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Dance Advance Grant History 2005


Grantee

Project Description

Amount of Grant

Bryn Mawr College

Support for the partnering organizations to recover and perform choreographer Talley Beatty's Southern Landscapes, as well as to document the processes of reconstructing and performing the dance. This is a Project of Common Interest. Collaborating partners are Philadanco and Philadelphia Dance Collection at Temple University.

$51,000

Dancefusion

Support to reconstruct modern dance choreographer Mary Anthony's Women of Troy (1940).

$20,000

Dance Theater Camp 2005

Support for four weeks of free classes, workshops, rehearsals, and seminars for professional dance and theater artists in Philadelphia. This is a Project of Common Interest. Collaborating partners are Headlong Dance Theater, Brat Productions, and Pig Iron Theater Company.

$7,000

Eleone Dance Theater

Support for commissioning a new work to celebrate the company's 10th anniversary, as well as special community dance workshops and other developmental activities.

$20,000

Flamenco Olÿý

Support for a teaching residency with Flamenco artist Carmela Greco, including new choreography and a public work-in-progress performance.

$20,000

Great Valley Community Education Foundation

Support for the project Future Dance Audiences: The MTV Generation, including a residency with BodyVox Dance Company.

$20,000

Tania Isaac

Support for Grisha Coleman to create an original music score to accompany Standpipe, a new evening-length work premiering at the Painted Bride Art Center in Fall 2005.

$10,000

Roko Kawai

Support to develop and perform a full evening concert at the Ursinus College Performing Arts Center in Spring 2006.

$10,000

Koresh Dance Company

Support for commissioning Donald Byrd to create a new work for the company to premiere in Philadelphia in the 2005-2006 season.

$50,000

Leah Stein Dance Company

Support for the development and presentation of the site-specific performance work Bardo, to be presented at the 2005 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.

$20,000

Amanda Miller

Support for research and development of new dance material drawing from developmental work with choreographer Siobhan Davies in the 2004-2005 season.

$10,000

Odunde

Support for the 30th anniversary Odunde Festival, including the presentation of Urban Bush Women and the enhancement of technical production capabilities.

$22,000

Pennsylvania Ballet

Support for the restoration of Christopher D'Amboise's ballet Franklin Court, originally created on the company in 1991, with set design by the architectural firm Venturi, Scott Associates.

$80,000

Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society

Support to present The Legend of the White Snake as part of the Spring 2006 Splendor of China festival in Philadelphia.

$20,000

Philadelphia Dance Projects

Support for Under the Influence, a project exploring the origins of inspiration through a series of program initiatives.

$20,000

Philadelphia Folklore Project

Support for Dance Happens Here, an artist development program including an artist showcase and master class series at Arts Bank in Spring 2006.

$47,000

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe

Support for an extended run of the site-specific dance Patio Plastico as re-envisioned by choreographer Brian Sanders.

$50,000

Raices Culturales Latinamericanos

Support for the first Philadelphia presentation of Fiesta de Santiago Apostol, an Afro-Puerto Rican street theater event to take place at three neighborhood venues.

$20,000

Tobin Rothlein (first time grantee)

Support for the development and creation of a dance and video work with choreographer Rennie Harris and Maureen Whiting.

$10,000

Ju-Yeon Ryu (first time applicant)

Support for a training program with Myung Soo Kim, a New York based master artist specializing in Korean traditional dance.

$10,000

SRUTI, The India Music and Dance Society

Support to present the company Spanda with live orchestra, along with educational and residency activities.

$18,000

Susan Hess Modern Dance

Support for residency activities with the Siobhan Davies Dance Company from London, UK, including a performance in cooperation with the 2005 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.

$20,000

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

Support for a company home season in Philadelphia, its first since 1997, featuring new choreography and expanded repertory.

$20,000

2005 Funding Total

$575,000

Cumulative Funding Total (1993 - 2005)

$5,440,250


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