NEA Dance Grants in Ohio
192 NEA dance grants for Ohio, totaling $3.1M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $36,000 | Purpose: To support dance presentations and community engagement activities by DANCECleveland. Additional Project Description: Commemorating America's 250th anniversary, DANCECleve… |
| 2026 | Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of dance companies South Chicago Dance Theatre and Boca Tuya as part of the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Theater Series. Additional Proje… |
| 2026 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the expansion of a publicly available virtual dance archive and related educational programming, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: The Virt… |
| 2026 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | Purpose: To support dance training and apprenticeship programs for participants with and without disabilities. Additional Project Description: The project will train professional d… |
| 2026 | Abrepaso Flamenco | Cleveland, OH | $12,500 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a contemporary flamenco dance work featuring performers Alice Blumenfeld and Felise Bagley. Additional Project Description: The… |
| 2025 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $4,048 | Purpose: To support artist fees and travel costs for performances and residency activities by hip-hop and breaking dancer Raphael Xavier. Additional Project Description: A co-prese… |
| 2024 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $60,000 | Purpose: To support artists through NCCAkron's Dancing Labs and a Creative Administration Research (CAR) Learning Journey. Additional Project Description: This project will support… |
| 2024 | Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers | Cincinnati, OH | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of dance companies Blue13 and Whim W'him, as part of the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Theater Series. Additional Project Description: Eac… |
| 2024 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the restaging and performances of Esplanade by choreographer Paul Taylor, and Mourner's Bench and The Stack Up by choreographer Talley Beatty. Additional Projec… |
| 2024 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $18,000 | Purpose: To support the expansion of the OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection®, an archival project of Ohio's dance history. Additional Project Description: OhioDance plans to add as… |
| 2024 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | Purpose: To support dance presentations and community engagement activities by DANCECleveland. Additional Project Description: DANCECleveland will present performances by Helen Sim… |
| 2024 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of a mixed-repertoire program by choreographers Ma Cong, Edwaard Liang, and Yue Yin. Additional Project Description: Ma Cong and Edwaard Liang … |
| 2023 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $49,253 | Purpose: To support a regional tour of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. Additional Project Description: The tour's theme will focus on the past, present, and future of people in … |
| 2023 | Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | Purpose: To support performances and residencies by Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, as part of the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Theater Series. Ad… |
| 2023 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the NCCAkron's Dancing Labs and Creative Residencies programs. Additional Project Description: Mga Tsismosa, a group of Filipinx/a/o American dance artists and … |
| 2023 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | Purpose: To support dance presentations and community engagement activities by DANCECleveland. Additional Project Description: DANCECleveland will present the Limón Dance Company w… |
| 2023 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for a mixed-repertoire program by choreographers Leiland Charles, Dana Genshaft, and Amy Seiwert. Additional Project Description: Each choreographer… |
| 2023 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection®, an interactive website that documents and preserves the achievements of persons and institutions who have shaped the da… |
| 2023 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a residency by guest artist Spenser Theberge. Additional Project Description: In addition to working with company dancers to create a new dance work, Theberge m… |
| 2023 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the commission and presentation of new dance works. Additional Project Description: Tiffany Mills and two additional choreographers will be commissions to creat… |
| 2022 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a new work by the Dancing Wheels Company & School, focusing on women of color who changed jazz history. Additional Project Desc… |
| 2022 | Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | Purpose: To support performances and residencies by Ballet Hispánico and RUBBERBAND Dance Group as part of the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Theater Series. Additional Project… |
| 2022 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | Purpose: To support dance presentations and community engagement activities by DANCECleveland. Additional Project Description: Companies to be presented will include Pam Tanowitz D… |
| 2022 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $20,000 | Purpose: To support NCCAkron's Dancing Labs, a technical residency, and a national convening for dance artists, including remote and virtual activities. Additional Project Descript… |
| 2022 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $15,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for rehearsals in preparation for a national tour of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. Additional Project Description: The rehearsal period for the… |
| 2022 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the documentation, preservation, and expansion of the OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection®, an archival project of Ohio's dance history for the public domain. Ad… |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the Bold Moves Festival. Additional Project Description: The festival will include mixed repertory ballet performances, lectures, film screenings, and question-… |
| 2022 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support dancer salaries and license and acquisition fees for mixed repertory dance performances by Ballet Met. Additional Project Description: The program will include … |
| 2022 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a commission and creative residency with choreographer Rena Butler. Additional Project Description: The new work will serve as creative content for in-school ed… |
| 2022 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for performances and residency activities by MOMIX, a co-presentation by Tri-C Presents and DANCECleveland. Additional Project Description: Performa… |
| 2021 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $25,000 | To support the Dancing Lab: Beyond Bharatanatyam with Ashwini Ramaswamy, the Technical Residency: Bird of Paradise with Pioneer Winter, and a Creative Administration Residencies/Re… |
| 2021 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support a nationwide tour of physically integrated dance companies, coordinated by the Dancing Wheels Company & School. In addition to the performances, there will be workshops … |
| 2021 | Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | To support the presentations and residencies of Philadanco and Sidra Bell Dance NY as part of the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Theater Series. The goal of this signature perf… |
| 2021 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,030 | To support virtual performances and residency activities by Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Dance Company, a co-presentation by Tri-C Presents and DANCECleveland. Online residency activit… |
| 2021 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the continued expansion and development of the OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection. This interactive website documents, preserves, and historicizes the achievements of pe… |
| 2021 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support Cincinnati Ballet's Bold Moves Plus. This performance program will be live streamed and recorded as well as include opportunities to meet the artists participating in th… |
| 2021 | City of Akron, Ohio | Akron, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Inlet Dance Theatre and associated community events, as part of the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival. The performances and engagement activities will… |
| 2021 | Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | $10,000 | To support artist talks, panel discussions, intensive workshops, performances and reconstructions of seminal works as part the Critical Mass: CI @ 50 conference. Organized by Oberl… |
| 2020 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | To support DANCECleveland's planning for a performance of the Stephen Petronio Company. |
| 2020 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $25,000 | To support NCCAkron's Residencies and Dancing Labs for dance artists, including remote and virtual activities. Creative/Technical Residencies focus on the realization of new dance … |
| 2020 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $15,000 | To support the continued expansion and development of the OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection, an archive of Ohio's dance history for the public domain. The Virtual Dance Collection… |
| 2020 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support performances and residency activities by Compagnie Herve KOUBI, a co-presentation by Tri-C Presents and DANCECleveland. Residency activities include master classes for t… |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Pursuit by Cincinnati Ballet's resident choreographer Jennifer Archibald. The piece is a work about the often hidden financial and societal contribut… |
| 2020 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation of new ballets by BalletMet dancers. The program will include open rehearsals and will expand the dancers' choreographic careers under the mentorship of Art… |
| 2020 | Dayton Performing Arts Alliance | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | To support artist fees for a production of works by choreographers Stephen Mills and Septime Webre. The planned performances will include Red Roses by Mills and Fluctuating Hemline… |
| 2019 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support dance presentations, a lecture-demonstration series, and a national dance convening. Companies to be presented will include Vertigo Dance Company and Alvin Ailey America… |
| 2019 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $20,000 | To support NCCAkron's Dancing Lab residencies in integrated dance and immersive media. These residencies provide process-oriented laboratory environments for choreographers to come… |
| 2019 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $15,000 | To support a program of ballets choreographed by Artistic Director Edwaard Liang. The company will perform Symphonic Dances set to music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Beautiful Child set… |
| 2019 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support activities that will further inclusivity in dance for people with disabilities. The Dancing Wheels Company will launch an international exchange program for dancers with… |
| 2019 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support commissions and creative residencies with choreographers Brian Brooks and Robyn Mineko Williams. The new works will serve as creative content for an interactive workshop… |
| 2019 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $14,725 | To support performances and residency activities of Beijing Contemporary Dance Theater. Tri-C Presents and DANCECleveland will co-present the company in an evening of repertory dan… |
| 2019 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the virtual archiving and accessibility of Ohio's dance history. The collection will be expanded with additional interviews, and the development of workshops and materia… |
| 2019 | Verb Ballets | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support performances of historic works by choreographer Ian Horvath and the completion of a documentary film about his life and career. Ian (Ernie) Horvath's works Laura's Women… |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the restaging of Firebird and Rite of Spring choreographed by Adam Hougland. Hougland will restage contemporary interpretations of these classical, dramatic ballets. Com… |
| 2018 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support DANCECleveland's performances, residency, and educational activities. Companies to be presented will include Grupo Corpo, Che Malambo, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. … |
| 2018 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support commissions and creative residencies. As part of the company's 20th anniversary season, choreographers Banning Bouldin and Dianne McIntyre will be commissioned to set wo… |
| 2018 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support the commission and presentation of new dance works. Dancing Wheels will commission as many as three new works from advanced, mid-range and emerging choreographers with d… |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | To support the dance productions of Nicolo Fonte's "Carmina Burana" and George Balanchine's "Serenade." Community engagement activities may include meet-the-artist events, open reh… |
| 2018 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $10,000 | To support a series of research and development residencies for choreographers. Each residency will offer choreographers and visiting dancers two or more weeks of unrestricted acce… |
| 2018 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation of a documentary film based on the OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection and the expansion of the online archive. The project will include the creation of a do… |
| 2017 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | To support DANCECleveland's performances, residency, and educational activities. Companies to be presented will include Jessica Lang Dance, Ballet Biaritz, and Dance Theater of Har… |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation of a new work by hip-hop choreographer Jennifer Archibald. As part of the ballet's Kaplan New Works Series, Archibald will collaborate with street artist Ca… |
| 2017 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support artists fees for performances and residency activities of Dance Theatre of Harlem. Tri-C Presents and DANCECleveland will co-present the company. Performances will inclu… |
| 2017 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Romeo and Juliet," by Edwaard Liang. BalletMet will stage this three-act performance for its Ohio premiere which will include elaborate sets and cos… |
| 2017 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of contemporary dance companies as part of the Guest Artist Series. In addition to performances, the companies will share a variety of activities with t… |
| 2017 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the restaging of the ballet "Rodeo." The Dancing Wheels Company and School will restage Agnes de Mille's master work, "Rodeo." Raymond Rodriguez, who studied under de Mi… |
| 2017 | Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography | Akron, OH | $10,000 | To support a series of research and development residencies for choreographers. Each residency will offer choreographers and visiting dancers two or more weeks of unrestricted acce… |
| 2017 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support guest artist residencies and associated programming. As many as three artists will be invited to spend a creative residency period of several weeks in Cleveland for the … |
| 2017 | Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of new works by Ohio choreographers. The company will further its focus on cultivating local modern dance by commissioning company mem… |
| 2016 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | To support the 60th anniversary of DANCECleveland. Project activities will include presentations of contemporary dance companies along with accompanying residency, educational, and… |
| 2016 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the performance program "Inspired," in collaboration with the Cincinnati Ballet. The works will include Artistic Director Edwaard Liang's "Age of Inn… |
| 2016 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support guest artist residencies. The residencies for choreographers Gina Gibney, Robyn Mineko Williams, and Adam Barruch will include the creation and performance of new work, … |
| 2016 | OhioDance | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the Virtual Dance Collection Project of Ohio. An interactive website will be created to capture the most significant dance moments in Ohio during the last 50 years, and … |
| 2016 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the commission and presentation of dance works in Dancing Wheels Company & School's Beyond the Boundaries concert series. The company will commission choreographers Deza… |
| 2015 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | To support DANCECleveland's presentation of contemporary dance companies along with accompanying residency, educational, and outreach activities. Companies to be presented may incl… |
| 2015 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the presentation of American Masters. Performances will include Jerome Robbins' "Fancy Free," a full ensemble work by Artistic Director Edwaard Liang, and works by chore… |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | To support the restaging of "Mozart's Requiem," by choreographer Adam Hougland. Commissioned by Cincinnati Ballet in 2010, the ballet is set to Mozart's "Requiem Mass in D Minor." … |
| 2015 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support guest artist residencies and related dance concerts. The residencies for choreographers Kate Weare and Loni Landon will include the creation and performance of new work,… |
| 2015 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a full-length concert and national tour. The project will celebrate Dancing Wheel's 35th anniversary season, as well as the 25th anniver… |
| 2015 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $15,000 | To support a tour to Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) in the Eastern United States. The tour, titled Young, Gifted, and Black: A Transformative Experience, will f… |
| 2014 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support performances and engagement activities with Cedar Lake Ballet, Trisha Brown Dance Company, and Jessica Lang Dance Company, as well as educational programming. The projec… |
| 2014 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dance works. The program, titled New Works/New Direction, will feature works created by new Artistic Director Edwaard Liang, choreograph… |
| 2014 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the Guest Artist Series. The project will include the presentation of contemporary touring dance companies and will include performances at the Jarso… |
| 2014 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support guest artist residencies and concert series. The residencies for choreographers Johannes Wieland and Robert Moses will include the creation and performance of a work, as… |
| 2014 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of The Elec Simon Project, a new work centered around the theme of anti-bullying. Dancing Wheels will collaborate with choreographer and "S… |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "King Arthur's Camelot," a full-length ballet choreographed by Artistic Director Victoria Morgan. The work will feature a libretto by Eda Holmes, set… |
| 2013 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $30,000 | To support the commissioning of new works by choreographers in celebration of the company's 45th anniversary. New works will be created by choreographers Donald Byrd and Ronen Kore… |
| 2013 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support DANCECleveland's presentation of Mark Morris Dance Company, Lucky Plush Productions, and Alonzo King's LINES Ballet. The engagement of each company will include performa… |
| 2013 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support guest artist residencies for international choreographers Noa Zuk and Rosie Herrera. Portions of each residency will take place in Cleveland and Akron, and include the c… |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere production of "Frampton and CB Live," featuring works by several choreographers, and music by guitarist Peter Frampton.… |
| 2013 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support "Rock that Rolls." Dancing Wheels will commission emerging choreographers from New York City to create new works for the company to music from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… |
| 2012 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support DANCECleveland's presentation of the Ballet Memphis and the Israel-based Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. The companies were selected to continue DanceClevel… |
| 2012 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of world premieres by choreographers Jimmy Orrante and Amy Seiwert. Orrante will collaborate with media composer Sean Beeson, with technica… |
| 2012 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support guest artist residencies for New York choreographers Doug Elkins and Kate Weare. Portions of each residency will take place in Cleveland and Akron, and include the creat… |
| 2012 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the Guest Artist Series of contemporary dance concerts. Artists under consideration include Everett Dance Theatre, Garth Fagan Dance Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Da… |
| 2012 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the commissioning of new works by choreographers David Rousseve and Michael Uthoff. The works will premiere in Cleveland in a program titled Diversity in Dance: The Danc… |
| 2011 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | To support the "Guest Artist Series" of contemporary dance concerts. Artists under consideration include Doug Varone, Zvi Gotheiner/Zvi Dance, Jess Curtis, Garth Fagan, The Seldoms… |
| 2011 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support DANCECleveland's presentation of Parsons Dance Company and activities associated with Building New Presenters for Dance Across America's Heartland. Dance St. Louis and D… |
| 2011 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the world premiere of "7 Deadly Sins" created for BalletMet Columbus. Choreographers Dwight Rhoden, Ma Cong, Gina Patterson, James Kudelka, and Amy Seiwert will create t… |
| 2011 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by resident choreographer Adam Hougland, set to Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird" score. The project will include open rehearsals,… |
| 2011 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support guest artist residencies with Broadway director Lynn Taylor-Corbett and Philadelphia Dance Company choreographer Roni Koresh. Each artist will develop a new work for the… |
| 2010 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | To support the presentation of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and Pilobolus Dance Theater at DANCECleveland. The performances will be surrounded by an array of educational outreach programm… |
| 2010 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The Guest Artist Series will present a series of contemporary dance … |
| 2010 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of world premiere works by choreographers Ma Cong, Maurice Hines, James Kudelka, and Darrell Grand Moultrie. Each choreographic residency w… |
| 2010 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support the presentation of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance company in consortium with DANCECleveland. The company will perform a new evening-length work about Abraham Lincol… |
| 2010 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support artists residencies with David Parker and Jeffrey Kazin of the Bang Group, and Jill Sigman of jill sigman/thinkdance. Both residencies will feature master classes, artis… |
| 2010 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "The Sammy Project", a new work by choreographer Darrell Grand Moultrie. The new work will be set to the music of Sammy Davis, Jr., and … |
| 2010 | Community Arts Project, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of DanceAfrica, a weekend-long celebration at the King Arts Complex. The celebration will showcase dancing and drumming, as well as an African marketpla… |
| 2010 | Verb Ballets | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support dance performances and educational activities in rural Ohio. The project will include main stage performances of classics in contemporary dance, and standards-based educ… |
| 2010 | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $9,903 | To support the restaging of Twyla Tharp's STORY TELLER, for the University's Dance Division. The project will include master classes for dance majors, open rehearsals, and pre-perf… |
| 2009 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2009 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $30,000 | To support the touring of choreographer Ulysses Dove's Vespers. The project will include an educational component, which will offer lecture-demonstrations for underserved communiti… |
| 2009 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. The presentations will be part of the Guest Artist Series, a series … |
| 2009 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support a residency and performance by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at DANCECleveland. The residency, in partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Art, will include educati… |
| 2009 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Donald McKayle, as well as, the development of a complete training manual and DVD of the Dancing Wheels Comp… |
| 2008 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $25,000 | To support the restaging of significant works of choreography as part of the company's 40th anniversary program, titled Engraving Our Legacy. Choreographers whose works will be res… |
| 2008 | 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. |
| 2008 | 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, t… |
| 2008 | 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 prese… |
| 2008 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Mark Morris Dance Group in consortium with the Cleveland Modern Dance Association. The project will include community educational activities. |
| 2008 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | 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 residencie… |
| 2008 | Verb Ballets | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support The All Ohio Dance project, an exchange and creation of new works by three Ohio dance companies. Companies participating in the project include Verb Ballets, Dayton Cont… |
| 2008 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the expansion of educational outreach activities for youth and children, and creative residencies by guest choreographers. The educational programming is offered for stu… |
| 2007 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 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 prese… |
| 2007 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Baker's Dozen," choreographed by Twyla Tharp. The work will be performed in a program titled "Twyla Tharp, Plus." |
| 2007 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Chicago's Luna Negra Dance Theatre by DANCECleveland. The project will include school residencies, a master class, a family/student matinee performan… |
| 2007 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of MOMIX and Joe Goode Performance Group in consortium with DANCECleveland. The project will include community educational activities. |
| 2007 | Verb Ballets | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the preservation of works by choreographer Heinz Poll (1926-2006). The project will involve the creation of a preservation resource portfolio for dancers and choreograph… |
| 2007 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support educational outreach activities and guest artist residencies. The project will involve workshops for students and their families in grades three to eight, performances, … |
| 2007 | Dayton Ballet Association | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere ballet by choreographer Gregory Robinson. The work will be performed during the company's winter repertory program at D… |
| 2007 | Community Arts Project, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago. The company will offer performances, classes, and workshops in African and African American dance, music, and folklor… |
| 2007 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the commissioning of a work for Dancing Wheels by choreographers Stuart Pimsler and Suzanne Costello and the presentation of a full-length work. The commissioned work wi… |
| 2006 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work inspired by the paintings of African-American artist Jacob Lawrence. The work will premiere at the Victoria Theatre in Dayton. |
| 2006 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies. The companies will perform at the Jarson-Kaplan Theatre at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, and offer a variety of residency activit… |
| 2006 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support performances and educational activities of the Garth Fagan Dance Company in consortium with the Cleveland Modern Dance Association (DanceCleveland). |
| 2006 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of Jazz Moves. The collaborative project between BalletMet Columbus and Jazz Arts Group will include multiple new works by choreographers and composers,… |
| 2006 | Dayton Ballet Association | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a ballet by choreographer Alan Hineline. The work will be performed during the company's winter repertory program. |
| 2006 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works by choreographers Nai-Ni Chen and Dianne McIntyre as part of the Guest Choreographer's Project. The works will be created for … |
| 2006 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support educational outreach activities and guest artist residencies. The project will involve workshops at schools for students in grades three to eight, performances, master c… |
| 2005 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $30,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of a new work honoring poet Paul Laurence Dunbar by choreographer Dianne McIntyre. The Dayton native's writing helped lay the groundwo… |
| 2005 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work choreographed by Pilobolus's Robby Barnett and Rebecca Anderson Darling, and the Integrated Dance Festival in consortium with… |
| 2005 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance. The companies will perform at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, and offer a variety of residency activities. |
| 2005 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support a consortium project to present dance companies. Cuyaghoa Community College's Center for Arts and Culture, in partnership with DanceCleveland, will co-present Momix and … |
| 2005 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and world premiere production of "Firebird" by choreographer Stanton Welch. Welch will set his Firebird to the orchestral suite composed by Igor Stravinsky … |
| 2005 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the Come Together Festival. The festival will present world premieres by choreographers Donald Byrd, Darrell Moultrie, Luca Veggetti, Devon Carney, and Kirk Peterson. |
| 2005 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To suppport the creation and presentation of a full-length work about Helen Keller. The production, sponsored by the Cleveland Sight Center, will feature an excerpt to be performed… |
| 2005 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support a series of outreach activities. The project will include expansion of an intergenerational project with tThe Fairhill Center for Aging and the Intergenerational School,… |
| 2004 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Bebe Miller. Miller and four members of her company will share choreographic information with Dayton Contemp… |
| 2004 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies. Artists will perform at the Jarson-Kaplan Theater and participate in a variety of community and audience development activities. |
| 2004 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the expansion of education programs and public performances. The project will offer training and performing opportunities to individuals with and without disabilities. |
| 2004 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the expansion of outreach activities. The project will involve learning activities based in literacy, theater, and dance for primary school students and seniors. |
| 2004 | Ohio Chamber Ballet | Akron, OH | $10,000 | To support performances and outreach activities in Cuyahoga Falls and Youngstown, Ohio. |
| 2004 | Playhouse Square Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of ballet companies. The project will include a student matinee, master classes for local dance students, and pre- and post-show discussions for the aud… |
| 2004 | Community Arts Project, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support "All That Dance: A Multidisciplinary Exploration," including dance presentations, an exhibition, and related outreach activities. |
| 2004 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a full-length ballet by choreographer Stanton Welch. Evolution will be created in three acts to the music "Corroboree" by Australian Joh… |
| 2003 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $35,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Ronald K. Brown and Mulgrew Miller. The work will be a collaboration between choreographer Ronald K. Brown and jazz musici… |
| 2003 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $30,000 | To support the Home Cities Tour. The program will travel to the rural and suburban regions. |
| 2003 | Cleveland Modern Dance Association | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | To support dance presentations and extended educational residencies. Artists to be presented include Doug Varone & Dancers, Pilobolus Dance Theater, Gina Gibney Dance, Creach/Compa… |
| 2003 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the expansion of education programs and public performances. The project will provide opportunities for artists with and without disabilities by offering training, perfo… |
| 2003 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the commissioning of a world premiere by choreographer Stanton Welch. The Australian choreographer will create Don Quixote for BalletMet's 25th anniversary. |
| 2003 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation of national and local dance companies. Local and national artists will be presented along with residency activities in the Guest Artist Series. |
| 2003 | Verb Ballets | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | To support the creation of a new work by Artistic Director Hernando Cortez. The piece will be choreographed to songs from the 1952 Moondog Coronation Ball and will honor founding C… |
| 2002 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $20,000 | To support the creation of new works by choreographers Bill T. Jones, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Bebe Miller, and Doug Varone. Each of these four new works will explore the theme of f… |
| 2002 | GroundWorks Dancetheater | Cleveland, 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 L… |
| 2002 | 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. |
| 2002 | 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 one balle… |
| 2002 | 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. |
| 2002 | 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. |
| 2001 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $20,000 | To support Can Dream Can Do. This program, designed for at-risk youth, ages nine to twelve, will provide arts instruction and techniques for developing critical life skills. |
| 2001 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support the expansion of mixed ability, educational, outreach/inreach programs. The expansion includes broader class offerings on site, in addition to expanded outreach programs… |
| 2001 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support a consortium project to present the "Move It Out" dance series. Cuyahoga Community College's Office of Cultural Arts and DANCECleveland, America's oldest association of … |
| 2001 | Zivili Kolo Ensemble, Inc. | Granville, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation of new works. These new works will incorporate traditional dance, music, and cultural background of populations from the former Yugoslavia. |
| 2000 | Dayton Contemporary Dance Company | Dayton, OH | $20,000 | To support the commissioning of a new work. Artistic Directors Danial Shapiro and Joanie Smith of Shapiro & Smith Dance (Minneapolis, MN) will create the piece. |
| 2000 | Zivili Kolo Ensemble, Inc. | Granville, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new works. The works will deal with the dance, music, and experiences of immigrant populations from the former Yugoslavia. |
| 2000 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | To support the commissioning of a new work. Birgit Scherzer will premiere the work during one of the company's seasons. |
| 2000 | Rhythm In Shoes, Inc. | Dayton, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work. Artistic Directors Sharon Leahy and Rick Good will collaborate with local performing artists, company members, and senior adults from southwe… |
| 2000 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation of a new work by Australian choreographer Stanton Welch. Welch will create FINGERPRINTS to usher in the millennium. |
| 2000 | Ohio Chamber Ballet | Akron, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a ballet by Artistic Director Jeffrey Graham Hughes. The work will be set to Gustav Holst's The Planets. |
| 2000 | Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support a consortium project to present a dance series. Cuyahoga Community College's Office of Cultural Arts and DanceCleveland, America's oldest association of modern dance and… |
| 2000 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the continuation of the Guest Artist Series. Contemporary Dance Theater will present local and national artists in eight to ten performances. |
| 2000 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | To support the development of a model school for the performing arts and continuation of lecture-demonstrations. Classes at the school will introduce dance technique and advanced t… |
| 1999 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support three initiatives within its expanded DanceReach educational outreach programs. These initiatives include BalletMet's Dance Camp for SummerDance 1999, a residency progra… |
| 1999 | Ohio Chamber Ballet | Akron, OH | $15,000 | To support Delivering Dance, a community and education outreach initiative comprised of up to nine diverse projects. The project will involve delivering performances, lecture- demo… |
| 1999 | Zivili Kolo Ensemble, Inc. | Granville, OH | $10,000 | To support the creation, rehearsal, and production of a new work based on traditional dance and music from the southern Slavic nations. This piece will utilize videotape, slide ima… |
| 1999 | Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the Home Cities Tour of family-oriented productions throughout the Greater Cincinnati area. The Home Cities Tour aims to introduce today's children to the joy of dance b… |
| 1998 | Ohio Chamber Ballet | Akron, OH | $20,000 | To support the presentation of the Ohio Ballet Summer Festival. The Festival performances of the Ohio Ballet take place in parks throughout northeastern Ohio. The performances are … |
| 1998 | Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | To support the commissioning of a dance work by choreographer Julia Adam which will premiere in Columbus, Ohio. This commission is part of BalletMet's New Moves program dedicated t… |
| 1998 | Contemporary Dance Theater, Inc. | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | To support the presentation and community residency activities of the Guest Artist Series bringing a broad range of dance artists and companies to the community, many appearing in … |
| 1998 | Professional Flair, Inc. | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | To support community based classes, lectures, and performances in schools throughout Ohio as well as in Illinois and New York by Cleveland's Dancing Wheels, and an integrated dance… |
| 1998 | Zivili Kolo Ensemble, Inc. | Granville, OH | $7,500 | To support during 1998-99 the creation, rehearsal, and presentation of new southern Slavic works based in traditional folkloric dances and music to be performed both nationally and… |
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