2008 PERFORMING ARTS GRANTS

Lincoln Center | Dance | Music & Opera | Performance Art | Presenters | Professional Education & Development | Special Projects | Theater

LINCOLN CENTER

$100,000 | Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc. Lincoln Center Theater Andre Bishop, Artistic Director Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$150,000 | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc. David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$150,000 | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc. David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors General operating support for the 2008-2009 season.

$300,000 | Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director A two-year grant to support the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons

$100,000 | Juilliard School, The Joseph W. Polisi, President Support for drama division fourth year performances during the 2008-2009 academic year.

$25,000 | Juilliard School, The Joseph W. Polisi, President Support for "The Death of Klinghoffer" as part of Juilliard's Focus! Festival in January 2009.

$125,000 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Reynold Levy, President Support for the 2007-2008 season of "Live From Lincoln Center."

$50,000 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Reynold Levy, President Support for the 2008-2009 season of New Visions.

$25,000 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Scott Nopi-Bandon Executive Director Support for the Lincoln Center Institute Repertory in 2007-2008.

$400,000 | New York City Ballet, Inc. Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief A two-year grant to support the creation of new works during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons.

$250,000 | New York City Opera Inc. Paul Kellogg, General and Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008season.

$50,000 | New York Public Library Paul LeClerc, President Patrick Hoffman, Director, Theatre on Film & Tape Program Support for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) for fiscal year 2008-2009.

$250,000 | Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York, Inc. Zarin Mehta, President and Executive Director Loren Maazel, Music Director Support for three series for fiscal year 2007-2008, Inside the Music, Hear & Now and Rush Hour Concerts.

$250,000 | Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York, Inc. Zarin Mehta, President and Executive Director Loren Maazel, Music Director Support for three series in fiscal year 2008-2009: "Inside the Music," "Hear and Now," and "Rush Hour."

$35,000 | School of American Ballet, Inc. Peter Martins, Chairman of Faculty Marjorie Van Dercook, Executive Director Support for the School of American Ballet's Music Program in 2007-2008.

DANCE

$40,000 | Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Support for the 2008-2009 season.

$10,000 | The Armitage Foundation Ltd. Karole Armitage, Artistic Director General operating support for Armitage Gone! Dance in fiscal year 2008-2009.

$15,000 | Ballet Hispanico of New York Tina Ramirez, Artistic Director Support for the 2007 New York City season at The Joyce Theater.

$60,000 | Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. Kevin McKenzie, Artistic Director Support for the 2008 New York City seasons at the Metropolitan Opera and City Center.

$15,000 | Trisha Brown Dance Company, Inc. Trisha Brown, Artistic Director General operating support in fiscal year 2008-2009.

$7,500 | Dance Continuum, Inc. Susan Marshall, Artistic Director Support for Susan Marshall's company during the 2008 season.

$25,000 | Dance Theater Workshop, Inc. Marion K. Dienstag, Executive Director Cathy Edwards, Artistic Director Craig Peterson, Artistic Director General operating support in fiscal year 2007-2008.

$12,500 | Dancing in the Streets Inc. Aviva Davidson, Executive Director and Producer General operating support for fiscal year 2008.

$20,000 | Danspace Project, Inc. Laurie Uprichard, Executive Director General operating support for the 2007-2008 season.

$40,000 | Discalced, Inc. Mark Morris, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | DOVA, Inc. Doug Varone, Artistic Director Support for the 2008-2009 season.

$10,000 | Foundation for Dance Promotion Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$25,000 | Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. Janet Eilber, Artistic Director Support for the 2008-2009 New York season.

$100,000 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. Linda Shelton, Executive Director Support for the New York City based companies during the 2007-2008 season

$10,000 | Parson's Dance Foundation, Inc. David Parson, Artistic Director and Co-Founder General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$10,000 | Ringside, Inc. Elizabeth Streb, Artistic Director Support for programs at its home space, The Streb Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM), located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn during the 2007-2008 season

$40,000 | Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc. Paul Taylor, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season. top

MUSIC and OPERA

$10,000 | American Composers Orchestra, Inc. Robert Beaser, Artistic Director General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$15,000 | American Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Leon Botstein, Music Director Support for the 2008 season

$12,500 | Bang on a Can, Inc. Michael Gordon, Artistic Director David Lang, Artistic Director Julia Wolfe, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$15,000 | Bargemusic, Ltd. Olga Bloom,Founder and Chairman Mark Peskanov, President, Artistic and Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Bronx Opera Company Michael Spierman, Artistic Director Support for the 2008 season.

$30,000 | Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Christie, Music Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$550,000 | Carnegie Hall Society, Inc. Clive Gillinson, Artistic and Executive Director A two-year grant to support the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons.

$7,500 | City Grand Opera Society, Inc. Vincent La Selva, Artistic and Musical Director Support for the Free Opera in Central Park in 2008.

$7,500 | Da Capo Chamber Players, Inc. Ronnie Boriskin, Administrator Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$7,500 | Di Capo Opera Theatre Corp. Diane Martindale, Artistic Director Michael Capasso, General Director General operating support for the 2008-2009 season.

$10,000 | Early Music Foundation, Inc. Frederick Renz, Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$12,500 | Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center-Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance Lydia Kontos, Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season of music programming at Merkin Hall and other venues.

$10,000 | The Gotham Chamber Opera Inc. Neal Goren, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$7,500 | Music at the Anthology Inc. Philip Glass, Executive Producer Lisa Bielawa, Artistic Director Support for the 2009 MATA Festival

$15,000 | New York Festival of Song, Inc. Michael Barrett, Artistic Director Steven Blier, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$30,000 | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc. Graham Parker, Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season

$7,500 | Performers' Committee, Inc. Cheryl Seltzer, Director Joel Sachs, Co-Director General operating support for Continuum's 2008-2009 season.

$12,500 | Riverside Symphony, Inc. George Rothman, Music Director Anthony Korf, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season

$10,000 | Roulette Jim Staley, Producer General operating support for the 2007-2008 season.

$35,000 | St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Inc. Marianne C. Lockwood, President and Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season of performances and educational programs.

$15,000 | Twin Lions Inc. Omus Hirshbein, Director/President Support for the "Free for All at Town Hall" in spring 2008.

$10,000 | World Music Institute, Inc. Robert H. Browning, Executive and Artistic Director General operating support for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

$10,000 | Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Association Hanna Arie-Gaifman, Director Kristin Lancino, Artistic Advisor Support for musical presentations by the Tisch Center for the Arts during the 2008-2009 season.

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PERFORMANCE ART

$10,000 | House Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Meredith Monk, Performing Artist & Founder General operating support for fiscal year 2008.

$10,000 | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc. David Gordon, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season

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PRESENTERS

$15,000 | Aaron Davis Hall, Inc. Patricia Cruz, Executive Director General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$10,000 | The Asia Society, Inc. Support for the 2008-2009 New York performing arts season.

$550,000 | Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. Karen B. Hopkins, President Joseph Melillo, Executive Producer A two-year grant to support the 2009 and 2010 spring seasons.

$10,000 | Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc. Jack Walsh, Co-Producer Support for the 2008 season of Celebrate Brooklyn.

$15,000 | Center for Traditional Music and Dance Ethel Raim, Artistic and Executive Director General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$12,500 | Haleakala, Inc. Debra Singer, Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$15,000 | Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, Ltd. Kristin Marting, Executive Director Support for the 2008-2009 season.

$10,000 | Japan Society, Inc. Paula S. Lawrence, Director, Performing Arts Support for the Performing Arts Program's 2008-2009 season.

$12,500 | Kings Majestic Corporation Maurine D. Knighton, Executive Producer & President Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$20,000 | Miller Theatre at Columbia University George Steel, Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season at Miller Theater.

$10,000 | Open Channels NY, Inc. Ellie Covan, Founder/Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$25,000 | St. Ann Center for Restoration and the Arts, Inc. Susan Feldman, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season..

$15,000 | Symphony Space Isaiah Sheffer, Artistic Director Support for the "Wall to Wall Bach" to be held in May 2008.

$7,500 | Town Hall Foundation Lawrence C. Zucker, Executive and Artistic Director General operating support for fiscal year 2008-2009. top

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT

$12,500 | Concert Artists Guild, Inc. Richard S. Weinert, President Support for the 2007-2008 fiscal season.

$10,000 | Marilyn Horne Foundation Inc. Marilyn Horne, President & Artistic Director Support for a series of three master classes at the 4-day The Song Continues....2008 music festival in January 2008.

$25,000 | Manhattan School of Music Marta Istomin, President Support for the 2008 Professional Musical Theater Workshop.

$25,000 | The New School Joseph Colaneri, Artistic Director, Mannes Opera Support for the Mannes Opera program in fiscal year 2008-2009.

$10,000 | New Dramatists, Inc. Todd London, Artistic Director Joel K. Ruark, Executive Director Support for the playwright development program in fiscal year 2008.

$10,000 | New York Youth Symphony, Inc. Barry Goldberg, Executive Director General operating support for the 2007-2008 season.

$12,500 | Opera Orchestra of New York, Inc. Eve Queler, Music Director Support for the Young Artists Program during the 2007-2008 season.

$12,500 | Young Concert Artists, Inc. Susan Wadsworth, Founder and Director Support for the 2007-2008 season. top

SPECIAL PROJECTS

$5,000 | Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts Sharon Jensen, Executive Director General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$35,000 | Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc. Virginia P. Louloudes, Executive Director General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$10,000 | Dance U S A General operating support for Dance/NYC in 2008-2009 fiscal year.

$15,000 | George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. Barbara Horgan, Chairman Paul H. Epstein, President Support for the Video Archives series.

$15,000 | High 5 Tickets to the Arts, Inc. General operating support for fiscal year 2008.

$20,000 | National Dance Institute, Inc. Jacques D'Amboise, Founder Lesli R. Kapell, Executive Director Support for the In-School Program in fiscal year 2008.

$7,500 | Theatre Development Fund, Inc. Victoria Bailey, Executive Director Support for the Theatre Access Project (TAP) in fiscal year 2008. top

THEATER

$17,500 | Atlantic Theater Company Neil Pepe, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$20,000 | Big Apple Circus Ltd. Paul Binder, Artistic Director General operating support for fiscal year 2008-2009.

$10,000 | Builders Association Inc. Marianne Weems, Artistic Director General operating support for fiscal year 2008.

$12,500 | The Classical Theatre of Harlem Inc. Alfred Preisser, Co-Founder & Artistic Director Christopher McElroen, Co-Founder & Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$12,500 | CSC Repertory Ltd. Brian Kulick, Artistic Director Jessica Jenen, Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$7,500 | Ensemble Studio Theatre, Inc. William Carden, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Flea Theatre Inc. Jim Simpson, Artistic Director Support for the 2008 season.

$12,500 | International Arts Relations, Inc. Eduardo Machado, Artistic Director General operating support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Irish Repertory Theatre Company, Inc. Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$20,000 | La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, Inc. Ellen Stewart, Founder & Director General Operating Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | LABYRINTH INC. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Artistic Director John Ortiz, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Mabou Mines Development Foundation, Inc. Lee Breuer, Sharon Fogarty, Ruth Maleczech, Frederic Neumann, Terry O'Reilly, Artistic Directors Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$12,500 | Manhattan Class Company, Inc. Robert LuPone, Artistic Director Bernard Telsey, Artistic Director General Operating Support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$50,000 | Manhattan Theatre Club, Inc. Lynne Meadows, Artistic Director Barry Groves, Executive Producer Support for the Artistic Development Program during the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble Inc. Jorge Z. Ortoll, Executive Director Support for mainstage productions during the 2007-2008 season.

$7,500 | Mettawee River Theatre Company, Inc. Ralph Lee, Artistic Director Casey Compton, Managing Director Support for the 2008 production of "NANABOZHO".

$10,000 | Mint Theatre Company, Inc. Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Music-Theatre Group, Inc. Diane Wondisford, Producing Director General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008.

$25,000 | New 42nd Street, Inc. Cora Cahan, President General operating support for the 2008 fiscal year.

$10,000 | New Group Inc. Scott Elliot, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$40,000 | New York City Center, Inc. Arlene Shuler, President and Chief Executive Officer Support for the 2008-2009 seasons of Encores! and the Fall for Dance Festival.

$60,000 | New York Shakespeare Festival Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 seasons at the Public Theater and at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

$30,000 | New York Theatre Workshop, Inc. James Nicola, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Ontological Hysteric Theater, Inc. Richard Foreman, Artistic Director Support for the 2008-2009 season.

$10,000 | Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Inc. Tisa Chang, Artistic/Producing Director General operating support for the 2008-2009 season.

$12,500 | Pearl Theatre Company, Inc. Shepard Sobel, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Ping Chong & Company Ping Chong, Artistic Director General operating support for fiscal year 2008-2009.

$30,000 | Playwrights Horizons, Inc. Tim Sanford, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$12,500 | Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theatre Collection, Inc. Rosalba Rolon, Artistic Director Support for the 28th season.

$10,000 | Primary Stages Company, Inc. Casey Childs, Founder and Executive Producer Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$30,000 | Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc. Todd Haimes, Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Saratoga International Theater Institute, Inc. Anne Bogart, Director Support for the New York premiere of "Hotel Cassiopeia" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

$25,000 | Second Stage Theatre, Inc. Carole Rothman, Artistic Director Support for the 2008-2009 season.

$20,000 | Signature Theatre Company, Inc. James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$10,000 | Soho Repertory Theatre, Inc. Sarah Benson, Artistic Director General operating support for the 2008 fiscal year.

$50,000 | Spanish Theatre Repertory Co., Ltd. Rene Buch, Artistic Director Gilberto Zaldivar, Executive Producer Robert Weber Federico, Executive Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$7,500 | The Living Room For Artists, Inc. Ariell Tepper Madover, Founder and President General operating support for fiscal year 2008.

$10,000 | Target Margin Theater, Inc. David Herskovits, Artistic Director General operating support for fiscal year 2007-2008

$30,000 | Theatre for a New Audience, Inc. Jeffrey Horowitz, Artistic/Producing Director Support for the 2007-2008 season.

$12,500 | Vineyard Theatre And Workshop Center, Inc. Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director General operating support for the 2008-2009 season.

$15,000 | Wooster Group, Inc. Elizabeth LeCompte, Artistic Director General operating support for fiscal year 2008. top

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