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2004 Grant Awards: State Listings

Creativity/Leadership Initiatives/Literature Fellowships
Services to Arts Organizations & Artists

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

COLORADO

Aspen Ballet Company & School
Aspen, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$10,000
To support the presentation of L'apres midi d'un faune (Afternoon of a Faun). The piece will be choreographed by Thierry Malandain, artistic director of France's Ballet Biarritz.

Central City Opera House Association
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Opera
$25,000
To support a new production of Le Jongleur de Notre Dame by Jules Massenet. This regional premiere, sung in French, will have 11 performances at the Central City Opera House.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (New Dance Theater, Inc.)
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$15,000
To support a national tour and residency activities. The program will include works by Katherine Dunham, Rosangela Silvestre, Jelon Vieira, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, David Rousseve, and Ronald K. Brown.

Colorado State University (on behalf of The Colorado Review)
Fort Collins, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$8,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of The Colorado Review. Published three times a year, the journal will advertise in such magazines as Poets & Writers, American Poetry Review, and the AWP Writer's Chronicle.

Denver Film Society
Denver, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$20,000
To support the 27th Denver International Film Festival. The event will present more than 150 films from the United States and abroad to an audience of more than 30,000 people.

Independent Films
Aspen, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Media Arts
$15,000
To support the Aspen Shortsfest film festival. Short, live action, animation, and documentary films from the United States and abroad will be showcased.

International Tap Association (consortium)
Boulder, CO
CATEGORY: Services to the Field FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Dance
$35,000
To support the National Tap Field Strategic Planning Process. The project will assess the tap field to ensure the development and sustainability of the American art form at a critical moment in its history.

Naropa University
Boulder, CO
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Save America's Treasures
$100,000
To support the preservation of the Naropa University Audio Archive. Through digitizing, cataloging, and broadening access to scholars, the project will enhance appreciation and understanding of post World War II American literature and its role in social change and cultural criticism.

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the 34th annual UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival. The three-day festival will present the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Gary Burton/Makoto Ozone Duo, The Real Group, and Jeff Coffin.

Vail Valley Music Festival (Bravo! Colorado at Vail-Beaver Creek)
Vail, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Music
$10,000
To support the 17th annual Vail Valley Music Festival. The summer festival will feature chamber and orchestral concerts, a commissioned work, open rehearsals, public workshops, educational outreach concerts, and young artist programs.

Waterman, Jonathan
Carbondale, CO
CATEGORY: Creativity FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Literature
$20,000
To support a creative writing fellowship.

Colorado Total Dollars Awarded: $268,000
Colorado Total Grants Awarded: 11


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