2009 Fund Grantees: Dance
- Abrams, Jennifer
- Most of This Is True, a new evening-length dance/theater work to premiere in September 2009.
- Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater, Inc.
- Primavera 2009 Spring Series will consist of an open dress rehearsal for elementary public school students followed by three full-length concerts and the Clark Studio Theater in April, 2009.
- Bauch, Pele
- H to Oh, an evening-length performance work to be presented in four to five performances in downtown Manhattan.
- Dance Parade, Inc.
- Dance Parade, a 2-mile stretch of central Manhattan that serves as a stage to 200 dance organizations, culminating in a 4-hour festival with free workshops, social dancing, and staged performances.
- Darrah Carr Dance, Inc.
- For a new choreographic work to be premiered in November 2009, two free family shows and a community ceili (traditional Irish dance and music session).
- DDJW Incorporated
- HERO(N)--A Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, a series of workshops, lectures, and informal community showings culminating in a site-specific, sign-interpreted dance-musical by and for differently--abled artists in Harlem.
- Double Entendre, Inc.
- IDA, a new dance work by the Wendy Osserman Dance Company featuring Iva Bittova, celebrated Czech singer and musician and visual artist Sarah Olson. Four performances presented in association with Joyce SoHo May 2009.
- El Mundo Del Flamenco
- Por Callejeras, a series of six, 2-hour flamenco dance performances with live music.
- High Tide Dance, Inc.
- DUETS, a new evening-length work by Risa Jaroslow & Dancers, to be shown in work-in-progress venues including Dixon Place and the Ailey Studios.
- House of Dance, Inc.
- To Fold a Big Bang and Air, to premiere at Danspace Project, February 2009, as well as lecture demonstrations at Our Children’s Foundation in Harlem and a site-specific evening of the work at the International architecture firm, Davis/Brody/Bond.
- Infinity Dance Theater
- Body of Work: 50 Years of Dance, celebrating a half-century of dance performance by Artistic Director Kitty Lunn. Four performances at Joyce SoHo in May 2009.
- Palissimo, Inc.
- Halt!, an outdoor public dance event that combines choreographic work by artistic director Pavel Zustiak with set design by collaborator Nick Vaughn.
- Sachiyo Ito and Company
- Salon Series, an ongoing series of lectures, lecture demonstrations, and performances on Japanese Performing Arts.
- VIA Collaborative Arts Corporation
- The Seasons Project, a series of four open dance rehearsal/musical improvisations held in public parks on the first day of each season, culminating in an evening-length dance concert on changing attitudes regarding our environment.
