National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

service agencies through the Partners in Art program. Outreach and engagement opportunities will include free
and reduced tickets, open rehearsals, and pre-performance talks. Performances will be held at the Tulsa
Performing Arts Center.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
$20,000 Birmingham, AL
To support the presentation of dance companies. Companies may include Alonzo King LINES Ballet, MOMIX, and
Ballet Hispanico. Each will present public performances along with multiple community engagement activities
such as pre-performance talks, master classes, lectures, design and technical workshops, and performances for
students. Performances will take place at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Alys Stephens Center.
Vail Valley Foundation (aka Vail International Dance Festival)
$10,000 Vail, CO
To support the 29th Vail International Dance Festival. Continuing a legacy of presenting dance from both
established and emerging choreographers, Artistic Director Damian Woetzel will curate the festival. For two
weeks, the city of Vail will experience performances by resident professional companies encompassing neoclassical,
classical, and contemporary works. Accompanying community events such as workshops, master
classes, and discussions will round out the festival offerings.
Virginia Arts Festival, Inc. (aka Virginia Arts Festival)
$10,000 Norfolk, VA
To support the Virginia Arts Festival's 2017 Dance Series: Celebrate, Discover, and Learn. The series will feature
Mark Morris Dance Group, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Richard Alston Dance Company, and Urban Bush
Women. Residency components will include public performances, a celebration and exploration of African-
American dance, master classes, and mentoring local dancers of all ages and abilities. Events will take place in
Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia.
Visions In Rhythm (aka Tapestry Dance Company)
$10,000 Austin, TX
To support the 17th annual Soul to Sole Festival, a national education and performance forum for the art of tap
dance. Tapestry Dance Company will invite a wide range of dancers from around the United States and abroad
to participate in master classes, workshops, lecture-demonstrations, an artist/faculty concert, a participant
showcase, video screenings, and tap improvisational jams. Festival faculty will host an intensive to discuss and
document issues facing current tap dance artists. This intensive also will involve the preservation, study, and
documentation of classic and historical choreographic works and/or techniques.
Wesleyan University
$30,000 Middletown, CT
To support Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts' Breaking Ground Dance Series (BGDS). BGDS will feature
performances and residency activities on campus and in the community by Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel
Performance Group, Company Wayne McGregor, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, and The Seldoms. In addition, the
center will host a series of master classes and choreographer conversations on the state of contemporary dance
as part of the DanceMasters weekend series. The Center for the Arts will partner with Wesleyan's Dance
Department and a subcommittee of their faculty and students to select the companies and plan their
residencies.
White Bird
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.