ARTS COUNCIL FUNDS GO TO 35.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of CITY--Thirty-five Manhattan-based choreographers and dance organizations received more than $70,000 in grant money from the Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North Cultural Council's Fund for Creative Communities (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) last month. Managed by Dorothy Desir-Davis, the fund supports artists committed to working with particular communities. Winners of this year's grants include dancemakers Risa Jaroslaw, and Jody Oberfelder, Sheila Kaminsky, and organizations Free Range Arts, the American Dance Guild The American Dance Guild (A.D.G.) was founded in 1956 as the Dance Teachers' Guild by twelve dance teachers in New York City to promote the art of dance in the United States by educating the American public and by maintaining standards of teaching. , and Harlem Dance Academy. The applications range from outreach programs to performances to video projects. Julie Ludwig of Fly By Night Dance Theater The German Tanztheater ("dance theatre") grew out of German expressionist dance. Its most influential performers are Pina Bausch and Susanne Linke. was awarded a $1,000 FCC grant last year, which enabled the trapeze company to perform its aerial feats free to children under eighteen at the Teacher's College Gym of Columbia University. Not only did the spectators admire the dancing, but also they were given paper and crayons to create their own art during the show. "It goes into the kids' dream world," explains Ludwig. "There are a lot of big eyes." Ludwig says the LMCC LMCC Lower Manhattan Cultural Council LMCC Land Mobile Communications Council LMCC Lake Macquarie City Council (Australia) LMCC Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada LMCC Lead Manager Customer Central is "very involved" in enabling fledgling companies to become legitimate organizations. Desir-Davis reinforces this idea, describing the technical assistance programs that the fund offers in order to help companies "identify who they are and where they would like to be." "I think the LMCC has a very special kind of application that encourages groups to become business-like, official," says Ludwig. She adds that grant money, no matter what the amount, distinguishes a company. "Once you've been funded it's easier to attract recognition. It's a boost." This year Fly By Night received $2,000 from the fund. |
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