Ailey choreographic legacy project [funds from the national endowment for the humanities would support the next stage of the alvin ailey choreographic legacy project?an initiative to catalog and…

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 digitizing select works. Staff will focus on the second ballet "Survivors," compiling dramaturgical materials and creating a mini-documentary with dancer and staff interviews. The Project aims to make Ailey's legacy performances accessible for study and recreation, with a future goal of launching a licensing program. The October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022 award period will allow the Foundation to further the preservation efforts started under previous NEH funding to benefit students, researchers, and supporters of the Alvin Ailey Theater.

Activities

  this grant funds & nbsp; existing staff who will continue the previously-NEH funded alvin ailey choreographic legacy project which involved conducting interviews and cataloging and digitizing production notes and performance histories & nbsp; from select works in the repertory.&nbsp

Expected outcomes

?this grant would allow the dance theater to historically preserve choreography for those who want to restage legacy performances. IT would also allow the theater to eventually launch & nbsp; a licensing program for professional dance companies and universities.&nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

  the project will benefit & nbsp; students, researchers, and supporters of the alvin ailey theater, allowing legacy performances to be studied and recreated.&nbsp

Subrecipient activities

?the recipient does not intend to subaward funds. ]