NEA Spotlight: An in-depth look at NEA-funded projects
June 2009
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Fort Worth Opera (Fort Worth, TX)
Fort Worth Opera announced that it would stage Angels in America in 2008. The opera by Hungarian composer Peter Eötvös is based on Tony Kushner’s groundbreaking 1991 play about living with AIDS during Reagan-era America.
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Ballet West (Salt Lake City, UT)
In the spring of 2006, Ballet West unexpectedly found itself without an artistic director. Planning the 2006-2007 season was tricky -- the company premiere of new work had to be canceled -- but interim director Pamela Robinson- Harris was determined to turn the transition into a golden opportunity.
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Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT)
Since its establishment by artists in 1983, the Vermont Studio Center (VSC) has provided four- to 12-week independent studio residencies to more than 8,000 visual artists and writers from 92 countries. VSC is the largest artists’ and writers' residency program in the United States, hosting 50 visual artists and writers each month on a historic 30-building campus along the Gihon River in Johnson, Vermont.
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Learning One's Body: A Talk with
Choreographer Bill T. Jones (Washington,
DC)
Bill T. Jones is one of the foremost choreographers in the world, having created a wide variety of multimedia dance works that explore challenging philosophical and social issues such as race, identity, and terminal illness.
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