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Dance/USA Awards 13 Scholarships to National Roundtable - Scholarships launch “Access Dance/USA,” a pilot program aimed at engaging financially challenged organizations
(April 19, 2006)
Dance/USA , the national service organization for professional dance, announces the selection of 13 companies and individuals from the Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul and San Francisco communities who have received Access Dance/USA scholarships to attend the 2006 National Roundtable being held in Portland, Oregon, June 21-24.
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DANCE/MetroDC FINDS DIRECTION - Johanna Seltzer, Local Dance Director and Arts Advocate, Assumes the Helm of New Dance Service Organization
(FEBRUARY 8, 2005)
Dance/USA announced today that Johanna Seltzer has been selected to be the Project Director of Dance/MetroDC, a new local dance service organization. A program of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance, Dance/MetroDC will focus specifically on the needs of those creating dance and dance audiences in the District, Maryland and Virginia.
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GREATER METRO DC DANCE COMMUNITY GETS BOOST FROM MAJOR REGIONAL FOUNDATION
Local Dance Community to receive instrumental services
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DECEMBER 9, 2004)
Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance, announced that it will receive an initial $50,000 grant from the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation to launch a service provider for the Washington, DC metro area.
- Eighteen California Dance Artists Receive Dance: Creation to Performance Grants Totaling $225,000 (August 25, 2004; PDF, 128k)
Dance/USA and the James Irvine Foundation have announced the first year of Dance: Creation to Performance (DCP) awards, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 each to 18 California-based dance artists, to support the creation and public sharing of new work.
- USPS Releases American Choreographers Stamps (April 26, 2004; PDF, 68k)
Four 20th century choreographers who left a profound mark on the language of dance — Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille and Martha Graham — will be honored by the U.S. Postal Service with commemorative postage stamps. The first-day-of-issue ceremony is scheduled for 10 am, Tuesday, May 4, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s Victoria Theater, One Center St., Newark, NJ.
- France–USA Dance Partnership (April 21, 2004; PDF, 48k)
The French Cultural Counselor Jean-René Gehan announced a $2 million French–American program to promote contemporary dance. This Dance Partnership will foster dialogue and exchange between dance professionals from the United States and France, focusing on artists and works that have not yet been presented in the partner country.
- New England Foundation for the Arts Announces Change in Leadership (April 12, 2004)
Samuel Miller has resigned as executive director of the New England Foundation for the Arts, effective June 1, 2004, to accept a new position as president of Leveraging Investments in Creativity.
- Mellon Foundation Awards $1.25 Million to Martha Graham Center (March 26, 2004)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1.25 million grant to the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.
- TBT Executive Director Announces Departure (February 27, 2004)
David Mallette will leave Texas Ballet Theater in June 2005.
- Alan M. (“Mike”) Kriegsman Honored: A Special Dance/USA Trustees Award Will Be Presented to Pulitzer-Winning Washington Post Dance Critic at 2004 National Roundtable In Pittsburgh (February 17, 2004)
Dance/USA announces the newly created Dance/USA Trustees Award to be presented to Alan M. (“Mike”) Kriegsman, Critic Emeritus to the Washington Post. The Award will be presented on Thursday, June 10, 2004 during the Dance/USA Honors Celebration Dinner.
- Arthur Mitchell and Sage Cowles: Legends and Leaders to Receive Dance/USA Honors and “Ernie” Awards at 2004 National Roundtable In Pittsburgh (February 17, 2004)
Dance/USA has selected Arthur Mitchell and Sage Cowles as the respective recipients of its 2004 Honors and “Ernie,” both to be presented on Thursday, June 10, 2004, during the Dance/USA Honors Celebration Dinner.
- New Home Secured for Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker (February 15, 2004)
The City of Boston, Boston Ballet, and Clear Channel Enterntainment have jointly reached a plan that provides a home for Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker for the next four years.
- Kent Stowell and Francia Russell to Retire from Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2005 (February 15, 2004)
After almost 27 years with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell will retire in June 2005, at the end of the 2004–2005 season. Stowell and Russell made the announcement at the February 11 Board of Trustees meeting.
- America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100 (February 13, 2004)
The Dance Heritage Coalition announces the opening of its first traveling exhibition, America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100, at the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum on February 3, 2004.
- NEA Poised to Receive Significant Increase in FY05 (January 29, 2004)
Laura Bush announces that President Bush is requesting an $18 million budget increase for the National Endowment for the Arts to fund a major new initiative, American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.
- Applications Due for DCA Gary Parks Scholarship (January 15, 2004)
The Dance Critics Association is accepting applications for the 2004 Gary Parks Memorial Scholarship for developing/emerging critics.
- Leading Arts Advocacy Group Launches Pledge for the Arts Campaign Among Presidential Candidates (January 5, 2004)
The American Arts Alliance announces its Pledge for the Arts campaign, asking major presidential candidates to commit their support for arts programs across the country.
- Dance/USA Receives $1 Million from Irvine Foundation for Continued Support for
California Dance Artists (December 22, 2003)
Dance/USA has received a $1 million grant from The James Irvine Foundation to conduct "Dance: Creation to Performance" — a regranting program that will award 11 or more grants totaling $225,000 annually for three consecutive years.
- National Endowment for the Arts Announces $25.3 Million in Grants for First Round of Fiscal Year Funding (December 17, 2003)
The NEA announces that it will award more than $25.3 million through 915 grants in the first major grant announcements of Fiscal Year 2004.
- Arts International Announces Grants to Support U.S. Artists Performing Overseas (December 1, 2003)
Arts International announces the performing artists selected to receive the latest round of grants from The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions.
- Reports Assess Pre-Professional Dance Education (October 3, 2003)
Dance/USA releases two special reports that provide a concentrated and serious assessment of pre-professional dance education and its impact on the dance world.
- National Dance Project Awards Over $590,000 in Grants to Support Creation of Contemporary Dance Projects (September 25, 2003)
National Dance Project announces the allocation of $596,000 in Production Grants to support the development of new dance projects during the 2003–2004 season.
- Dance/USA and the National Endowment for the Arts Announce New Grants and Renew Funding for National Dance Initiative (September 16, 2003)
Dance/USA and the NEA anounce the second round of awards for the National College Choreography Initiative, program receives third round of support.
- Ten Dance Artists Receive California DanceMaker Grants Totaling $100,000 (July 18, 2003)
Dance/USA and The James Irvine Foundation announce the third year of awards to California-based dance artists.
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