OpportunityTitle: NEA American Masterpieces: Dance 2 Deadline Extended, FY2009
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicant Eligibility  Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. To be eligible, the applicant organization must:    Meet the Arts Endowment&apos;s &quot;Legal Requirements,&quot; including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, as detailed in the FY 2009 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines, at the time of application.   Have a three-year history of programming prior to the application deadline.   Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment award(s) previously received.   For projects that involve multiple organizations, one organization that meets the eligibility requirements above must act as the official applicant, submit the application, and assume full responsibility for the grant.    Organizations are limited to one American Masterpieces: Dance application per year.     An application in response to this announcement does not preclude an organization from applying under other Arts Endowment funding opportunities including Grants for Arts Projects. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project.    The designated fifty state and six jurisdictional arts agencies (SAAs) and their regional arts organizations (RAOs) are not eligible to apply under the American Masterpieces: Dance guidelines.
Description: Potential applicants are encouraged to consult with the Dance staff before preparing an application. Grant Program Description American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of dance and choreography in the United States. Through American Masterpieces: Dance, reconstructions and restagings of significant work of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. The Arts Endowment plans to support a variety of projects that are artistically, historically, and culturally significant and that reflect the breadth of dance forms, styles, and techniques. Grants will be awarded in two areas: For dance companies, presenters, and festivals: The reconstruction or restaging of significant American dance works and their performance at home and on tour. For college and university dance programs: The restaging, performance, and documentation of significant dance choreography in order to provide dance students with access to the legacy of American dance history. While faculty can assist with a project, the primary reconstructor/artist must be someone from outside the campus. All projects must be accompanied by related educational, interpretive, or contextual components. These may include lectures, master classes, seminars, exhibitions, study guides, or cooperative learning projects with educational or community institutions. Curriculum-based educational components for children and youth must ensure the application of national or state arts education standards. Substantial efforts should be made to engage and expand dance audiences by reaching underserved communities.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: NEA Web Site Manager
GrantorContactText: NEA Web Site Manager &lt;br/&gt;National Endowment for the Arts
CloseDateExplanation: NOTICE: The American Masterpieces: Dance application deadline has been extended to November 7, 2008. [Material that must be mailed directly to the Arts Endowment must be postmarked (or show other proof of mailing) no later than November 10, 2008.] The deadline has been extended due to technical problems with Grants.gov, the federal government&apos;s online application system.     All applications must be submitted through Grants.gov. The October 24 American Masterpieces: Dance deadline has passed and the Grants.gov system will not accept an application package that was previously completed. Therefore, applicants will need to use a new Grants.gov application package to submit. Download the new application package following the link in the application guidelines, or go to: https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms_apps_idx.html and search by Funding Opportunity Number 2009NEA01AMD2. Enter information directly into the forms. Do not copy from your old application package or another document and paste into the new forms as this will prevent your successful submission.    If you have already successfully submitted an application, you do not need to submit it again.