Houston Ballet Receives NEA Grant

Houston Ballet has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts! The prestigious $40,000 grant will assist in the creation of new works by Stanton Welch (debuting in March 2012) and Nicolo Fonte (debuting in May 2012). The NEA has been a long and valued partner to Houston Ballet over the years, making it possible for the company to commission many new works and bring new pieces into Houston Ballet’s repertoire.

You can see the NEA’s grant put to good use by attending performances of Rock, Roll & Tutus and Made in America. Don’t miss your chance to see an exciting world premiere! Tickets are available at www.houstonballet.org

Houston Ballet will receive $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts!

Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, today announced that Houston Ballet  has been approved for a grant of $50,000 to support the world premiere of a new work by the celebrated Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo and the American premiere of Christopher Bruce’s Grinning in Your Face, two works featured as part of the spring repertory program Raising the Barre, running May 26 – June 5, 2011.

Houston Ballet is one of 1,057 not-for-profit organizations recommended for a grant as part of the federal agency’s first round of fiscal year 2011 grants. In total, the Arts Endowment will distribute $26.68 million to support projects nationwide.  An independent agency of the federal government, the National Endowment for the Arts advances artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. 

The National Endowment for the Arts has a generous two-decade history of supporting projects at Houston Ballet with substantial gifts.  Most recently in 2010, the NEA awarded Houston Ballet $50,000 for the company premieres of Jerome Robbins’s Fancy Free and George Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina.  For more information on the National Endowment for the Arts, visit their web site at http://www.nea.gov/.