National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

$30,000 Los Angeles, CA
To support the presentation of the 30th annual International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) conference in
Los Angeles, and the presentation of dance works on the company. The 2018 IABD conference is an educational
engagement and outreach event that brings together students from across the world to experience dance
performances, classes, and workshops with leaders in the field. The company will host the conference in Los
Angeles. In addition, choreographers Lula Washington and Tamica Washington-Miller will set works on the
company to be performed at the conference.
Miami City Ballet, Inc. (aka Mimi City Ballet)
$60,000 Miami Beach, FL
To support the creation and presentation of the "The Fairy's Kiss" by choreographer Alexei Ratmansky. Former
artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and current Artist-in-Residence at American Ballet Theatre, Ratmansky will
set the ballet to Igor Stravinsky's score of the same name. The ballet will feature a large cast of 20 to 30 dancers,
and original costume and set design that will breathe new life into a classical ballet that links literature, music,
and design to dance. Accompanied by a live orchestra, the work will premiere at three performing arts centers in
South Florida: the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, and Kravis Center in
West Palm Beach.
Milwaukee Ballet Company, Inc. (aka Milwaukee Ballet)
$10,000 Milwaukee, WI
To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Milwaukee Ballet dancer and Choreographer-in-
Residence Timothy O'Donnell. The ballet will feature the male Milwaukee Ballet company dancers and deal with
the subject of male depression. The work will be performed as part of a mixed repertory bill that includes "La
Sylphide," a ballet that will showcase the female dancers of the company. Presented at the Marcus Center for
the Performing Arts in Milwaukee, the new ballet will be set to music by composer Ezio Bosso, performed live by
the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra.
Mixed Bag Productions (aka Sara Shelton Mann)
$10,000 San Francisco, CA
To support the creation and presentation of a new evening-length piece, "The Invitation," by Artistic Director
Sara Shelton Mann. Made up of two intertwined duets, Mann will return to some earlier choreographic
techniques to create the movement for this work-that of phrasing and complicated rhythms-placed within new
research of how she may speak to the fast-paced information that surrounds us every day. The basic premise of
the piece is simple: dancing for the joy of it; dancing as the meaning in itself and the touch it explores. "The
Invitation" will premiere at Joe Goode Annex in the Mission Neighborhood of San Francisco.
Monica Bill Barnes & Company (aka Monica Bill Barnes & Company)
$20,000 New York, NY
To support the creation and presentation of "The Museum Workout." Audiences will participate in a guided
exercise tour of an art museum, following the choreographed movement of Monica Bill Barnes and her long
time dancing partner Anna Bass. Created in collaboration with artist and author Maira Kalman, "The Museum
Workout" changes the way audiences experience their time in an art museum. Barnes and Bass will take
participants jogging through the museum and stop in front of select pieces to perform repetitive exercises.
Kalman will curate the tour and her recorded voice narrates the audience's experience. The work will offer a
gentle disruption to the normally contained museum environment, invigorating participants by creating a new
physical relationship with the art of the ages. "The Museum Workout" will premiere at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City.
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.