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Follow on Google News | Challenge Grant Sets Stage for Chicago Dance LabNEFA’s National Dance Project receives $200K grant from Logan Foundation; MacArthur Foundation grants $75K toward the challenge.
The dance lab is part of the Regional Dance Development Initiative (RDDI) of NEFA’s National Dance Project (NDP). The RDDI provides professional growth for dance artists in regions across the U.S. through a 10-day dance lab designed to clarify goals, develop strategies, hone public presentation skills, and strengthen partnerships between artists and presenters. NEFA will engage a cohort of national dance leaders to work with Chicago dance artists in an immersive curriculum. Since 2004, dance labs have been held in the Pacific Northwest, the San Francisco Bay Area, New England, and Minnesota. Together with the Chicago Dancemakers Forum, NEFA has hosted exploratory meetings, establishing the interest of the dance community and how a Chicago lab would be specifically tailored to meet their needs. Additional key planning partners include Museum of Contemporary Art, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and Audience Architects. "We are truly excited by this opportunity to fund this extensive initiative--the process of which we expect to be both meaningful for the artists and collaborators, and transformative for dance as an art staple in ChicagoLand," The Chicago Dance Lab is projected to occur in the summer of 2016, with post-lab activities following in the fall and winter. A city-wide dance showcase will follow in the fall of 2017 and will feature the lab artists as well as other local artists, along with regional, national, and international dance presenters. The project culminates with grants to support residencies, presentations, or other projects with lab and showcase artists. “We are very excited that this generous challenge grant from the Logan Foundation has already leveraged significant support in the form of a grant from the MacArthur Foundation. This advances NEFA’s partnership with Chicago’s dance community through significant investment in realizing a multi-year RDDI program,” said NEFA executive director Cathy Edwards. Outcomes for previous lab artists have included national funding, commissioning of new and collaborative projects, national and international festival residencies, and extended engagements and partnerships with presenters. More information on NDP and the previous RDDI labs can be found at: http://www.nefa.org/ NEFA launched the National Dance Project in 1996 to encourage the creation of new dance work to share with audiences in communities throughout the U.S. Since then, the program has distributed more than $28 million in grants and remains one of the most significant sources for dance funding in the U.S. NDP has reached over 3.6 million audience members in all 50 states, Washington D.C, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NEFA's National Dance Project is generously supported with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with funding for special initiatives from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French American Cultural Exchange. About NEFA NEFA builds connections among artists, arts organizations, and funders, powering the arts to energize communities in New England, the nation, and the world. NEFA is a nonprofit that operates in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the New England state arts agencies, with additional funding from foundations, corporations, individuals and other government agencies. NEFA’s work is accomplished through grantmaking, services, and initiatives which strengthen and advance the national arts infrastructure. For more information, please visit www.nefa.org or call 617.951.0010. End
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