Dancers' Group Announces Spring 2021 CA$H Dance Grant Recipients
Dancers' Group received 92 applications for this round of funding--60 applications from individual artists and 32 applications from organizations.
Dancers' Group, a service and presenting organization in the San Francisco Bay Area, announced it has awarded $105,000 in grants to 30 Bay Area dance artists and organizations. Each grantee will receive $3,500 as part of the spring 2021 round of CA$H Dance.
The CA$H Dance program, which has been supporting dancemakers since 1999, was designed by artists for artists, and seeks to support artists and organizations that represent the many diversities of Bay Area dance.
Dancers' Group received 92 applications for this round of funding--60 applications from individual artists and 32 applications from organizations. They were able to provide grants to 16 individual artists and 14 organizations, featuring dance forms such as turf, kathak, contemporary, traditional Chinese, Korean, Middle Eastern, and Congolese dance, and more. Many of the works focus on the experiences of BIPOC artists, and many projects directly address issues of identity, oppression, and racism.
"Given the pandemic, for this round of CA$H Dance, Dancers' Group encouraged applications that would support artists and organizations where they are now-and did not require that a creative activity culminate in a performance," said Wayne Hazzard, Executive Director of Dancers' Group. "The range of applications received reflects the incredible diversity of dance in the Bay Area and especially the need for financial support during this time. We're so proud of the 30 grantees and how their diverse dance practices honor their vision of the moving body." "We received a range from dance film project development, to travel plans to study under esteemed teachers, to documenting systemic cultural dance erasure in higher education, to dance+technology apps, to just simply asking for funds to relieve the financial burden of the pandemic," said Andréa Spearman, Artist Resource Manager at Dancers' Group. "It all reminded me of our community's elasticity and strength to remain true to ourselves and our practice. That IS the art." The CA$H Dance grant is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Grants for the Arts.
The 30 Spring 2021 Dance grantees are:
Afro Urban Society
Alyssandra Katherine Dance
Antara Asthaayi Dance
Bellwether Dance Project
Dancing Around Race
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Detour Dance
Dohee Lee Puri Arts
GERALDCASELDANCE
Helen Wicks Works
Mud Water
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RoundAntennae
Vishwa Shanthi
Artists:
Byb Elizabeth Boubion
Erik Lee
Evie Ladin
Farah Yasmeen Shaikh
Ishika Seth
Julie Crothers
Malia Byrne
Marcelo Solis
Megan Lowe
Nicole Maria Hoffschneider
Olivia Eng
Ousseynou Kouyate
Rasa Vitalia
Sammay Dizon
Sara Shelton Mann
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