Genres Dance

Pachamama: Mother World

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Pachamama: Mother World is an exploration of Dance Theatre inspired by the male initiation rituals of the Selk’nam, a tribe in Argentina. The performance unfolds like a prehistoric commedia dell arte, reconnecting with the primal impulses of art. Read More

Monkey Chant for the Catskill Mountains

BALAM Dance Theatre

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

A 12 day arts-in-education workshop for 40 school children, ages 6-12 from the Hunter-Tannersville, NY communities on Balinese culture and the Kekcak (Monkey Chant). This project concluded with a full company performance incorporating the kids. Read More

Parent Choreographer Space Grant

BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

The Parent Choreographer Sapce Grant targets the needs of choreographers who are trying to meet the challenges of being an artist and a parent to preschool age children through studio space and childcare stipend. Read More

Anonymous

Chua, Iu-Hui

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

"Anonymous" explores issues of sexuality, wounding and identity in young women’s lives, reflecting difference and diversity of attitude within this demographic, touching on an intergenerational shift between these women and their older counterparts. Read More

I-5, Windmills

Clairobscur Dance Company / Sefton

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

"I-5, Windmills" examines the issue of power, the wind, air pollution, rolling ridge green or tan mountains and the majestic turbines that grace their slopes. Set to the majestic score by Sasha Matson of the same name. Read More

Full Still Hungry

CONTRA-TIEMPO

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

BEING HUMAN

Datugan Dance Theatre

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

AD/Choreographer:Ken Datugan Light/Set Designer:Carolina Ortiz Costume:Karin Pleasant Production:Christ Platteeuw DDT Staff:Karen Datugan Read More

La Familia

Diavolo

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

L.A. Familia is the Diavolo Institute’s multi-generational dance program that uses dance and everyday movement to get entire families working together. Held at Plaza de la Raza, L.A. Familia is focused on the underserved communities of northeast L.A. Read More

revealFREEDOM

dNaga

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

revealFREEDOM is inspired by the life and work of civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, a woman who continuously embodies personal freedom. Performed by a multi-cultural ensemble of 15 dancers, the work premiered in Oakland, California in 2011. Read More

Enduring Spirit – dance of two nations

Enduring Spirit – dance of two nations

Year Grant Awarded: 2010

“Enduring Spirit – dance of two nations” is a cross-cultural dance event which interweaves pow-wow dancers and modern dancers in a tale spanning four centuries of contact between Native Americans and Europeans. The resulting rich tapestry of American Read More