Performing Arts Grants Awarded 2003
The Foundation is pleased to announce that the following organizations received grants through the Performing Arts Program, 2003:
Strategic Initiatives (Year 1 of 3 years)
School of Toronto Dance Theatre - $69,000 / 3 yrs
will expand the current repertory program for senior level students to include duets, trios, and small ensemble work, to broaden the performance experience for students and better prepare them for work as independent dance artists, or in small contemporary dance companies.
Dancemakers - $94,050 / 3 yrs
will establish a Center for Contemporary Creation in its new venue at the Distillery District, making the facility management position full-time, and filling the position of rehearsal director and teaching assistant, to work with Artistic Director Serge Bennathan.
Overall Dance - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will create Momentum Management, a shared management structure for four well-established independent dance artists (Kate Alton, Julia Sasso, Susanna Hood, and Eryn Dace Trudell) that will allow them to combine resources for marketing, administration, and development.
Roseneath Theatre - $60,000 / 3 yrs
in response to phenomenal growth in its artistic operations, will create an administrative position with particular focus on marketing and tour coordination.
Corpus Dance - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will take advantage of a major opportunity to expand its francophone markets, by hiring a bilingual marketing and sales agent to facilitate and coordinate this next step in the company's growth.
Nightwood Theatre - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will take advantage of its upcoming 25th anniversary and new venue at the Distillery District to raise the company's profile and to diversify its financial base, by creating a staff position to bring dedicated focus to marketing and development.
Via Salzburg - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will solidify their rapid growth and success by developing a professional administrative infrastructure, and securing complementary specialist skills in marketing and sponsorship.
Native Earth - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will continue its process of regeneration and bolster its administrative structure by expanding to full-time a staff position dedicated to marketing, fundraising, and outreach programs.
Fujiwara Dance - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will create a position of Dance Animateur, in partnership with DUO, to promote dance in the community and to organize public awareness and audience development activities around specific performances of a range of companies.
Crow's Theatre - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will build on its preliminary work and experience in touring, to promote their work abroad, attend conferences, showcases and festivals, broker partnerships, and develop international touring expertise.
Storyteller's School - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will undertake a process of artistic renewal and reanimation, as it approaches its 25th anniversary, focusing on four specific initiatives designed to put a diverse range of creative artists once again at the centre of its programs.
Strategic Initiatives (Year 2 of 3 years)
Canadian Children’s Dance Company - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will support its graduating dancers (age 19) through the transition to professional work, and enhance its programming for teen and adult audiences, by creating TILT sound+motion lab, a small, mobile, performance-based company of dancers up to 23 years of age.
Ballet Jorgen - $99,285 / 3 yrs
will create a new staff position to significantly improve its effectiveness in dance education, outreach, and audience development.
Soundstreams - $88,500 / 3 yrs
will create a new staff position to tackle significant communication challenges the company faces to build and sustain audiences, improve its communication vehicles, and strengthen its Board.
Theatre Passe Muraille - $150,000 / 3 yrs
will diversify its revenues, and provide an important service to the independent performing community, through the implementation of the Central Box Office Project.
Gargantua Theatre - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will create a new staff position to help the company promote and develop partnerships and opportunities for touring, expanding revenue sources, and film and/or television adaptations of existing works.
Nathaniel Dett Chorale - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will bring part-time administrative and artistic salaries to full time, in order to realize its five-year plan, with components for marketing, fundraising, educational outreach and touring.
Soulpepper Theatre - $352,500 / 3 yrs
will work with its new academic partner George Brown College, to develop The Soulpepper Academy conservatory program, and test its design and implementation with "mini-academies" in preparation for a full-scale launch in 2005.
Tarragon Theatre - $240,000 / 3 yrs
will strengthen the middle stages of its renowned play development process, through The WorkSpace, an intensive workshopping program for plays the theatre has decided are destined for production.
Volcano - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will secure a shared office and part-time administrative support, in order to build on the company's momentum and strengths, as it makes the transition from project to operating support from its government funders.
Strategic Initiatives (Year 3 of 3 years)
Arraymusic - $60,000 / 3 yrs
pursuing opportunities for advancing contemporary musical thought, creation, and education, using the web and broadband technologies for streaming and interactive media.
Buddies in Bad Times - $166,248 / 3 yrs
introducing the hundreds of young people currently attending weekend dances at 12 Alexander St. to a new generation of theatre artists by launching Tallulah's Cabaret, a series of late weekend performances
Danny Grossman Dance - $75,000 / 3 yrs
developing "sister company" relationships with established dance companies outside Canada, to explore different models for supporting a senior dance artist, and fulfilling a broader role in the dance community.
Esprit Orchestra - $76,200 / 3 yrs
exploring new ways for an orchestra to exist in a global community dominated by electronic media, by implementing a multi-media strategy for performance, broadcast, and promotion.
Factory Theatre - $155,181 / 3 yrs
strengthening its artistic infrastructure, investing in senior artistic positions devoted to the creation of new work, and the long-term management of extended production opportunities for that work.
Necessary Angel - $60,000 / 3 yrs
contracting, for the first time in its history, a Director of Development to conceive and execute new fundraising strategies, and nurture ongoing relationships with the private sector.
Peggy Baker Dance - $60,000 / 3 yrs
passing on six of her solo dances, working with two other dancers on each piece, and use both Benesh notation and video documentation to create a permanent choreographic record of her work.
Queen of Puddings - $60,000 / 3 yrs
launching an annual three-week summer training program for singers, to develop the diverse contemporary music theatre skills so critically important to the company's aesthetic.
Toronto Consort - $60,000 / 3 yrs
extending its concert schedule, expand its educational outreach and developing an ongoing presence outside of Toronto by presenting its Toronto concert and high school programs as run-outs, twice each year.
Kaeja dÕDance - $60,000 / 3 yrs
will take advantage of the opportunity presented by the growing demand for their work in dance education. They will hire an Education and Outreach Liaison to promote, develop and coordinate of this part of their company's activities.
Mendlessohn Choir - $148,050 / 3 yrs
will pursue an artistic strategy to revitalize the choir, by forming an alliance with choreographer Robert Desrosiers. Together they will create multi-disciplinary presentations of three choral masterpieces, to bring these works in a fresh and innovative way to a new, diverse audience.
Opera Atelier - $237,000 / 3 yrs
will invest in a more visible and established Toronto operation which will help the company develop a subscription base, pursue private fundraising, create new producing partnerships, and enhance the effectiveness of their ongoing training for artists in period performance.
Tafelmusik - $326,076 / 3 yrs
will prepare for their eventual move to a larger venue, with targeted new audience development initiatives in partnership with other organizations. They will also establish a deeper relationship with the Royal Conservatory of Music, including the development of a Baroque music training program for RCM students and the future members of the Tafelmusik orchestra.
Tapestry New Opera Works - $177,648 / 3 yrs
will capitalize on current momentum to strengthen its position and visibility in an international producing network. They will broker partnerships and leverage timely investment, attend conferences and showcases, and develop the international touring expertise necessary to realize future opportunities.
Internships:
National Ballet of Canada
Adrienne Nevile, archives management - $25,000 12 mths
Obsidian Theatre
Joseph Pierre, playwriting - $8,350 4 mths
Canadian Stage Company
Todd Hoselton, props - $13,200 6 mths
Gallery Players
Vickee Lorie, administration - $25,000 12 mths
National Youth Orchestra
Deanna Vardy, administration - $25,000 12 mths
Cahoots Theatre
Jovanni Sy, artistic direction - $24,000 11 mths
Carousel Players
Heidimarie Guggi, directing - $8,000 4 mths
Clay and Paper Theatre
Mark Keetch, producing and community animation - $23,750 11 mths
Shaw Festival
Sasha Luminsky, music direction - $16,800 8 mths
Nightwood Theatre
Erica Kopyto, dramaturgy - $25,000 12 mths
Canadian Opera Company
Gillian Rode, advanced props - $12,500 6 mths
Ballet Jorgen
Lisa Otto, Ballet Mistress - $25,000 12 mths
Ballet Creole
Neketia Perez, Artistic Direction - $23,000 11 mths
Peterborough New Dance
Kate Story, administration - $23,600 11 mths
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Kimberly Purtell, producing - $25,000 12 mths
DVxT Theatre
Lara Azzopardi, producing - $15,000 7 mths
Centre for Cultural Management
Income Managers Program - $50,000
Opportunities for Senior Artists and Administrators:
Stratford Festival - $23,600
Nancy Webster, labour relations
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