Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.

Ailey Choreographic Legacy Project [funds From the National Endowment for the Humanities Would Support the Next Stage of the Alvin Ailey Choreographic Legacy Project?an Initiative to Catalog and Digitize Select Works in the Ailey Repertory for the Purpose of Restaging, Historic Preservation, and the Eventual Launch of a Licensing Program for Professional Dance Companies and Universities?including Salaries for Ailey?s Project Director, Archivist, Archives Consultant, Project Coordinator, and Videographer/film Editor to Continue Prioritizing This Effort. During This Project Period, These Individuals Will Focus on the Second Ballet as Part of This Initiative, Survivors, Compiling and Digitizing Comprehensive Production Notes and Dramaturgical Materials, and Creating a Mini Documentary Consisting of Dancer and Production Staff Interviews to Precede the Full-length Work.] [purpose:?the Purpose of This Grant Is To document the Legacy of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City.   Activities to Be Performed: this Grant Funds existing Staff Who Will Continue the Previously-neh Funded Alvin Ailey Choreographic Legacy Project Which Involved Conducting Interviews and Cataloging and Digitizing Production Notes and Performance Histories from Select Works in the Repertory.  Expected Outcomes:?this Grant Would Allow the Dance Theater to Historically Preserve Choreography for Those Who Want to Restage Legacy Performances. It Would Also Allow the Theater to Eventually Launch a Licensing Program for Professional Dance Companies and Universities.  Intended Beneficiaries: the Project Will Benefit students, Researchers, and Supporters of the Alvin Ailey Theater, Allowing Legacy Performances to Be Studied and Recreated.  Subrecipient Activities:?the Recipient Does Not Intend to Subaward Funds. ]