Project Grant 19056223323

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program, provides $260,952 to the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation to continue the Alvin Ailey Choreographic Legacy Project. The Project will historically preserve choreography from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater repertory for restaging by professional dance companies and universities through cataloging production notes, performance histories, and...

The Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation will receive $978,876 through a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Save America's Treasures program to make archival materials from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater accessible for restaging. The Foundation will catalog and digitize technical information needed to restage ballets, collect and analyze dramaturgical content and rights information for each work, and develop "dance capsules" comprising this collected...

This $149,999 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) supports the "Making the Digital Dance" project at the University of Alabama. The project aims to develop digital infrastructure and tools to increase access to archival dance information across four existing digital performing arts archives. Key project activities include: Prototyping a dance data commons based on the Wikidata integration model to...

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the presentation of dance artists at the Joyce Theater in New York, New York from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. This award was provided through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for public participation in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies...

The Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a large-scale digitization project of moving image content held in its archives. Funded under the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149), the three-year project will digitize 3,336 performances, talks, classes, oral histories and special events recorded between 1992 and 2009 that are currently only...

This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-in-Aid for Competitive Grants program (CFDA 15.966). The grant funding will support plaster and finish repairs to the historic Public Theater facility in New York City, which is owned and operated by the nonprofit New York Shakespeare Festival. The grant aims to preserve the architectural integrity and cultural significance of this iconic theater building,...

The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded $423,597 under the Education Stabilization Fund Formula Grant program to the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation doing business as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The grant period runs from January 29, 2021 through January 28, 2022. Funding will support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic through the continuation of its educational...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. This funding supports personnel expenses under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Professional Flair, Inc., doing business as Dancing Wheels, to support personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The funding falls under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote well-being and...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to The Philadelphia Dance Company doing business as the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant will support personnel, facilities, and safety supplies expenses from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 to aid the organization's response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants program...