| Grantee |
Description |
Amount of Grant |
| Pennsylvania Ballet |
To acquire the Agnes de Mille ballet, "Rodeo." This project will allow the Pennsylvania Ballet to add the work of an outstanding American choreographer to its repertory. Terrance S. Orr, Ballet Master for American Ballet Theater, who worked closely with Agnes De Mille, will stage "Rodeo." Project dates: Jan. - Feb. 1997. |
$ 19,350.00 |
|
Phailadanco
|
To commission choreographer/multimedia artist Blondell Cummings to work with noted composer Oumou Sangare. Ms. Cummings will mount a work based on the theme of "Fathers/Daughters." The project will include workshops and community forums, and excerpts of workshops' tapes will be incorporated into the work choreographed by Ms. Cummings and set to an original score by Ms. Sangare. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - Aug. 1997. |
$ 20,000.00 |
| Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble |
To commission choreographer Vassilli Mountain to choreograph three new dances to meet the Ensemble's immediate repertory development needs. The three vignettes will include a women's dance, a men's dance, and a group dance, each requiring a small cast. An intensive workshop with Mr. Mountain will add three vital works to the company's repertoire and will afford Voloshiky an opportunity to develop and improve its character, technique and style. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - May 1997. |
$ 13,000.00 |
| David Appel |
To develop a new evening-length work for five dancers, including a solo for Mr. Appel. The focus of the work will be on what is revealed in the play of intimate and subtly-articulated gesture and non-literal movement, as manifested in the shifting relationships between performers. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - May 1997. |
$ 5,000.00 |
| Karen Bamonte Dance Works |
To support the creation of a full-length work for the company. The project, which will be choreographed by Karen Bamonte, will be entitled "Home" and will explore themes of nomadic cultures and how the absence of a permanent "Home" influences one's relationships within and outside one's own community. The work will incorporate dance, music, storytelling and visual elements and will entail collaboration with a composer and a visual artist. Project dates: Oct. 1996 - May 1997. |
$ 10,000.00 |
| Myra Bazell |
To support the creation of "High Coup at the Prison Circus," an evening-length work for six performers. The work will be a collection of stories of six fictional characters that have been entrapped by their own obsessions and the prescribed etiquette of a hypocritical society. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - May 1997. |
$ 5,000.00 |
| Robert Burden |
To collaborate with jazz composer/musician John Blake to expand the traditional form of tap dance by implementing new enhancements and developing a contemporary perspective on tap dance as an American art form. The Jazz/Tap collaborative will explore rhythm patterns from Africa, Brazil and other cultures that vary from the traditional 4/4 and 3/4 time generally used in tap. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - Aug. 1997. |
$ 5,000.00 |
| Michael Carson |
To develop a series of 12 solo movement essays entitled, "Integrity Brings With It An Empty Plate," into an evening-length work by creating an additional 12 pieces for the series. Project dates: Sept. 1996. |
$ 2,400.00 |
| Kent DeSpain |
To commission Ralph Lemon to choreograph a new work for Kent DeSpain and partner Leslie Dworkin. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - Aug. 1997. |
$ 9,000.00 |
| Leslie Dworkin |
To create a new group work exploring an enriched physicality through new movement vocabulary and human expressivity. Project dates: Oct. 1996 - Feb. 1997. |
$ 6,000.00 |
| Group Motion Dance Company |
To commission choreographers Manfred Fischbeck and Masaki Iwana to create a new work in two parts entitles "Body." The choreographers will collaborate with composer Andrea Clearfield. Project dates: Oct. 1996 - Jun. 1997. |
$ 15,000.00 |
| Ed Groff |
To develop a new 25-30 minute dance for six dancers, in collaboration with composer Mitchell Mercurio. The project will enable Mr. Groff to further explore and develop several ideas integral to two earlier works into a larger group work. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - May 1997. |
$ 5,000.00 |
| Roko Kawai |
To create phase III of the Roko Kawai Project, a solo/duet exploration of the choreographer's Japanese-American experience. Deepening her work in earlier phases, she will move toward abstraction as a means to find the core (vs. outer trappings) of bi-cultural expression. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - Apr. 1997. |
$ 5,000.00 |
| Steve Krieckhaus |
For research, creation and rehearsal of a new hour-long performance work. Project dates: Sept. 1996 - Aug. 1997. |
$ 7,750.00 |
| Melanie Stewart Dance Theater |
To support the creation of an evening-length production exploring collaboration with artists from the Scottish theater company, BENCHROURS. Through an exploration of physical theater and modern dance, Melanie Stewart Dance and BENCHTOURS will create a satirical and humorous piece examining various sociopolitical issues of out time. Project dates: Oct. 1996 - Nov. 1997. |
$ 12,500.00 |
| Kariamu Welsh-Asante |
To choreograph "The Ring Shout Dance Suite," an historical work that centers on the series of movements called "Shouts." A portion of the work will be comprised of "Field holler songs" which are improvisational in nature and are wailing songs with Christian, Islamic and traditional African-American melodies all juxtaposed in layers. Project dates: Oct. 1996 - Mar. 1997. |
$ 10,000.00 |
| 1996 Funding Total |
|
$ 150,000.00 |
| Cumulative Funding Total (1993-1996) |
$ 589,920.00 |
