NEA Dance Grants in Texas
177 NEA dance grants for Texas, totaling $3.3M.
| Year | Recipient | City | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Edison Arts Foundation | Missouri City, TX | $35,000 | Purpose: To support an integrated dance and technology education program for youth. Additional Project Description: The program will provide after school dance training in ballet, … |
| 2026 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the presentation of innovative American dance companies as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Texas Internat… |
| 2026 | Ballet North Texas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | Purpose: To support a dance education program for youth. Additional Project Description: Programming will include a series of lecture-demonstrations and performances designed to in… |
| 2026 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | Purpose: To support modern dance performances. Additional Project Description: Performances will include re-stagings and world premieres, reflecting the past, present, and future o… |
| 2026 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $20,000 | Purpose: To support Tapestry Dance Company's annual Soul 2 Soul festival. Additional Project Description: The festival focuses on the history and future of the American art form of… |
| 2025 | Art Spark Texas | Austin, TX | $60,000 | Purpose: To support regional dance education conferences focused on dance pedagogy and practice for dance students with disabilities. Additional Project Description: The gatherings… |
| 2025 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | Purpose: To support a production of choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's ballet Broken Wings, based on the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Additional Project Description: The… |
| 2025 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of community education and engagement programs by American and international dance artists. Additional Project Description: Featured dance comp… |
| 2025 | Dance Source Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | Purpose: To support an artist-in-residence program and the Barnstorm Dance Fest. Additional Project Description: The residency program will support choreographers by offering a sti… |
| 2024 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | Purpose: To support productions by choreographers Christopher L. Huggins, Allyne B. Gartrell, and Kareem B. Goodwin Additional Project Description: Choreographers Gartrell and Hugg… |
| 2024 | Allison Orr Dance Inc. | Austin, TX | $40,000 | Purpose: To support Forklift Danceworks' creation and production of a performance project with water management personnel, local water scientists, and community members affected by… |
| 2024 | Blue Lapis Light, Inc. | Austin, TX | $25,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a site-specific aerial dance performance by choreographer Sally Jacques. Additional Project Description: The work will be a ref… |
| 2024 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $20,000 | Purpose: To support Tapestry Dance Company's annual Soul to Sole festival, a national education and performance forum celebrating the art of tap dance. Additional Project Descripti… |
| 2024 | Ishida Dance Company, inc. | Austin, TX | $20,000 | Purpose: To support performance programs of works by choreographer Brett Ishida and guest choreographers, and associated engagement activities. Additional Project Description: The … |
| 2024 | Houston Metropolitan Dance Center, Inc. | Houston, TX | $20,000 | Purpose: To support a dance residency program. Additional Project Description: The program is focused on Houston-based choreographers and companies working in jazz, modern, contemp… |
| 2024 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $20,000 | Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the creation of a new work based in Mexican American culture by choreographer Jimmy Orrante. Additional Project Description: … |
| 2024 | Pegasus Musical Society | Dallas, TX | $18,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of a dance work featuring Orchestra of New Spain musicians and dancers from the National Institute of Flamenco's Yjastros Flamenco… |
| 2024 | Dance Source Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | Purpose: To support an artist-in-residence program and the Barnstorm Dance Fest. Additional Project Description: The residency program will support choreographers by offering a sti… |
| 2024 | KnowBox Dance | Dallas, TX | $12,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of dance films at the kNOwBOX Dance Film Festival. Additional Project Description: The multi-day festival will include panels, workshops, youth… |
| 2024 | Esquina Tango Cultural Society of Austin | Austin, TX | $10,000 | Purpose: To support a visiting artist series featuring Afro-Latinx and Latinx dance forms. Additional Project Description: The series will include dance instruction and dance and m… |
| 2023 | Art Spark Texas | Austin, TX | $50,000 | Purpose: To support a dance education conference focused on integrated dance pedagogy and practice. Additional Project Description: The conference will advance critical conversatio… |
| 2023 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | Purpose: To support the restaging and presentation of Games (1951), by choreographer Donald McKayle. Additional Project Description: The work will be presented in a performance ser… |
| 2023 | Allison Orr Dance Inc. | Austin, TX | $35,000 | Purpose: To support Forklift Danceworks' creation of a new performance project with a focus on Black trail riding. Additional Project Description: Drawing from the rich history of … |
| 2023 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $25,000 | Purpose: To support Tapestry Dance Company's annual Soul to Sole festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap dance. Additional Project Description: Danc… |
| 2023 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of international dance artists and related education and engagement activities. Additional Project Description: Presentations will include Hami… |
| 2023 | Bruce Wood Dance Company, Inc. | Dallas, TX | $12,000 | Purpose: To support a production of dance works by choreographers Joy Bollinger, Norbert De La Cruz III, and Bruce Wood. Additional Project Description: De La Cruz will create a ne… |
| 2023 | Texas Woman's University | Denton, TX | $11,567 | Purpose: To support Space+Dance+Digital (S+D2), a dance research and development project creating dances to be accessed through augmented reality (AR). Additional Project Descripti… |
| 2023 | Texas Ballet Theater, Inc. | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the expansion of the company's dance classes for students with disabilities, including Adaptive dance training for instructors. Additional Project Description: … |
| 2023 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | Purpose: To support dancer fees for the production of Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project by choreographer Stephen Mills. Additional Project Description: The work is the result … |
| 2023 | Dance Source Houston | Houston, TX | $10,000 | Purpose: To support an artist-in-residence program and Barnstorm Dance Fest. Additional Project Description: The residency program supports choreographers by offering studio space,… |
| 2023 | KnowBox Dance | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the presentation of dance films and accompanying engagement activities as part of the kNOwBOX dance Film Festival. Additional Project Description: The multiling… |
| 2022 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and production of a new work by choreographer Jae Man Joo. Additional Project Description: Performances will take place in-person, virtually live s… |
| 2022 | Allison Orr Dance Inc. | Austin, TX | $20,000 | Purpose: To support an artistic residency for Forklift Danceworks with the City of Austin's Watershed Protection Department (WPD). Additional Project Description: Artistic research… |
| 2022 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for the presentation of national dance artists and related education and engagement activities. Additional Project Description: Dance artists will i… |
| 2022 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | Purpose: To support Tapestry Dance Company's annual Soul to Sole festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap dance. Additional Project Description: Tape… |
| 2022 | Open Dance Project Inc. | Houston, TX | $10,000 | Purpose: To support artist fees for the development and presentation of Bonnie & Clyde, an immersive dance theater performance. Additional Project Description: Personalizing the co… |
| 2022 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | Purpose: To support artist salaries for the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Alexa Capareda. Additional Project Description: The production will be performe… |
| 2021 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support virtual presentations of Talley Beatty's Mourner's Bench and Claude Alexander III’s A Tender Pardon. Both pieces will be reimagined for online viewing and will be filmed… |
| 2021 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support Tapestry Dance Company's 21st annual Soul to Sole Festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap dance. Tapestry Dance Company will invite a wid… |
| 2021 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | To support artist fees and travel costs for the presentation of Alonzo King's LINES Ballet. Performances will take place in the Winspear Opera House in the Dallas Arts District and… |
| 2021 | Art Spark Texas | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support planning for a dance education conference focused on integrated dance pedagogy and practice. Conference planning will include consultations with dance educators, artisti… |
| 2021 | Performing Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | Allison Orr Dance Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a public screening and panel discussion as part of the On the Job Live series of creative conversations with essential workers of Austin, Texas. Forklift Danceworks will… |
| 2020 | Performing Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the world premiere and co-commission of An Untitled Love, choreographed by Kyle Abraham in collaboration with his company A.I.M, alongside accompanying engagement activi… |
| 2020 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Hope Boykin. Boykin's work will focus on the theme of love and will draw from her own writings and poetry on… |
| 2020 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | To support artist fees associated with the presentation of France's Malandain Ballet Biarritz and related education and engagement activities. Performances will take place in the M… |
| 2020 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support planning costs and artist fees for the Tapestry Dance Company's online Soul to Sole Festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap dance. The pr… |
| 2020 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. . |
| 2020 | Blue Lapis Light, Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and planning of Belonging, Part Two, a site-specific aerial dance performance by choreographer Sally Jacques. This creation period will be the basis of a fu… |
| 2020 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Allison Orr Dance Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support staff salaries and touring coordinator fees to plan for a performance with the service and maintenance employees of Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Forklift Dancewor… |
| 2019 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $40,000 | To support rehearsal periods of new repertory works. The new works will premiere at the Wortham Theater Center's Brown Theater in March 2019 following a rehearsal period leading up… |
| 2019 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | To support the presentation of Dorrance Dance and related education and engagement activities. Dorrance Dance will perform ETM: Double Down, a collaboration between Michelle Dorran… |
| 2019 | Performing Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | To support the presentation of Dorrance Dance. This presentation will be a part of SPA's Dance Series and will mark the Houston debut of Dorrance Dance. The company will perform ET… |
| 2019 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | To support the Cultural Awareness dance performance series. During the 2019 series, the company will pay tribute to artists and civil rights activists Nina Simone and Odetta Holmes… |
| 2019 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the annual Soul to Sole Festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap dance. Tapestry Dance Company will invite a wide range of dancers from ar… |
| 2018 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $35,000 | To support the presentation of ballets. The works to be presented include a new work by Artistic Director Stanton Welch and Tim Harbour's "Filigree and Shadow." The company will al… |
| 2018 | Bruce Wood Dance Company, Inc. | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | To support the re-staging, presentation, and archival development of I'm My Brother's Keeper by Bruce Wood (1960-2014). I'm My Brother's Keeper is a dance theater work about men an… |
| 2018 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support Tapestry Dance Company's annual Soul to Sole Festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap dance. The company will invite a wide range of dance… |
| 2018 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and performance of a contemporary ballet by Pam Tanowitz. The work will feature Tanowitz's exploration of pattern and form using complex movement phrases. P… |
| 2018 | Texas International Theatrical Arts Society | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | To support the presentation of dance performances by Alonzo King LINES Ballet. TITAS Presents will feature Alonzo King LINES Ballet as part of a curated series of dance performance… |
| 2017 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the premieres of ballets by Houston Ballet. The works to be presented include Jiri Kylian's "Stepping Stones," and David Bintley's newest full-length ballet, "The Tempes… |
| 2017 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the annual Soul to Sole Festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap dance. Tapestry Dance Company will invite a wide range of dancers from ar… |
| 2016 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the premieres of several ballets by Houston Ballet. The works to be presented include Wayne McGregor's "Dyad 1929," Jerome Robbins' "West Side Story Suite," Jiri Kylian'… |
| 2016 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | To support the 2016 Cultural Awareness series. Princess Grace Award recipient Bridget L. Moore will choreograph a duet to have its world premiere. Former Dallas Black Dance Theatre… |
| 2015 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the world premiere of "Zodiac," by Artistic Director Stanton Welch, and the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Mark Morris. Both ballets will be pr… |
| 2015 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. A national performance forum for the art of tap dance, the festival hosts a wide range of dancers from around the U.S. and abroad. … |
| 2015 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the Choreographic Mentorship Program. Under Artistic Director Stephen Mills, the program will provide choreographers the opportunity to explore their craft during a two-… |
| 2015 | Blue Lapis Light, Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support Youth Taking Flight. An ongoing youth outreach program utilizing aerial dance to engage homeless and at-risk youth, Youth Taking Flight (YTF) focuses on youth clients at… |
| 2014 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the presentation of works by choreographer Jiri Kylian and David Bintley, artistic director of the Royal Birmingham Ballet. The works to be presented include Kylian's "S… |
| 2014 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support the commission and presentation of new dance works by choreographers Christopher Huggins and Chris Vo. The work by Christopher Huggins will premiere at the Dee and Charl… |
| 2014 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new full-length ballet by choreographer Stephen Mills. The project will be created in collaboration with 3M engineers, who will integr… |
| 2014 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. |
| 2014 | Allison Orr Dance Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the development of "Play Ball," a new work choreographed by Allison Orr. In partnership with the Houston Astros Foundation, the project will include research, project co… |
| 2013 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the presentation of Stanton Welch's "Rite of Spring," and a new work by Taiwanese choreographer Edwaard Liang. The project will include information on each ballet such a… |
| 2013 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Una Familia, Todos Unidos," a new work by choreographers Armando Silva and Richard Freeman, Jr. The work, meaning "One Family All Unite… |
| 2013 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of Snow White, choreographed by Nelly van Bommel. The one-act ballet will be performed by Ballet Austin II dancers, and will be van Bommel'… |
| 2013 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. 1/9/14--per FDR, numerous artist substitutions. |
| 2013 | Allison Orr Dance Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of PowerUP by choreographer Allison Orr, in collaboration with the employees of Austin's Municipal Energy Department. The third in a series… |
| 2012 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $40,000 | To support the creation and presentation of new ballets by choreographers Stanton Welch and Nicolo Fonte. The project will include information on each ballet such as articles, hist… |
| 2012 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support a national tour to California, Maryland, and Texas. The tour will include performances of Ulysses Dove's "Vespers," Alvin Ailey's "Escapades," and a new work choreograph… |
| 2012 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the 12th annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. Artists participating in the project include Dianne Walker, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Barbara Phillips, and Sarah Petronio, am… |
| 2012 | Blue Lapis Light, Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Heaven/Earth/One," choreographed by Sally Jacques. Amendment #1 (4/13/12): Change of work from "Swan Nebula" to "Heaven/Earth/One". |
| 2011 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the world premiere of a work by Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo and the premiere of "Grinning in Your Face" by the company's associate choreographer Christopher Bruce. T… |
| 2011 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new full-length ballet based on Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute," choreographed by artistic director Stephen Mills. The musical score … |
| 2011 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the further development of "Tap History Now," a Web site, archive digitization, database editing, and publication project designed to address the lack of documentation i… |
| 2011 | Indian Performing Arts Samskriti | Sugar Land, TX | $20,000 | To support the Indian Dance in a Global Context Festival. The three-day international festival will feature lecture-demonstrations, performances, workshops, master classes, and pan… |
| 2011 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support the restaging and tour of "Pigs and Fishes," choreographed by Elisa Monte and associated educational activities. The work will be performed as part of the company's 35th… |
| 2011 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the 11th annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. |
| 2011 | Blue Lapis Light, Inc. | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of DEVOTION, a site specific aerial dance performance over the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The work will include an ensemble of dancer… |
| 2011 | Dominic Walsh Dance Theater | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dance works at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston. The project will include the company premiere of "Pas de Dans" by ch… |
| 2011 | Ballet East Dance Company | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Hear Me/See Me," a multimedia presentation of movement, spoken work, and live music, led by local choreographer Sharon Marroquin. The w… |
| 2010 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $50,000 | To support the presentation of George Balanchine's Ballo della Regina and the Houston Ballet premiere of Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free. The ballets will be performed at the Wortham Th… |
| 2010 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of "Escapades" choreographed by Alvin Ailey and "Pacing" choreographed by Milton Myers. Escapades will be performed in the new performing … |
| 2010 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $27,000 | To support the restaging of "Vespers" by choreographer Ulysses Dove. The work will be performed in Dallas at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and while the company is on tour. |
| 2010 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support presenting activities by dance companies as part of Discover Dance. Each company will be presented in a residency, offering a variety of education and outreach activitie… |
| 2010 | Performing Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $20,000 | To support the Empowerment Through Self-Expression Dance Project. The project will include a dance residency program and related activities for inner-city middle school students in… |
| 2010 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the next phase of "Tap History Then & Now." The project will include Web site upgrading, database editing, digitizing past publications, and the production of a new publ… |
| 2010 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support the New American Talent/Dance, a juried choreographic competition. Emerging choreographers KT Nelson, Dominic Walsh, and Nelly Van Bomme will create and premiere a new w… |
| 2010 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the 10th Annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. The festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach activities. |
| 2009 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Antony Tudor's "The Leaves Are Fading" and Nacho Duato's "Jardi Tancat," both premieres for the company. The ballets will be performed at the Wortham… |
| 2009 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support Tap History Now, a project that will include Web site upgrading, archive digitization, database editing, and the production of a publication. The project will document a… |
| 2009 | Northwest Vista College | San Antonio, TX | $15,000 | To support the presentation of Performing History, Act II: Discovering Cross-border influences in Contemporary Arts, which will focus on reconstructing choreographer Anna Sokolow's… |
| 2009 | Lamar University | Beaumont, TX | $13,943 | To support the restaging and presentation of choreographer Donald McKayle's Games. The work will be set on Lamar University dance students and presented to the university populatio… |
| 2009 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the presentation of the Austin Ventures Studio Series. The series will include works by internationally renowned choreographers, as well as a variety of educational acti… |
| 2009 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the ninth annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival organized by the Tapestry Dance Company. The festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach act… |
| 2009 | Dominic Walsh Dance Theater | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of choreographer and Artistic Director Dominic Walsh's "Mozart," the final installment to his trilogy "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart." The Domini… |
| 2009 | Hope Stone, Inc. | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of the Village of Waltz, by choreographer and Artistic Director Jane Weiner. The work will be performed to music by pianist Peter Jones, so… |
| 2008 | 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… |
| 2008 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in Austin. Discover Dance artists will include Compagnie Julie Dossavi, Tere O'Connor Dance, Headlong Dance Theater, Sonia Gomex and … |
| 2008 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support Tap Access, a project that will include Web site upgrading and archive digitization. The project will document and preserve the heritage of the American art form of tap,… |
| 2008 | Visions In Rhythm | 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. |
| 2008 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the second biennial New American Talent/Dance, a juried choreographic competition. Emerging choreographers will create and premiere new work. |
| 2008 | 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, and additional education and outreach activ… |
| 2007 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $20,000 | To support presentations of Jerome Robbins' "The Concert," Jiri Kylian's "Svadebka," and Christopher Wheeldon's "Carnival of the Animals." The ballets will be performed at the Wort… |
| 2007 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance companies in Central Texas. Discover Dance will present AXIS Dance Company, Coyaba Dance Theatre, and Bridgeman/Packer. |
| 2007 | Deborah Hay Dance Company | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the ongoing development and presentation of a new work by choreographer Deborah Hay. MOUNTAIN will be created in collaboration with Northwest choreographers/performers G… |
| 2007 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled "Cult of Color: Call to Color." Artistic director and choreographer Stephen Mills will work with visual artist Trenton… |
| 2007 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the Seventh Annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. The festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach activities. |
| 2007 | Ballet East Dance Company | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a series of educational programs that expose students to dance. The project will involve taking inner-city high school students to dance performances, bringing dancers a… |
| 2007 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a printed issue of "On Tap" and a planning process to transition to an interactive web site that documents and preserves the heritage of the American art of tap, while p… |
| 2006 | Carver Development Board | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | To support the "Explorations: Dance in the African Diaspora" project. Though the presentation of modern and traditional African dance, the project will explore the rich heritage of… |
| 2006 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support DISCOVER DANCE. |
| 2006 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere by Houston Ballet Associate Choreographer Christopher Bruce. The work will be performed at the Wortham Theater Center i… |
| 2006 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of performances during the company's 30th anniversary. The project will include the "Majestic Theatre Home Series," a ballet choreographed by Allyne Gar… |
| 2006 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the Soul to Sole Tap Festival. The Soul to Sole Festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach activities. |
| 2006 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support "New American Talent." The project will provide three emerging American choreographers the opportunity to create and premiere a new work on Ballet Austin. |
| 2006 | Lone Star Ballet, Inc. | Amarillo, TX | $10,000 | To support educational and community outreach for the "Nutcracker." |
| 2006 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a publication project. The project will include the publication of interviews and articles on the American art of tap in the magazine On Tap, and in one monograph. |
| 2006 | Blue Lapis Light, Inc. | Austin, TX | $5,000 | To support the creation of a site-specific work by choreographer Sally Jacques. The work will incorporate aerial acrobatics. |
| 2005 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $20,000 | To support the creation and world premiere of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Stanton Welch. The work will be performed at the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, … |
| 2005 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance events. Discover Dance will include dance presentations and educational activities. |
| 2005 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of work by choreographers Christopher Huggins and Kevin Wynn. The works will premiere at the Majestic Theater in Dallas. |
| 2005 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $12,000 | To support the publication of interviews and articles that examine the heritage of tap dance, including training sessions for interviewers. The materials will be published in Inter… |
| 2005 | Visions In Rhythm | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a tap dance festival. The Soul to Sole Festival will include performances and a wide range of education and outreach activities. These include master classes and worksho… |
| 2005 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation of a full-length work by choreographer and artistic director Stephen Mills. The Holocaust and Humanity Project will involve a partnership between Ballet Aus… |
| 2005 | Lone Star Ballet, Inc. | Amarillo, TX | $10,000 | To support outreach activities, including performances for school children. The company will present "The Nutcracker" and offer free performances to school children and people with… |
| 2004 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $35,000 | To support the National Tap Field Strategic Planning Process, a consortium project. The project will assess the tap field to ensure the development and sustainability of the Americ… |
| 2004 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work choreographed by Julia Adam. The work will be choreographed by Julia Adam. |
| 2004 | Performing Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $20,000 | To support the 2004-2005 Dance Series with associated education and outreach programs. |
| 2004 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance events. Artists will participate in week-long residencies that include professional level and community-based master classes, community discuss… |
| 2004 | FLYworks | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support the presentation of hip-hop dance in community performances. The project will provide outreach activities and concert performances in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; and Houston. |
| 2004 | Progressive Arts Collective Pro Arts | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a dance festival and outreach activities. The project will include the eighth annual African American Festival of Dance, a panel discussion, and a week-long series of in… |
| 2004 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | To support, through a Chairman's Extraordinary Action award, a new work choreographed by Nathan Trice based on the themes, ideas, and movement inspired by the sculpture and archite… |
| 2004 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the publication of interviews and articles that examine the heritage of tap dance; including training sessions for interviewers. The materials will be published in Inter… |
| 2003 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $40,000 | To support the world premiere of dance works by Paul Taylor and Trey McIntyre. |
| 2003 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | To support Lincoln Center Out of Doors. The residency will include public performances and lecture demonstrations for children. |
| 2003 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance events. All artists will participate in residencies that will include professional-level master classes and workshops, pre- and post-performanc… |
| 2003 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the creation of dance works set to the music of Austin bands. 3 by 3 By 3 Live Bands will include works by choreographers Dwight Rhoden, Gina Patterson, and Artistic Dir… |
| 2003 | SAMSKRITI, Society for Indian Performing Arts | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support the first international conference on Kuchipudi Indian Dance. The conference will include panel discussions, presentation of scholarly papers, workshops, and performance… |
| 2003 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support Closing the Gap, a project examining the legacy and future of the art of tap and a series of "Making it Work" articles. The project will bring together three generations… |
| 2002 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the creation and presentation of dance works by two choreographers. Australian choreographer Natalie Weir will create a world premiere and the company will perform a pie… |
| 2002 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support the presentation of dance events in celebration of Dance Umbrella's 25th anniversary. All artists will participate in week-long residencies that will include professiona… |
| 2002 | Ballet East Dance Company | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support the development of a folkloric dance program. The program will be part of the company's Dare to Dance theater/dance program, in partnership with Austin Independent Schoo… |
| 2002 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support TAP 2003, a project examining the legacy and future of the art of tap. The project will bring together four generations of tap artists to examine the aesthetic, philosop… |
| 2001 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the commissioning and performance of new works. These works include the U.S. premiere of a new version of the ballet classic Firebird by James Kudelka, and a world premi… |
| 2001 | Carver Development Board | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | To support a residency of Rennie Harris PureMovement, a consortium project. In partnership with Ile Bahia de San Antonio, The Carver will bring in Rennie Harris PureMovement for wo… |
| 2001 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | To support creative works and outreach activities by choreographers Donald McKayle and Donald Byrd. The artists will also teach classes, participate in community outreach activitie… |
| 2001 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support the presentation of dance events. The Transformation of Spirit series will include two of the events -- a performance by Margie Gillis and a performance by Salia Ni Seyd… |
| 2001 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support Tap 2002, a project examining the legacy and future of the art of tap. This project will bring together four generations of tap artists to examine the aesthetic, philoso… |
| 2001 | Ballet Austin, Incorporated | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a consortium project that will provide arts education workshops and performances for school children in Austin, Texas. Arts Blitz 2002 will reach 4,000 at-risk K-2 schoo… |
| 2001 | Ballet East Dance Company | Austin, TX | $5,000 | To support the expansion and enhancement of a children's dance/theatre program in partnership with the Austin Parks and Recreation Department and the Austin Independent School Dist… |
| 2001 | Kuumba House, Inc. | Houston, TX | $5,000 | To support a full-length African ballet created by Artistic Director Lindi Yeni. "Amasiko" depicts the traditional African origins of the ceremonies and folklore that are the basis… |
| 2000 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support the creation of new works. Trey McIntyre and Stanton Welch will create new dance works for the subscription season, while premieres for the Cullen Contemporary Series wi… |
| 2000 | Sharir - Bustamante Danceworks | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support outreach programming for a new dance theatre work. The Leaf Storm will incorporate music, poetry, and movement by choreographer Jose Luis Bustamante and singer/songwrite… |
| 2000 | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a series of public dance performances, residency activities, and community outreach. Legacies, Love Songs, & Ritual: Perspectives in Black Choreography will include Alvi… |
| 2000 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support a dance series. Transformation of Spirit will include performances by Jane Comfort and Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group. |
| 2000 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support Tap 2001, a project examining the legacy and future of the art of tap. This project will bring together several generations of leading tap artists to examine essential a… |
| 2000 | Ballet East Dance Company | Austin, TX | $5,000 | To support the expansion and enhancement of Dare to Dance, a children's dance/theater program. The major components of this project are the additions of two instructors/choreograph… |
| 1999 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $30,000 | To support Houston Ballet's regional touring initiative, the Texas Touring Program. This touring program will be an annual statewide event, dedicating one or two weeks of each year… |
| 1999 | Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $29,767 | To support the reconstruction, documentation, and performance of a seminal musical theatre ballet by Agnes de Mille. The works selected include the "Civil War Ballet" from Bloomer … |
| 1999 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $20,000 | To support Moving to the Millenium through Culture, Form, and Content, a continuing project of Dance Umbrella's presenting activities. The project will feature such artists as Sowe… |
| 1999 | International Tap Association | Austin, TX | $10,000 | To support Tap 2000, a project bringing together four generations of tap artists to examine issues of the field. Tap 2000 is an intergenerational, multicultural, oral history, publ… |
| 1999 | Houston Community College System | Houston, TX | $10,000 | To support a consortium project consisting of performances by the Jose Limon Dance Company during their residency. The Limon Project is a partnership of the Houston Community Colle… |
| 1998 | Houston Ballet Foundation | Houston, TX | $45,000 | To support the 1998-99 Houston presentation of world-premiere performances of dance works by choreographers Lila York, Stanton Welch, and Glen Tetley. In 1992, the Houston Ballet b… |
| 1998 | Performing Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $18,000 | To support dance residencies and related performances of important American dance companies and artists. Support is requested to continue a new initiative begun by Society for the … |
| 1998 | Dance Umbrella | Austin, TX | $15,000 | To support performances by Patricia Hoffbauer, George Emilio Sanchez, and Austin-based Latino artists. |
National Endowment for the Arts Grant Search (public domain).