2009 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ March 10, 2008 deadline ]

Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies
Media Arts | Museums | Music | Musical Theater | Opera | Presenting
Theater | Visual Arts

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

Dance

Alabama Dance Council, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$10,000
To support the presentation of the 2009 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Complexions Contemporary Ballet, showcases of Alabama dance companies, master classes, and dance education workshops.

Alaska Dance Theatre, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
To support the presentation of the James Sewell Ballet at the Alaska Dance Theatre. Alaska Dance Theatre (ADT) will learn two pieces from James Sewell Ballet's (JSB) repertory, one which will become part of ADT's repertory, and one which will be performed jointly with JSB.

Alonzo King's Contemporary LINES Ballet (aka LINES Ballet)
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Alonzo King. The new work will premiere as part of LINES Ballet's fall home season at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Alverno College (on behalf of Alverno Presents)
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
To support presentations by Alverno Presents of Lingo dancetheatre and Compagnie Marie Chouinard, and a summer residency for Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group from New York. Lingo dancetheatre, based in Seattle, will present Inhabit, a 50 minute non-proscenium work.

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$95,000
To support a United States tour of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as part of the company's 50th anniversary. The company will offer performances and outreach activities in communities across the United States.

American Dance Festival, Inc.
Durham, NC
$70,000
To support Where Ballet and Modern Meet, a series that will explore the influences modern dance and ballet have had on each other. American Dance Festival will present a variety of American companies and commission new works as well as offer French and Israeli mini-festivals.

American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support Tap City, an annual summer tap festival. The festival offers training, education, special events, and performances, and will feature Women in Tap, performances by four generations of accomplished female dance artists.

Andanza, Inc.
San Juan, PR
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of contemporary dance works by choreographers Carlos Iván Santos and Lolita Villanúa. The works will premiere as part of the company's 10th anniversary at the Luis A. Ferré Center for the Performing Arts in San Juan.

Armitage Foundation Ltd.
New York City, NY
$10,000
To support the restoration of early works and the creation of a new work by choreographer Karole Armitage. The works will be performed by Armitage Gone! Dance at The Kitchen in New York City.

Art Sweats, Inc. (aka David Dorfman Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by Artistic Director and choreographer David Dorfman. The project will be in collaboration with dramaturg David Kyuman Kim, director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity.

Aspen Ballet Company & School
Aspen, CO
$10,000
To support Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's 2009 tour. The company will tour to Italy and Central America and to communities across the United States.

AXIS Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support Dance Access & Dance Access/KIDS! education and outreach programs. The programs offer a variety of dance events for disabled and abled youth and adults in schools in the Bay Area and on tour nationally.

Ballet Austin, Inc.
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 activities.

Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a multi-city, national tour. In conjunction with the tour, the company will offer a range of Primeros Pasos (First Steps) dance education activities and performances tailored to the needs of the communities.

Ballet Memphis Corporation
Cordova, TN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of AbunDance: Visual Riches, a series of dances based on a work of art seen at a local museum or gallery. The works will be choreographed by Camille Brown, Jane Hope Rehm, Dana Tai Soon Burgess, and Travis Bradley.

Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. (aka American Ballet Theatre)
New York, NY
$95,000
To support the presentation of a Prokofiev Evening by American Ballet Theatre. This repertory program will feature a newly commissioned one-act ballet by Alexei Ratmansky, former Artistic Director of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet; a revival of George Balanchine's Prodigal Son; and the company premiere of a ballet by James Kudelka.

Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
$10,000
To support the presentation of Treasures of the Ballet Russes, a celebration of the centennial anniversary of Serge Diaghilev's influential ballet company. The celebration will include performances of Bronislava Nijinska's Les Biches, George Balanchine's The Prodigal Son, and Michel Fokine's Polovetsian Dances.

Bates College (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$20,000
To support artists residencies as part of the 2009 annual Bates Dance Festival. Bates Dance Festival Building a Global Dance Community will include the Bebe Miller Company, Battleworks, Tania Isaac Dance, Kate Weare Company, and Camille Brown.

Better Family Life, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
$10,000
To support Black Dance-USA: A Celebration in Movement. The project will consist of dance workshops, concerts by dance companies, lecture-demonstrations, and video, literature, and audio tapings.

Big Tree Productions, Inc. (aka Tere O'Connor Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new evening-length dance work by artistic director Tere O'Connor. The new work will include guests who are O'Connor's former students, as well as an original score by composer James Baker.

Boston Ballet, Inc.
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support the presentation of performances of Jewels, by choreographer George Balanchine. The work will be performed at the Citi Performing Arts Center/Wang Theater.

California Institute of the Arts (aka CalArts) (on behalf of Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT))
Valencia, CA
$10,000
To support residencies at REDCAT by visiting artists, the 2009 New Original Works NOW Festival, and STUDIO. National and international artists will be in residence for a full week, providing public performances and master classes; the NOW Festival will feature premiere works by artists from Los Angeles and other California cities; and three editions of STUDIO will feature informal programs of new works and works-in-progress by local artists.

Career Transition For Dancers, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a series of career counseling seminars for dancers. The National Outreach Project will take place in Orlando, Denver, San Diego, Phoenix, Indianapolis, and Saint Louis.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project (aka CHRP/Rhythm Project)
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the 19th annual tap festival, Rhythm World. The project will include residencies, performances, and educational and outreach activities.

Cleveland Modern Dance Association (aka DANCECleveland)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support a residency by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at DANCECleveland. The residency, in partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Art, will include performances and education and outreach programs.

College Community Services, Inc. (aka Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the 41st season of the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' World of Dance Series. The series comprises cultural dance forms from Australia and Canada, in addition to classical and modern dance forms, and incorporating live world music and storytelling.

Colorado Ballet Company
Denver, CO
$10,000
To support the creation of new ballets choreographed by Amy Seiwert and Edwaard Liang. The ballets will be performed at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

Columbia College Chicago (on behalf of The Dance Center)
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by choreographer Wayne McGregor and his company Random Dance, dance company Troika Ranch, and filmmaker David Michalek. Dance Center The works will focus on interweaving science and technology with dance.

Complexions-A Concept In Dance
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work choreographed by Complexions Contemporary Ballet co-artistic director Dwight Rhoden and reconstruction of his work Black and White, created in 1996. The works will be performed at the Joyce Theater.

Concord Academy (on behalf of Summer Stages Dance)
Concord, MA
$10,000
To support the Summer Stage Dance Festival's Meet-the-Artist Performance Series. In existence since 1999, the festival has helped to revitalize the Boston dance community by bringing in dance artists of high caliber from around the United States.XXXXXX

Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the creation of a new multimedia evening-length work choreographed by artistic director Joanie Smith and performed by Shapiro & Smith Dance. The work, titled Medea Courting Disaster, will include text by playwright David Greenspan, music by composer Scott Killian, and a cast of eight dancers.

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 Guest Artist Series will present five contemporary dance concerts by touring professional companies and one concert of new work by local choreographers.

CounterPulse
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the Artist Residency and Commissioning Program for local emerging and mid-career choreographers. The program will include two, six-month residencies during which four artists will rehearse, collaborate, teach, and perform new work.

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$95,000
To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Merce Cunningham in celebration of his 90th birthday, and the revival of Squaregame, created in 1976. The works will be part of the company's domestic and international touring.

Dance Continuum, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a series of short dances by artistic director Susan Marshall. The dances will be filmed and will be performed by Susan Marshall & Company in traditional theatrical venues as well as museums and gallery spaces.

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

Dance Notation Bureau, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of the Online Score Catalog Project, a Web-based, searchable catalogue of Labanotation dance score data. The catalogue will provide all indexing and descriptive information for any given score that the Dance Notation Bureau has on file.

Dance Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$15,000
To support the presentation of Armitage Gone! Dance Theater and the Kansas City Ballet as part of the Made in America Series. Performances will take place at the Touhill Performing Arts Center and the Fox Theater in St. Louis.

Dance Theatre Workshop, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
To support the Creative Residency Program, the Fresh Tracks Performance and Residency Program, and the Studio Performance and Residency Series. These programs provide emerging and established dance artists the use of the Dance Theater Workshop's facilities as well as presentations at the theater.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$100,000
To support professional development services and expansion of research and technology capabilities. The project will include an annual Roundtable, Winter Forums, Artistic Director Leadership Training, and a Dance Presenters Leadership Forum.

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

DanceArt, Inc.
Mill Valley, CA
$10,000
To support the 18th annual West Wave Dance Festival. In partnership with the Dancers' Group, the project presents emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists and will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

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

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

Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the 12th season of the City/Dans performance series. The program presents the work of New York choreographers and will take place at St. Mark's Church.

Discalced, Inc. (aka Mark Morris Dance Group)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support the creation and presentation of two new works and the revival of a work choreographed by Mark Morris. The works will be performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group at the Next Wave and Tanglewood Music Festivals and will tour throughout the United States.

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 Dominic Walsh Dance Theater will collaborate with dancers from the Sarasota Ballet of Florida to present this work.

DOVA, Inc. (aka Doug Varone and Dancers)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Broken Visual Novel, a new dance work by choreographer and artistic director Doug Varone. Composer David Van Tieghem will create an original score to accompany the piece.

Everett Dance Theatre
Providence, RI
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Standing on the Border (working title). The work will be a multidisciplinary blend of dance, theater, stage images, and film.

Evidence, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support Evidence's national tour and home series at the Joyce Theater in New York. The performances will feature a new work by artistic director and choreographer Ronald K. Brown titled The Two Year Old Gentlemen and the remounting of Brown's 1998 work Incidents.

Florida Dance Association, Inc.
Miami, FL
$30,000
To support the Florida Dance Festival Winterfest and Florida Festival on Tour Workshops. Major components include public performances and education, training, and professional development programs for students, teachers, choreographers, and other dance professionals.

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
$10,000
To support a national conference for dance practitioners focused on the creative process. Conference activities will take place at Florida State University's Katherine W. Montgomery Hall in Tallahassee.

Flying Foot Forum, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the presentation of The Circus of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, an evening of percussive duets choreographed and performed by Flying Foot Forum's Joe Chvala and Karla Grotting. The work will premiere at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.

Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of new works by choreographers Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, Nora Chipaumire, Nicholas Leichter, and Ben Munisteri. The works will be performed in New York and on a national tour.

Garth Fagan Dance, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$10,000
To support performances in Rochester and a national tour of the Garth Fagan Dance Company. A variety of outreach activities related to the performances will be offered.

Gina Gibney Dance, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of View Partially Obstructed, an evening-length work choreographed by artistic director Gina Gibney. The work will include set and costumes by Lex Liang, lighting by Kathy Kaufmann, and an original score by Ryan Lott.

Gotham Dance, Inc. (aka Bebe Miller Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the reconstruction and tour of Necessary Beauty, choreographed by artistic director Bebe Miller. The work is a series of short works created in collaboration with video artist Maya Ciarrocchi and animation specialist Vita Berezina-Blackburn.

Headlong Dance Theater
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work, Unbraided. The work will premiere at the 2009 Live Arts Festival in Philadelphia.

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 Theater Center in Houston, and the presentation of The Leaves Are Fading will coincide with the 100th anniversary of Tudor's birth.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshops, a program for emerging choreographers to create new work. The two-week workshop will culminate with a public performance of the resulting works-in-progress.

iLAND
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the first phase of artistic director Jennifer Monson's Mahomet Aquifer Project. The project will result in dance performances that travel along both the perimeter and the hydrologic flow of the aquifer, across 10 counties in central Illinois.

Inta, Inc. (aka Eiko & Koma)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the "Retrospective Project" by choreographers Eiko & Komo.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Becket, MA
$80,000
To support residencies and performances of dance companies. The project will include a Creative Development Residency, presentation of national and international dance companies, and audience engagement and educational programs.

Jess Curtis/Gravity, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of culminating events as part of The Symmetry Project. The project is a three-year, movement-based, performance-installation/media project by choreographer and artistic director Jess Curtis, in collaboration with choreographer and performer Maria Francesca Scaroni.

Joe Goode Performance Group
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of Beauty Meets Excess, a dance theater piece by choreographer and artistic director Joe Goode. The work will premiere at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support the presentation of Modern Masters, celebrating the work of America's leading contemporary choreographers. The companies featured will be Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mark Morris Dance Group, Limón Dance Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and Paul Taylor Dance Company.

José Limón Dance Foundation
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a three-week residency at the State University of New York at Brockport. The residency serves as a training ground for aspiring dancers from around the country.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
To support the Dance Presentation program. Approximately 18 dance companies will be presented in more than 140 performances at the Joyce Theater, the Joyce SoHo, and other New York venues.

Kansas City Ballet Association
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
To support the commissioning of a new work by choreographer Karole Armitage. The work will premiere at the Lyric Theatre in Kansas City.

Kentucky Dance Council, Inc. (aka Louisville Ballet)
Louisville, KY
$10,000
To support the commissioning and presentation of works by choreographers Adam Hougland and Aszure Barton. The works will be presented by the Louisville Ballet at the Kentucky Center in Louisville.

Kimmel Center, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the presentation of Rennie Harris Puremovement and Philadanco. Each company will present a world premiere.

La Donna Dance, Inc. (aka Donna Uchizono Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Adopt, a new evening-length work by choreographer Donna Uchizono. To be created in collaboration with composer James Lo, the work will premiere in New York City, with outreach activities taking place during the performance week.

LEVYdance, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support a national tour. The company will travel to New York; Philadelphia; Baltimore; Washington, DC; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; and Dover, Deleware.

Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance by artistic director and choreographer Lar Lubovitch. The work will premiere during the company's 41st season at the New York City Center and will be featured on the company's tour across the United States.

Miami City Ballet, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$40,000
To support a tour to New York City. This engagement will mark the company's first performance in New York City in its 23-year history.

Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc. (aka Milwaukee Ballet)
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work by choreographer Adam Hougland. The piece will be presented at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee.

Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 2009 Movement Research Spring and Fall Festivals. The festivals will include a series of free and low-cost dance performances, classes, and workshops.

Moving People Dance Theatre, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$10,000
To support the fifth annual Santa Fe Dance Festival and Festival Tour. The festival is widely recognized for promoting world-class artistic talent and for presenting dance styles unique to New Mexico's diverse population.

Muntu Dance Theatre
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the reconstruction and presentation of Ulysses Dove's Night Shade, with related education programs. The work will be performed at Columbia College's Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago as part of the company's 37th annual fall concert series.

Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support the presentation and company premieres of Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite and James Canfield's Jungle. The works will be presented during Nashville Ballet's winter series at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

National Performance Network, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$70,000
To support national dance programs including Performance Residencies, the Creation Fund, and Community Fund projects. The programs will enable National Performance Network partners to create, commission, tour, and present contemporary dance artists around the country.

Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center (aka The Egg)
Albany, NY
$10,000
To support a dance performance series with related outreach activities at The Egg. Performances will explore the relationship between jazz music and 20th and 21st century choreographers.

New Dance Theatre, Inc. (aka Cleo Parker Robinson Dance) (consortium)
Denver, CO
$10,000
To support the 21st annual International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference. In partnership with the Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance will develop conference activities including panel discussions, workshops, and master dance classes, as well as showcase performances by youth and professional ensembles from across the nation.

New Dance Theatre, Inc. (aka Cleo Parker Robinson Dance)
Denver, CO
$10,000
To support Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's spring performance series, Love Quotient (working title). The project will feature two world premieres by choreographers Troy Powell and Ray Mercer.

New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$40,000
To support the presentation of a series of dance performances and related education and outreach programs. Companies will be presented at a variety of venues throughout New Orleans.

New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$95,000
To support the world premieres of works by emerging choreographers Alexey Miroshnichenko and Douglas Lee, the revival of Angelin Preljocaj's La Stravanganza, and related education and outreach programs. All three works will be performed in the company's New Combinations program, an annual event that features new choreography honoring George Balanchine on the anniversary of his birth.

NewArt New Mexico, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support the Global DanceFest 2010, an annual festival of national and international contemporary dance. The 2010 festival, titled Latitudes North, will celebrate contemporary dance and dance theater from Lithuania, Sweden, and Canada through photography, film, and literature.

Noche Flamenca, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a tour of flamenco dance across the United States. While on tour, the company will offer a variety of outreach events.

North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support the presentation of the company's winter program, A Night at the Movies, and its spring program, Othello and Snow White, and related education and outreach activities. The performances will take place at the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.

Northwest Professional Dance Project
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of three new dance works from choreographers Sarah Slipper, James Canfield, and Thaddeus Davis. The works will premiere at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts.

Oberlin Dance Collective
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Brenda Way with related outreach activities. In the Memory of the Forest will be created in collaboration with video artists David and Hi-jin Hodge, composer Jay Cloidt, and lighting/set designer Elaine Buckholtz, and will be presented at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco.

Oregon Ballet Theatre
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the commissioning and performance of a new work by choreographer James Kudelka. The work will be performed at the Newmark Theatre in Portland, Oregon, and a variety of outreach activities will surround the project.

Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support The Broadway Project, a program of four works inspired by Broadway musical theater, and related outreach activities. The program will feature Susan Stroman's TAKE FIVE...More or Less, Christopher Wheeldon's Carousel (A Dance), George Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and Jerome Robbins' West Side Story.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$95,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by artistic director and choreographer Paul Taylor. The works will be presented on tour in the United States and overseas.

Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support the presentation of Cinderella by choreographer Ben Stevenson with related education programs. The company premiere of the work will be presented at Philadelphia's Academy of Music.

Performance Zone, Inc. (aka The Field)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support The Field's outreach and capacity-building visits by New York staff to current and new Field national sites, the 2009 annual conference, and creative residencies for dance artists. Field programs support the creation of new art and strengthen career development for artists working in dance, theater, music, text, and performance art.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. (aka David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer David Gordon titled Uncivil Wars: Collaborating with Brecht & Eisler. The dance theater work will feature character-based movement incorporated with text adapted from the short stories and one-act plays of Luigi Pirandello.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$20,000
To support the presentation of choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot's Romeo et Juliette. The work will be set to Serge Prokofiev's score and will be played live by the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Orchestra.

Pittsburgh Dance Alloy
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support resetting choreographer Victoria Marks' Dancing to Music and the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Nora Chipaumire, with related education and outreach activities. The works will be presented as part of Dance Alloy Theater's Inner Voices: The Language of Women at the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh.

Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support a collaboration between Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and Cudamani Dance Company from Indonesia, with related outreach activities. The two companies will create and present Dhwee (Duality).

Richmond Ballet, Inc.
Richmond, VA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Gina Patterson. The work will premiere during the company's Studio Series program.

San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$95,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works, including commissions by artistic director Helgi Tomasson and choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov. Performances and related education programs will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House.

School of Hard Knocks, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and artistic director Yoshiko Chuma. The work, titled New Work/New York, will be presented at Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church in New York City and will be the next to last work in Chuma's series of collaborative projects titled A Page Out of Order.

Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the continued development of Re- (Part III). Re- (Part III) completes a triptych of dances inspired by Shen Wei's travels to Tibet (Part I), Cambodia (Part II), and now his native China, including the Western provinces bordering India and Pakistan.

Smuin Ballets-SF
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Amy Seiwert; the West Coast premiere performances of The Naughty Boy, choreographed by Trey McIntyre; and Carmen, choreographed by Robert Sund. Performances will take place in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, Mountain View, and Carmel, California.

Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of I Drink the Air Before Me, a new work by artistic director Stephen Petronio with related outreach activities. Composer Nico Muhly will create a new score for the work to be performed with the Young People's Chorus of New York City.

Thin Man Dance, Inc. (aka John Jasperse Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking and Flat Out Lies by choreographer and artistic director John Jasperse. The project is a 25th anniversary commission of the Joyce Theater in New York City with development support from the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Forsythe Company in Germany.

Trey McIntyre Project
Boise, ID
$10,000
To support the creation of Ephemeral Composition, a commission from the dance presenter White Bird in Portland, Oregon. Artistic director Trey McIntyre will choreograph the new work.

Trisha Brown Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Trisha Brown. Inspired by the baroque opera Hippolyte and Aricie, the work will premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in spring 2009.

Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
$10,000
To support the presentation of Carnival of the Animals by Christopher Wheeldon, Elite Syncopation by Sir Kenneth MacMillian, and a world premiere by Massimiliano Volpini. The program, titled Carnival, will take place at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

University of Iowa (on behalf of Hancher Auditorium)
Iowa City, IA
$10,000
To support the presentation of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at Hancher Auditorium. The two performances will take place outdoors and will be free to the public.

University of Notre Dame du Lac
Notre Dame, IN
$20,000
To support the presentation of David Dorfman Dance, Diavolo Dance Theater, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Luna Negra Dance Theater, and related education activities. Performances of newly created works by Diavolo and Spectrum Dance Theater, co-commissioned by the university, will be held at the Decio Mainstage Theater. 

Urban Ballet Theater, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 2009 annual production of Nutcracker in the Lower. The production, set in Manhattan's Lower East Side, will be presented in the Lower East Side at the Harry De Jur Playhouse in the Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement.

Velocity Dance Center (consortium)
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support the SCUBA National Touring Network for Dance. In a partnership with the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, ODC Theater/San Francisco, and Philadelphia Dance Projects, the project will create touring opportunities for emerging dance artists.

Virginia Arts Festival, Inc.
Norfolk, VA
$20,000
To support Building One World: Cultivating Community Through Dance, an initiative during the 13th annual Virginia Arts Festival. Companies to be presented include the National Theatre Ballet from Prague, the Mark Morris Dance Group, and the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company from Israel.

Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
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 activities, including classes and workshops, lecture-demonstrations, artist/faculty concerts, a participant showcase, film screenings, panel discussions, and tap improvisational jams.

Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
$10,000
To support the Breaking Ground Dance Series and DanceMasters Weekend. The series will include Akram Khan Company, Camille A. Brown and Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$20,000
To support the presentation of dance companies in the White Bird Uncaged series. The project will include master classes and lecture-demonstrations.

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

Yard, Inc.
Chilmark, MA
$10,000
To support a company residency, the Bessie Schonberg Choreographers Residency, and the Yard Arts Festival. The residencies provide a supportive environment for the creation and premiere of a new work.

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