2013 Grant Awards: Art Works

[ March 8, 2012 deadline ]

Artists Communities | Arts Education | Dance | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies | Media Arts | Museums | Music | Opera |
Presenting | Theater and Musical 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 2013 Alabama Dance Festival. The statewide festival will feature performances by Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, a choreography concert, showcases of regional dance companies, master classes, workshops, and the Dance for Schools Program.

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
To support a United States tour that includes performances and outreach activities in more than 20 cities. The tour will feature new work by choreographers Robert Battle, Garth Fagan, Jiri Kylian, Kyle Abraham, and Ronald K. Brown.

American Dance Festival, Inc. (aka ADF)
Durham, NC
$65,000
To support performances during American Dance Festival's 80th anniversary. The festival will feature choreographers and companies who have played an important role at ADF such as Martha Graham Dance Company, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Trisha Brown Dance Company as well as Jonah Bokaer, Rosie Herrera, Camille Brown, Kate Weare, and Gregory Dolbashian, and international artists such as Cloud Gate Dance Theater (Taiwan), Nasser Martin-Gousset (France), Maguy Marin (France), Meg Stuart (Belgium), Lucy Guerin (Australia), Leonie McDonagh (Ireland), and Grupo Corpo (Brazil).

American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York City, NY
$10,000
To support the festival Tap City. Activities will include training, education, special events, and performances by artists and companies such as Jared Grimes from Banana Shpeel, Lane Alexander from Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Acia Gray from Tapestry Dance Company, Deborah Mitchell from New Jersey Tap Ensemble, Sarah Petronio, Kazu Kumagai (Japan), RumbaTap, and Barbara Duffy and Company.

Armitage Foundation Ltd. (aka Armitage Gone! Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length production Fables on Global Warming during a residency at the Krannert Center at University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, as well as performances in New York City. This new work will be based on traditional animal fables from around the globe, and will incorporate dance, live music, visual design, and puppetry with ecological sciences.

Art Sweats, Inc. (aka David Dorfman Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the final creation and presentation of Come, and Back Again, an evening-length dance work by choreographer David Dorfman. Inspired by the artistry of Patti Smith, such themes as loss, death, spirituality, and joy will be explored and will involve community dancers and musicians.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Aspen, CO
$20,000
To support a national tour of dance performances. In addition to performances, activities will include master classes with local dance schools and universities, audience question-and-answer sessions, and open rehearsals.

Atlanta Ballet, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$20,000
To support the commission and presentation of dance works by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin. This commission marks the start of a new works series in which Atlanta Ballet seeks out non-traditional choreographers to create works on the company.

AXIS Dance Company
Oakland, CA
$20,000
To support Dance Access and Dance/ACCESS Kids! education and outreach programs. These activities will offer a variety of events for youth and adults with and without disabilities locally and nationally.

Ballet Austin, Inc.
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Snow White, choreographed by Nellie van Bommel. The one-act ballet will be performed by Ballet Austin II dancers, and will be van Bommel's third work for Ballet Austin.

Ballet Hispanico of New York, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the commission and presentation of dance works from Spanish choreographers as part of Season of Spain. The company will perform works from emerging choreographers Meritxell Barbera and the Spanish dance company Inma Garcia of Taiat Dansa as well as works by established Spanish choreographers Cayetano Soto and Nacho Duato.

Ballet Memphis
Memphis, TN
$10,000
To support AbunDANCE, an evening of dance performances which will consist of repertory work and a commissioned world premiere. The company will perform Trey McIntyre's High Lonesome, Julia Adam's Crossing, Shapiro and Smith's George and Betty's House, and Ballet Memphis dancer Steven McMahon will create a new ballet focused on family.

Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. (aka American Ballet Theatre)
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the world premiere of ballets by Alexei Ratmansky, set to symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich. Activities will include performances of the new ballets at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, as well as education and outreach activities.

Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
$30,000
To support the creation and presentation of The Rite of Spring, by choreographer Nicolo Fonte, to commemorate the centenary of this work. The work will be performed to music by Igor Stravinsky, and Fonte plans to create a pure dance rather than a drama, with no elaborate costumes or sets.

Bates College, President and Trustees of (on behalf of Bates Dance Festival)
Lewiston, ME
$30,000
To support Cultivating Innovation and Community, a program of dance artist residencies as part of the annual Bates Dance Festival. The project will bring together leading dance figures, companies, and emerging artists such as Bebe Miller Company, Bridgman/Packer Dance, Delfos Danza Contemporanea, Nejla Yatkin/NY2Dance, dance scholar Suzanne Carbonneau, and dance consultant Kim Konikow for one- to four-week residencies to connect, create, and perform in a collaborative, supportive environment.

Big Tree Productions, Inc. (aka Tere O'Connor Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new dance by artistic director Tere O'Connor. Different Edens (working title) will be the result of merging three distinct dances into a fourth one. The initial three works will be performed in different types of spaces with the culminating new work to premiere at the BAM Fischer Building as part of the Next Wave Festival.

Boston Ballet, Inc.
Boston, MA
$40,000
To support the presentation of an evening of ballets by choreographer Jiri Kylian including Wings of Wax (1997), Tar and Feathers (2006), and Symphony of Psalms (1978). Symphony of Psalms will be accompanied by the Boston Ballet Orchestra and Boston's New World Chorus; pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama will perform the live improvisations that are integral to the Tar and Feathers score; and Wings of Wax alternates courtly Baroque with the music of Philip Glass and John Cage.

Boston Dance Alliance, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support Behind the Scenes: In Front of the Curtain Part II, a technical support service for Boston dance artists. Continued development and utilization of their Web and video expertise will help the field reach new audiences and document their work for preservation and marketing.

Capoeira Foundation, Inc. (aka DanceBrazil)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work, Fe do Sertao, by artistic director Jelon Vieira, based on the Festival of Sao Joao. The music will be a combination from the original film score, contemporary carnival music, and Musica Popular Brasileira.

Career Transition For Dancers, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the National Outreach Project. The project takes career counseling services on a national tour with scheduled events to begin the conversation for many dancers about their post-performance careers.

Carolina Ballet, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
$10,000
To support the presentation of Giselle during the company's 15th anniversary. The work will be staged by Olga Kostritzky and free performances will be provided for social service agencies that work with at-risk children.

Chez Bushwick, Inc. (aka Jonah Bokaer)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of AEON, choreographed by artistic director Jonah Bokaer, created in collaboration with visual artist Daniel Arsham and composer ARP. The work will be based on research in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and will create illusions in space through the use of movement, visual design, lighting, objects, and sound design.

Chicago Dancing Company
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the presentation of local and national companies as part of the Chicago Dancing Festival. Festival activities will include free performances, open rehearsals, open company classes, and a film festival.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the 23rd annual Rhythm World, a tap and percussive dance festival. The performances and other activities will take place at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Chicago Cultural Center, Roosevelt's University's Ganz Hall, and at the historic Jazz Showcase.

Cincinnati Ballet Company, Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a world premiere production Frampton and CB Live, featuring works by several choreographers, and music by guitarist Peter Frampton. The choreographers creating works for the production include associate artistic director Devon Carney, resident choreographer Adam Hougland, and Exhale Dance Tribe co-artistic directors Missy Lay Zimmer and Andrew Hubbard.

Civic Center of Greater Des Moines
Des Moines, IA
$10,000
To support the presentation of the Civic Center Dance Series. Companies presented in the series include Momix, Garth Fagan Dance, and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.

Cleveland Modern Dance Association (aka DANCECleveland)
Cleveland, OH
$25,000
To support DANCECleveland's presentation of Mark Morris Dance Company, Lucky Plush Productions, and Pronk. The engagement of each company will include performances, master classes, lectures, and post-performance question-and-answer sessions, and a series of additional residency activities.

Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
$30,000
To support contemporary dance residencies during the 40th anniversary of The Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago. The project will include Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Ann Bogart's SITI Company collaborating on a new dance theater work, A Meditation on the Rite of Spring, and Reggie Wilson's Fist and Heel Performance Group's creation and presentation of the Moseses Project.

Complexions-A Concept In Dance
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by artistic director Dwight Rhoden and the restaging of a work by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. Rhoden's work will be set on 10 dancers to Johann S. Bach's Harpsichord No. 1 in D Minor BWV 1052, and Wheeldon's Mesmeric (2003) will be restaged.

CounterPulse
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the CounterPulse Artist Residency and Commissioning Program. Activities will include the creation and presentation of four contemporary works and two full-length world premieres.

Crosspulse
Oakland, CA
$10,000
To support the United States tour of Body Music, which showcases movement, rhythm, sound, and voice, and will include concerts, and education and outreach activities. The project features a new collaborative work, Body Tjak 13, from the ensembles Cudamani (Indonesia), Barbatuques (Brazil) and SLAMMIN all-body band (Oakland, CA).

Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas, TX
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Calaveras, a new work by choreographers Armando Silva and Richard Freeman, Jr. Calaveras will explore the Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) tradition through music, theater, dance, and puppetry.

Dance Continuum, Inc. (aka Susan Marshall & Company)
NEW YORK, NY
$20,000
To support touring Bodies & Guitars, a dance choreographed by Susan Marshall as well as an audience engagement program. Composer David Lang will create the score to be performed live by the electric guitar group, Dither.

Dance Saint Louis
St. Louis, MO
$30,000
To support dance presentations and related activities. The project will include New Dance Horizon, a program where four choreographers create new works on four St. Louis dance companies, and the presentation of New York City Ballet Moves, Shanghai Ballet, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Nashville Ballet, and the Modern American Dance Company, based at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a national tour of the Dance Theatre of Harlem professional company. In addition to performances, the company will offer educational activities such as lecture-demonstrations, master classes, and movement workshops.

Dance/USA (on behalf of Dance/USA Philadelphia)
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support Dance/USA Philadelphia's presentation of the 2013 Philadelphia Dance Showcase. The showcase at the Christ Church Neighborhood House will be an opportunity for Philadelphia artists, national and international presenters, and producers to meet, network, and find new ways of collaborating.

Dance/USA (on behalf of Dance/NYC)
Washington, DC
$20,000
To support Dance/NYC's series of professional development programs and town hall meetings for dancers, choreographers, and companies, as well as the expansion of programs on the website DanceNYC.org. The programs will cover topics such as cultivating administrative and management skills for dancers and administrators, technology, financial management, fundraising, marketing, programming, education, and legal issues.

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$80,000
To support professional development services for the professional nonprofit dance field. Activities will include the annual conference in Philadelphia, a mentoring program for emerging leaders, ongoing and new research initiatives, and a dance forum.

DanceArt, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 22nd annual WestWave Dance, which will include the presentation of works by Bay Area choreographers in a shared program at University of California Berkeley's Zellerbach Playhouse and at Z Space in San Francisco. The project will also include a reprise of the Monday a Month program, a series of curated programs to be presented the second Monday of each month between August and October.

Dancers' Group
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support In Dance, a publication targeted to dance artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. The issues appear in print as well as on the Dancers' Group website, and include a comprehensive performance calendar, summer workshop guide, reviews of dance companies, performance auditions, job postings, grant news listings, and downloadable podcasts of special interviews and features.

DanceWorks, Inc. (aka Pentacle)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the Arts Management Paradigm, a series of infrastructure support programs for small to mid-sized companies and independent choreographers in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. The project will provide companies and independent choreographers with a mentorship program led by arts professionals, management needs for dance companies and choreographers, and an internship program that will offer support to artists represented by Pentacle.

Dansology, Inc. (aka koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Ecology of Image of Body, by artistic director and choreographer koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO in collaboration with Geoff Matters, a composer, media artist, and programmer. The project will incorporate neuroscience research, 3D computer models, brain data technology, video, and sound, and will consist of two, hour-long works, an abstract dance that uses movement and images generated by brainwave data, and a lecture-performance that breaks down the elements of the work.

Danspace Project, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the Choreographic Center without Walls. The project will involve performances, creative or production artist residencies, and the production of post-performance and discussion writings by Danspace Project's writers-in-residence.

Diavolo Dance Theater
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Fluid Infinities set to Philip Glass's Symphony No. 3, which will complete a trilogy of commissions from the Los Angeles Philharmonic. As part of the project, the company will offer a series of open studio showings during the creation process.

Discalced, Inc. (aka Mark Morris Dance Group)
Brooklyn, NY
$60,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works and a revival by choreographer Mark Morris. Morris will complete a new work set to Carl Maria von Weber's Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48 for clarinet and piano which will premiere at the Mark Morris Dance Center; and will create a new work titled On Sacred Ground, an interpretation of Igor Stravinksy's The Rite of Spring by jazz trio The Bad Plus, which will premiere at Ojai North Music Festival in Berkeley, California.

DOVA, Inc. (aka Doug Varone and Dancers)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Strange Loop, a new work by choreographer Doug Varone, in collaboration with director/playwright Eric Simonson. Inspired by the Persephone myth and author Douglas Hofstader's I am a Strange Loop, the multimedia dance will explore the line between life and death, and will include film and video elements and projected text, with music by Gavin Bryars.

Ebony Repertory Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of Dance@theHolden, a new dance presenting series. Artists to be presented include Complexions Ballet from New York City, hip-hop artist Rennie Harris from Philadelphia, as well as local artists Viver Brasil, Contra Tiempo, and Ballet Folclorico do Brasil.

Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the 10th annual San Francisco Trolley Dances. The festival includes presentations of free, site-specific contemporary dance performances presented along a different city trolley or San Francisco Municipal Railway route each year.

Evidence, Inc. (aka Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company)
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support a national tour and performances at The Joyce Theater in New York City and at BRIC House in Brooklyn. The company will perform artistic director Ron Brown's evening-length work titled Walking Out The Dark, a three-part work that will be seen in its entirety for the first time, and On Earth Together to songs by Stevie Wonder.

Florida Dance Association, Inc. (aka Florida Dance Festival)
Miami, FL
$20,000
To support the Florida Dance Festival, Fall into Dance, and the State Dance Festival. The Florida Dance Festival in Tampa is hosted by the University of South Florida, Fall into Dance takes place in Miami and Miami Beach, and the State Dance Festival is co-hosted by the University of Florida School of Theater and Dance and the Santa Fe College Division of Visual and Performing Arts in Gainesville.

Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of dance works on tour and in New York City. Bridgman/Packer Dance will present Voyeur, an investigation of Edward Hopper's artwork through movement and video technology. Nicholas Leichter Dance will produce and tour 20/20, an evening-length duet; and Nora Chipaumire will create and present Still Waiting for Godot and the Mother Project, which will include collaborations with African artists.

Gina Gibney Dance, Inc. (aka Gibney Dance)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the development of Dance in Process, a new choreographic residency program, and the creation and presentation of an evening-length work dividingLine. The residency will provide three to five artists with one month of free rehearsal space, stipends, and creative resources at Gina Gibney Dance Center, a new creative space and performing venue for dancers.

Gotham Dance, Inc. (aka Bebe Miller Company)
New York, NY
$20,000
To support a national tour of A History and the creation of a new media work by choreographer Bebe Miller. A History will include a media installation and an interactive website with a downloadable app that will examine the creative process, and while on tour, the company will host a Salon Series of creative conversations for local artists.

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 as articles, historical information, synopses, image galleries, and interviews and biographies with choreographers, designers, dancers, and musicians, which will be posted on the company's website.

Inta, Inc. (aka Eiko & Koma)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the completion of Eiko & Koma's archival project. The project will include the creation of a vast video archive of their past works, which will not only be shared with the public as an archive, but will also become a resource for new art installations.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.
Becket, MA
$100,000
To support the presentation of artists representing diverse dance forms including Brazilian hip-hop, classical Indian dance, modern dance, and ballet, and the Creative Development Residency. Artists will include Wendy Whelan, Companhia Urbana de Danca, Shantala Shivalingappa, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Tere O'Connor Dance as well as two artists in the Creative Development Residency.

Jose Limon Dance Foundation
New York, NY
$30,000
To support a national tour, corresponding residency activities, and performances in New York City. Performances will consist of new works and revivals from a repertory curated by artistic director and former company principal dancer, Carla Maxwell.

Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$85,000
To support the Dance Presentation Program. Dance companies under consideration include Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo; artists in the Nordic Dance series (Tero Saarinen Company [Finland], Danish Dance Theater [Denmark], and Carte Blanche [Norway]); Khmer Arts Ensemble (Cambodia); Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company; and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago; and Pilobolus.

Kansas City Ballet Association
Kansas City, MO
$20,000
To support the presentation of a work by Karole Armitage, artistic director of Armitage Gone! Dance, based in New York City. This commission follows the success of Arctic Song, a work that Armitage, a Kansas native, created for the company in 2009.

Keigwin and Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Canvas, a new dance by artistic director Larry Keigwin, in collaboration with the company and ballet dancers. It will be created while the company is in residence at the Vail International Dance Festival, with outreach activities such as open rehearsals, a post-show discussion, and a community event for dancers and non-dancers.

La Donna Dance, Inc. (aka Donna Uchizono Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation of a new work by artistic director Donna Uchizono. Fire Underground (working title) will be an evening-length work designed as a series of salon-style performances and will feature a cast of three performers, a live score by musician/composer James Lo, and photographs by Michael Grimaldi.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the world premiere of O, Black Madonna by choreographer Maureen Fleming. The project will combine Butoh-inspired dance, video, photography, and live music for an evening-length interdisciplinary work.

Laurie Foundation for the Performing Arts, Inc (aka Cedar Lake)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis. The work will be created for 14 Cedar Lake dancers, and will include music by French composer Julien Tarride and Greek costume designer Tassos Sofroniou.

LEVYdance, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the presentation of work as part of the company's 10th anniversary. The company will restage and remount work from their history on custom built stages in a San Francisco alleyway, which will also be shared with other artists in the community for a week of free and subsidized performances.

Lubovitch Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation of a new dance by choreographer Lar Lubovitch. The world premiere of the work will take place in New York City as part of the company's 46th season, and it will also be performed on tour across the United States.

Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Barrier Winds, a new work by Margaret Jenkins. Jenkins will bring dancers from San Francisco to Israel for a residency that will foster the creation process, and then Israeli artists will come to San Francisco for the final rehearsal period leading up to the premiere.

Miami City Ballet, Inc.
Miami Beach, FL
$40,000
To support a world premiere of a new work by British choreographer Liam Scarlett. This will be Scarlett's second ballet created for the company.

Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$10,000
To support the fifth biennial Genesis International Choreographic Competition, which will result in the creation of new dance works. Three emerging, professional choreographers will be invited to submit plans for presenting a new work as part of a juried competition in which each of the three finalists will stage a new 20-minute work on the company.

Monica Bill Barnes & Company
New York, NY
$10,000
o support the creation and presentation The Snow Globe Show, choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes, with related outreach activities

Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA
$10,000
To support the residency and presentation of the South Asian dance company, Nrityagram. The project will feature performances of two classical Indian dances in a work titled Sambhavya: Imagine, a new work that explores the Indian dance forms of Odissi and Bharata Natyam alongside Kandyan Dance from Sri Lanka; a lecture and screening of a documentary film about the company; a lecture for students in K-12 county schools; and opportunities for artistic exchange between professional dancers in the region and students at the college.

Movement Research, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 2013 Spring and Fall Movement Research Festivals, a series of free and low-cost dance performances, classes, workshops, and related activities. The festivals will gather several generations of dance and multidisciplinary artists, writers, critics, presenters, and the public to examine contemporary dance practices, improvisation, and performance forms.

Muntu Dance Theatre
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of Memories N' Time, a new collaborative dance and music work. Artistic director Amaniyea Payne will choreograph to original compositions by composer Reginald Robinson. The work will explore the common cultural roots connecting ragtime, traditional African highlife, Latin American calypso, and African American jazz styles.

Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet choreographed by Gina Patterson. The work will be accompanied by live music performed by local artists, which the company has been committed to presenting for several years.

National Performance Network, Inc. (aka NPN)
New Orleans, LA
$60,000
To support national dance programs including the Creation Fund, the Forth Fund, Performance Residencies, Freight Fund, Community Fund, and NPN's annual meeting. The programs will enable contemporary U.S. dance artists and presenters to create, commission, tour, and engage new work with diverse communities across the country.

New Dance Theatre, Inc. (aka Cleo Parker Robinson Dance)
Denver, CO
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of TARA, by choreographer Kun-Yang Lin. The work draws its inspiration from Tara, the Buddhist goddess, and explores the transcendent power of dance as ritual.

New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
$50,000
To support the presentation of dance companies and related education and outreach programs. Presentations will include Jessica Lang DANCE, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and the Martha Graham Dance Company.

New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$80,000
To support the presentation of the All-American Music Festival, highlighting ballets from the company's repertory set to American music. The festival will include works by George Balanchine, Benjamin Millepied, Ulysses Dove, and Richard Tanner, as well as premieres by Christopher Wheeldon, and emerging choreographer Justin Peck. Music for the performance will span more than 150 years, ranging from John Philip Sousa to John Adams.

New York Live Arts Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
To support the presentation of dance companies in the Dance Theater Workshop Commissioning Program, the Studio Series Performance and Residency Program, and the Fresh Tracks Performance and Residency Program. Each program will include pre- and post-show talks, studio discussions, public showings, participatory workshops, and programs for artists, students, families, and youth.

NewArt New Mexico, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
$10,000
To support JOURNEYS: A Global Celebration of Contemporary Dance. Artists to be presented include Nora Chipaumire (Zimbabwe/United States), Phillipe Blanchard (Sweden/France), Reggie Wilson/Moseses (United States) and Boyzie Cekwana& Panaibra Gabriel (South Africa/Mozambique).

Noche Flamenca, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the presentation of a flamenco dance based on Anton Chekov's story The Huntsman. Education and outreach activities will include lecture-demonstrations, master classes in dance and music, as well as handouts on flamenco and Spanish history and culture, and copies of The Huntsman.

North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support the creation and world premiere of a new work by dancer and choreographer Jiri Bubenicek. Education and outreach programming will include presenting excerpts of Bubenicek's work in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, as well as lecture-demonstrations that tie dance to core curriculum subjects.

Northwest Professional Dance Project
Portland, OR
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director and choreographer Sarah Slipper. The piece will consist of three thematically linked duets for one male and one female dancer, and will include moving sets involving projections of a home's interior, an urban landscape, and a wooded area on a scrim.

Oberlin Dance Collective (aka ODC/Dance)
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of new works by resident choreographers Brenda Way and KT Nelson. Way, ODC founder and artistic director, will create Lifesaving Maneuvers with dramaturge/librettist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, video artist and lighting designer Alexander V. Nichols, and composer Jay Cloidt. Co-artistic director Nelson will create Transit II with designer/craftsman welder Max Chen and lighting and set designer Barry Steele.

On the Boards
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support a series of dance presentations and associated education and outreach activities. Artists will include KT Niehoff, Catherine Cabeen, Heather Kravas, Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey, and Miguel Gutierrez, as well as additional artists.

Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, and the presentation of Diamonds and Agnon, choreographed by George Balanchine. All works will be performed in a program titled Repertory Program Six --All Tchaikovsky, and will be accompanied by education and outreach programs such as lectures, previews, post-performance question-and-answer sessions, and dress rehearsals.

Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer and former Parsons dancer Katarzyna Skarpetowska. The work will focus on the loss of life, mind, and innocence, and will be accompanied to Frederic Chopin's Preludes and Etudes for Solo Piano with lighting design by Christopher Chambers and costume design by Reid Bartelme.

Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director Pascal Rioult. The work will be set to a commissioned score by composer Michael Torke, marking the third and final installment of the company's Dance to Contemporary Composers Series.

Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support the creation and presentation of works by artistic director Paul Taylor. The pieces represent the 138th and 139th works for the company, and will be created in collaboration with lighting designer Jennifer Tipton and set and costume designer Santo Loquasto.

Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Philadelphia, PA
$30,000
To support the presentation of Artifact Suite, choreographed by William Forsythe. In addition to performances, a symposium moderated by Dr. Linda Caruso Haviland of Bryn Mawr College and featuring Forsythe and his colleague, Freya Vass-Rhee, along with other guests, will be offered to the Philadelphia community free-of-charge.

Performance Zone, Inc. (aka The Field)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support The Field's entrepreneurial skill-building programs for independent choreographers and dance companies and Artward Bound, a residency program that fosters the creation of new work. A 10-day creative retreat, will provide artists with subsidized studio time to rehearse and create, alongside strategic career guidance.

Philadelphia Dance Company (aka PHILADANCO)
Philadelphia, PA
$60,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Christopher Huggins. Education and outreach activities will include workshops, performances for school-aged youth, lecture-demonstrations, master classes, and pre- and post-interviews and discussions.

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support a national tour of a new work by David Gordon and accompanying residency activities. For this new work, Gordon will revisit and re-imagine his 1972 work, The Matter, influenced by photographer Eadweard Muybridge's The Human Figure in Motion.

Racing Thoughts, Inc. (aka Jane Comfort and Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work by choreographer Jane Comfort, in collaboration with sound designer Brandon Wolcott and lighting designer Joe Levasseur. The work will involve using the stage as a three-dimensional canvas in which to create an abstract kinesthetic painting, and the dance, sound, or lighting design will alternate as being the driving force for the creation of the material.

Ragamala Dance
Minneapolis, MN
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work, Song of the Jasmine, choreographed by artistic director Aparna Ramaswamy. Commissioned and co-presented by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Song of the Jasmine will be created in collaboration with alto saxophonist/composer Rudresh Mahanthappa.

Richmond Ballet, Inc.
Richmond, VA
$20,000
To support the 2013 New Works Festival, which will feature original ballets created for the company by both emerging and established choreographers. During their residency, artists will be supported by the Richmond Ballet's artistic and production staff to create original lighting concepts, scenery, and costumes for each piece.

Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute
Saint Louis, MO
$10,000
To support the presentation of the St. Louis Tap Festival. The festival includes a performance titled All That Tap presented at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri featuring live music.

San Francisco Ballet Association
San Francisco, CA
$75,000
To support the creation and presentation of new ballets by several choreographers. Choreographers such as artistic director Helgi Tomasson, choreographer in residence Yuri Possokhov, and Alexei Ratmanksy as well as others will be commissioned to create new works.

Shen Wei Dance Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director Shen Wei. The work will feature a commissioned score by the new music ensemble, So Percussion, and video design and animation by digital artist team, Fake Love.

Smuin Ballets-SF
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the presentation of West Coast premieres of ballets by choreographers Adam Hougland and Helen Pickett. The works will include Adam Hougland's Cold Virtues and Helen Pickett's Petal. In addition to performances in San Francisco, the company will perform in Walnut Creek, Carmel, Livermore, and Mountain View, CA.

Spanish Dance Arts Company, Inc. (aka Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support national touring and home-based performances of Luz y Sombra (1987), created by Flamenco Vivo's founder, Roberto Lorca, during the company's 30th anniversary tour. Touring and New York City performances will include extensive outreach such as music and dance workshops, pre-performance talks, and post-performance discussions.

Spring Lake Productions, Inc.
New Milford, CT
$15,000
To support the creation of a new dance theater work by Martha Clarke, in collaboration with former American Ballet Theatre soloist Alessandra Ferri. The inspiration for this new work of dance theater is Cheri, a novella written in 1920 by the French author Colette and the lead roles will be performed by Alessandra Ferri with current principal American Ballet Theatre dancer Herman Cornejo.

St. Catherine University (on behalf of The O'Shaughnessy Auditorium)
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the presentation of artists in the Women of Substance program at The O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, as well as a residency program for middle school girls in Saint Paul public schools. Artists to be presented include Bebe Miller Company; Emily Johnson/Catalyst; FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance (Germaine Acogny, Carmen de Lavallade, Dianne McIntyre, Bebe Miller and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar); and Gallim Dance/Andrea Miller.

Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled Like Lazarus Did, by Stephen Petronio. The work, inspired by the mythology of resurrection, will be created in collaboration with composer Ryan Lott, visual artist Janine Antoni, and lighting designer Ken Tabachnick.

Thin Man Dance, Inc. (aka John Jasperse Company)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Beyond Otherness, a new evening-length work by choreographer John Jasperse, as well as the presentation of Jasperse's Fort Blossom revisited. Beyond Otherness will feature a commissioned score by composer Jonathan Bepler, with scenic and visual design by John Jasperse; Fort Blossom revisited, originally created in 2000, was choreographed by Jasperse and includes music by Ryoji Ikeda.

Threshold Dance Projects, Inc. (aka Buglisi Dance Theatre)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new work, Migration Meditations, by choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi. The work will focus on human trafficking, and will include live music commissioned from Daniel Bernard Roumain and animated projection design by John Goodwin.

Trey McIntyre Project
Boise, ID
$15,000
To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Trey McIntyre. Working in collaboration with visual artist and designer Peregrine Honig (who will create the costumes for the dance), McIntyre will explore the human experience.

Trisha Brown Company, Inc.
New York, NY
$60,000
To support the presentation of performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City, and other touring engagements. Education and outreach activities will include master classes, exhibitions, and activities that incorporate materials from the Trisha Brown archive.

Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
$10,000
To support creation and presentation of world premieres from choreographers including Ma Cong, Nicolo Fonte, and Matthew Neenan as part of the company's series Off the Floor: Creations in Studio K. Studio K is an intimate 300-seat theater located in Tulsa Ballet's facility.

UBW, Inc. (aka Urban Bush Women)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support the creation and presentation of a dance called Hep Hep Sweet Sweet by artistic director Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. The work will be the third in a series based on "place"--the first work was Naked City and featured the repertory company; the second piece was visible, a work created in collaboration with choreographer Nora Chipaumire and featuring international performances.

University of Notre Dame du Lac
Notre Dame, IN
$10,000
To support presentations of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, David Parsons Dance Company, and Diavolo at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Each company will offer residency activities on campus and in the community, including master classes, pre- and postperformance talks, public lectures, and lecture-demonstrations.

Virginia Arts Festival, Inc.
Norfolk, VA
$15,000
To support Cultivating Community Through Dance, which will include the presentation of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Keigwin + Company, and the Richmond Ballet. The project will include in-depth residency activities such as master classes, workshops, and dialogue for K- 12 students, pre-professional dancers, and the general public.

Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
Austin, TX
$10,000
To support the 13th annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival. Artists participating in the project include Acia Gray, Arthur Duncan, Travis Knights, Jason Samuels-Smith, Barbara Phillips, and Brenda Bufalino, among others.

WCV, Inc. (aka Wally Cardona Quartet)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the creation and presentation of Honorific/Rogue Encounter, choreographed by Wally Cardona. The work will be made in collaboration with other contemporary dance artists such as Jennifer Lacey and traditional artists working in Cambodian court dance, Indian kuchipudi, hula, and other forms.

White Bird
Portland, OR
$30,000
To support dance performances in the White Bird Uncaged series. Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Canada), Abou Lagraa (France/Algeria), and other companies will be presented in intimate-sized venues in Portland.

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