musicians on percussion, cello, trumpet and voice and features tap, hip-hop, capoeira and African stilt dancers.

Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by Murray Louis. This work will be taught to students at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support a new work by choreographer Dwight Rhoden, with guest artist Desmond Richardson. Rhoden will collaborate with composer Antonio Carlos Scott to create a contemporary electronic soundscape for the work.

Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation of the culminating work in Pascal Rioult's Ravel Project. The piece will be created to Ravel's Bolero, and will have its premiere at the company's 10th anniversary performances at the Joyce Theater in New York City.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
To support the creation and presentation of work nationwide through tandem touring by the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2. The tours include performances, education activities and community service events.

Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support presentation of a regional tour of Coppelia. The company will present five performances in Harrisburg, PA and Erie, PA.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The Private Lives of Dancers will be choreographed to live piano by Artistic Director David Gordon.

Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work. Choreographed by Artistic Directors Robby Barnett and Jonathan Wolken, the new work will explore the four humors, with a commissioned score by Peter Schickele.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,000
To support the creation of a new ballet. Choreographed by Kevin O'Day to the music of Sting, this production will be part of Pittsburgh Ballet's program of new ballets, Brand New Day.

Pittsburgh Dance Alloy
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support the creation of four new works by a variety of artists. The project will feature collaborations with choreographers, composers, videographers and singers.

Pittsburgh Dance Council, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
To support the presentation of six companies. The companies include The Shaolin Warriors, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Compagnie Maguy Marin, The Parsons Dance Company, and Pittsburgh companies Labco and Attack Theatre.

Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the presentation of WorDance. The cross-cultural work by the Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and the Ko-Thi Dance Company will be performed at the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul, MN.

Rennie Harris Puremovement
Philadelphia, PA
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Facing Mecca, created by Artistic Director Rennie Harris, will feature a cast of 17 dancers, three DJ's, live percussion, and a recorded sound score with vocals by Philip Hamilton, Grisha Coleman and Kenny Muhammad.

Rhapsody In Taps, Inc.
Long Beach, CA
$10,000
To support creation of a new work by tap dancer Sam Weber. Weber will create the work for seven tap dancers and five jazz musicians and it will premiere at the Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles.

Rhythm In Shoes, Inc.
Dayton, OH
$10,000
To support creation of an evening-length performance. Rhythm in Shoes will collaborate with the musical group the Red Clay Ramblers of Chapel Hill, NC.

River North Chicago Dance Company
Chicago, IL
$5,000
To support the presentation and touring of Pulse. Choreographed by Daniel Ezralow, this piece is one of seven works that will tour throughout the United States during 2001-02.

San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$70,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by emerging and established choreographers. The company will acquire a work by Hans van Manen and commission works by choreographers Helgi Tomasson, Julia Adam and Yuri Possokhov.

Shapiro + Smith (Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc.)
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of new works. The works will be presented at the Joyce Theater in New York City, the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, and on tour in the United States.

Spring Lake Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the revival of the 1986 piece Vienna: Lusthaus, choreographed and directed by Martha Clarke. The work will include new choreographed sections along with other additions by collaborators, composer Richard Peaslee and writer Charles L. Mee, Jr.

Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographer Stephen Petronio was inspired to create this work from a series of portraits created by Donald Baechler at the Gellert Hotel in Budapest, Hungary.

Susan Marshall + Co. (Dance Continuum, Inc.)
Putnam Valley, NY
$15,000
To support the creation of two new dance works choreographed by Susan Marshall. Titled Heavy Air and The Chorus, these works will premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival.

The New Victory (New 42nd Street, Inc.)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of a dance series. Camut Band (Spain), Donald Byrd/the Group (New York), and Noche Flamenca (Spain/New York) will perform 65 public and education shows.

Tigertail Productions, Inc.
Miami, FL
$5,000
To support dance presentations during the 8th Tigertail Florida/Brazil and Guests Festival. The festival will include performances, workshops, panels and symposia.

Trisha Brown Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the creation of two new works choreographed by Trisha Brown. A new piece will be created to Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreisse and Trisha Brown will create a solo for herself that combines her work in the visual arts with her work in dance.

Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival
Norfolk, VA
$5,000
To support the presentation of two dance companies. The Mark Morris Dance Group and Dance Theatre of Harlem will offer performances, workshops and a student matinee performance.

Wally Cardona Quartet (WCV, Inc.)
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work choreographed by Wally Cardona. Morphmaniac will be performed in non-proscenium stage settings in several states.

Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support dance presentations and residency activities. Rennie Harris Puremovement, Kim Itoh + the Glorious Future, Yin Mei, Bebe Miller Company, Quasar Dance Company, and Whispering Voice/David Rousseve will offer performances and other activities in Maryland and D.C.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$5,000
To support the presentation of four dance companies as part of The White Bird/Portland State University Dance Series. The series will include new work, master classes and residencies.

Yard, Inc.
Chilmark, MA
$5,000
To support the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers & Dancer Residency. Four emerging choreographers and eight dancers will be selected to be in residence for five weeks and two emerging companies will be chosen for a four-week company residency.

Zaccho SF
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Ghost Architecture choreographed by Artistic Director Joanna Haigood. This piece will examine the relationship between space and time and how that relates to architecture.

Zvi Gotheiner + Dancers (ZGD, Inc.)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner, the piece will deal with environmental issues.

Heritage/Preservation

American Bolero Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the American Bolero Apprenticeship Program. Participants in the program will be taught traditional Spanish dance.

American Dance Festival, Inc. (consortium)
Durham, NC
$20,000
To support a three-week Dance Critics Workshop. The critics will attend performances followed by sessions on writing, discussion and analysis, the history of dance and dance criticism.

Batoto Yetu, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the expanded production of a dance drama created by Artistic Director Julio T. Leitao. The production, titled The Quest, will showcase African dance and folklore.

Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support Phase II of Facing the Magnetic Media Crisis. The project will reformat or copy 175 tapes that have been subject to physical deterioration, or format or machinery obsolescence as well as convene a Technology Working Group meeting.

Floricanto Dance Theatre
Whittier, CA
$13,000
To support the creation and presentation of a full-length work choreographed by Artistic Director Gema Sandoval. The work will be based on the Mexican Day of the Dead (dia de los muertos) celebrations.

George Balanchine Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support two core video archive programs. The Archive of Lost Choreography retrieves fragments of Balanchine works that are no longer performed and the Interpreters Archive preserves the coaching of Balanchine roles by those who worked directly with him.

International Tap Association
Boulder, CO
$10,000
To support Tap 2003, a project examining the legacy and future of the art of tap. The project will bring together four generations of tap artists to examine the aesthetic, philosophical and practical issues for the field.

Katha Dance Theatre
Crystal, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new production, Ramayana. The piece will use the dance, music, storytelling and mask theater traditions of India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Laos.

Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the Martha Graham Media Project. The project will catalogue between 1500 and 2000 recordings, preserve 500 items, and make a selection of these works accessible to the public.

National Institute of Flamenco
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support the 2002 Festival Flamenco Internacional. The festival consists of two weeks of classes in flamenco dance, choreography, singing, guitar and percussion, culminating in public performances.

New York Baroque Dance Co., Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Baroque Ballet Workshop, a residency program to be held in Hunter, NY, San Rafael, CA and Dallas, TX. The focus of the project is to strengthen professional and public knowledge of Baroque dance heritage through classes, concerts and lectures, passing on artistic repertoire, techniques and traditions.

New York City Ballet, Inc. (consortium)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support Phase II of the Archive Project. The project is an effort to organize, preserve and make accessible original materials from New York City Ballet's past.

Sundar Kala Kendra Foundation
Walnut, CA
$10,000
To support creation and presentation of a dance drama choreographed by Artistic Director Anjani Ambegaokar. The production will be performed in classical kathak dance style accompanied by live musicians.

Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
$10,000
To support artist fees for the sixth annual New Orleans Jazz Dance Festival. The activities of the festival are designed to preserve, understand and respect the diverse cultural heritage of 20th century American jazz dance.

University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
$20,000
To support the post-production phase of Mary Anthony: A Life in Modern Dance. This is a video documentary of the life and work of a dance artist and pioneer.

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Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$80,000
To support a professional development project. The project involves the 2002 Roundtable, the 2003 Winter Council meeting, and a series of six regional forums around specific topics in cities throughout the country.

Pentacle (DanceWorks, Inc.)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the fourth cycle of an artist mentorship program. The Help Desk provides technical assistance for emerging and mid-career choreographers.

The Field (Performance Zone, Inc.)
New York, NY
$11,000
To support a 2002 series of workshops and residencies. Fieldwork offers over 400 artists a method of strengthening their creative process via a group feedback structure and will take place in several cities across the United States.

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