2008 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ March 12, 2007 deadline ]

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Museum | 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, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
To support the presentation of the 2008 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Bridgman/Packer Dance, showcases of Alabama Dance companies, master classes, and dance education workshops.

Alaska Dance Theatre, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
To support expansion of the Out of the Box Series. Several companies from outside the state will perform and five new works will be commissioned for performance.

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

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support a United States tour of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The company will offer performances and outreach activities in communities across the United States.

American Dance Festival, Inc.
Durham, NC
$70,000
To support the 75th anniversary season, Past/Forward. Dance works by recipients of the Scripps/ADF Awards will be presented by contemporary companies to demonstrate the respective choreographers' influences on modern dance and ballet.

Andanza, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Lolita Villanúa and Carlos Iván Santos. The project will include original music played live by local composers and will premiere at the Luis A. Ferré Center for the Performing Arts in San Juan.

Armitage Foundation, Ltd. (aka Armitage Gone! Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Karole Armitage. The work will be created in collaboration with composer Lukas Ligeti, painter David Salle, and media designer Mark Coniglio.

Art Sweats, Inc. (aka David Dorfman Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a dance theater work by artistic director and choreographer David Dorfman. The project will include classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, open rehearsals, and pre- and post-performance discussions.

AXIS Dance Company (Consortium)
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support a shared performance by AXIS Dance Company, Dandelion Dance Theater, and Nadia Adame's Compania Y from Madrid, Spain, in consortium with Joe Goode Performance Group.

AXIS Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! education/outreach programs. The programs offer a variety of dance events for youth and adults in schools and in the community.

Ballet Austin, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the second biennial New American Talent/Dance, a juried choreographic competition. Emerging choreographers Viktor Kabaniaev, Sidra Bell, and Amy Seiwert will create and premiere a new work.

Ballet Memphis
Memphis, TN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of dances based on religious music. The works will be choreographed by Julia Adam, Trey McIntyre, Dana Tai Soon Burgess, and Abou Lagraa, and will be presented at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis.

Ballet Metropolitan, Inc.
Columbus, OH
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works as part of the BalletMet Columbus'30th Anniversary. The works include the company premiere of Sinatra Suite by Twyla Tharp, the world premiere of A Different Drummer by Alexander Schneider-Rossmy, and the world premiere of Aladdin by artistic director Gerard Charles, in collaboration with Phoenix Theatre Circle.

Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the creation of a new work for American Ballet Theatre, choreographed by Twyla Tharp, with original music by Danny Elfman. The piece will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$20,000
To support artist residencies as part of the 26th annual Bates Dance Festival. Building Connections: Fostering Exchange in a Global Dance Community will include Eiko & Koma, Vuyani Dance Theatre, Keigwin + Company, Nora Chipaumire, Ananya Chatterjeam, and nugent+mattesondance.

Battleworks Dance Company
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Robert Battle, in collaboration with composer John Mackey. Reel Time will premiere at the Joyce Theater.

Better Family Life, Inc.
Saint Louis, MO
$10,000
To support a national dance festival, Black Dance-USA: A Celebration of Movement The project will consist of dance workshops, concerts by Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company and Sankofa Dance Theatre, discussion sessions, dance films, lecture-demonstrations, and African percussion and song classes.

Big Tree Productions, Inc. (aka Tere O'Connor Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work by artistic director and choreographer Tere O'Connor. The work will premiere at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City.

Body Weather Laboratory
Venice, CA
$10,000
To support a tour of Caddy! Caddy! Caddy!, a new evening-length dance work by Butoh dancer Oguri. The work will be presented at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis and tour across the United States.

Boston Ballet, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support the presentation of choreographer Antony Tudor's classic 1937 work Dark Elegies. The work will premiere at the Wang Theatre in Boston.

Boston Dance Alliance, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support a comprehensive audience development plan and an expansion of information for the dance community. Boston Dance Alliance will create a Dance Bill program, which will offer a calendar of performances, information about the dance community, and interviews, and will add video streaming to its Web site.

Capoeira Foundation, Inc. (aka DanceBrazil)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by DanceBrazil's artistic director and choreographer Jelon Vieira. The work will be performed on a national tour.

Career Transition For Dancers, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a series of career-counseling seminars for dancers. The National Outreach Project will take place in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, and Massachusetts.

Carolina Ballet, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere of The Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by artistic director Robert Weiss. The performance will be presented at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Process Center for the Performing Arts.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the Tap 2008 dance festival. The project will include educational, performance, and outreach activities.

Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the presentation of Carmina Burana, choreographed by Mauricio Wainrot. The work will be presented at the Aronoff Center.

City of Fort Collins, Colorado (Consortium)
Fort Collins, CO
$10,000
To support "Dance New Communities," a tour by Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company to Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins, Colorado.

Cleveland Modern Dance Association (aka DANCECleveland)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
To support the presentation of Brooklyn's Urban Bush Women/JANT-BI Collaboration and Netherlands-based Leine & Roebana by DANCECleveland. The project will include school residencies, a master class, a family/student matinee performance, and pre- and post-performance lectures.

College Community Services, Inc. (aka Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the 40th season of the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' World of Dance Series. The series comprises cultural dance forms from Iceland, Mexico, Russia, and Jamaica, in addition to classical and modern dance forms, with the incorporation of live world music and storytelling.

College of Saint Benedict
St. Joseph, MN
$20,000
To support the presentation of Ron K. Brown/EVIDENCE, the San Curran Company, and Urban Bush Women. Each company will present a one-week residency that will include master classes, an open rehearsal, lecture-demonstrations, and a final performance.

Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of the Dance Center)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support residencies and related programming with choreographers David Dorfman, David Rousseve, and Banafsheh Sayyad.

Complexions-A Concept In Dance (aka Complexions Contemporary Ballet)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Chapters, a dance theater work choreographed by co-artistic director Dwight Rhoden. The work is set to the songs of soul legend Marvin Gaye, and will premiere at the Joyce Theater in New York.

Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc. (aka Shapiro & Smith Dance)
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Miniatures Project by Shapiro & Smith Dance choreographer Joanie Smith. The production will weave together solos, duets, and trios created with area dancers and present the works at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.

Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the presentation of dance companies at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The project will include the Guest Artist Series featuring the presentation of touring professional dance companies, a Choreographers Without Companies concert featuring new work by local choreographers, and one-week of residency activities for each of the touring companies.

CounterPulse
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the Artist in Residence Program for local emerging choreographers. The project will include developmental feedback sessions, public workshops, outreach to local non-dance communities, and the presentation of original works of contemporary choreography.

Crosspulse
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance piece. The work will be performed by Oakland-based percussive acapella jazz ensemble Slammin All-Body Band and the Brazilian body music group Barbatuques, based in Saó Paulo.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the creation of a series of new works by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company titled The Hudson Valley Project, Dia: Beacon Events. The new works will be performed in the Dia: Beacon galleries located in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (Consortium)
Cleveland, OH
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Mark Morris Dance Group in collaboration with DANCECleveland. The project will include community educational activities.

D.C. Wheel Productions, Inc. (aka Dance Place)
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support the presentation of performances and residencies by dancers at Dance Place. Artists will represent a wide spectrum of dance styles including African, modern, hip-hop, and tap dance.

Dance Affiliates
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Nikolais Dance Theatre/Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Throughout the year, Dance Affiliates will present Pioneers and Innovators, a retrospective series examining the roots of contemporary dance and its influence on later generations.

Dance Continuum, Inc. (aka Susan Marshall & Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of Close-Ups, an evening-length work by choreographer and artistic director Susan Marshall. The work will amplify Marshall's detailed and gestural movement style that she has been developing during the last two decades.

Dance New Amsterdam, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Artist in Residence program. The project will include a teaching residency, through which artists teach in the Modern Guest Artist Program, and a performing residency, through which artists are commissioned to present their work in a concert.

Dance New Jersey, Inc.
Highland Park, NJ
$5,000
To support Show Up and Dance, a program that provides dance artists with performance opportunities and feedback. Performances will range from ballet to flamenco to musical theater to hip-hop.

Dance Ring (aka New York Theatre Ballet)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Sleeping Beauty's Wedding by the New York Theatre Ballet. The music will be transcribed for a chamber ensemble, to be performed live at each performance.

Dance Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the annual Spring to Dance Festival, as well as the presentation of Pilobolus, for a four-week residency in area schools. The three-day festival will present major dance companies of the Midwest, as well as emerging companies from St. Louis and the surrounding area.

Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support a program for emerging and established dance artists The Creative Residency Program and the Creative Residency Development Laboratory offer artists the use of Dance Theater Workshop's facilities as well as presentations at the theater.

Dance Umbrella
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the presentation of dance companies in Austin. Discover Dance companies will include Compagnie Julie Dossavi, Tere O'Connor Dance, Headlong Dance Theater, and Roko Kawai.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$100,000
To support professional development services, expansion of research capabilities, staff expansion, and enhancement of organizational visibility. Professional development services will include Council meetings, biennial Roundtables, Artistic Director Leadership Training, and a Dance Presenters Leadership Forum.

Dance/USA (on behalf of Dance/NYC)
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support a series of professional development programs for emerging artists by Dance/NYC. These programs, titled 101s and 201s, offer information and skills for managing a nonprofit organization.

DanceArt, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 17th annual West Wave Dance Festival. The project presents emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists and will take place at Project Artaud Theater in San Francisco.

Dancers' Group
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the expansion of the publication IN DANCE, for movement-based artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The publication appears in print as well as on the Dancers' Group Web site.

DanceWorks, Inc. (aka Pentacle)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support Pentacle's mentoring program ARC - Advancement, Reinvention, and Creativity. The project will encourage choreographers to support a major planning goal, and then provide them with planning and implementation support to achieve that goal.

Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the 11th season of the City/Dans performance series. The program presents the work of New York choreographers and will take place at St. Mark's Church.

Discalced, Inc. (aka Mark Morris Dance Group)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support the creation and presentation of world premieres and the revival of two works, choreographed by Mark Morris. The works will be performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group on tour throughout the United States.

Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support the presentation of Jiri Kylian's Double You, along with a new creation by artistic director and choreographer Dominic Walsh. The works will be performed at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston.

DOVA, Inc. (aka Doug Varone and Dancers)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Alchemy, choreographed by artistic director Doug Varone. The work will be performed to composer Steve Reich's Daniel Variations, and include live music and vocal accompaniment.

Everett Dance Theatre
Providence, RI
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Silas the Teenager, an interdisciplinary dance-theater concert that utilizes movement, video, text, and sculptural set elements to explore autism in teens. The work will be presented at the Carriage House Stage, the home of Everett Dance Theatre.

Florida Dance Association, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the 30th Florida Dance Festival. The program offers training and performing opportunities for dancers and students, professional development for teachers, creative and collaborative opportunities for choreographers, and presentations by national and international dance companies.

Flyaway Productions
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance called The Ballad of Polly Ann choreographed by artistic director Jo Kreiter. The dance and soundscape are inspired by the folksong lyrics of "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer."

Flying Foot Forum
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work choreographed by artistic director Joe Chvala. The work will be a contemporary homage to clowning in its various forms and performed as a percussive dance.

Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc. (aka Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company)
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the creation of new works by choreographer and artistic director Bill T. Jones. Performances will take place at Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the company's 25th anniversary.

Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Art Bridgman & Myrna Packer, Nicholas Leichter, and Ben Munisteri. The works will be performed in New York and on a national tour.

Gotham Dance, Inc. (aka Bebe Miller Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the final development, production, and premiere of Necessary Beauty by choreographer Bebe Miller. The work will feature short, multimedia dance works for one to four dancers, and will be suitable for large or small spaces.

Headlong Dance Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support a choreographic lab with choreographer Tere O'Connor and the creation of a new work by Headlong Dance Theater's co-artistic directors. O'Connor will teach Headlong Dance Theater his strategies and language for composition, dance dramaturgy, and movement invention.

Houston Ballet Foundation
Houston, TX
$30,000
To support the presentation of artistic director Stanton Welch's A Doll's House and choreographer Christopher Bruce's Swansong. The ballets will be performed at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support programs for emerging choreographers to create new work. The programs include the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshops, the National Choreographic Competition, and collaborations between choreographers and Hubbard Street 2 dance company.

Idaho Dance Theatre Inc.
Boise, ID
$10,000
To support a tour of northern Idaho. The company will offer performances and lecture-demonstrations in public schools.

Inta, Inc. (aka Eiko & Koma)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the creation of a full-evening work by choreographers Eiko & Koma. The work, titled Flower, will include Cambodian performers as well as Eiko & Koma.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Becket, MA
$70,000
To support residencies and performances of dance companies. The project will include a Creative Development Residency, presentation of national and international dance companies, and audience engagement and educational programs.

Joe Goode Performance Group
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Joe Goode in collaboration with puppeteer Basil Twist. The work will receive its world premiere at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Joffrey Ballet
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the presentation of ballets by Antony Tudor. The project will feature Lilac Garden, Dark Elegies, and Offenbach in the Underworld.

José Limón Dance Foundation
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the reconstruction of José Limón's The Traitor. The work will be presented during a tour to the five boroughs of New York City, along with Doris Humphrey's Day on Earth and Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the Dance Presentation Program. The project will consist of the presentation of companies from the United States and overseas, at the Joyce Theater and the Joyce SoHo.

Kansas City Ballet Association
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Donald McKayle during the company's 50th anniversary. Hey-Hay, Going to Kansas City, will premiere a the Lyric Theater in Kansas City.

Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. (aka Louisville Ballet)
Louisville, KY
$10,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of a work by principal choreographer Adam Hougland and the re-staging of a ballet choreographed by Helen Pickett.

Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance by choreographer and artistic director Lar Lubovitch, as part of the company's 40th anniversary. The work will be presented at New York City Center and on the company's tour.

Luna Negra Danza Teatro
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of the Ladino Project by artistic director and choreographer Eduardo Vilaro. The work will premiere at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago.

Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation and continued development of A Slipping Glimpse, created by Margaret Jenkins in collaboration with Tanusree Shankar Dance Company from Kolkata, India. The work will be performed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Melanie Stewart and Company Dance, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the 2008 nEW Festival. The festival nurtures artists in the creation of innovative, entertaining, and contemporary work.

Miami City Ballet, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of a work by choreographer Twyla Tharp, set to a score by musician Elvis Costello. Performances will take place at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale.

Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Jessica Lang. The new work will be created at the National Historic Landmark Pabst Theater in Milwaukee.

Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the Movement Research Festival 2008. The festival includes a series of free and low-cost dance performances, classes, and workshops.

Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support the presentation and regional premiere of Octet by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The work is composed to music by bassist Edgar Meyer, a native of Nashville.

National Performance Network, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$70,000
To support the creation of a new work and dance touring. The project will include dance residencies and related education and outreach activities throughout the United States.

New Dance Alliance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 22nd annual Performance Mix Festival. The festival promotes the work of experimental dance and interdisciplinary performance artists.

New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Inc.
New Haven, CT
$10,000
To support the presentation of international and American dance companies during the 2008 International Festival of Arts & Ideas. The dancers will participate in master classes, workshops, panel presentations, and community dialogues.

New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$30,000
To support the presentation of a series of dance companies and education and outreach programs. Companies will be presented on the concert stage and in community settings.

New York Chinese Cultural Center, Inc. (aka Dance China NY)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by Dance China NY artistic director Jiang Qi and choreographer Yin Mei. The works will be presented during the Autumn Moon Dance Festival.

New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support a retrospective of Jerome Robbins's work, one of the great American choreographers of the 20th century. The project will include a host of education and outreach activities.

NewArt New Mexico, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support the Global DanceFest 2009, an annual festival of national and international contemporary dance. The 2009 festival, titled 60 North, will celebrate contemporary dance and dance theater from Scandinavia, Russia, and Canada.

Noche Flamenca, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a tour of flamenco dance across the United States The company will tour to 11 states in five different regions of the country offering 18 performances and at least 12 outreach events.

North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support the presentation of works by choreographers George Balanchine, Mark Diamond, Dwight Rhoden, and artistic director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. The performances will take place at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, and the company will provide a comprehensive program of education and outreach offerings.

Oberlin Dance Collective (aka ODC San Francisco)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way. The work, titled Catch and Release, will be created with the San Francisco Girls Chorus and presented at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support the presentation of comedic works by established and emerging choreographers during the Comedy Festival. There will be a variety of outreach events including lectures, demonstrations, and question-and-answer sessions with dancers and artistic staff.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by artistic director and choreographer Paul Taylor. The works will be presented on tour in the United States and overseas.

Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the presentation of Carnival of the Animals by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. The company premiere of this work will be presented at Philadelphia's Academy of Music.

Philadelphia Dance Company (aka Philadanco)
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the presentation and documentation of works by Philadanco. The works to be restaged are Ritonello by Gene Hill Sagan and Pretty is Skin Deep, Ugly is to the Bone by Talley Beatty.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. (aka David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Company)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support completion of the reconstruction of Trying Times by choreographer David Gordon. The project will include the digitization of Gordon's 45-year body of work, which will be archived at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled The Maelstrom choreographed by co-artistic director Michael Tracy, in collaboration with Pilobolus dancers. The work will be part of the company's tour across the United States and overseas.

Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the presentation of a multidisciplinary work incorporating dance, music, spoken text, audio, and abstract video elements by choreographer and artistic director Ranee Ramaswamy. The work, Sthree (women) will premiere at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.

Richmond Ballet, Inc.
Richmond, VA
$20,000
To support the presentation of the New Works Festival. This festival will showcase both emerging and established artists in works they created for Richmond Ballet.

Robert Moses Kin
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Robert Moses. The work, titled Redline, will premiere at The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.

San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$90,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works. Performances will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House.

San Francisco International Arts Festival, Inc. (Consortium)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation of a contemporary dance program. The program, in collaboration with Project Artaud, will feature Kolben Dance Company (Israel), Quasar Dance Company (Brazil), Pusch Productions (Germany), and Bay Area choreographer Kathleen Hermesdorf in collaboration with composer Matthias Herrmann.

School of Hard Knocks, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and artistic director Yoshiko Chuma. The work will premiere at New York City's Japan Society.

Sens Production, Inc. (aka SENS / Noemie Lafrance)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation of a site-specific aerial dance piece by choreographer Noemie Lafrance. Rapture celebrates the work of Frank Gehry and will be performed outdoors by seven dancers perched on slanted roofs.

Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of RE-(PART III), the final dance in the triptych inspired by choreographer Shen Wei's travels to his native China. The work will premiere at the American Dance Festival in Durham.

Smuin Ballets-SF
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Amy Seiwert and the West Coast premiere of Kirk Peterson's Reinin' in the Hurricaine. Performances of the works will take place at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, and the Sunset Center in Carmel.

Southern Theater Foundation Corp.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support a performance and workshop by the Victoria Marks Performing Company.

Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. (aka Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the presentation of Carmen: El Baile (Carmen: The Dance), a flamenco dance drama choreographed by Pilar Andujar in celebration of the company's 25th anniversary. The work will premiere at the Anchorage Concert Association and at the Joyce Theater in New York City.

Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Stephen Petronio. The work will premiere at the Joyce Theater.

STEPOLOGY
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the sixth annual Bay Area Tap Festival. The festival includes workshops, mainstage performances, a tap jam, a panel discussion, and other activities.

Threshold Dance Projects, Inc. (aka Buglisi Dance Theatre)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length dance by Buglisi Dance Theatre choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi. The work, titled Music and the Dance, will consist of solos, duets, and ensembles to the music of Bach.

Trisha Brown Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the revival of Foray Fort by choreographer Trisha Brown, her last collaboration with visual artist Robert Rauschenberg. The revival will be presented at the Joyce Theater.

Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
$10,000
To support the presentation of Remansos by Nacho Duato, Black Cake by Hans van Manen, and a world premiere by Luciano Cannito. The program, titled In Black, will take place at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the eighth annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. The festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach activities.

Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support dance presentations and residency activities. Performances will take place at the Tivoli Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, and Harman Center for the Arts.

WCV, Inc. (aka Wally Cardona Quartet)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new work by the Wally Cardona Quartet. An evening-length dance will be choreographed, directed, and performed by Wally Cardona and Swiss-born, London-based dancer Rahel Vonmoos, as well as the creation and presentation of an additional new work by Wally Cardona.

Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
$10,000
To support performances and residency activities by dance companies. The Breaking Ground Dance Series will include Mark Bamuthi Joseph/The Living Word Project, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, David Rousseve/Reality.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$15,000
To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird/Portland State University Dance series. The project will include master classes and lecture-demonstrations.

World Music, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies. Residency activities will include master classes for dancers and activities at local schools.

Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre
Kansas City, MO
$10,000
To support the presentation of The City by Jennifer Muller. The work will premiere at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Yard, Inc.
Chilmark, MA
$10,000
To support the Bessie Schoenberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency and a residency for dance companies. The residencies provide a supportive environment for the creation and premiere of a new work.

ZGD, Inc. (aka ZviDance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and artistic director Zvi Gotheiner. The work will be performed at the Ailey Citigroup Theater at the Joan Weill Center for Dance.

Zorongo Flamenco, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Zorro, a new flamenco work choreographed by artistic director Susana di Palma. The work will be presented at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, with music by flamenco composer Pedro Corts.

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