NEFA's National Dance Project Announces 20 Awards

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) has awarded $2,030,000 through the National Dance Project (NDP) to support the creation of 20 new dance works that will be shared across the United States. 

2020 NDP Production Grant Recipients:

• Adele Myers and Dancers, Miami, FL for T.W.I.S.T 
• April Sellers Dance Collective, Minneapolis, MN for Rumble Strips 
• AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, CA for Roots Above Ground 
• Ballet Hispánico, New York, NY for Doña Peron 
• Bijayini Satpathy, New York, NY for ABHIPSAA-A Seeking 
• DELIRIOUS Dances/Edisa Weeks, Brooklyn, NY for 3 RITES: Life, Liberty, Happiness 
• Dianne McIntyre, Cleveland, OH for Speaking in the Same Tongue 
• Emily Johnson/Catalyst, New York, NY for Being Future Being  
• Gesel Mason Performance Projects, Austin, TX for Yes, And 
• Helen Simoneau Danse, Winston-Salem, NC for Delicate Power 
• Lenora Lee Dance, San Francisco, CA for Convergent Waves 
• Meg Foley, Philadelphia, PA for Blood Baby 
• NAKA Dance Theater, Oakland, CA for Y Basta Ya! (Enough!) 
• nora chipaumire, New York, NY for Nehanda 
• Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, Brooklyn, NY for The Equality of Night and Day 
• Sean Dorsey Dance, San Francisco, CA for The Lost Art Of Dreaming 
• STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos, Pittsburgh, PA for CIRCLES 
• Techmoja Dance and Theatre Company, Wilmington, NC for Quiet As It’s Kept 
• Will Rawls, Brooklyn, NY for [siccer] 
  
• Yvonne Montoya, Tucson, AZ for Stories from Home 

In addition, NDP increased support for its 18 finalists from $1,000 to $10,000 in direct response to the impacts of COVID-19, economic inequality, and structural racism on artists. This one-time amplified support will aid in further development of their NDP proposed projects and sustainability needs at this time. “We are proud of all that these artists and companies represent,” said Indira Goodwine, NEFA’s program director for dance. “We believe their stories and creative ingenuity will continue to have a deep impact in the field of dance."

2020 NDP Finalist Awardees

• 7NMS: Marjani Forte-Saunders and Everett Saunders, Pasadena, CA
• BANDALOOP, Oakland, CA
• Bridgman|Packer Dance, Valley Cottage, NY
• Brownbody, St. Paul, MN
• Company SBB, New York, NY
• CONTRA-TIEMPO, Los Angeles, CA
• Culture Mill, Saxapahaw, NC
• Dancing Earth, Santa Fe, NM
• Doug Varone and Dancers, New York, NY
• Jody Kuehner, Seattle, WA
• Martha Graham Dance Company, New York, NY
• Ni'Ja Whitson, Riverside, CA
• Pam Tanowitz Dance, New York, NY
• The Francesca Harper Project, New York, NY
• The Seldoms, Chicago, IL
• Urban Jazz Dance Company, San Francisco, CA
• Vanessa Anspaugh, Portland, ME
• Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company, Albuquerque, NM
  

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