Performance Funding Credits

ShaLeigh Dance Works enVISION: Sensory Beyond Sight by ShaLeigh Comerford was co-commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works.

Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre Devotion by Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works and in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre performances at ADF were funded, in part, by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council.

Rennie Harris Puremovement The presentation of RENNIE HARRIS LIFTED: A Gospel House Musical was made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, made possible through support from The Mellon Foundation. Additional support provided by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater’s community engagement activities were made possible by an anonymous donor.

MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA Lead support for Made in North Carolina provided by a grant from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. Made in NC residencies at ADF’s Samuel H. Scripps Studios were made possible with support from the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.

Chris Yon and Taryn Griggs New Work commissioned by ADF with support from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation, Diversified Trust, and the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.

Ramya Sundaresam Kapadia, Justin Tornow, Jose Velasquez New Works commissioned by ADF with support from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation and the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.

Helen Simoneau Danse Delicate Power by Helen Simoneau was co-commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/ SHS Foundations Award for New Works. The presentation of Delicate Power was provided with support from South Arts in partnership with The Mellon Foundation and the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Mellon Foundation.

Stephen Petronio and Johnnie Cruise Mercer 30 Intervals/15 Minutes by Stephen Petronio and Johnnie Cruise Mercer was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works. A new music composition and live performance by Monstah Black was commissioned by ADF with support from The Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.

PILOBOLUS The Ballad was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works.

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham An Untitled Love by Kyle Abraham was co-commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works. The presentation of An Untitled Love was made in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Mellon Foundation.

Abby Z and the New Utility Radioactive Practice was commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundatins Award for New Works. Radioactive Practice was presented by ADF with support from and in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Radioactive Practice was a National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network (NPN/VAN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by New York Live Arts in partnership with Dance Place, American Dance Festival, Wexner Center for the Performing Arts, and NPN/VAN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org. Abby Z. and the New Utility’s community engagement activities were made possible by an anonymous donor.

Ragamala Dance Company The Fires of Varanasi by Ragamala Dance Company was co-commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works. The presentation Fires of Varanasi was supported in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Mellon Foundation.

Janis Brenner The presentation of Inheritance: A Litany by Janis Brenner was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sara Juli Burnt-Out Wife by Sara Juli was co-commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works. The presentation of Burnt-Out Wife was made possible in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Mellon Foundation.

FOOTPRINTS The ADF commissions and residencies for the Footprints program featuring work by Shen Wei, Charles O. Anderson, and Kimberly Bartosik were made possible with major support from the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation. Additional support for Shen Wei’s commission and residency provided by Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute.

Vertigo Dance Company The presentation of Vertigo Dance Company was supported by the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York, The Forest at Duke, and Israel Center of Jewish for Good.

Micaela Taylor’s The TL Collective The presentation of Micaela Taylor’s The TL Collective was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. ADF’s presentation of Micaela Taylor’s The TL Collective was supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County.

Connie Shiau, Helen Simoneau Danse

Limón Dance Company Suite Donuts by Chafin Seymour was co-commissioned by ADF with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works and in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional commissioning support provided by José Limón Foundation.

ADF’s Outdoor Perfromances

ADF and the North Carolina Museum of Art co-presented an outdoor series of performances. ADF support was provided by The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation, SHS Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, The Shubert Foundation, Duke Health, and Walter Magazine. This project was also supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.