NEA Dance Grants in New York — Page 8

1,677 NEA dance grants for New York, totaling $50.4M.

YearRecipientCityAmountProject
2003Dansology, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation of the third piece in a trilogy. OUTPUT will be multi-media dance work, with choreography and music by Artistic Director Koosil-ja Hwang and video by Benton…
2003Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the restoration of EYE ON DANCE video interviews. The restored sessions will be distributed nationally to libraries and educational institutions and broadcast on PBS in …
2003Art Sweats, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a suite of new solos and duets by Artistic Director David Dorfman. The new works, designed to be performed together or independently, wi…
2003Capoeira Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work based on the fusion of the Brazilian traditional art form of capoeira and modern dance by Artistic Director Jelon Vieira. The…
2003Thin Man Dance, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work. CALIFORNIA will premiere at The International Festival of Dance in Cannes, France.
2003Movement Research, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the 11th Improvisation Festival/NY. The festival is a celebration of dance improvisation, and will offer performances, classes, workshops, educational outreach, and pane…
2003Batoto Yetu, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support part of the creation of NGOLA NZINGA, choreographed by Artistic Director Julio T. Leitao. The piece will showcase African music, dance, and folklore.
2003American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the 2003 Tap City/Tap Workshop Intensive. The project includes professional level master classes, tap workshops, an expanded youth program, luncheon seminars, panel disc…
2003171 Cedar, Inc.Corning, NY$10,000To support the 6th annual 171 Cedar/Clemens Center Dance Series consortium project. The 6th annual Cedar/Clemens Center Dance Series will include Philadanco, Pennsylvania Ballet, a…
2003New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the Baroque Ballet Workshop, a residency program. The project will include classes, concerts, and lectures.
2002Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.New York, NY$150,000To support a traveling exhibition of traditional, vernacular,and theatrical dance, documenting the achievements of American dance. The venues include the San Francisco Performing A…
2002New York City Ballet, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support the 10th anniversary of the "Diamond Project." The company will premiere six new ballets and re-stage past "Diamond Project" ballets.
2002Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support a United States tour in 2002. The company will perform approximately 95 shows in 24 cities and 16 states across the United States.
2002Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$90,000To support the creation of new work and the revival of existing works. Merce Cunningham will choreograph the works, which will be presented on a national tour.
2002Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$80,000To 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 activiti…
2002Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support a comprehensive educational outreach program that introduces children and adults to dance. The program, Dancing through Barriers, will provide professional development w…
2002New York Live Arts Inc.New York, NY$70,000To 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 …
2002Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support dance presentation projects at the Joyce Theater. The projects include: the 2002 Altogether Different series, the Dance Presentation Program, and Joyce SoHo Presents.
2002Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$60,000To support the acquisition, rehearsal, and presentation of Sir Frederick Ashton's "The Dream." Ashton's "The Dream" is a narrative ballet based on Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer…
2002Trisha Brown Company, Inc.New York, NY$50,000To 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 so…
2002Discalced, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$50,000To 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 members of…
2002Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.New York, NY$50,000To 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 dis…
2002George Balanchine Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$40,000To 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" p…
2002Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.New York, NY$35,000To support the "Martha Graham Media Project." The project will catalogue between 1500 and 2000 recordings, preserve 250 items, and make a selection of these works accessible to the…
2002STREB Inc.Brooklyn, NY$30,000To 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/AC…
2002Danspace Project, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support the fifth year of City/Dans. This program supports the presentation of New York-based choreographers.
2002House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support a new music-theater collaboration. Meredith Monk will expand and re-orchestrate NIGHT, a composition that integrates performance, kinetics, and sound.
2002Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support Phase II of Facing the Magnetic Media Crisis. The project will reformat or copy 175 tapes due to physical deterioration, format or machinery obsolescence, and convene a …
2002Dance Works, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$30,000To support the fourth cycle of an artist mentorship program. The Help Desk provides technical assistance for emerging and mid-career choreographers.
2002H.T. Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support an interactive and multidisciplinary dance education program. Bamboo Oracle will be expanded to include community participation in rehearsal and performance during compa…
2002Dancing in the Streets, Inc.Bronx, NY$20,000To support a mobile living installation created and performed by Eiko and Koma. White will be performed in multiple public spaces in New York City.
2002Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support the Paul Taylor Dance Company in a five-year, annual residency at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, a consortium project. The project will consist of a T…
2002New 42nd Street, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To 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.
2002Jose Limon Dance FoundationNew York, NY$20,000To 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.
2002Inta, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support creation and presentation of a new work. The dance will be a "living" installation conceived for gallery-type spaces.
2002New York City Ballet, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support Phase II of the Archive Project as a consortium effort. The project is an effort to organize, preserve, and make accessible original materials from New York City Ballet'…
2002New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support the Baroque Ballet Workshop. A series of residency programs will be held in Hunter, NY, San Rafael, CA, and Dallas, TX.
2002Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To 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 twelve dancers.
2002Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To 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.
2002Dance Continuum, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To support the creation of up to 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…
2002DOVA, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work by Doug Varone. The work will involve the commissioning of a sound score, a set design, guest dancers, and actors.
2002Performance Zone, Inc.New York, NY$11,000To support a 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 pl…
2002Emerge 125 Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support Celebrate Harlem ARTS, a series of performances and discussions. The project will incorporate performances of a new African Caribbean-based work created by choreographer…
2002Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc.New York City, NY$10,000To support dance activities in the New York City Festival of Dance. Activities range from Benefit Performances to the Danskin Masterclass Series.
2002Dance Films Association, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the 31st international dance film/video festival and the touring of the 30th festival. Dance on Camera Festival 2002 On Tour will take place in California, Florida, Mass…
2002College Community Services, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support the World of Dance Series. The series will include dance companies from the United States and around the world.
2002Nikolais/Louis Foundation for DanceNew York, NY$10,000To support the creation of a new work by Murray Louis. This work will be set on students at the Boston Conservatory of Music.
2002Cross Performance, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support a series of workshops in the United States. The workshops will result in the creation of Home: Part 3 of The Geography Trilogy, choreographed and directed by Ralph Lemon…
2002Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Stephen Petronio. "The Island of Misfit Toys" is a companion work to Petronio's "City of Twist."
2002Field Papers, Inc.Cambridge, NY$10,000To support the creation of small chamber performance pieces. Choreographer Dana Reitz will create solos for herself and other dancers, which will be adaptable to a variety of perfo…
2002Evidence, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To 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 an…
2002Thin Man Dance, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the Phase I development of a new evening-length work. The project will be choreographed by John Jasperse to music by composer Michael Floyd.
2002Capoeira Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To 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.
2002Art Sweats, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Artistic Director David Dorfman will create the work to the music of Robert Fripp.
2002Batoto Yetu, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support the expanded production of a dance drama created by Artistic Director Julio T. Leitao. The production, titled NGOLA NZINGA: PART I, will showcase African dance and folkl…
2002Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc.Astoria, NY$5,000To support creation of the culminating work in Pascal Rioult's "Ravel Project." The piece will be created to Ravel's Bolero, and it will have its premiere at the company's 10th ann…
2002Dansology, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support creation of a new work. MECH[A] is a multimedia performance piece featuring choreography and music by Artistic Director Koosil-ja Hwang and video by Benton Bainbridge.
2002Big Dance TheaterBrooklyn, NY$5,000To support the creation of an original dance theater piece by Artistic Director Annie-B Parson. The piece, titled Antigone, will be based on an original script by Mac Wellman.
2002WCV, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$5,000To 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 a…
2002New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support national and international touring of "Caravane." Created by choreographer Tamango, the project includes musicians on percussion, cello, trumpet, and voice and features …
2002ZGD, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographed by Zvi Gotheiner, the piece will deal with environmental issues.
2002New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To 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.
2002La Donna Dance, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To 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 Gu…
2002Movement Research, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support the 10th Improvisation Festival/NY. The Festival is a celebration of dance improvisation and will offer classes, workshops, educational outreach, and panel discussions.
2002American Bolero Dance Company, Inc.Long Island City, NY$5,000To support the American Bolero Apprenticeship Program. Participants in the program will be taught traditional Spanish dance.
2001Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support a United States tour in 2001. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform approximately 95 shows in 30 cities and 16 states across the United States.
2001New York City Ballet, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to serve as an Artist-in-Residence, and associated costs. Christopher Wheeldon will create two new ballets, participate in a new Chore…
2001Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$90,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work and the revival of existing works. Merce Cunningham will choreograph the works, which will be presented on a national tour.
2001Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$80,000To support the creation and presentation of work nationwide through tandem touring by the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2. The tours include education activities, community …
2001Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support dance presentation projects at the Joyce Theater. These projects include: The 2001 Altogether Different series, Diavolo, Guangdong Modern Dance Company (China), Ballet P…
2001New York Live Arts Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support Carnival and TheMainEvent extended-run production series. The Carnival program features the work of artists at various stages of their careers, and TheMainEvent will pre…
2001Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$60,000To support the commissioning, rehearsal, and presentation of an original one-act ballet, "The Pied Piper," with choreography by David Parsons and a score by composer John Coriglian…
2001Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.New York, NY$50,000To support the creation of works by choreographer Bill T. Jones. These works will be performed with an evening of chamber works and to live music.
2001Trisha Brown Company, Inc.New York, NY$50,000To support the creation of two new works. Choreographer Trisha Brown will create a new staging of the opera "Luci Mie Traditrici" ("My Betraying Eyes"), and an abstract dance piece…
2001Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.New York, NY$50,000To support a comprehensive educational outreach program that introduces children and adults to dance. Dancing through Barriers will include presentation of master classes, assembly…
2001Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$50,000To support professional ballet training and performance programs for New York City public school children. The purpose of the school is to identify and support gifted and dedicated…
2001Jose Limon Dance FoundationNew York, NY$40,000To support remounting of a work by Jose Limon. Psalm, which premiered in 1967, will be created with new music by Jon Magnussen.
2001New York Live Arts Inc.New York, NY$40,000To support a consortium project to increase organizational capacity for up to three dance satellite networks in key areas of the state of New York. New York Dance Satellite will su…
2001Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support the planning for a touring exhibition across the United States in conjunction with Dance Heritage Coalition's recent initiative, America's Irreplaceable Treasures: the F…
2001H.T. Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support a dance-based educational program. BAMBOO ORACLE will focus on the themes of balance and harmony through the presentation of traditional dances and modern work by choreo…
2001House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support residencies and a national tour. Choreographer Meredith Monk and visual artist Ann Hamilton collaborated to create A New Work, which examines the two disciplines of art …
2001Danspace Project, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support the fourth year of a program for New York choreographers. The goals of the City/Dans program are to nurture these artists throughout various stages of their development,…
2001Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support Phase 1 of the National Dance Heritage Videotape Registry initiative. Phase I of Facing the Magnetic Media Crisis will address videotape vulnerability and format obsoles…
2001National Dance Institute, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support a two-week teacher training workshop and accompanying teacher manual. Up to 25 dance teachers and professional dancers will participate in the program.
2001Dance Works, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$30,000To support cycle three of the Help Desk. The project provides technical assistance for emerging and mid-career choreographers.
2001ThirteenNew York, NY$25,000To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, an arts education resource Web site using the film "Who's Dancin' Now?".
2001New 42nd Street, Inc.New York, NY$25,000To support the presentation of a dance series during the New 42nd Street's fifth anniversary. 4th Step Lively: Dance at The New Victory will consist of 58 public and education perf…
2001Garth Fagan Dance, Inc.Rochester, NY$25,000To support the presentation of new work by Garth Fagan, set to the music of Wynton Marsalis. The piece will be presented live with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
2001Nikolais/Louis Foundation for DanceNew York, NY$20,000To support the creation of a new work by Murray Louis. These works will be presented at a theater in New York.
2001Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support Ballet Hispanico's 30th anniversary project. The project will include the creation of new ballets, the revival of three works, and touring engagements across the United …
2001STREB Inc.Brooklyn, NY$20,000To support the creation of a full-evening show, based on inspirations from American stunt artists. Streb/Ringside will develop this show, entitled Action Heroes, in collaboration w…
2001Inta, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support a collaboration to create an evening of music and dance, and to create a living installation for gallery spaces. Eiko and Koma will collaborate with cellist Joan Jeanren…
2001Dance Notation Bureau, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support the updating and copying of existing scores in the Dance Notation Bureau archive. The goal of the project is to ensure that all scores in the archive represent the work …
2001Donald Byrd Dance Foundation, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$15,000To support a community-based project designed to create a dialogue on the issue of domestic violence. The National Beast Project will be performed in New York and Los Angeles.
2001Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To support the creation and performance of a new work. Choreographed by David Gordon with an original musical score by composer Jeanine Tesori, the piece will be presented for a tw…
2001DOVA, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To support Doug Varone and Dancers' 15th anniversary at the Joyce Theater in New York, including national residency activities. The project will include a new work by Doug Varone t…
2001Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To support a dance event to celebrate the company's 15th anniversary. Magazine 15 will consist of pieces created by Stephen Petronio over the years.
2001Art Sweats, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To support the creation and first performance of a new company work. Artistic Director David Dorfman will collaborate with Hahn Rowe (composer), Scott Pask (set designer), and a vi…
2001High Tide Dance, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support a consortium project to implement community dance projects in New York City. Risa Jaroslow & Dancers will work with low-income women, conducting storytelling/movement wo…
2001Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support outreach programs for underserved communities under the direction of dancer/choreographer David Parsons. The Community Outreach Program will include lecture-demonstratio…
2001College Community Services, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support the World of Dance Series. The series premieres new and emerging artists in dance, as well as folkloric companies from around the world.
2001New Life Dance Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation of a community-based, multidisciplinary performance project that features dance, text, live music, and site-specific video pieces. Residencies will span one…
2001Cross Performance, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support the research and development of Part 3 of the Geography Trilogy by choreographer Ralph Lemon. This project is part of a three-year development process for "Home: Part 3 …
2001Capoeira Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and premiere of new works. Artistic Director, Jelon Vieira, will create a duet entitled "Unspoken" and a group piece entitled "The Path."
2001Gotham Dance, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support presentation and touring of a new work. Choreographer Bebe Miller will collaborate with dramaturg Talvin Wilks, composer Hahn Rowe, and visual artist Scott Pask to creat…
2001171 Cedar, Inc.Corning, NY$10,000To support a consortium project for the fifth annual Dance Series. 171 Cedar Arts Center and the Clemens Center will present Garth Fagan Dance, Sean Curran Dance, Grigorovich Balle…
2001Dance Continuum, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support a tour and related residency activities for a full-evening dance work. One and Only you, by choreographer Susan Marshall, is projected to tour to Pennsylvania, Washingto…
2001Evidence, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support the creation of a new work choreographed and written by Ronald K. Brown. Titled WALKING OUT THE DARK, the dance will include music by Philip Hamilton and costumes by Omo…
2001Thin Man Dance, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support further development and domestic presentation of GIANT EMPTY. The company will present Place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and participate in developmental residencie…
2001New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the Baroque Ballet Workshop, a residency program to be held in Hunter, New York and Marin County, California. The focus of the project is to strengthen the professional …
2001Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the restoration of EYE ON DANCE Original Sessions. The restored master sessions will be packaged along with the Eye on Dance programs and distributed nationally to libra…
2001Performance Zone, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support a series of workshops and residencies. Fieldwork and Field Forward Network workshops and the Artward Bound residency will be offered in cities across the United States.
2001Plam Dancers, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support the creation of a new work to be premiered during the summer residency at New York University. The work, titled Crash Comfort, will premiere at New York University.
2001Dance Films Association, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support the 29th international dance film festival. Dance on Camera Festival 2001 On Tour will take place in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, and Uta…
2001Forces of NatureNew York, NY$5,000To support creation and presentation of a dance theater work. Artistic Director Abdel Salaam will further develop "Rhythm Legacy," a work that explores the impact of African sounds…
2001Emerge 125 Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support Monte/Brown's 20th anniversary at the Joyce Theater in New York. The project will feature the creation and presentation of a major new collaborative work as well as seve…
2001Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc.Astoria, NY$5,000To support the creation of a new work. Choreographed to the music of Maurice Ravel, by Artistic Director Pascal Rioult, these works will become part of Rioult's Ravel Project.
2001WCV, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$5,000To support the final phase of the creation and the presentation of a new work. The final stage of TRANCE TERRITORY will be created and will then tour across the United States.
2001Movement Research, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support the 9th Improvisation Festival/NY. The festival is a celebration of dance improvisation and will offer performances, classes, workshops, education outreach, and panel di…
2001Cortez & Co. Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support the development of a work based on Philippine folk dance and music. My Last Farewell: Jose Rizal, Philippine National Hero, will be based on Jose Rizal, leader of the Ph…
2001American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support a tap dance festival in New York City. The festival includes a week of courses, master classes, panel discussions, film presentations, and a children's program.
2000Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support the Repertory Works Expansion Project. American Ballet Theatre will premiere one-act repertory ballets from choreographers Mark Morris and Paul Taylor.
2000Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support the creation and presentation of new works. Merce Cunningham will choreograph the two works that will be presented on a national tour.
2000Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$80,000To support the creation and presentation of new dances. Artistic Director Paul Taylor will choreograph the works, and the premieres will coincide with major company engagements at …
2000New York City Ballet, Inc.New York, NY$80,000To support the Diamond Project, an initiative to encourage both established and promising choreographers to work in the classical mode. The company will invite eight choreographers…
2000Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$80,000To support a United States tour. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform approximately 96 shows in 20 states across the nation.
2000George Balanchine Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$80,000To support a consortium project for the compilation of complete dossiers of Balanchine's popular work. Balanchine's work for Broadway, operetta, and films will be recreated and pre…
2000Trisha Brown Company, Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support the creation of new works and the revival of a repertory classic. Choreographer Trisha Brown will collaborate with a composer on her second piece using jazz music to cre…
2000Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support up to nine dance presentation projects. These projects include: Ronald K. Brown/evidence; Susan Marshall & Co.; the Altogether Different Series; H*Art*Chaos; Margie Gill…
2000Discalced, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$70,000To support a retrospective performance series. The retrospective will cover the 20-year life of the Mark Morris Dance Group and will include up to 14 performances over three weeks …
2000New York Live Arts Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support commissions and pre-production expenses associated with the future presentation of MainEvent and Carnival extended-run production series. The Carnival program features t…
2000Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.New York, NY$50,000To support a comprehensive educational outreach program that introduces children and adults to dance. The program, titled Dancing Through Barriers, will include a presentation of m…
2000George Balanchine Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$40,000To support Phase I development of new Internet-accessible, multimedia technologies to enhance the teaching of dance history. The Foundation will work with dance scholars and techni…
2000House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support the presentation of programs celebrating past work by Meredith Monk at the Lincoln Center's Festival 2000 in New York City. Titled "Meredith Monk: Voice Travel," the pro…
2000Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support Martha Graham Dance Company's American Graham tour. The tour will travel to several states in the United States.
2000Jose Limon Dance FoundationNew York, NY$30,000To support the preservation of Jose Limon's work: THERE IS A TIME and Doris Humphrey's work INVENTION.
2000Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support tuition-free professional ballet training and performance programs for New York City public school children, ages 8-18. The purpose of the school is to identify and supp…
2000Dance Works, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$30,000To support cycle two of the Help Desk project. This project provides technical assistance to choreographers and small dance companies.
2000National Dance Institute, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support a program for training professional dancers in process pedagogy, a methodology of teaching developed by Artistic Director Jacques d'Amboise. The project will benefit dan…
2000Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.New York, NY$25,000To support the creation of an evening-length work choreographed by Bill T. Jones. Oh? You Walk? has evolved out of Jones' desire to explore the themes of migration and longing for …
2000Danspace Project, Inc.New York, NY$25,000To support the third year of a program for New York choreographers. The goals of City/Dans are to nurture these artists throughout various stages of their development and to provid…
2000Dancing in the Streets, Inc.Bronx, NY$20,000To support Picture Red Hook, a site-specific production designed for an abandoned grain silo in Brooklyn. The production will feature performers from Zaccho Dance Theatre, large-sc…
2000UBW, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$20,000To support the creation and premiere of a new work by choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. "Hair Stories" will combine dance, text, and vocal music, and will be created in collabo…
2000Inta, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support creation and touring of a new work. When Nights Were Dark, a collaboration of dancer-choreographers Eiko & Koma and the composer-musical director Joseph Jennings, will t…
2000Gotham Dance, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support creation, work-in-progress performances, and pre-production costs of a dance/theater piece choreographed by Bebe Miller. Map of the Body will involve collaborators playw…
2000Nikolais/Louis Foundation for DanceNew York, NY$20,000To support preparation of materials that document the work and theater of Alwin Nikolais. The new works, created by Murray Louis, and the revival of an earlier work by Alwin Nikola…
2000Garth Fagan Dance, Inc.Rochester, NY$20,000To support creation of a new work by artistic director Garth Fagan. Collaborators will include Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and Wynton Marsalis, its a…
2000Kings Majestic CorporationBrooklyn, NY$20,000To support a new dance series. Companies to be presented in Black Dance: Tradition and Transformation 2000 include: Philadanco, Bre Dance Ensemble, M'Zawa Danz, and one internation…
2000Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support a nationwide tour to launch the 30th Anniversary season. The project will include touring engagements in Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, Tucson, and Fort Lauderdale, and …
2000New York City Ballet, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support phase one of a consortium project with Ballet Society to preserve New York City Ballet documents, film, and videotapes. A comprehensive plan for an archive will help dan…
2000Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.New York, NY$20,000To support America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100, as part of an American dance heritage preservation intiative. The list of endangered selections will be published…
2000STREB Inc.Brooklyn, NY$15,000To support development of a series of extreme action works. Titled Outrageous Acts: Exploring Outlawed and Untidy Action in America, these works will relate to the physical history…
2000Dance Notation Bureau, Inc.New York, NY$15,000To support the development of a multimedia database template for the dance community. The database will contain videotapes of performances and rehearsals of work, Labanotated score…
2000Batoto Yetu, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support the production of "The Mukishi--One Day You Will Understand" Approximately 40 children between the ages of 4 and 17 will perform in this full-length African drama.
2000Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support outreach programs for underserved communities under the direction of dancer/choreographer David Parsons. The company will provide a Community Outreach Program in nearly …
2000New Life Dance Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support extended residencies and performances of a community-based multidisciplinary project. The company will have residencies in Lewiston, ME; Portland, ME; and Keene, NH.
2000Plam Dancers, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support creation of a new work and maintain other repertory for presentation in concerts. Choreographed by Doug Elkins, Wholly Matrimony will be a deconstruction of wedding danc…
2000Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Wind in the Willows War Dance will be choreographed by David Gordon and performed at Danspace at St. Mark's Church in New Yo…
2000Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support development and initial touring of new and expanded works. Mark Dendy will develop "Jam," commissioned by Symphony Space and set to a commissioned jazz score by Don Byro…
2000DOVA, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work. Doug Varone will choreograph the piece, and it will be presented in lower Manhattan during a one-week engagement…
2000Racing Thoughts, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support creation and presentation of an evening length dance/theater work. Jane Comfort will collaborate with composer Toshi Reagon and poet/performer Carl Hancock Rux to create…
2000Field Papers, Inc.Cambridge, NY$10,000To support the creation of a new work. Choreographer Dana Reitz will investigate the interrelationship of movement, material environment, and light.
2000Thin Man Dance, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation of a group dance/performance work choreographed by John Jasperse. Choreographer John Jasperse will collaborate with set designer Matthias Bringmann and soun…
2000Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation of a new dance. Strange Attractors, choreographed by Stephen Petronio, will be a collaboration with a composer-singer and a sculptor-scenic designer.
2000Art Sweats, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work by choreographer David Dorfman and composer Amy Denio. The new work will premiere in the fall of 2000.
2000Donald Byrd Dance Foundation, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support the creation of a new work. Choreographer Donald Byrd will create a reinterpretation of the ballet Sleeping Beauty.
2000College Community Services, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support the presentation of the World of Dance series program. The series premieres new and emerging artists in dance as well as folkloric dance companies from around the world.
2000Cross Performance, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support development and touring of a new work by choreographer Ralph Lemon. Geography Part 2: Asia/Belief will tour to California, Texas, and Illinois.
2000H.T. Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation of a new work that will be a sequel to two previous works. Choreographed by H. T. Chen, the work will focus on today's immigrant youth and will tour to Ariz…
2000Dance Continuum, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support creation of a new dance/theater work choreographed by Susan Marshall. The piece will combine dance, music, and text.
2000Dagmar Collective, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support a run of a dance/theater piece. Find My Way Home, created by John Kelly, will be presented in New York City.
2000New York Baroque Dance Company, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the Baroque Ballet Workshop, a residency program to be held in Delaware County, New York and Marin County, California. The focus of the project is to strengthen the prof…
2000Cortez & Co. Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the creation and touring of the Planet Soup Project. The project is a lecture- demonstration of authentic folk dances incorporated in Cortez's 1999 dance work Planet Sou…
2000Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$10,000To support a partnership between the Ifetayo Youth Ensemble and the Bebe Miller Company. Bebe Miller Company will act as the Youth Ensemble's company-in-residence, offering a serie…
2000Performance Zone, Inc.New York, NY$10,000To support the Fieldwork workshops. Fieldwork takes place in New York City as well as nine cities across the United States, and is an opportunity for up to 600 independent artists …
2000Evidence, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$5,000To support the creation of a new dance work by Ronald K. Brown. High Life will reflect the dynamics and acculturation process that is initiated by migration and immigration.
2000School of Hard Knocks, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work. Choreographer and Artistic Director Yoshiko Chuma and composer Marc Ribot will collaborate to create Reverse Psychology - Ag…
2000Manhattan Tap, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support creation of a tap dance work which blends tap dance with Brazilian-jazz. The new work will be choreographed by Heather Cornell, with music by Bob Telson.
2000171 Cedar, Inc.Corning, NY$5,000To support a consortium project for the fourth annual Dance Series. 171 Cedar Arts Center and the Clemens Center will present Moscow Festival Ballet, Irene Hultman Dance, Rennie Ha…
2000Dance Films Association, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support the 28th international dance film festival. Dance On Camera Festival 2000 will take place in New York, California, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
2000Movement Research, Inc.New York, NY$5,000To support the 8th annual Improvisation Festival/NY. The festival is a celebration of dance improvisation and will offer classes, workshops, performances, educational outreach acti…
1999Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support planning, rehearsal, and performance costs of American Ballet Theatre's Audience and Repertory Enhancement Project in hub cities. The performances and outreach and educa…
1999Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support the presentation of Dance Theater Foundation's 40th Anniversary and the company's United States tour. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will tour to several states, wit…
1999Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographer Merce Cunningham. The new works will be presented in four states.
1999Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$100,000To support tandem tours by the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2, a chamber-sized company. The tandem tours will include performances in Iowa, South Carolina, New Hamphsire, a…
1999Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support the presentation of several dance projects during the Joyce Theater Foundation's 1998-1999 season. These projects include the presentation of Ballet British Columbia, Sh…
1999Discalced, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$70,000To support the creation and presentation of a dance based on the abridged version of Virgil Thomson's 1934 opera "Four Saints in Three Acts." Choreographed by Mark Morris for the M…
1999Dance Works, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$70,000To support a consortium project of an international dance creative residency program designed to provide new support structures for choreographers often characterized as mid-career…
1999New York Live Arts Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support the presentation of the Carnival and MainEvents program. Carnival features the work of nine artists at various stages of their careers, and MainEvents provides establish…
1999Trisha Brown Company, Inc.New York, NY$70,000To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Trisha Brown. Trisha Brown will collaborate with collaborate with painter Terry Winters and jazz composer Dave Douglas to cre…
1999Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.New York, NY$60,000To support a comprehensive educational outreach program that introduces children and adults to dance. The program, entitled Dancing Through Barriers, will include a presentation of…
1999Foundation for Dance Promotion, Inc.New York, NY$35,000To support the creation and presentation of an evening of solo works choreographed by Bill T. Jones.
1999Jose Limon Dance FoundationNew York, NY$35,000To support the expansion of Jose Limon Dance Company's performances, outreach activities, and residency program. The performances and outreach activities will take place in New Yor…
1999Council for Positive Images, Inc.New York, NY$35,000To support creation of an audio-visual study guide of the Dunham Technique of dance by Director/Producer Terry Carter and Dunham specialist Glory Van Scott. Katherine Dunham and he…
1999Dance Heritage Coalition, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support the national leadership forum: "Setting the Agenda: A National Leadership Forum for Dance Documentation and Preservation." The purpose of the forum is to propose an agen…
1999Ballet Tech Foundation, Inc.New York, NY$30,000To support a tuition-free ballet school for gifted public school students. Ballet Tech will introduce thousands of children to the performing arts through annual auditions in New Y…
1999Dance Works, Inc.Brooklyn, NY$30,000To support establishment of a new resource called the Help Desk which will provide technical assistance to choreographers and small dance companies. These services will be targeted…
1999Danspace Project, Inc.New York, NY$25,000To support the presentation of Danspace Project's 25th Anniversary Silver Series. The series will include performance work by artists who have contributed to the history of Danspac…
1999Garth Fagan Dance, Inc.Rochester, NY$25,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work and the revival of two early works choreographed by Garth Fagan. The new work will premiere in New York City and during the c…
1999Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.New York, NY$25,000To support New Voices for the Millennium, a choreographer's workshop and the presentation of the works in a workshop format. Artistic Director Tina Ramirez has selected the followi…

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