NEA Grants to Dance Organizations Face an Uncertain Future After Funding Freeze

More than 100 National Endowment for the Arts grants to dance organizations remain in limbo this week after President Trump’s administration said it would conduct a review of previously allocated federal aid. Last Wednesday, the administration rescinded a controversial memo that froze all grant funding, and judges have already ruled in favor of states that […]

Sperling, wearing a long black sleeveless dress, her short grey hair loose, stands onstage against a blue backdrop. She looks out to her right, with her left arm bend in front of her at a right angle. She holds her right arm up behind her, holding what appear to be two long white cords, which extend out of the frame.

How the Federal Funding Freeze Nearly Upended Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance’s Egypt Tour

The funding freeze that President Trump instituted earlier this week has had ripple effects in the dance community. Choreographer Jody Sperling, whose company Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance often engages creatively with the issue of climate change, was told that the troupe had lost a major State Department grant—just before leaving for the tour that grant […]

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