We are incredibly honored and excited to share that Keshet Dance Company has been named a 2023 National Dance Project Production Grantee!
The National Dance Project is one of the country’s major sources of funding and field building for dance, supporting the creation and sharing of new projects. The 12 NDP Advisors, made up of artists, presenters, producers, arts administrators, and cultural strategists, selected these projects out of over 167 competitive applications; 75% of the awardees are first-time NDP recipients. Each artist/company receives $45,000 for the creation of the new dance project as well as $10,000 in unrestricted general operating support. Additionally, each grantee receives $11,500 to support Production Residencies for Dance and/or Community Engagement for their project.
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The 2023 NDP Production Grant projects are:
- 4|2|3, Baye & Asa, New York, NY
- Black Dancing Bodies: SpeakMyMind, Ladies of Hip-Hop, Jersey City, NJ
- Clouds from a Crumbling Giant, inkBoat, San Francisco, CA
- DIASPORADICA, RUPTURE, San Francisco, CA
- Following the Road to Ose Tura, Adia Tamar Whitaker & Àse Dance Theater, Brooklyn, NY
- How to Bend Down/How to Pick it Up, Kayla Hamilton, Bronx, NY
- IS IT THURSDAY YET?, Jenn Freeman, Queens, NY
- Leviticus or Love and to walk amongst HUMANS, dani tirrell, Washington, DC
- Memory Fleet, Jasmine Hearn, Houston, TX
- Movement for Mercy, Keshet Dance Company, Albuquerque, NM
- New Ghost, Litebulb/LB Productions, Chicago, IL
- NORRI, DaEun Jung, Los Angeles, CA
- Ouroboros, Nejla Yatkin Dance, Chicago, IL
- Put Away the Fire, dear, Kayla Farrish, Brooklyn, NY
- Rezas e Folhas, Viver Brasil, Los Angeles, CA
- Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies, Nava Dance Theatre, San Francisco, CA
- Untitled Night, Morgan Thorson, Minneapolis, MN
- WAKE, Jay Carlon, Los Angeles, CA
- What We Ask of Flesh, Christal Brown/INSPIRIT, Middlebury, VT
- Zaz: The Big Easy, SOLE Defined, Washington, DC
We are honored to be part of such an inspiring cohort of artists and companies!
We are thrilled to be developing the Movement for Mercy project with our lead partner, The Arts for Healing and Justice Network, and our incredible partners at BAX and CU Boulder!
Thank you to NEFA/NDP and your committed team of Advisors! And many thanks to the Mellon Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for investing in dance, dancers, and the power of community!
