2010 MCAF Grantees: Dance
- Avodah, Inc.
- To support “The Body Project, Teen Voices,” a ten-week movement/dance workshop series for Lower East Side teenagers in which they explore body image and related issues.
- Capoeira Center of New York, Inc.
- To support “Meet the Mestres,” a series of eleven 2-hour monthly workshops with various mestres (masters) in Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art and dance, culminating in a presentation/demonstration/Q&A with all participating Capoeira mestres.
- Clark, Amy Elizabeth
- To support “Urban Roots Project,” an annual Ethnic Fusion Dance Festival featuring dance workshops, art exhibitions and an evening of performances celebrating ethnic arts and their inspiration on America’s Dance Culture.
- Dance Collective
- To support “WestFest,” a multimedia, dance & workshop event spanning a three-day weekend, including free community arts workshops for all ages, a dance film marathone highlighting West Village Dance artists, and a two-night dance performance.
- Dances for a Variable Population
- To support “Dances for Seniors/Downtown-Crosstown,” a series of 12 workshops for older adults at the Grand Street Settlement on the Lower East Side and Hudson Guild Fulton Center in Chelsea, culminating in performances at each center.
- Darrah Carr Dance
- To support “Create Choreography, Community Ceili & Free Family Shows,” a new choreographic work to be premiered during a New York season in November, 2010.
- De Silva Chafe, Maya
- To support “Flamenco Revolucion,” a full length contemporary and dance concert at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis HS student body and the general public scheduled for March 18-21, 2010.
- Grossman, Ariel Rebecca
- To support “An Island Within an Island,” a free contemporary dance performance themed around the balance of a smaller community within a larger community. Includes a series of open rehearsals that culminate in a large scale weekend performance.
- IsadoraNOW Foundation
- To support “Isadora Duncan and Frederic Chopin: An Anniversary Celebration,” a series of three workshops at four community centers, culminating with a performance of many of Isadora Duncan’s Chopin works at a in the Upper West Side.
- Jazz Choreography Enterprises, Inc.
- To support “New York Jazz Choreography Project,” three performances of original jazz dances choreography by emerging and established choreographers in a in Manhattan.
- Johnson, Iquail, S.
- To support “Re-Generate,” an outreach and performance series dedicated to maximizing exposure to the arts, while promoting works of under-recognized choreographers.
- Keilson, Ana Isabel
- To support a series of 15 two-hour dance classes offered to the community at a low cost and culminating with a free dance performance entitled, “The Great Community CLASS Manifesto.”
- Laffrey, Dane
- To support Spring 2010 season of public performances of two world premiere dances, featuring original live at Baruch Performing Arts Center.
- Latsky, Heidi
- To support “The GIMP Project: Redefining Virtuosity through the Collision of Disability and Dance,” a choreographed dance piece and community outreach program to be reworked for a new roster of dancers and performed informally for the public.
- Miller, Andrea
- To support a new work, Natsh/sarha, Palestinian words meaning, “an unwelcome people” and “to roam freely at will without restraint,” to premiere at The Joyce by acclaimed emerging choreographer, Andrea Miller.
- New Choreographers On Point, Inc.
- To support “Ballet Builders 2010,” showcase of gifted ballet choreographers, selected in open auditions, the experience they must have to develop their talent and advance their professional careers. This culminates in 3 performances.
- Nicholas Andre Dance , Inc.
- To support Nicholas Andre Dance’s Fall 2010 NYC Season with a program that features a new work choreographed by Nick Ross to commissioned and composed by Andy Monroe.
- Butterfly, Roxane
- To support a tribute to Jimmy Slyde, in the form of a screening of, “In the Spirit of Jimmy Slyde,” a contemporary re-staging of the master’s most important work by some of his (then) “young lions.”
- Sikand, Nandini
- To support “Performing the Border,” a 75-minute dance performance to be held in September 2010.
- Stamos, Despina
- To support “1:1 please remove shoes,” an interactive dance installation in a store front that will transpire for two hours 5 times a week for a period of two weeks.
- Time Lapse Dance, Inc.
- To support Time Lapse Dance’s Tenth-Anniversary Season at Tribeca PAC, February 19-21, 2010.
