Humanities Program
1998 Grant Recipients

Grants Approved in Support of
the Performing Arts

1999

American Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
New York, New York

A two-year publication grant for a guide to the orchestra’s concerts entitled Dialogues & Extensions, for pre-concert talks, and for the docent program

$30,000

Association for Development of Dramatic Arts, Inc.
New York

For artistic and educational programs of the Jean Cocteau Repertory Company during the 1999/2000 season

$10,000

Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York

For the American Ballet Theatre's 1999 and 2000 City Center seasons

$50,000

Barrow Group, Inc.
New York, New York

For Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, presented by Fly on the Wall Theatre Company

$1,000

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc.
Brooklyn, New York

For support of BAM's theater initiatives in the 1999 and 2000 seasons and for humanities programming in connection with Kurt Weill's Eternal Road (jointly funded with the Humanities Program)

$100,000

Cunningham Dance Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York

For revivals of Summerspace, Rune, Ground Level Overlay and Occasion Piece, for the dance company's season, and as part of the Lincoln Center Festival 1999

$25,000

Dance Theatre Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York

For the revival of Judith Jamison's 1984 ballet, Divining, for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater

$25,000

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center - Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance
New York, New York

For Robert Taub’s exploration of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas

$10,000

Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center-Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance
New York, New York

For development of Impressions, a new concert series at Merkin Hall

$10,000

Glimmerglass Opera, Inc.
Cooperstown, New York

Additional production support of Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria

$25,000

House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, New York

For performance artist Meredith Monk’s 1999 season

$15,000

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York

A two-year grant to support the Altogether Different dance festival in 2000 and 200l

$50,000

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York

For support of a comprehensive feasibility study for a new theater for dance in New York City

$25,000

New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, New York

Production support for the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons

$200,000

New York Consortium for New Music, Inc.
New York, New York

For the 1999 Sonic Boom Festival

$30,000

New York New Music Ensemble
New York, New York

For the 1999/2000 season

$7,500

Orpheon, Inc.
New York, New York

A two-year grant to the Little Orchestra Society for the preparation of new performance scores for L’Olimpiade and Bajazet by Antonio Vivaldi

$48,000

Pearl Theatre Company, Inc.
New York, New York

A three-year grant to support the development of a resident acting company

$90,000

Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
New York, New York

For the premiere of a new dance piece, 8 1/2 Minute Events, choreographed by David Gordon for 1999 season

$5,000

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Inc.
New York, New York

For the contemporary music series Second Helpings

$15,000

Speculum Musicae
New York, New York

For ensemble’s 1999/2000 season

$5,000

Trisha Brown Dance Company, Inc.
New York, New York

For the production of L’Orfeo, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

$25,000