The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) has just announced this year's grant recipients for the American Masterpieces in Dance: Reconstruction grant program, an initiative that is being administered by NEFA on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts. Grants ranging from $20,000 - $40,000 (per project) will be used towards reconstruction during the 06-07 season, with the hopes of staging a tour for each project in 07-08.

There are quite a few interesting dances in this list, including an Ulysses Dove work that has never been staged before by a US company!

AMD 2006 Reconstruction Grants

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Artist: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER, New York, NY
Project title: Talley Beatty’s Road of the Phoebe Snow

Artist: COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET, New York, NY
Project title: Ulysses Dove’s Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Odes to Love and Loss

Artist: DAVID GORDON, PICK UP PERFORMANCE CO(S.) New York, NY
Project title: Trying Times

Artist: DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY, Dayton, Ohio
Project title: Las Desenamoradas, choreography by Eleo Pomare

Artist: HŌKŪLANI HOLT / PA`U O HI`IAKA, Maui, Hawai`i
Project title: Kahekili

Artist: JAZZ TAP ENSEMBLE, Los Angeles, CA
Project title: American Tap Masterpieces: The Hollywood Journey-Dance, Music, Film

Artist: JOSÉ LIMÓN DANCE FOUNDATION, New York, NY
Project title: The Quartet Project

Artist: MARTHA CLARKE, Sherman, CT
Project title: The Garden of Earthly Delights

Artist: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY, New York, NY
Project title: Book of Beasts/Airs/Roses/Sunset/Av Ovo Usque Ad Mala (From Soup to Nuts)

Artist: RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY, Salt Lake City, UT
Project title: Alwin Nikolais’ Tent

Artist: THE MARTHA GRAHAM CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE, New York, NY
Project title: Martha Graham’s Ardent Song

Artist: THE PHILADELPHIA DANCE COMPANY, PHILADANCO!, Philadelphia, PA
Project title: Reconstruction of Southern Landscapes by Talley Beatty

Artist: TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY, New York, NY
Project title: Trisha Brown: Early Works

Artist: URBAN BUSH WOMEN, Brooklyn, NY
Project title: Chicken Soup by Blondell Cummings

For further information about AMD, please visit www.nefa.org or call 617.951.0010 x 12.

Good to see David Gordon and Pickup Company getting a grant - I'd always try to see their performances.

And I'm glad to see the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company get a grant for Alwin Nikolais' Tent.