New NDP Hub Sites & Advisors

(Boston, MA) New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) announces the addition of six new field leaders to its National Dance Project hub site and advisors group.

The National Dance Project is guided by a rotating group of field experts comprised of Hub Site representatives and Advisors. Hub Sites are leaders of U.S.-based presenting organizations, have extensive knowledge of the dance community, and have been instrumental in developing new dance work and dance audiences within their communities. NDP Advisors are artist and organizational leaders from the dance field. Together, this group makes funding recommendations and provides feedback on program development and policy.
 
“We are indebted to all of the Hub Site representatives and Advisors – past, present, and future - for their passion, expertise, and dedication to the program.” said NDP Manager Jane Forde.  “Their commitment allows this vital program to support dance in ways that enhance partnerships between artists and presenters with the equally important goal of engaging and expanding audiences for dance.”
 
The new NDP Hub Site representatives serving in 2011 are:

• Neil Barclay, President & CEO, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
• Erin Boberg-Doughton, Performing Arts Program Director, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
• Paul Brohan, Director of Artistic Initiatives, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• Laura Faure, Director, Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME

The new NDP Advisors serving in 2011 are:

• Judy Hussie-Taylor, Executive Director, Danspace Project, New York, NY 
• Ranee Ramaswamy, Founder & Artistic Director, Ragamala Dance, Minneapolis, MN
• Zoe Scofield, Co-Artist Director, zoe|juniper, Seattle, WA 

For a complete list and to view bios of each, visit:
www.nefa.org/grants_services/partners/national_dance_project_partners.

Outgoing Hub Site representatives and Advisors include:

• Alicia Adams, VP, Dance and International Programming, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
• Joan Gray, President, Muntu Dance Theatre, Chicago, IL
• Walter Jaffe, Co-Founder, White Bird, Portland, OR
• Nunally Kersh, Festival Producer, Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC
• Margaret Lawrence, Director of Programming, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 
• Carla Peterson, Artist Director, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
• Phillip Reynolds, Executive Director, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

The National Dance Project is supported by lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.

NEFA creatively supports the movement of people, ideas, and resources in the arts within New England and beyond, makes vital connections between artists and communities, and builds the strength, knowledge, and leadership of the region’s creative sector.  NEFA is a nonprofit that operates with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England state arts agencies, and from corporations, foundations, and individuals.

NEFA currently administers grantmaking programs of regional, national, and international scope that support the performing arts, public art, and Native American artists.  NEFA also leads projects and initiatives that range from the analysis of the impact of the creative economy to the creation of online tools which link and advance the cultural community.  For more information on NEFA’s grant programs and services, please visit www.nefa.org or call 617.951.0010.

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